ABSTRACT The aim of this research was to find out the effect of teachers’ academic qualification and attitude on the performance of Chemistry students on external examination in Sokoto metropolis. Total numbers of 128 students, 19 teachers and 3 principals were used in this study; the instrument used for data collection was questionnaires which were administered personally by the researchers to three randomly selected secondary schools in Sokoto metropolis. The method used for data analysi...
Abstract This study assessed the attitudes of parents and teachers towards Early Childhood Care and Education Programme in sokoto state. A total of 152 respondents, comprising of parents and teachers who are officials of Parents-Teachers Association in each of the 23 Local Government Areas in the state, were used as sample and the selection of the sample was based on the Research Advisors (2006) sampling procedure. The instrument used for data collection in the study was a researcher constru...
ABSTRACT The research study investigated and identified the parental socio-economic factors affecting academic performance of students, a case study of Faculty of Education and Extension Services. A self-developed questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection, it was found that, parent socio-economic status is one of the major determinants of students’ performance, this is because considering the dependency of students on parents for their educational responsibilities as ind...
ABSTRACT This paper take a look at the study of job stress among secondary school teachers in Tambuwal Local Government Area of Sokoto State. One hundred and five (105) teachers in five secondary schools were randomly selected using simple sampling techniques. A 15-item questionnaire was drawn in line with the four research questions raised for the study. Data were collected using a research-made questionnaire titled Job Stress and Teachers Effectiveness Questionnaire (JSTEQ). Collected data...
ABSTRACT This research work deals mainly with interrogating the Northern Nigerian Society, a case study of Habiba by Razinat T Muhammad. This project contains four chapters. Chapter one comprises the introduction, Aims and objectives, Significance of the study, Statement of the problem, scope and limitation and brief biography of the Author. Chapter Two entails the literature review, chapter three deals with interrogating the Northern Nigerian society by Razinat .T. Muhammad. Chapter four co...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted for images of mathematics stakeholders in teaching and learning mathematics at secondary schools. For the purpose of the study, the research employs various data collection techniques that includes questionnaire conducted on nineteen (19) mathematics teachers, nineteen (19) parents and two hundred and seventeen (217) students of secondary schools. Teachers, students and parents in the sample schools were administered with questionnaire. Result of the study in...
ABSTRACT HIV and AIDS is one of the most widespread and devastating epidemic with global public health implications in the 21st century and Ghana as a nation, is not an exception. Several studies in Ghana suggest that HIV and AIDS related stigma and discrimination has been the bane of fighting the reduction and elimination of HIV and AIDS. Such issues like nondisclosure, public outcry, and social exclusion constitute a basic problem so far as the disease is concerned. This study therefore te...
ABSTRACT Peri-urban areas as the interface between urban and rural regions are currently experiencing enormous changes due to the extension of urban activities. The rapid growth of newly built environment and the apparent transformations of socioeconomic structure reveal how these areas become contested regions. It is recognized that peripheral areas have many disadvantages to accommodate the agglomeration of urban functions. As a result, the rapid pace of in-migration has been reshaping lan...
ABSTRACT Social media is an invaluable technological tool that facilitates the delivery of instruction in the 21st century higher education landscape. It caters for learners’ individual differences, enriches learning environments, encourages knowledge construction and permits learners to individualise their own learning making them independent learners. This thesis investigated the integration of Social Media (SM) platforms into higher education pedagogy in Ghana. It drew on two main theor...
ABSTRACT This study determines the effectiveness of counselling in the SHS in Accra Metropolis of Ghana, with focus on the effectiveness of Guidance and Counselling in our SHSs. This exploratory study adopted a descriptive cross-sectional design. The researcher purposively sampled 101 students from ten schools within the Accra Metropolitan area. Data collected by means of a questionnaire, survey and chisquare and phi-square were used to analyse the data. The study revealed that students were ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to determine whether rural communities in the Upper West Region participated in eye health care education programmes. The study was in two phases. In the first phase, 200 people from selected cluster communities were interviewed. These selected communities were chosen using the simple random sampling technique. After this, purposeful sampling technique was used to select eight community members from each of the twenty-five local communities. The aim was ...
ABSTRACT Background: The human T-cell lymphotropic/leukemia virus (HTLV) was button down in 1980 by Poiesz et al. HTLV are a group of human retroviruses that are known to cause a type of cancer called adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) and also a demyelinating disease called HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). There are four main types of HTLV, thus, HTLV-I, HTLV-II, HTLV-III and HTLV-IV. About 10-20 million people are infected with HTLV I and II across the...
Abstract A common factor in all decision making is information. As a consequence, the value of information as an aid to decision making has increased. Managers are however limited by the amount of information they can absorb in terms of cerebral capacity and physical time. The answer lies in improving the quality of information on which they base their decision. Records management is concerned with the management of information. Both the public and private sectors need information to functio...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out in St John Bosco`s Basic school in Navrongo in the KassenaNankana Municipality in the 2012/2013 academic year. Thirty Pupils in Class 3 were used for the Research. The purpose of the study was to experiment the use of language games to promote literacy skills among primary school pupils in rural schools, where teaching and learning resources are woefully inadequate. The focus of the study was on the following aspects of literacy skill; speaking, reading and...
ABSTRACT The invaluable role played by community leaders in any development activity cannot be overemphasized. This is because through the participation of community leaders in development activities, community members could also be influenced to participate. The study therefore, identified the extent to which community leaders participate in development activities in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba district. Related literature was reviewed on the concept of leadership, leaders and group effectiveness, ...