ABSTRACT Chemistry is one of the science subjects which are taught in Kenyan secondary schools. One of the objectives for teaching chemistry is to enable learners to use knowledge and skills acquired to solve problems in everyday life. Achievement of this objective depends on the methods and techniques employed by teachers during instruction. The method used can either enhance or hamper the learner’s interest in the subject and hence affect the overall performance of school learning. The K...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the management effectiveness of continuing education centres in Ogun state. Basically, it focused on ascertaining the level of effectiveness of the coordinators of continuing education centres in managing learners' time, instruction process, human and material resources and its influence on learners' academic performance. In pursuance of the aim of the study, five research questions were raised and five hypotheses formulated and tested in the course of the stu...
Background to the Study The modern foundation of adult education in Nigeria was laid by the British in 1941, in the account of Anyanwu (1980:17-18). He states that the outbreak of the Second World War brought a change in the attitudes of the British Government towards literacy education. His Majesty's Government decided to extend education to a large number of Nigerians. Then, on the 13" of July 1943, the British House of Commons was formally informed by Mr. Arthur Creech-Jones, the Secretary...
ABSTRACT This study was primarily aimed at assessing the organisational effectiveness of the National and State Agencies for Mass Literacy Adult and Non-formal education in Nigeria which have been established to bridge the access, cost and quality gap that existed in the Nigerian educational sector. The study examined the extent to which some identified organisational / management variables have determined the level with which these agencies have been performing towards achieving their organi...
Abstract The study evaluated prison education in Lagos State, examining the factors, appropriateness and adequacy of the curricula with regard to motivating the inmates to learn the use of appropriate methods, adequacy of learning and teaching materials, effects of funding on the advancement of prison education goals and the types of prison education available, and proposed measures for making the prison education system in Lagos State more goal-oriented. The study population consisted of inm...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to compare the programmes available in Anglophone and Francophone Africa for the training of adult educators. Ghana and Nigeria were selected representative Anglophone Countries, and Zaire and the Congo were chosen from among Francophone Countries. The study focussed on the following aspects of the training of Adult Educators: The major policies underlying the training of adult educators in the selected countries. The roles assigned to formal and non-fo...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the effect of literacy approaches on the socio- economic life of migrant fishermen in Lagos State. It examined the extent to which some identified approaches would promote literacy acquisition among the Migrant Fishermen, and how their personal variables like sex, age, marital status and level of education influenced their literacy acquisition. A total number of one hundred and sixty fishermen were selected from Badagry, Ibeju-Lekki, Epe and Amuwo-Odofin Local...
ABSTRACT This study was primarily aimed at investigating the social, economic and psychological problems of unmarried teenage mothers and factors that will influence unmarried teenage mothers' re-entry into continuing education programmes in Lagos State. It is equally important to note that social and psychological problems in this study refer to the problems associated with self-esteem, family and peer relationships encountered by the unmarried teenage mothers. Also investigated were the eco...
ABSTRACT The study examined the psycho-socioeconomic factors that motivate women's participation in NGO's non-formal education programmes in Lagos state of Nigeria. In view of this, the study identified the various non-formal education programmes organized by NGOs in which women participate in Lagos State as well as the psychological, social and economic factors which motivated the women to participate in such programmes. In addition, the study investigated the demographic characteristics of ...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to evaluate the perception of adults as major stakeholders on the implementation of the rural development programmes in Edo State, Nigeria. Primarily, the study sought to identify the types of rural development programmes, determine the usefulness of the programmes, the level of performance in terms of the extent of attainment of objectives, level of durability, impact of the programmes provided, the strategies employed for their execution and the extent of i...
ABSTRACT The main objective of this study was to investigate the different ways in which adults in Nigeria utilised radio for learning modern ideas. To this end, a random sample of six hundred adults, who owned or had access to radio sets was carried out. The geographical representation from which the selection was made were Ogun, Niger and Anambra states. Three urban and three rural communities, each with 100 respondents were selected. With the use of a questionnaire, they were asked to indi...
ABSTRACT The study was designed to investigate condom uptake among prostitutes in Jacha. The study attempted to fulfil the following objectives: ascertain what condoms are, establish the benefits or importance of using condoms, identify strategies to promote condom accessibility and acceptability in Jacha as well as ascertain who initiated condom use between sex workers and their clients. The rationale of this study lay in the fact that condoms have been proven to significantly prevent unwant...
ABSTRACT This study sought to investigate the micro financing by Agribank in wards 3, 4, 11 and 12 of Mbare in Harare. Mbare is one of the oldest townships in Harare and has the poorest people in the city (Moyo, 2008). Therefore, Agribank earmarked to bring development in the area thereby reducing poverty, creating employment and promote gender equality. The study is principally qualitative and quantitative in nature as it sought to provide an in-depth analysis of micro financing by Agribank....