ABSTRACT The study was conducted of the impacts of early marriages on girl child education achievement. Lubaga Division was taken up as a case study. The purpose of the study was to examine the impacts of early marriages on girl child education achievement in Lubaga division. The objectives of the study were: to find out the magnitude of the problem of early marriages in Lubaga Division; to examine the causes of early marriages in Lubaga Division and how it can be reduced; and to find out whe...
ABSTRACT Background: The pneumococcus is carried as a normal flora of the upper respiratory tract and carriage is the precursor for development of pneumococcal disease, and is also responsible for pneumococcal transmission from person-to-person. HIV positive children have about forty times greater risk of invasive pneumococcal disease compared to healthy children. In Africa, little is known about the pneumococcus in relation to people with HIV infection. Aim: The aim of the study was to inv...
ABSTRACT Several studies have been carried out in the past focusing on the relationship between work-related stress and marital quality. These studies have indicated that some of the challenges that couples encounter in their marital relationships have a link with work-related stress. Seventh-day Adventist couples may not be exceptional cases on issues affecting other marriages. However, committed Christian couples may assume that they are immune to challenges that affect non-Christians and ...
ABSTRACT The study was occasioned by disequilibrium between high rates of girl child dropouts and low retention of the girl child in secondary school. The study sought to establish underlying factors facilitating or causing this trend. To obtain information, the study applied both qualitative and quantitative methods in the field and the instruments were open and closed questionnaire and observation. The study sampled 110 respondents in all and the target audience were teachers, the girl chil...
Abstract: A Woman’s Competent to Be Appointed as a Judge in Quazi Courts. In Muslim Societies Has Been a Debated Issue For Decades. Although Some Muslim Majority Countries, Including Indonesia, Malaysia And Arab Countries, Have Allowed Women Judges (Qudath) In Shariah Courts, The Muslim Religious Leadership In Sri Lanka, Namely All Ceylon Jamiyathul Ulama (ACJU) As Opposed To Such Appointment To Administrate The Muslim Marriage And Divorce Act Of 1951 (MMDA) Which Is Administrated By T...
ABSTRACT A number of Church documents and Church leaders have underscored the need for couples to undergo adequate preparation before they receive the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony. The Pontifical Council for the Family in its document, “Marriage Preparation”, stresses the necessity for dioceses to publish a Directory/Document and establish a Commission for Marriage Preparation and the Pastoral Care of the Family. Pope Francis in his encyclical letter, Amoris Laetitia, acknowledges that the...
ABSTRACT Marital infidelity is one of the factors militating against marriage and family which are two institutions that work towards the population and growth of the society. This research study is undertaken to make a little contribution towards creating awareness of the ills of marital infidelity in Idemili North L.G.A.; and to search for the most likely causes and solutions to the problem. The research adopted the systematic sampling approach for the study with a sampling size of 530 resp...
This is a research on Toyin Abiodun's drama texts "The Marriage of Arike" and "The Trials of Afonja" describing it as books on history and African culture using the theory "New Historicism". ABSTRACT Many writers resort borrowing and incorporating elements of culture in their works other to preserve from extinction. The writers in this time are aware of the historicity of the people as well as the culture and aesthetics which he intends to capture. The intention here is to educate,entertain,...
ABSTRACTThe right to education as enslu·ined in chapter four of the constitution is one of the fundamental human rights. It therefore follows that such a right is inalienable. The notion is premised on the key roles that these rights play in the life of a human being without which life is antagonized. It is therefore conceivable that any act that has the effect of alienating the right to education amounts to an abuse of the right and the victim is entitled to an adequate ...
ABSTRACT The research was focused on women and their 1ight to property; an examination of the law and policy in Uganda. The study was be can·ied out with the hope that it enlightens and advance the understanding of women's property rights in Uganda as provided for in the laws. The study iss as a result of observation of the apparent injustice against women in particular the denial of women to own property emerging as a result of exploitation of the loopholes in the statutory laws in place th...
TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATIONAPPROVALDEDICATIONACKNOWLEDGMENTTABLE OF CONTENTSKEY TERMSABSTRACTCHAPTER ONE 1INTRODUCTION 11.1 Introduction I1.2 Background to the study 11.3 Statement of the problem 21.4 Purpose 31.5 Objectives 31.6 Research Questions 31.7 Scope 31.8 Significance of the study 4CHAPTER TWO 5LITERATURE REViEW 52.1 Introduction 52.2 Level of education of the parents and the performance of students 52.3 Family income and the performance of students 62.4. Marital status and the perf...
ABSTRACT The study which used descriptive survey design was basically to assess parental support to the girl child education in Kwabre District of the Ashanti Region. A sample of 302 girls and their entire parents which formed 22% of the total population from 11 public schools in the Ntonso circuit were used for the study. The girls were randomly selected whereas their parents were purposively sampled. The instrument used for data collection was a set of questionnaires with an average reliabi...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the parenting styles and how they influence the behavior . of children at school in Marani division Kisi1 central district in Kenya. The following objectives guided the study/ to assess the role of parents have played in nurturing their children. to assess the dimensions of child parent interactions which are prevalent in some families of pupils we teach in class and to investigate the influence of parenting on pupils academic capability. This study used a de...
Background of study Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin">1.1. mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">BACKGROUND TO THE STUDYIt is a known fact that major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">about 70,000 adolescents in developing countries such as Nigeria die annually of causes related to childbirth and pregnancy. Childbirth and pregnancy ar...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at discovering people of Kwaebibirem views about unmarried women in order to see whether their perceptions align with what was already in the literature about unmarried women in other countries. The study was conducted in Kwaebibirem district in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The participants of the study were 110 adults purposively drawn purposively from five towns that were conveniently chosen from the district. The study employed the mixed-method design. Data...