May 2017

Education and school leavers’ unemployment saga: Implication for educational planning in Nigeria

This paper reviewed the relationship between the type of education and school leavers’ unemployment with the view to highlighting its implications for educational planning in Nigeria. The concept of education, reasons for steady increase in the number of unemployed school leavers and what to do in order to curb educated unemployment were discussed. The reviewed works show that the rapid extension of formal...

Author(s): Aja Sunday Nwambam and Prisca Ijeoma Eze

May 2017

Observational learning on industry work practices toward job readiness

This research aims to find out the influence of observational learning on job readiness based on some indicators and variables. This is a quantitative research in which Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used. The research method is survey. The participants of this research are the Grade XII students of Accountancy Department of State Vocational High School, Tangerang regency, Banten in the 2016-2017 academic year....

Author(s): Subkhan Rojuli, Agus Rahayu and Disman

May 2017

Publication productivity of academics in Jigjiga University, Ethiopia

This descriptive cross-sectional survey examined faculty publication productivity at Jigjiga University, Ethiopia. It, specifically, aimed at exploring the factors and barriers that may influence publication productivity among academic staffs while also comparing variations across academic disciplines. The survey employed self-administered questionnaire distributed to 120 faculties randomly selected from nine academic...

Author(s): Teka Feyera, Habtamu Atelaw, Najib Abdi Hassen and Gemechu Fufa