October 2009
Uses of computer and its relevance to teaching and learning in Nigerian educational system
This paper examined the uses of computer and its relevance to teaching and learning in Nigerian secondary schools. The need for computer education and its objectives in Nigerian educational system were identified and discussed. The roles the classroom teachers would play and the challenges they would have to face in using computer for instruction were also highlighted. Possible solutions were suggested to...
October 2009
Attitudes of teachers and students towards art and design curriculum: Implications for vocational education in Kenya
Art and Design Curriculum taught in secondary schools in Kenya is intended not only to prepare learners for a vocation in Art and Design industry but also to complement literacy, scientific and factual subjects by awakening creativity in the individual. It is part of the government policy of diversification and vocationalization of the curriculum. However, enrolment of students in this subject has gone down...
October 2009
Parental involvement as a correlate of pupils’ achievement in mathematics and science in Ogun State, Nigeria
This study investigated the achievement of pupils in the public and private primary schools in mathematics and science. The descriptive survey research design was employed to carry out this study. Four hundred and eighty (480) pupils from thirty primary schools in Ogun State, Nigeria were randomly selected for this study. From the results of this study, parental involvement accounts for 16.1% of the total...
October 2009
Behavioural constraints on practices of auditing in Nigeria (BCPAN)
This research was conducted to determine the behavioural constraints on practices of auditing (BCPAN) in Nigeria and to proffer strategies for making incidence of auditing (internal and external auditors) more effective. Thirty-seven administrators drawn from some public limited liability companies, private companies and tertiary institutions were quite auspicious. Two research questions were posed and the...
October 2009
Attitude of academic staff in Nigerian tertiary educational institutions to student evaluation of instruction (SEI): A case study of Cross River State University
This study was designed to assess the attitude of academic staff in Nigerian tertiary educational institutions to student evaluation of instruction (SEI) and to find out the variable factors that influenced the expressed attitude of members of the academic staff, using Cross River State University as a case study. The study was a survey and so a questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection....
October 2009
Equity and access to university education through higher loans in Bungoma district Kenya
University student loans were introduced in Kenya with the aim of easing the burden of public expenditure in higher education. In the initial years the loans were to benefit all students enrolled at University irrespective of their socio-economic backgrounds. The beneficiaries were expected to repay the loan later upon getting into employment. This mode of funding eventually became unpopular both to the...
October 2009
Voluntary counseling and testing services: Breaking resistance to access and utilization among the youths in Rakai district of Uganda
Voluntary counseling and testing is important in controlling the spread of HIV, especially among adolescents. The aim is to describe the perceptions of adolescents of the best options to providing voluntary counseling and testing services to them in Rakai District Uganda. A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out among male and female adolescents of 15 to 24 years who were selected by convenience...
October 2009
Variation in the willingness of superintendents to recommend hiring alternatively licensed principals
The purpose of this article is to report the viability, as expressed by superintendents, of alternative routes to principal licensure as a solution to the principal shortage, regardless of whether it is a quantitative or qualitative shortage. The researcher’s interest is in assessing and explaining the variation in superintendents’ willingness to recommend hiring alternatively licensed principals....
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