This study is directed towards finding relationship that exists between students’ attitude to Chemistry Practicals and their manipulative skill development at College of Education, Oju, Benue State. Two research questions and one hypothesis were proposed for testing, using Chemistry laboratory inventory and students attitude towards Chemistry practicals scale as the main instruments.
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This paper focused on the vocation options possible through entrepreneurship education in Home Economics curriculum at tertiary education level. The paper is primarily concerned with preparing students of Home Economics with the acquisition, management and knowledge in Home Economics Education (curriculum development and methodology); Home Management and Family Economics; Clothing and Textiles; Foods and Nutrition; Family Relationship and Child Development.
Nigeria is a country with a huge population of about a hundred and fifty million people presently. No one speaking truthfully can say that the country has not enormously grown numerically. However, not much can be accredited to the nation in terms of development. Several renowned scholars have shown that illiteracy is closely correlated with poverty and underdevelopment. Literacy therefore should be seen as part of the development process if the country is to advance developmentally.
Primary education is the foundation for other levels of education, thus enrolment at that level is very crucial if the policy of Universal Basic Education (UBE) will be successful and data on enrolment must be accurate, available and accessible. Consequently the paper projected enrolment for UBE programme in Edo State. Data on enrolment was collected through checklist from the relevant bodies. Data were analyzed with Econometric formulae. The results showed that the actual enrolment in 2006/07 academic session was 463,627 (56.6%) with 43.4 percent pupils not in school.
Regular use of forest lands by man, poor forest management and harvesting of forest products leads to loss of soil nutrients and decreased soil fertility. Organic and mostly inorganic fertiliser uses in forestry to correct these nutrient losses pose many environmental problems. This paper attempts to highlight the problems inherent in fertiliser use in forest plantations as well as prospects for mitigating the problems.
This paper elicits some major obstacles to small-scale business enterprises which are currently a challenge to wealth creation in Nigeria. Therefore, the roots of wealth creation should grow from the effective utilization of human and material resources available in an economy that would eventually determine small-scale, medium-scale and large-scale business enterprises and industrialization.
This study was designed to identify the modalities for enhancing mode of training roadside metalwork craftsmen in apprenticeship practice in Edo State. The concepts of apprenticeship were highlighted. Historical perspective in the practice, and enhancement of apprenticeship practice in roadside metalwork practice as an aspect of non-formal vocational education were stated. The study sought answers to a research question and tested a hypothesis. The population of the study consisted of 890 metalwork craftsmen operating in the roadside apprenticeship practice in Edo State.
This paper examines the changing trends in Nigerian education, from the liberal arts and the use of General Purpose English in the past to the emphasis on science and technical education, considered as the bedrock of a nation’s development through technology. It discusses the inadequacy of the General Purpose English approach in teaching English to vocational and technical students. It considers the fact that the English needs of vocational and technical students are different from others, especially in the liberal arts and humanities.
Environmental influence is a strong determinant of students' performance in school Mathematics being a subject that dread so many students, is supposed to be learnt in a conducive environment where everything needed for its effective teaching is adequately provided for to ensure its effective impartation. In Nigeria, environment has been a major problem to the achievement of the goals and objectives of education. In this paper, the various environmental factors that can greatly influence students' performance in mathematics were considered.
Kidnapping is a national threat and capable of disintegrating the country if not properly checked. Kidnapping simply means to seize and detain unlawfully, by force or fraud and to remove persons to an undisclosed location against their will and usually for use as a hostage or to extract ransom. It is sad that this unwholesome act has made many entrepreneurs to relocate their businesses to other parts of the country where kidnapping is less vulnerable while others have relocated to neighbouring countries where their return on investment will be highly secured.