Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the perception of library resources and utilization among tertiary institution students in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Library is the bedrock of academic excellence in our society today. However, within many professions, associations, and organizations etc. are known to store and disseminate information, but the most important…
Abstract: The study was carried out to ascertain the Availability and Utilization of Sports Facilities in Private Primary Schools in Obio Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. A descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The study population comprised all private primary schools and all physical and health education teachers in the…
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Throughout history women generally have had fewer legal rights and career opportunities than men. Wifehood and womanhood were considered as women’s most significant professions, and they are long considered naturally weaker than men. Their rights and being are taken for granted. Silence becomes the virtue of women…
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study One of the objectives of secondary education in Nigeria is to inspire students with a desire for achievement and self improvement both at school and later life (National policy on education 2004). Physics as one of the physical science subject plays an important role in the technological…
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Competence is the ability of an individual to do a job properly. A competency is a set of defined behaviors that provide a structured guide enabling the identification, evaluation and development of the behaviors in individual employees. The term “competence” first appeared in an article authored by White…
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study One of the greatest threats to Education, social, economic, and political development of any nation is corruption. Therefore, the challenges of corruption remain a major devastating issue facing Nigeria since the colonial period, although, this phenomena has become a cankerworm that has eaten deep into the fabrics…
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study Family is the setting in which children gain necessary skills, such as decision-making, responsibility, showing respect to others, showing affection and receiving love, fulfilling social roles and expressing creativity (Dil & Bulantekin, 2011) and start their first education. While raising their children, parents use different methods based…
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background To The Study Before the advent of science and technology in Nigeria, there had been series of controversies over how to better the academic performance of students in Chemistry and Mathematics, Adebayel, (2013). Both subjects being what they are; being needed in Science and in Engineering have raised these vexed…
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study In the field of education and psychology, learning has been discovered all over the world to be a highly complex problem. Several researchers have tried to complain it differently true. Over the fears, researchers on factors that influence academic achievement of students have attracted the interest of…
THE APARTHEID EXPERIENCES OF BLACK AFRICAN’S IN ALEX LAGUMA’S A WALK IN THE NIGHT AND PETER ABRAHAM’S TELL FREEDOM CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Apartheid, on Afrikaans word meaning “A state of being apart” was a system of racial segregation in South Africa, enforced through legislation by the national party (NP) Government,…