ABSTRACT The Education for All Action Plan (2002), Millennium Development Goal Report (2008), National Development Plan 4 (2012) and the Ministry of Education Strategic Plan (2012) acknowledge the need for resource mobilisation strategies to help finance adult education. Studies on Namibia resource mobilisation highlight the lack of infrastructural, financial and human resources in adult education but the studies do not mention strategies to mobilise these resources. Fourteen regions exist in...
ABSTRACT This paper investigated the challenges or constraints of women in continuing higher education programme with particular focus on the B.Ed part-time programme of the usman danfodiyo university sokoto. A simple survey research design was employed to explore the issue. A 4 item questionnaire supplemented with oral interview sessions provided the data used for the study. The study involved 150 randomly selected women in B.Ed part-time programme of the usman danfodiyo university. T...
Abstract There are debates and renunciations among Western and African philosophers trained in the Western schools of philosophy about the existence and absence of African philosophy. Contrary to this argument and denial is the affirmation that a Black person like his or her White counterpart is capable of thinking, which is the root of philosophy. This dissertation is an attempt to try and address such questions and line of argument. It should be noted that one of the wishes of the majority ...
Abstract There are debates and renunciations among Western and African philosophers trained in the Western schools of philosophy about the existence and absence of African philosophy. Contrary to this argument and denial is the affirmation that a Black person like his or her White counterpart is capable of thinking, which is the root of philosophy. This dissertation is an attempt to try and address such questions and line of argument. It should be noted that one of the wishes of the majority ...
ABSTRACT The motivation for this study was informed by the seeming low enrolment level of the females in schools in Sokoto state. To identify the reasons why they withdrew from schools and the motivating factor for their re-joining schools after a long break. The sample consisted of 300 students who were all females in categories of single, married, divorced and widows, selected randomly from Women Centre for Continuing Education Sokoto. Fifty other respondents that consisted of teache...
ABSTRACT This study compared the performance of male and female secondary school students in Sokoto State using Government Day Secondary School, Arkilla, Sokoto as a case study. The research centered on finding out the level of performance of secondary school students in Sokoto State and the factors that militate against good performance of secondary school students; as factors such as poverty, inadequate and obsolete infrastructural facilities, indiscipline, and inappropriate curriculum...
ABSTRACT This study investigated perception of junior secondary school students on Teachers’ Attitude and Competence in Basic Science teaching in Sokoto State, Nigeria. A descriptive survey method was employed in the study. The population consists of 4,823 JS III students and sample consists of 342 JS III students drawn from nine (9) secondary schools within Sokoto State. Stratified sampling technique was used to select the schools where respondents were drawn. Four research questions ...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the strategies of strengthening guidance and counselling services in enhancing students’ discipline in Higher Learning Institutions in Tanzania. The objectives were to determine the prevailing indiscipline cases of undergraduate students in HLIs, examine the extent to which the provided guidance and counselling services in HLIs enhance students’ discipline, and to explore guidance and counselling strategies that can enhance students’ discipline in HLIs ...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the effectiveness of school boards in community secondary schools in Chamwino District, Dodoma Region. The study aimed at assessing the extent to which school boards in community secondary schools are effective in accomplishing their roles and responsibilities; evaluating the level of autonomy exercised by school boards; assessing community participation in making and implementing decisions and, assessing the extent to which the board diversity affects decision m...
ABSTRACT The general objective of this study was to investigate the perceptions and awareness of street children on accessibility to formal education. This study predominantly employed qualitative approach. Quantitative approach was used to illustrate and clarify qualitative information. A cross-sectional survey design was employed as the information was collected across categories of population at one point in a time. Structured interviews, questionnaires and observations were used to colle...
ABSTRACT The major aim of this study was to examine effectiveness of primary schools teachers teaching English language in Tanzania. Specifically, the study addressed four objectives which are to: (1) investigate subject mastery of teacher teaching English in primary schools; (2) examine teacher‟s competence in the application of Technological, Pedagogical and Content knowledge (3) examine learners‟ communicative ability in English and (4) examine how English teachers cope with challenge...
ABSTRACT The main focus of this study was to assess the effect of the head teachers‟ instructional supervision roles on pupils‟ academic performance in primary schools in Ifakara Town Council in Kilombero District, Tanzania. The objectives of the study were to determine the head teachers‟ instructional supervision practices in enhancing pupils‟ academic performance in primary schools, to assess the head teachers‟ workload on instructional supervision in enhancing pupils‟ academic...
ABSTRACT The major purpose of this study was to examine the challenges in the accessibility of secondary school education among girls in pastoral communities, specifically in Tarime district in Mara region. Three specific objectives guided this study, firstly, to evaluate girls‟ participation in secondary school education, secondly, to examine the bottlenecks that girls face in the accessibility of secondary school education in comparison with boys and thirdly to assess the mitigation meas...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at assessing effects of fee free policy in ordinary public secondary education in Tanzania. The study was guided by the classical liberal theory of equal opportunity. The study used qualitative research approach with some aspects of quantitative research approach. It employed descriptive research design. The sample of this study consisted of 106 participants, where by 7 were head teachers, 35 were teachers, 1 education officer, 42 students and 21 parents. Participant...
ABSTRACT This study assessed teachers’ digital literacy towardsthe integration of ICT in secondary schools. Three research objectives were addressed on this study, namely the usefulness of ICT in school, the teachers’ digital competency toward ICT integration in school, and (iii) the challenges facing teachers towards the integration of ICT facilities in school.The mixed-method approach was adopted to generate both qualitative and quantitative information through sequential design. Simpl...