Abstract This study focused on assessing the instructional facilities in teaching and learning automobile technology in tertiary institutions in south-south, Nigeria. A survey research design was adopted, the respondents for the study comprised150 lecturers and 90 automobile technologists from 11 tertiary institutions in south-south, Nigeria, making a total population of 240 respondents. An observational checklist using National Universities Commission (NUC) standard requirements and a struc...
Abstract The study was carried out to determine the adequacy of the content and the readability of the recommended textbooks on Agriculture for Upper Basic Education in Enugu state. Eighteen research questions were posed and answered by the study. The evaluation research design was adopted. The population of the study was the 29 recommended textbooks on Agriculture for Upper Basic Education schools in Enugu state. The sample for the study was 27 recommended main textbooks on Agriculture for ...
ABSTRACT The present study examined the relationship between entrepreneurship education programme of universities in Benue State and job creation, career intention, self productivity and poverty alleviation of undergraduate students. Four research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. The correlational research design was adopted for the study. The sample for the study consisted of 225 final year undergraduate students drawn from three universities in Benue state. The instrument u...
Abstract The 21st-century workforce has experienced numerous changes one of which is the high demand for soft skills, including emotional intelligence, by employers in every occupation. It thus becomes essential that mechanical technology occupations in South-south Nigeria should be staffed with emotionally intelligent workers and that their emotional competencies should be measured with appropriate instruments. The study, therefore, sought to develop and factorially validate an emotional i...
ABSTRACT The study was survey research that assessed the human resource factors in the implementation of business education programme in colleges of education in Anambra and Enugu States. Three research questions and null hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study consists of 122 business education lecturers in colleges of education in Anambra and Enugu States. The whole population was studied using structured questionnaire. The data collected were analysed using the mean in an...
Abstract The study was aimed at determining the influence of oil and gas exploitation on agricultural production and coping mechanisms required by farmers for sustainable agriculture in Bayelsa State. The study specifically determined the activities of oil and gas exploitation, the influence of oil and gas exploitation on crop and aquacultural production as well as the influence on farmers and also explored the coping mechanisms to curtail problems of oil and gas exploitation. Five resear...
Abstract The major purpose of this study was to investigate job satisfaction amongst accounting teachers in senior secondary schools in Kaduna state. Five research questions were raised and four null hypotheses were tested at a 0.05 level of significance. The population for the study consisted of 110 accounting teacher made up of 71 male accounting teachers and 39 female accounting teachers drawn from the 74 public secondary schools in Kaduna state. The study adopted a descriptive survey des...
ABSTRACT The study was carried out to determine the human resource management skills required by Business Education Graduates for effective management of small and medium scale enterprises in Adamawa State. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The population of the study was 5,722 made up of 5,687 of managers of small and medium scale enterprises registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission, Yola, and 35 Business Educators teaching at tertiary institutions in the State. A simpl...
ABSTRACT The study was aimed at determining the influence of service quality of electronics craftsmen on customer satisfaction in Plateau State Nigeria. Specifically, the study strived to determine the influence of electronics craftsmen’s reliability, responsiveness, empathy, assurance, and tangibles on customer satisfaction in Plateau State. To achieve these specific objectives, five research questions and five null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted a descri...
Abstract This study focused on assessing the instructional facilities in teaching and learning of automobile technology in tertiary institutions in south-south, Nigeria. A survey research design was adopted, the respondents for the study comprised150 lecturers and 90 automobile technologists from 11 tertiary institutions in south-south, Nigeria, making a total population of 240 respondents. An observational checklist using National Universities Commission (NUC) standard requirements and a s...
ABSTRACT Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has great potential in transforming the traditional and teacher-centred mode of science teaching in schools into a modern and rich student-centred mode; hence, the encouragement of its usage in unity schools across Nigeria. Regardless of its encouragement and adoption in unity schools, the level of its usage among science teachers is still relatively low with negative consequences on the teaching and learning of science subjects. Previou...
ABSTRACT The menace of HIV/AIDS is a serious concern globally, especially the rate at which the disease spreads among adolescents with hearing impairment. This has been attributed to poor knowledge of and attitude to the incidence of HIV/AIDS, lack of personal skills coupled with inability of adolescents with hearing impairment to hear, comprehend and translate information about HIV/AIDS to functional use that could have helped them to cope with life challenges. Several studies have been carr...
ABSTRACT This study investigated effects of Freewriting Brainstorming Instructional Strategies (FBIS) and Questioning Brainstorming Instructional Strategies (QBIS) on Junior Secondary School (JSS) students’ learning outcomes in Basic Science in Osun State, Nigeria. The moderating effects of gender and personality traits were also examined. The pretest-posttest, control group, quasi experimental design involving 3x2x2 factorial matrix was employed. The research population comprised all the J...
The paper examines trends and patterns of appointment of Director Generals of the National Youth Service Corps Scheme (hereafter refers to NYSC). The problematic of the paper is anchors on the following posers: could one stretch the history of NYSC beyond the military era of General Yakubu Gowon Retired? Why are army officer usually appointed as Director Generals of the Scheme to the exclusion of Air force and Navy officers? Are there legal provisions or an Acts that provides for perennial ap...
Abstract The study was carried out to determine the skills required by graduates of technical colleges for self-employment in electrical installation and maintenance works in Enugu State. A survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study was 35 respondents comprised of teachers of electrical installation and maintenance work and workshop attendants. There was no sampling because of the manageable size of the population. A Structured questionnaire was used as an...