Virtual learning is not a new phenomenon in the promotion of education in some parts of the world. Currently, some Nigerian institutions use it to promote distance learning and lifelong learning. Virtual Learning After-Sale (2002) uses electronic technologies to provide education and training applications, monitor learner performance, and report student progress. Hedge and Hayward (2004) have defined this approach as an innovative approach to creating interactive, well-designed, interactive l... read more

Each country develops its own education system, which evolves to meet the challenges of changing times. The Indian education system must also face several new choices, opportunities and challenges to ensure the implementation of a modernized, advanced and quality education system at all levels. The report of the National Indian Knowledge Commission reiterates its commitment to provide excellence in the education system to meet the 21st century knowledge challenges and enhance India's competitive... read more

This study entitled the role of Examination grade in shaping the reading culture of students in Tertiary institutions in Nigeria. A big part of any course or study programme is measuring how much a student has actually learned. Examinations can come in different forms, while grading must comply with a certain norm. The study tried to look at the link between reading culture and the issue of educational imbalance in the country to ascertain connectivity between the two. Academic achievement... read more

Vocational education and training as defined by UNESCO (2010, p. 9) is "an educational process leading to the acquisition of practical skills, attitudes, knowledge and skills" knowledge of the occupations in various sectors of the social economy and social life. "VET as an education system enriches the management of economic and development challenges (Quisumbing, 2001). However, this applies when the implementation of VET meets the needs of the population. VET must also be adapted to the nee... read more

In education, a teacher is a person who teaches students. The role of the teacher is often formal and permanent. It is practiced as a profession or profession in a school or other place of formal education. Learning is the acquisition of new or changing knowledge, attitudes, skills, or preferences, and may involve the synthesis of various types of information (Adeyanju, 1997). Learning and teaching is the concern of a trained teacher. Learning is a complex process. This can be defined as a sc... read more

Reading, one of the most fundamental building blocks of learning, is a process that requires the use of complex thought processes to interpret printed symbols as meaningful units, and to comprehend them as a thought unit in order to understand a printed message (Aina, Ogungbemi, Adigun, & Ogundipe, 2011, p. 1; Onuoha, Unegbu, & Umahi, 2013, p. 2). In other words, reading is a process of decoding symbols in order to derive or construct meaning. Reading is, therefore, vital for everyday activities... read more

Ganley (1989) states that domestic violence includes: physical violence, sexual violence, emotional abuse and abuse of property and pets. According to him, exposure to these forms of violence has considerable potential to be perceived as a threat to the lives of victims and can make them feel vulnerable, helpless and, in extreme cases, horrified. Dutton (1992) defines physical violence as any behavior that involves the intentional use of force against the body of another person and that may caus... read more

In educational institutions, success is measured by academic performance. As career competition grows ever fiercer in the working world, the importance of students doing well in school has caught the attention of parents, and employers. Education is not the only road to success in the working world, much effort is made to identify, evaluate, track and encourage the progress of students in schools. Parents care about their children’s’ academic performance because they believe that good acade... read more

The history of human race has also been the history of drug abuse (Maithya, 2009). In itself, the use of drugs does not constitute an evil; in fact some drugs have been a medical blessing. (Maithya, 2009) Since, time in memorial earliest times, herbs, roots, bark leaves have been used to relieve pain and help control diseases. History tells us that the Chinese used Opium as a cure of dysentery before the 18thcentury. European countries such as Britain and Holland were known to exchange opium gro... read more

According to the World Drug Report (2005), the use of illicit drugs has increased throughout the world in recent years. The report further states that a major world trend is the increasing availability of many kinds of drugs to an ever widening socioeconomic spectrum of consumers. The report argues that the main problem drugs at global level continue to be opiates (notably heroine) followed by cocaine. For example, for most of Europe and Asia, opiates continued to be the main problem drugs, acco... read more

According to World Health Organization (WHO), substance abuse refers to the harmful or hazardous use of psychoactive substances, including alcohol and illicit drugs. Psychoactive substance use can lead to dependence syndrome which is a continuous, repeated and persistent use of the substance despite its harmful consequences; leading to a high priority being given to the use of the substance to the deterrent of other activities and obligations (WHO, 2014). According to World Drug Report (2014)... read more

Domestic violence against women is one of the most pervasive abuses of human rights in the world, that lie in the spheres of those who are interested in the study of women's health and her rights. Violence against women is the barrier of women's empowerment and hinders the equal participation in society. However, they often go unnoticed and undocumented and therefore unresolved. Violence during pregnancy may threaten not only a woman well-being but that of her unborn child. Among women who had e... read more

Children Child labour is a widespread phenomenon in Nigeria today. This is especially the case in urban areas. Labour is a form of commerce in which the seller (merchant) transports goods (goods or goods) from one place to another in search of potential buyers. Children Child labour refers to the sale of goods by a person under the age of eighchild (Child labour). Children Child labourers are school-age children (at school, street vendors) who, for reasons of school need, associate the school wi... read more

The ever evolving Internet platform and technological advancements in the area of information management offers innovative ways to information managers to use in the acquisition, storage, management and dissemination process of information. To this end, university libraries are always on the lookout to adopting the new tools to improve their services to the users. Digital repositories are the new platform that libraries are adopting as an additional digital resources and services on their portal... read more

In December, 2019, a cluster of pneumonia cases, who were later proven to be caused by a novel coronavirus (named as “2019-nCoV”), emerged in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. By January 30, 2020, 9692 confirmed cases and 15,238 suspected cases have been reported around 31 prov- inces and cities in China. Among the confirmed cases, 1527 were severe cases, 171 had recovered and been discharged at home, and 213 died. Twenty-eight confirmed cases aged from 1 month to 17 years had been reported... read more

From birth to age eighteen children spend just a fraction of their lives in school. Thus it is not surprising that many factors outside the school environment can significantly influence students’ prospects for academic success in schools. This factor (parental status) is in play both during the years before children begin formal schooling and while they are actually enrolled in elementary and secondary school. Traditionally, family status variables such as socio-economic status and parents... read more

Education is the acquisition and application of knowledge in various fields for effective performance of ones task. The federal, state and local Governments of the federation place high premium on education they recognize it as a weapon against ignorance, disease, squalor and poverty and as a means of raising an enlightened, lively and industrious citizenry and of producing a prosperous nation. Education is an important medium for imparting the cultural traits and for change and transi... read more

This is a research into causes of student’s difficulty in learning basic science in Junior Secondary School in Enugu South LGA, Nigeria. The study investigated 150 secondary school students, 70 parents, 60 teachers and 20 government officials from Enugu State Ministry of Education. Five (5) research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. Separate questionnaire were used to collate data from the respondents. Frequencies, percentages, bar chat, mean, standard deviation, variance and anal... read more

Attainment of any teaching and learning objectives involves both human resources and materials resources and factors, that is, the teacher who is the enforcer of the subject content and the availability of both convectional materials and improvised materials, otherwise known as instructional materials. These factors must be in place to ensure attained educational objective, instructional materials are said to be all those materials needed in the classroom to be used by the teacher for the purse ... read more

We live in an age that is experiencing an ever-increasing use of computers in diverse areas of human endeavor. Computers offer great assistance in decision-making, operations control, modeling, simulation, automated manufacturing etc. The history of development shows that so far, no industrialized nation has been able to make it without the use of computers (Inyama, 2006). In education, computers are used in extremely versatile ways to aid the understanding of a wide variety of stud... read more