This study investigated the Child Rights Act in the education of orphans and vulnerable children in Junior Secondary Schools in Rivers State, Nigeria as an imperative for sustainable development. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. A descriptive research design was adopted. The population comprised all the 7,492 teachers in the 322 public Junior Secondary Schools in Rivers State.
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This paper outlines the background which culminated to the morass of economic recession. The phenomenon of recession are discussed briefly with the various attempts which governments have made to address the frightening situation of economic recession. Then the role of education as an institution in the process of economic recovery are highlighted, drawing heavily from educational and economic developmental theories.
Education is the major pivot on which the entire gamut of national development is placed in the third world countries. Although western education was introduced into the shores of Nigeria in the 1840s by the Christian missionaries, its growth and development subsequently have been influenced by both political and military leaders from pre-independence period to date. This paper examined the leadership factor in the provision of education in Nigeria and its attendant contributions to national development.
Issues concerning morality and moral development have become a source of concern to all and sundry in Nigeria today. Due to the high level of moral decadence in our society today, one begins to question the nature, contents, theory and practice of our education. Some scholars have established the links between what we experience in the society and what education had given to its products. Of course scholars and educationists have hinged the incidence of moral decadence on our educational practice.
Issues concerning morality and moral development have become a source of concern to all and sundry in Nigeria today. Due to the high level of moral decadence in our society today, one begins to question the nature, contents, theory and practice of our education. Some scholars have established the links between what we experience in the society and what education had given to its products. Of course scholars and educationists have hinged the incidence of moral decadence on our educational practice.
This study examines the effect of investment in education on sustainable development in Nigeria. Education has been recognized globally as a veritable and strategic venture pivotal to the economic transformation of any nation. The study made use of secondary data sourced from the Ministry of Education, National Universities Commission (NUC) and Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND). Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression method was used to analyze the data obtained to show the relationship between enrolments and funding.
This study investigated the role of recreational facilities in Early Childhood Language development. To achieve this, thirty teachers which comprised twentytwo Nigeria Certificate in Education (N.C.E.), and eight Degree holders in Early Childhood Education were drawn from five purposively sampled schools from Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. The study adopted the descriptive survey design where four research questions were answered and one hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance.