The effects of educational attainment on employment outcomes in Kenya
July 2011
Employment outcomes in developing countries are likely to have significant distributional implications. This paper investigates the extent to which education influences the structure of employment and earnings in rural and urban Kenya for men and women, using data from a nationally representative household survey. Kenya is an interesting case to take given persistent policy focus on rapid expansion of education since...
Upgrading the standard of higher education in developing countries through international cooperation
July 2011
Education, being a formal means of acquiring knowledge, is a universal heritage of mankind. It is a basic factor for the accumulation of human capital and societal development. Institutions of higher learning not only reflect, but also create and augment the stock of knowledge through research and innovation. Higher education in developing countries is facing diverse structural problems to pace with developed countries....
An empirical analysis that forecast a high likelihood of emergency loan need between ages 27-41 among graduate students for policy decisions
July 2011
The increase in graduate schools’ enrollments due to the global recession poses a complex challenge for graduate school deans and policy decisions. The data indicate that between the ages 27 to 41 emergency loan need is high among graduate students. As more non-traditional students seek admission into graduate school, there may be a prescribed role for the emergency loan in order to reduce the level of borrowing...
Attrition rates in primary schools in Delta State of Nigeria
June 2011
This study investigated attrition rates in selected primary schools in Delta State, Nigeria, involving 5,545 pupils comprising 3,014 boys and 2,531 girls using the 2003 cohort. A checklist collected data on the flow of pupils from all available school records from the start of cohort to graduation. Percentage and mean were used for data analysis. Average attrition rate found was 19.24%, highest was 36.60% for a...
Teachers participation in decision making process in secondary schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria
June 2011
This study examined teachers' involvement in decision making process in secondary schools in Ekiti state, and also investigated whether teachers' involvement in decision making process is related to their personal characteristics. An instrument titled teachers decision making questionnaire (TDMQ) was used to collect the data. The instrument was administered in five local government areas of the state out of the...
Graduate students’ perceptions on business ethics and capitalism: A study in Malaysian universities
June 2011
The landmark cases of Enron and WorldCom have been seen as a wake up call for businesses in Malaysia to augment their ethical practices and roots of good governance in today’s dynamic business environment. Business ethics has been perceived to be influenced by gender, age, academic exposure, ethnicity, culture and other demographic factors. This study examines the relationship between the perception on gender, age...
Criminal intent and educational aspiration of disadvantaged school-age hawkers in two selected North central cities of Nigeria
May 2011
One of the international agenda is to utilize all available human and non-human resources towards enhancing youth’s educational and moral development. However, evidences abound that a good number of Nigerian youths are drawn by negative socio-economic experiences to a life of full time or part time hawking. The consequences of this life-style on the educational aspiration and moral...
Career development among young people in Britain today: Poverty of aspiration or poverty of opportunity?
May 2011
This paper compares two explanations of the persistent relationship in the UK between young people’s social class backgrounds and their rates of participation in higher education: poverty of aspiration and rational action. It is argued that, rather than widening opportunities, successive reforms in education and training have created a series of blind alleys for the (mostly working class) young people who are not...
The crisis of student misbehavior in Zimbabwean public schools: Teachers’ perceptions on impact of macro socioeconomic challenges
April 2011
Zimbabwe experienced unprecedented socioeconomic challenges between 2000 and 2008. In this same period, public schools recorded an increase in cases of student misbehavior. Drawing on Bronfenbrenner's (1979) ecological theory of human development, we investigated teachers' perceptions of the influence of socioeconomic factors on student misbehavior. Our findings show that most teachers perceived the prevailing...
Emotional intelligence and faculties' academic performance: The social competencies approach
April 2011
In the last decades of 20th century and at the beginning of 3rd millennium, different researches suggested that, IQ is not the only factor of managers “success and performance improvement, but also there is another factor called emotional intelligence that results in outstanding performance at work. Emotional intelligence (EI), at the most general level, refers to the capability to recognize and regulate emotions...
The role of education in boosting development: Thinking systemically
March 2011
This paper presents a discussion on the role of education in boosting development in Africa thinking systemically. The paper reveals some challenges that face education systems and educators in various colleges and universities in Africa. Purposely, the paper expounds the role of educators, specifically universities, in providing relevant grades which conform to the ability of the students in attaining the same, and it...
Teacher and the student practice teaching programme in Nigerian educational system
March 2011
The science of pedagogy involves many specific skills which prospective and serving teachers must understand, practice and habituate. The much talked about fall in the standard of education demands that a more positive attentive attention be given to the teacher education programme in our institutions of learning with a view to improving the professional preparation of teachers in the 21st century. It has, therefore,...
Management challenges facing implementation of free primary education in Kenya: A case of Keiyo district
February 2011
In January 2003, the Kenyan government declared free primary education (FPE) in all public schools in the country as a fulfillment of the education for all (EFA) global commitment and strategy to give children universal primary education. This study examined the management challenges facing implementation of FPE in Kenya, a case of primary schools in Keiyo district. The study design used was descriptive survey method...
Roadblocks to the achievement of universal primary education in Africa
February 2011
One of the millennium development goals (MDGs) is the achievement of universal primary education (UPE). It is seen as part of the child's rights and also as a force capable of freeing the child from ignorance, disease, poverty and making him a better human being. Africa is lagging behind in the pursuit of UPE and there are odds (roadblocks) working against its achievement. Such problems have been identified to...
Financial reforms and governance and the crisis in research in public universities in Africa: A case of Uganda
January 2011
Since the 1980s, African countries including Uganda, have been implementing financial reforms with particular emphasis on spending on priority sectors. Higher education sector was not given priority. In this regard, there was a shift from funding higher education to funding primary education in the 1990s, the consequence of which was a decline in public funding for university education. The effect of this...
Investigating equity through allocation of teachers
January 2011
Although inequalities in education are relatively well researched, little attention is given to the inequalities in the educational resources used in education. This is clearly a short coming in the course of providing equitable education to all. One of the educational resources frequently used in discussion is teachers. However, not many researchers had evaluated it in terms of availability in a school. In this paper,...
A case study of the Fort Smith public schools new teacher induction program
December 2010
Each year almost 10% of new teachers will leave the teaching profession. By the end of the fifth year of teaching, 30 to 50% of new teachers will have left teaching. One method of retaining new teachers is through the use of new teacher induction programs. These programs help new teachers integrate and adjust to the rigors of teaching with a strong base of support. This paper is a case study of the Fort Smith public...
Sensitizing the female in university admission in South-south geopolitical zone for assurance of sustainable development in Nigeria
December 2010
There has been a growing belief that the rate of admission of candidates into universities in Nigeria through the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has been tilted in favour of the males. This apparent anomaly has resulted in the production of fewer female graduates especially in universities in Nigeria. As a result, the needed female manpower is not sufficiently available in almost all production...
Profile of academic and senior non-teaching staff in a Nigerian university
September 2010
This study determined whether there has been any significant change in the profile of academic and senior non-teaching staff of the University of Ibadan recruited between 1961 and 2000. A retrospective study of these two categories were examined for their qualifications, dates of first appointment and the year of promotion to the grades of assistant lecturer, lecturer 2, lecturer 1, senior lecturer, professor positions...
Relevance and benefits of management by objectives to secondary school management in Anambra State: Teachers views
September 2010
The purpose of the of this study was to investigate the statements of secondary school teachers on the relevance and expected benefits of Management by Objectives (MBO) to secondary school management in Anambra State. Guided by two research questions and two null hypotheses, the descriptive survey design was adopted. A sample of 1159 teachers was selected through stratified random sampling technique from secondary...
Active learning
July 2010
Active learning refers to models of instruction that focus the responsibility of learning on students by allowing students to engage in learning that promotes higher-order thinking. Active learning involves learner-centeredness, and occurs within the classroom, as well as outside the classroom. By active learning, students not only become engaged with the ideas being communicated among themselves, and between the...
Principals’ leadership styles and teachers’ job performance in senior secondary schools in Ondo State, Nigeria
July 2010
This paper investigated principals’ leadership styles and teachers’ job performance in senior secondary schools in Ondo State, Nigeria. The study population comprised all the 281 secondary schools in the State. Out of this population, a sample of 240 senior secondary schools was taken and selected through the stratified random sampling technique. Out of 7460 teachers (including principals) in the schools, a...
The up-scaling of technology to build inclusive financial systems in India
June 2010
The challenges from a technology point of view are many. The systems that provide connectivity need to be relatively inexpensive if they are to be commercially deployed, given the lower incomes in rural areas compared to urban areas. Recently, information and communication technologies (ICT) have emerged as a powerful tool to reduce operating costs, making it viable for financial institutions to expand into rural and...
Management challenges facing implementation of free primary education in Kenya: A case of Keiyo District
June 2010
In January 2003 the Kenyan Government declared Free Primary Education (FPE) in all public schools as a fulfillment of the Education for All (EFA). This study examined the management challenges facing implementation of FPE in Kenya, a case of primary schools in Keiyo District. This was a descriptive survey study where questionnaires, interview schedule and observation were used to collect data from the head teachers,...
Democratic education in the classroom: An education law perspective
May 2010
This paper sought to unpack the extent of students’ democratic involvement in the teaching and learning processes. Data that were analyzed were obtained from 253 teachers and 194 students from 15 secondary schools in Botswana using a closed questionnaire consisting of 31 question items. Although the sample may not be representative of all the schools in the country (only 15 out of 233 schools were studied), the...
School violence and guidelines for establishing disciplinary committee in schools
May 2010
The school is an open system that influences its environment and is being influenced by it too. Thus, the existence of violence in the society culminated to its existence in the school system. This paper examines the concept of violence, cases and types of violence in schools, factors associated with it, the need for discipline in schools and the guidelines for establishing disciplinary committee in schools. It also...
Extent and ranking of social factors in participatory health development among the "O-kun Yoruba" of Ijumu, Kogi State, Nigeria
April 2010
Participation as a process has been widely recognized and accepted as both a basic right of people and of crucial importance to the success of development efforts generally. In recent times, a link has been made between participation and programs designed to improve people’s health. The general objective of this study is an investigation of the extent to which social factors such as education, income, occupation,...
Examination malpractices among secondary schools students in Ondo State, Nigeria: Perceived causes and possible solutions
April 2010
This paper investigated teachers’ perception of examination malpractices among secondary school students in Ondo State, Nigeria. As a descriptive research, the study population comprised the 481 secondary schools in Ondo State, Nigeria. This was made up of 281 public and 200 private schools as well as 210 urban and 272 rural schools. The sample consisted of 245 schools made up of 142 public and 103 private...
Role of church sponsor in management of secondary schools: Impact on academic performance and conflict concerns in Kenya
March 2010
A descriptive survey design was used to investigate the role of the sponsor in secondary school management and its impact on academic performance in Uasin Gishu District, Kenya. A purposive sampling technique was used to select 97 secondary schools where the head teachers of the schools and 7 Education Secretaries of the sponsoring churches formed the sample. Instruments of data collection were document analysis and a...
Problems of facilities in South West Nigerian Universities and the way forward
March 2010
This paper examined the problems of facilities in South West Nigerian universities. The study population consists of all academic staff in 10 public universities in South West Nigeria, while the sample was made up of 500 academic staff randomly selected from the 10 universities. A self-designed instrument tagged “Problem of Facilities in Universities Questionnaire (PFUQ)” was used to collect relevant data...
The effects of educational attainment on poverty reduction in Cameroon
February 2010
In recent years education has been promulgated as a primary weapon against poverty. Hence it is important to investigate the impact of different levels of education upon poverty. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of different levels of education of the employed individuals as determinants of poverty in Cameroon. The data for this study come from the 2001 Cameroonian Household Survey obtainable from...
Comparative analysis of academic achievement of UME and ex-remedial students: Case study of University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria
February 2010
This study was undertaken with the objective of carrying out a comparative analysis of academic achievement of UME and ex-Remedial students with University of Agriculture, Makurdi as a case study to assist Government and policy makers in educational sector reform decisions as to the suitability or otherwise of domiciling remedial programmes in the Universities. The comparative assessment was based on Senate approved...
Research on the cost calculation of distance education based on activity-based costing
September 2009
The analysis on the cost and efficiency of distance education has important meanings in both theory and practice. This paper tries to analyze the status of the school-running cost and efficiency of the pilot universities for modern distance education at present in China. On the basis of analyzing the major defects of current analysis on the cost and efficiency of distance education, activity-based costing has been used...
Primary schooling in a tribal district of Maharashtra: Some policy relevance
September 2009
The situation of primary schooling is indeed appalling in backward districts because education planning in India does not take into account the educational needs and aspirations of the poor people. The study focuses the situation of primary education in some tribal villages of a backward district of Maharashtra, India with the help of qualitative and quantitative data. Besides infrastructural improvements, the study...
Rethinking centrifugal issues in intra-Iuleha relations in Edo state, Nigeria, from the pre-colonial times up to 2000
August 2009
Socio-economic and political factors of unity or disunity have influenced human existence since the dawn of history. Communities around the world have developed socio-cultural, economic and political elements of inter-group relations that have bonded them together and distinguished them from other groups while at the same time guaranteeing their group survival and distinctive identity. This article interrogates those...
Managerial strategies to conflict management of not-for-profit organizations in Nigeria: A study
August 2009
This study is an investigation of the managerial strategies to conflict management in non-profit making organizations in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. The essences of this study are to device effective strategies to conflict management and make appropriate recommendations for an effective conflict resolution, aimed at ensuring organizational development, productivity and societal growth. The study adopted the...
Implications and challenges of Nigerian universities as learning organizations
July 2009
The purpose of this paper was to highlight the implications and challenges of Universities as learning organizations in Nigeria. ‘Learning organization’ is a concept that is becoming an increasingly widespread philosophy in our contemporary society. It has a strong humanistic orientation and it is a place where people continually expand their capacity to produce results they truly desire, where new and...
Parents’ involvement in school administration as a correlate of effectiveness of secondary schools in Nigeria
July 2009
The study examined the relationship between parents’ involvement in school administration and effectiveness of secondary schools in Nigeria. The descriptive survey design was used for the study. The population consisted of all the teachers, principals and parents of the students in public secondary schools in South-West Nigeria. The sample comprised 1200 teachers, 300 parents and 60 principals from 60 secondary...
Poverty alleviation: The educational planning perspective
June 2009
A well planned education system is expected to respond to the socio-economic needs as well as the political objectives of any country. Education contributes to poverty reduction by increasing the value of efficiency of the labour force and thus enhances economic growth. This economic growth is expected to translate into higher income lowering poverty levels. This is because the more educated an individual is; the...
Business ethics for excellence in action: A view
June 2009
The core subject of ethics is essentially a branch of spiritualism, which is a banyan tree covering the entire gamut of human behavior on righteous path for the well being of society, in simple terms spiritualism, which is closely linked to strong religious faith is a canvas under which ethical values and principles bloom and blossom. Four sources of values, legal regulation, professional codes of ethics, individual...
Parental involvement in schools: The perspectives of Cypriot principals
June 2009
This paper presents the findings of a survey study conducted in Cyprus primary state schools, which aimed at outlining principals’ perspectives concerning parental involvement in school life. The research involved a representative sample of principals of the schools concerned. The analysis and interpretation of the data indicated that current home-school links are extremely limited. It was also found that even...
Perceptions of principals’ responsibilities in-locoparentis in Nigerian secondary schools
May 2009
This paper reviewed the perceptions of principals’ responsibilities in-loco-parentis in Nigerian seconddary schools, using the theoretical method, applied precedent cases and administrative examples. This work also suggested that possible modifications may be needed especially where past laws of operations have been revised. This approach could allow for more harmony among parents, students, teachers and...
Analysis of post primary teachers’ utility of the due process of law in academic dismissal in Nigeria
May 2009
This paper focused on the utility of the due process of law by teachers as a protection and corrective measures on academic dismissal in Nigerian post primary schools. It reviewed how ‘right’ and ‘due process’ are related as well as the essence of the due process in considering the crucial aspect of law by reviewing statutes, laws, edicts and decrees to improve some problematic areas faced by...
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