| Description | The study involves the effects of marital conflict on the academic development of students in senior secondary schools in the Umuahia Education Zone. The problem of this research is focused on the incessant examination malpractices experienced at all levels of education and the declining quality of graduates at all levels of education in Nigeria. | The study was carried out to determine the prevalence of measles amongst children in Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH) Aba. The aim of the study is to provide data on the prevalence of measles amongst children (0 – 5 years) in ABSUTH, to determine the most affected age group, and to identify the most prevalent complications. | The study involves theological education and pastoral ministry in Assemblies of God, Nigeria: a sociological perspective, a case study of Aba Central District. Five objectives were addressed in order to successfully conduct the study. | This research discussed on The Anatomy And Physiology Of Desmodium Ramosissimum (G. Don) As A Phytoindicator And Phytoremediator On Crude Oil Polluted Soil. | This thesis was an appraisal of the teacher management function of the Anambra State Post Primary Schools Services Commission. It covered the six education zones in Anambra State. The study involved four research questions and four hypotheses. | This research studies dormancy and seed germination of four different plant species of the family Leguminosae which includes, Centrosama pubescens, Sesbania sesban. Sesbania rostrata and Clitoria ternatea were carried out. |
| Content | The study involves the effects of marital conflict on the academic development of students in senior secondary schools in the Umuahia Education Zone. The problem of this research is focused on the incessant examination malpractices experienced at all levels of education and the declining quality of graduates at all levels of education in Nigeria.
The study evaluated four research questions. The survey method through the use of questionnaires was used to collect the information. One hundred and eighty-five randomly selected teachers in 15 church-administered secondary schools were used. A total of two hundred and twenty-five questionnaires were distributed to 90 male teachers and 95 female teachers in 15 church-administered secondary schools in the Umuahia education zone; of these one hundred and eighty-five questionnaires were returned and validated.
After data collection, the analysis was done, where the collected information was interpreted to meet the objectives of the study. The study found that marital conflict significantly affects the academic development of students in Senior Secondary Schools. Similarly, the study affirms that marital conflicts have effects on the psychomotor development of senior secondary school students.
Furthermore, responses from both male and female teachers echo that marital conflicts have effects on the cognitive development of senior secondary school students. Finally, the study positively affirms that marital conflicts have effects on the affective development of senior secondary school students.
To ensure that marital conflicts do not ruin the future of secondary school students, who are the supposed future of tomorrow, the study recommends that Married couples should stop reprimanding each other openly in the presence of their children. Married couples should stop reprimanding each other openly in the presence of their children. Also, it was recommended that spouses who are experiencing marital pressure should try to strike a balance between home activities, family issues, and their children’s academic work.
Furthermore, married couples should try by sponsoring the education of their children to avoid them from dropping out of school; this will help them to concentrate on their academics and to obtain good grades. Moreover, it was recommended that secondary schools at all levels should have strong guidance and counseling units to assist all the students in need of special attention.
It was recommended that the Ministry of Education and other governmental agencies in collaboration with schools and religious organizations should work together to develop training programs on love, marriage, and care for parents to educate society on the importance of love and family care for healthy families, communities and society in general.
The study has contributed the following to the body of knowledge: the researcher has tried to shift the focus to the issues that lead to marital conflicts without particular emphasis on divorce. The researcher also used church-administered secondary schools which has not been used by other studies.
Finally, the researcher’s concentration on the study was not on the effects of marital conflicts on students’ grades but rather on academic development which encompasses cognitive development, psychomotor development, and affective development. In conclusion, this study establishes that marital conflicts significantly affect students’ academic development. It especially affects their cognitive, psychomotor, and affective development which affects their overall academic development.
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| The study was carried out to determine the prevalence of measles amongst children in Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH) Aba. The aim of the study is to provide data on the prevalence of measles amongst children (0 – 5 years) in ABSUTH, to determine the most affected age group, and to identify the most prevalent complications.
It is a descriptive study on the prevalence of measles among children (0 to 5) attending ABSUTH from January 2014 to December 2018. 14712 children reported to the hospital with different ailments within the period. Out of this, 419 children had measles which was used as the sample size for the study. A computer checklist, data compilation form, and calculator were used as instruments for this study.
Data collected were analyzed using tables, figures, and graphs. Out of the 14,712 cases, 419 (2.8%) presented with measles in the five years study. The prevalence was highest in 2014 and lowest in 2018. The gender prevalence showed measles occurred more in males (55.8%) than in females (44.2%). It occurred in children between the ages of 1 to 2 years (30.8%) and the peak month incidence was seen in January (18.4%), May (66%), February (11.2%), and December (11%). Incidence was highest in those unimmunized. Vitamin A also helps susceptible children prevent complications.
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| The study involves theological education and pastoral ministry in Assemblies of God, Nigeria: a sociological perspective, a case study of Aba Central District. Five objectives were addressed in order to successfully conduct the study.
The survey method through the use of questionnaires was used to collect the information. One hundred and twenty randomly selected pastors and members were used.
The study found that AG’s seminary school staff members are grossly made up of candidates who graduate from her theological institutes. It was also found that AG constitutes a body that helps her obtain, formulate and update the education curriculum for her theological institutes.
In order to ensure that AG’s theological institutes build on the spirituality and practicality required to ignite the powers within every minister of the gospel, the study recommends that AG should build into their curriculums a transformative system of learning to assist pastors to interrogate their conceptions of God and thus build a change in their relationship with God and society.
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| This research discussed on The Anatomy And Physiology Of Desmodium Ramosissimum (G. Don) As A Phytoindicator And Phytoremediator On Crude Oil Polluted Soil.
In order to know the capacity of Desmodium ramosissimum species to grow and replenish in crude oil-polluted soil, an experiment was carried out. Two weeks after planting, the number of leaves, plant height, stem girth, and leaf area were evaluated bi-weekly. Heavy metals (Copper, Nickel, Lead, and Cadmium) concentrations of crude oil contaminated soils were determined for 16 weeks after planting.
Also, phytochemical constituents of the plant and changes in anatomy in the vegetative parts of the plant were examined. The mean values of the growth parameter obtained were higher in control soil (0%) and then progressively decreased in 1 – 4% crude oil-polluted soil. The crude oil pollution had a significant (P£0.05) effect on leaf area, the number of leaves, plant height, and stem girth, but significant (P£0.01) only on leaf area and plant height.
The plant accumulated heavy metals in its vegetative parts. Lead accumulated more in the root and leaves followed by Copper, Nickel, and Cadmium, while the higher amounts of copper (48 mg/100 g) and Nickel (26.2 mg/100 g) were left in the soil 16 weeks after planting. Those plants in polluted soils (1 – 4%) exhibited greater sinuosity in their epidermal cell walls compared to those in controls (0 %). Also seen were oil droplets in the ground tissues of the contaminated plants.
The presence of phytochemicals like alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, and tannins mostly observed on the leaves and the uptake of the heavy metals by the vegetative parts of D. ramosissimum and their changes in anatomy in response to oil pollution were discussed in the light of their possible economic value and use in phytoremediation and phytoindication of crude oil polluted soils.
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A descriptive survey design was used and the study involved a sample of 50 senior staff of ASPPSSC and 254 principals. There was no sample and sampling technique to determine the sample size for the study seeing that the population of this study was 304 subjects which comprise 254 secondary school principals and 50 senior staff from grade level 10 and above in the Anambra State Post Primary Schools Services Commission, Awka.
An instrument for data collection was a 42-item researcher-developed questionnaire with four sub-section on teacher recruitment (10 items) and teacher promotion (10 items), teacher posting/transfer (12 items), and teacher discipline (10 items). For the reliability of the instrument, Cronbach's alpha method was used to determine the internal consistency of the questionnaire items.
Validity of the instrument was carried out by three senior lecturers, one from Educational Administration and Planning and two others from Measurement and Evaluation in Science Education Department, all from Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki.
The method of data collection was that the researcher with the assistance of two trained research assistants visited and gave copies of the questionnaires to the principals in their schools and the senior staff of ASPPSSC in their offices. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviations, and z-tests. Z-test statistics were used to test the hypotheses.
The results among others revealed that Anambra State Post Primary Schools Services Commission's adherence to the teacher recruitment/selection criteria and procedure in the teacher recruitment process in the state was low. Its adherence to teacher posting/transfer criteria and procedure was low.
Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that the Anambra state government should decentralize the teacher recruitment process such that schools' education zone and specific schools for which teachers are being recruited would be part of the process. The government should set up an independent teacher management evaluation committee whose membership would comprise school principals, teachers, and representatives from the ministry of education. Suggestions for further research were also made.
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Treatment of intact seeds with chemicals especially sulphuric acid and hydrogen peroxide was more efficient in breaking seed dormancy while the use of kinetin as a hormone has an edge over gibberellins in the breaking of seed dormancy. The presence of cuticles, macrosclereids and osteosclereids which are impermeable to water and gas immensely contributed to the high level of dormancy in the seeds as seen in the research.
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