1. AN EVALUATION ON STUDENTS PERCEPTION AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN CHEMISTRY (A CASE STUDY OF SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOL IN DAWAKIN TOFA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KANO STATE)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Chemistry as a science subject plays a vital role in transforming the environment and improving the general quality of life. It is essentially needed for a nation’s technological development. As a core science subject, the...
2. ACCEPTANCE AND UTILISATION OF FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES AMONGST SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
1.1 Background to Study
Family planning is widely acknowledged as an important intervention towards achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) four (4) and five (5) as it has proven to reduce maternal and child mortality. Family planning can prevent unwanted pregnancies and unsafe ab...
3. AN APPRAISAL OF THE OMICRON VARIANT OF COVID-19 IN NIGERIA
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19), which was discovered in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, has spread fast to practically every corner of the world Lorfa (2020). The condition is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavir...
4. AWARENESS AND UTILIZATION OF ADOBE PHOTOSHOP TO TEACH PAINTING IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ABEOKUTA LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF OGUN STATE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
In the last decade, computer technology has taken a giant leap forward in helping students achieve academic goals and in addition, gain employable skills. The use of computer technology can enable students to more successfully explore the...
5. CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DROPOUT AMONG UNDERGRADUATES IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF LAGOS STATE
1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Education is an instrument for developing the nation. It is also an instrument for developing hidden talents in an individual. It is the only means of eliminating illiteracy in any society. The importance of education to the development of in...
6. CLASS SIZE AND TEACHER’S EFFECTIVENESS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
For many years, educators, politicians and people in general have debated on the number of students a teacher can work effectively to ensure students adequate learning. Although most people would agree that having a few...
7. CONSERVATIVE PRACTICES OF INFORMATION RESOURCES BY LIBRARIES FOR ENHANCED COLLECTION USEFULNESS IN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN ENUGU STATE
Background of the Study
The earliest and most fundamental responsibility of academic library is the conservation of knowledge. An academic library according to Akpata (1979) and Edoka (1992), refers to a library that caters :or the needs of those enqag...
8. EFFECTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF WOMEN IN GOVERNANCE AS A PANACEA TO NIGERIA SOCIO-POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Gender incongruity in politics is a worldwide phenomenon, literature abounds showing that the level of women’s participation at the highest level of political activity accounts for their invisibility in the top positions of...
9. E-NAIRA AND IT’S IMPLICATIONS ON THE FINTECH SECTOR
Background of the study
Financial service delivery is progressively merging with developing technologies in Nigeria, resulting in the already well-known 'financial technology.' Fintech was not a thing a few years ago, or rather, there was a significant gap betwe...
10. AN EVALUATION OF TEACHERS' PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS AND THEIR IMPACT ON STUDENTS' ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT (A CASE STUDY OF LAGOS STATE)
Background of the Study
The success of any nation's education and manpower development is crucial to that nation's economic growth. Education is the bedrock of any country's economic development and technological advancement. Education, as o...
11. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF OUT-DOOR PLAY ENVIRONMENT IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PRE-SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA
Background to the Study
Children's play has always been a natural phenomenon. Children who are healthy and not disabled (physically challenged), according to Aziza (2000), cannot live without playing in their natural environments. In some cultures,...
12. A COMPARATIVE SURVEY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED AND PRIVATE-OWNED BROADCASTING MEDIA FIRMS IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
According to McQuail [2000], the word...
13. A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ACCESSIBILITY
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Kenya's population is rapidly increasing, yet more than half of the country's people are poor (Tumbo-Oeri, 2000). People who live in poverty do not have enough money to meet their fundamental necessities of food, drink, a...
14. A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF TEACHER’S MOTIVATION AND ITS EFFECTS ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN ENUGU EDUCATION ZONE OF ENUGU STATE
Background of the Study
Physical, financial, and human resources are the three categories of essential resources that every firm has. Without a question, the most important is an organization's people resource. These are the individuals who have the ability to eith...
15. A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF PORNOGRAPHY AND ITS INFLUENCE ON YOUTHS
Background of the Study
The purpose of this study is to see how pornographic film exposure affects undergraduate students at the University of Lagos. As a form of communication, film is classified as part of the mass media. As a result, it is linked to...
16. A CRITICAL SURVEY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND ITS IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Poverty has been on the rise in the Nigerian economy for the past two decades, and the plague was particularly severe in the 1980s. As a result, it becomes critical to use all relevant economic factors to correlate economic growt...
17. A CRITICAL SURVEY OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ITS IMPACTS AND EFFECTS ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN NIGERIA
Background of the study
The construction sector makes a considerable contribution to the economy, and its operations are vital to fulfilling national socioeconomic development goals such as supplying housing, infrastructure, and jobs (Anaman & Osei-...
18. A STUDY OF MEDIA OWNERSHIP AND THE CREDIBILITY OF NEWS REPORTING IN NIGERIA
Background of the Study
As a watchdog and a mirror of the country, the media plays an important role in society and has a significant effect on editorial policy. We will include not only the mechanical devices that transmit and sometimes, messages (TV c...
19. FACTOR'S AFFECTING UTILIZATION OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The goal of primary health care (PHC) was to provide accessible health for all by the year 2000 and beyond. Unfortunately, this is yet to be achieved in Nigeria and seems to be unrealistic in the next decade. The PHC aims at providing people of t...
20. IMPACT OF EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL ON STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Education remains the biggest instrument for academic progress, social mobilization, political survival and effective national development of any country, it constitutes the largest enterprise/industry in Nigeria that is why, the...
21. IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY THROUGH HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
Background To The Study
Human Resource Management (HRM) is of strategic importance in all organizations. It contributes to the success of the organization and creates competitive advantage for the organization (Rana & Rastogi, 2010). The way HRM practices and polici...
22. INFLUENCE OF PEER PRESSURE AND TIME MANAGEMENT ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF IN-SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS IN OREDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, BENIN CITY
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
As children grow and develop, profound physical changes occur. These changes usher them into adolescence. Adolescence is the developmental period of transition between childhood and adulthood which involves biological, cognitive, and socio-emotio...
23. INFLUENCE OF STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TO THE LEARNING OF MATHEMATICS ON THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN JALINGO METROPOLIS
Background of the Study
Mathematics throughout the world is regarded as essential tool in many fields, including natural science, engineering, medicine, finance and social sciences. Branches of Mathematics include: algebra which are abstract algebra, modules, vector spa...
24. SCHOOL FEEDING AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN OBIO AKPOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF RIVERS STATE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
School feeding is simply the provision of food to children through schools. According to Save the Children (2007), different countries have one or a combination of the two feeding modalities in place for various objectives. However, they c...
25. PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF QUALITY CONTROL IN A MANUFACTURING COMPANY
The pressure from globalization has made manufacturing organization moving towards three major competitive arenas: quality, cost, and responsiveness. The process of production planning and control is central to the success of any manufacturing company.The Manufacturing sector comprises estab...
26. A STUDY ON REGRESSION ANALYSIS ON NATIONAL INCOME
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
The sum of the money worth of all the commodities and services produced in a country during a specific time period, generally a year, is referred to as national income. At this point, the topic of how an economy expands may sprin...
27. A STUDY ON THE ADOPTION OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS AND EARNINGS MANAGEMENT IN QUOTED MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN NIGERIA
Background to the study
The review of information contained in the business's accounting reports can provide a picture of how well the firm has fared. Managers owe it to various stakeholders, particularly investors, to generate accounting reports th...
28. AN ANALYSIS OF THE RATE OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS IN NIGERIA
INTRODUCTION
Accident, literally, a befalling, an occurrence that occurs without forethought or anticipation; a sudden and unexpected event, chance, circumstance; character, a casualty; a misfortune; as, to diesis an accident. When an occurrence is unpl...
29. AN APPRAISAL REPORT OF ACCIDENT RATE IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
According to the Oxford Learners Dictionary, an accident is described as "anything that happens without a visible reason, generally something terrible and unwanted." This means that an accident can occur at any time, anyplace, and at a...
30. AN ASSESSMENT OF CORPORATIVE PERFORMANCE VARIABLES THAT DETERMINE DIVIDEND PAYOUT POLICIES OF MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN NIGERIA
Background of the Study
The success of corporations is influenced by a variety of factors, one of which is dividend policy. Dividend policy is used to keep a manager's opportunism under check. Empirical studies reveal that companies in underdevelope...
31. AN ASSESSMENT OF ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY FOR SUPPORTING HANDICAPPED PERSONS IN THE LIBRARY ENVIRONMENT
Background of the Study
Articles 19 and 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) of December 10, 1948, state that the availability and use of information are essential human rights problems. In this information age, it is more important th...
32. AN ASSESSMENT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND ITS USEFULNESS IN ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF AN ORGANIZATION
Background Of Study
A farmer who planted corps expects results, just as a student who waits for an exam does. The same may be said for an investor. The farmer may be informed of the outcome in the form of a bountiful crop. A pupil would normally be satisfied with a resu...
33. AN ASSESSMENT OF READING CULTURE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS AND THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
There is no question that a country's degree of development is directly related to its literacy level. Rather than improving its literacy ranking, several research indicate that Nigeria continues to regress (Olanrewaju, 2008)...
34. AN ASSESSMENT OF SOCIO-CULTURAL PRACTICES HINDERING WOMEN’S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN NIGERIA
Background to the Study
Communication's role in fostering a feeling of belonging and social responsibility among members of a society is strongly entrenched in its ability to provide individuals with knowledge and information that may lead to self-d...
35. AN ASSESSMENT OF TAX REFORMS AND ITS IMPACT ON INVESTMENT DECISIONS IN GHANA
INTRODUCTION
Every government, particularly those in developing countries, is worried about their country's economic progress. As a result, they work hard to attain better rates of economic growth and increase the living standards of their inhabitants....
36. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF VICTIMS OF CRIMES IN NIGERIA
Background to the Study
It is not exaggeration that despite the effort of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and other bodies like the International Labour Organization (ILO)1, there are still cases and reports of women and child traf...
37. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF ADVERTISING ON RURAL DWELLERS' BUYING HABIT
Background to the Study
Historically, there has been a vacuum in information sharing between vendors and purchasers. This was due to large-scale manufacture of various product kinds by various companies. Advertising becomes unavoidable in order to...
38. AN EVALUATION OF ACCOUNTING AND ITS PROBLEMS IN SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE INDUSTRIES
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The interdependence of businesses is a core element of modern economic life. No contemporary firm is self-contained. There is no question that small and medium-sized businesses are the true foundation of a country's economy....
39. AN EVALUATION OF AUDITING AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN THE AUTHENTICATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF BUSINESS ORGANISATION IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
The notion of auditing data dates back to ancient times, with the oldest signs of its existence discovered among major landowners of the Middle Ages in Italy and Egypt.
However, according to afounka (1993), statutory auditi...
40. AN EVALUATION OF COST OVERRUN AND ITS CAUSES IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES IN DEVELOPING NATIONS
Background of the study
Cost overrun is a global phenomena in the construction business, when projects are rarely completed within the projected cost. In a global assessment on construction project performance, cost overrun was recognized as the biggest...
41. AN EVALUATION OF HOME MOVIES AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE DRESSING PATTERNS OF STUDENTS OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA
Background of study
Home movies are valued as a means of mass communication all over the world. In Nigeria, there are about one million home movie film viewers who are influenced in some manner by the themes addressed in Nigerian home movies. The...
42. AN EXAMINATION OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATION OF THE 18+ WARNING SIGN IN ALCOHOL ADVERTISEMENTS IN NIGERIA TERTIARY INSTITUTION
Background to the Study
The most widely used substance among teenagers is alcohol. It's a common toxin that may affect practically any organ or system in the body if consumed in excess (Anderson, 2007). As a result of intoxication, alcohol intake involves a risk of...
43. AN EXAMINATION OF THE ACCESSIBILITY, USE, MISUSE, AND EFFECTS OF COMBINED ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES AMONG WOMEN OF CHILD BEARING AGE
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Family planning and contraception are among the major topics being debated throughout the world. The production of as many offspring as possible was a major objective in early human cultures. Today, however, only a few cultures c...
44. AN INVESTIGATION OF INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES FOR TEACHING ECONOMICS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
In many African countries, inadequate education has proven to be the most significant impediment to political, social, and economic reform. School infrastructure has been identified as a significant influence in quantitative educ...
45. GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA: A DISAGGREGATED ANALYSIS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The relationship between government expenditure and economic growth has continued to generate series of debate among scholars. Government performs two functions-Protection (and security) and Provision of certain public goods...
46. IMPACT OF CHILD ABUSE ON THE PARENTS AND THE PUBLIC
Background of child Study
Child abuse constitutes one of the most terrible crises of childhood. The occurrence of such attacks is fundamentally repugnant to went virtually ignored and un- investigated. Statistics only began to grow as late as 1962 when...
47. IMPACT OF FDI ON THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR OF THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The construction sector occupies a focal position in the economy of any nation because it is an important contributor to the process of development (Aje, 2008). In the conduct of economic activities, the construction sector is al...
48. IMPACT OF OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE ON THE OBJECTIVITY OF PRIVATE BROADCASTING STATIONS IN NIGERIA
Background of the Study
Media as a watchdog and the mirror of the nation perform crucial roles in the society and as well it is influence in its editorial policy. Lazar field and Kendal (2002,p.32), insist that mass is truly applicable to the medium of...
49. IMPACT OF PRICING AND MARKETING OF BEVERAGE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Decision about prices of a company’s product and services are among the most important activities the business organization undertaken infact few decision that these organization make arouse as much interest as those concerning prices. The...
50. AN INVESTIGATION OF SUCCESS CRITERIA FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
According to the management school, an entrepreneur is a person who organizes or manages a business venture, taking on risk in the pursuit of profit (Webster, 1966). Entrepreneurship, according to this viewpoint, may be created v...
