by Admin | Mar 27, 2025
The rise in use of biotechnology comes with its accompanying wave of problems that affect almost every fragment of the human life. Suffice to say, the results of those innovations have great bearing with respect to their protection as “property rights”. With development in many indispensable state-of-the-art equipment, there have been consequential innovations, advantageous mutations and varied explorations in diverse fields of human endeavor, which, to say the least, are methodological based and solution oriented.
by Admin | Mar 24, 2025
The study investigated the effects of pre-reading activities on the achievement of Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) students of French in reading comprehension at the Federal College of Education, Pankshin, Plateau State. Employing a quasi-experimental design, specifically a non-equivalent pre-test and post-test control group approach, the study sampled 108 NCE II students from the French Department, who were divided into experimental (52) and control (56) groups. The Reading Comprehension Achievement Test (RCAT) was used to measure students’ comprehension skills, with data analyzed using mean scores and ANCOVA. Findings revealed that students exposed to pre-reading activities demonstrated significant improvements in identifying main ideas, supporting ideas, summarization and retelling, compared to their counterparts in the control group. The experimental group consistently outperformed the control group, with notable mean gains across all assessed comprehension skills. These findings aligned with existing literature, underscoring the effectiveness of pre-reading strategies in enhancing students’ cognitive engagement and comprehension.
by Admin | Mar 22, 2025
This study examines the impact of Home Economics-based entrepreneurship education on students’ business skills development in secondary schools in Jos North Metropolis. The study was necessitated by the inadequate entrepreneurial competencies among students, which hinder their self-reliance and economic productivity. The study was guided by three objectives and three research questions
by Admin | Mar 22, 2025
Literature embodies a wide range of human experiences, dealing with man in his immediate environment. Africa encompasses a diverse range of traditional beliefs and cultural traditions that are occasionally shared by numerous societies. These ideas and rituals are developed from the people’s revered culture and they provide a connection between people’s historical heritage and the current day.
by Admin | Mar 15, 2025
Most tertiary institutions in Nigeria are known influence the communities in which they are established. In recent times, scholars have observed the growing trend of negative influences in such communities and that of the Federal University of Education Pankshin is not an exception. The sudden rise in social perils in the Bwarak community has been attributed to the presence of the Federal University Pankshin formerly known as the Federal College of Education Pankshin, where thousands of students come from across the nation to attain education. Against this backdrop, the authors of this article employed community theatre pedagogy to trammel increasing social menace in Bwarak Community in the light of its proven effectiveness in stimulating community members’ active engagement
