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Present modernization had brought about industrialization that made many parents to look for means of meeting their daily needs especially in this contemporary Nigeria. As a result, many parents cannot adequately nurture their children for better development. This paper examines the trends in preprimary education as a foundation for life-long learning for young children and the purpose for pre-primary education. Those areas of developmental domains of childhood are also identified such as physical developmental domain, social developmental domain, emotional developmental domain , cognitive developmental domain, language developmental domain that are said to enhance children’s total development of children through pre-primary education

Education of the citizens of a nation is very important for the purpose of which every nation makes frantic effort to achieve using her vibrant citizens. Teachers are the agents of this education and as we are all aware, Nigeria is a multilingual nation and English is the official language of communication, language of business, commerce and industry among other functions. In schools, English language is taught as a second language and also the medium of studying other school subjects thereby making more pronounced its role in the school system. This research intends to investigate who a teacher is, then an ESL teacher, qualities of an ESL teacher, the current trends in modern language teaching among other objectives. The role of English language in Nigeria demands that English language teachers must be effectively equipped. Because English language is taught as a second language (ESL) in Nigeria, the teacher is referred to as an ESL teacher. An ESL teacher in this modern era needs to be equipped because of innovations in all fields of education. The avenues for such equipping include: sponsorship to conferences, seminars, workshops, on the job training among other trainings. Teachers are expected to be exposed to activities that will keep them abreast with modern technological applications in language teaching and learning. When this is done, better performance is expected of them in the job. When citizens of a country are able to acquire the necessary skills through education, they can easily apply the knowledge in diverse areas to connect the country to other parts of the world for cooperation across borders and boundaries.

Every elderly person needs access to quality specialized health care (i.e. relating to their individual health needs), affordable and comfortable shelter, healthy nutrition, social security, family support and a sense of belonging to the society to help them maintain proper well-being.The psychological well being of the elderly is very important to ensure that they live with a good state of mind as long as they are still alive. A purposive sampling technique was used to select all elderly found in their clinics and pensions office. A questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.87 looking at some variables such as(income earned, relationship with children, marital status, health conditions, social relationships and education) was used. Descriptive statistics of frequencies and percentages was used in analysing the data. It is recommended that Government should put in place special healthcare provisions for the elderly seeing that good health conditions make a positive impact on the psychological well-being of the elderly.

This study examined teachers’ qualification and experiences as correlates of pupils’ performances in primary school Mathematics in Abeokuta South local government area of Ogun State. A total of 120 pupils made up of Twenty (20) pupils each from Six (6) primary schools (public and four private) were randomly selected, as well as Mathematics teachers that are holders of first degree only, N.C.E and those with non-teaching qualifications and with more than ten (10) years’ experiences were used as samples for the study. A quasiexperimental design, where a self developed and standardized questionnaire and a Mathematics test items that were pilot tested to obtain a reliability level of 0.76 and 0.69, guided by three (3) research questions and two (2) hypotheses and tested at 0.05 level of significance, were used as instruments for data collection. The data collected were statistically analyzed using the t-test statistical tool. The outcomes rejected the two null hypotheses from the result gotten and compared with the level of pupils’ performance in a the data collected. conclusion was reached and necessary recommendation was made that the study recommended further studies on student interest, teachers motivation, conductive environment be improved on as they are some of the factors determining success of pupils in primary Mathematics.

Freshmen in Universities tend to engage in sexual risk taking behaviour largely due to the new environment coupled with freedom which hitherto was not enjoyed prior to their entry into the institutions. This paper investigated sex education and sexual risk taking behaviour among university freshmen in Abeokuta metropolis and the counselling implications. Three hypotheses were postulated at 0.05 level of significance. A sample of one hundred and twenty participants was drawn from three universities within Abeokuta metropolis. Data was generated using the Sexual Risk-Protective Behavioural scale which was adapted from Premarital Sexual Permissiveness Scale (PSPS) by Reiss (1967) and analysed using chi square and t-test statistical methods. Findings revealed no significant difference in sex education outcomes of respondents; there was a significant difference between the sex education outcome of direct entry and UTME University freshmen and the difference between male and female manifestation of sex education outcome behaviour was found to be significant; consequently, the counselling implications of the findings were discussed. The study concluded by recommending comprehensive sex education programme for the Nigerian University authorities in order to maintain healthy lifestyle in tertiary institutions with its attendant benefit on national development.

The paper investigates the science teachers’ perception on the strategies for diversifying Nigeria economy in Kwara state. Two hundred and sixty-five (265) science teachers were sampled using stratified sampling techniques from the three senatorial district in Kwara state. Question items were designed by the researchers with four-point likert scales. Findings show that agriculture, expansionary and responsible fiscal policy, good governance and investments are the most appropriate strategies for diversifying Nigeria economy among other strategies. It was recommended that government should pay more attention to agriculture sectors by providing adequate agricultural equipments in order to create job opportunities for the youths; emphasis should also be placed on good governance for stable economy in Nigeria.

The study adopted the descriptive survey design to investigate Secondary students’ and Mathematics teachers’ perception of the roles secondary schools should play to enhance students’ achievement in mathematics. The Purposive sampling technique was used to sample 159 secondary school students and 43 mathematic teachers from 14 States and Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. The instrument used for collecting data was the researchers’ developed structured questionnaire of the Likert type on students’ and teachers’ perceptions of the roles the school should play to enhance students’ achievement in mathematics at the Junior and Senior Secondary school levels in Nigeria. The instrument was validated and the reliability index of 0.79 was obtained. Five (5) research questions and Three (3) hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study. The research questions were answered using percentages and the hypotheses were tested using independent t-test statistics. The results of the study indicated that provision of competent teachers, learning materials, well equipped library, regular counseling of students on the importance and how to study mathematics, use of activity based learning strategies, motivation of students and teachers, good class size, low workload of mathematics teachers, and other similar roles were agreed by students and mathematics teachers as the roles the school should play to enhance students’ achievement in mathematics. The study recommended that schools should effectively carry out the roles identified in the study to enhance the achievement of students’ in mathematics.

In many African Countries including Nigeria, the citizens are still looking forward to good governance as there is a clear absence of the essential attributes of good governance. Mathematics is a veritable tool for the solution for all human problems including problem of good governance in societies. This paper focuses on the concept of good governance, roles of mathematics in enhancing good governance, and the implications to the mathematics education in Nigeria. The paper recommends that the teaching of mathematics should not be isolated from the operations and needs of the society as this will help to motivate the students and teachers in the study of mathematics in schools. Nigerian mathematics education should prepare students to identify and analyse the applications of mathematics in addressing the social problems including the problem of good governance.

Rape falls under the umbrella of sexual violence, which is a profound negative and traumatic life event with widespread psychological and sociological effects on the victim irrespective of their gender. Rape is a global misery which despite the penalty for the offence under the law continues unabated especially among tertiary institution students. Family life and Health Education as a course was introduced to solve sexual health related problems, but little or no solution has been proffered to the challenge of sexual violence viz a viz rape. Social Studies is a problem solving subject and a value laden subject that instilin students right types of value and attitude that can make them appreciate and treat other respectfully while Religious Education on the other hand nurtures man spiritually, improves or even transforms one’s conduct and instils the fear of God in individual. This study therefore, examines the use of Religious Education and Social Studies to combat rape syndrome among tertiary institutions in Ogun State. Stratified random sampling technique was used in selecting one hundred and twenty (120) students from two (2)tertiary institutions in Ogun State. Data Analysis was done, and the findings show that.

Many research works have indicated that English Language and Mathematics are very important subjects in Nigerian secondary schools without which no studentcan proceed to tertiary institutions (FGN, 2013). The two subjects are closely related and also interrelated. This paper attempts to point out the link between the two subjects and how the skills in English Language and its comprehension are very useful and significant in solving word problems in mathematics. Three research questions were asked in order to guide the study and a survey research design was employed. A purposive sampling technique was used to select three secondary schools from each of the three states in the South-West of Nigeria namely: Ogun, Oyo and Lagos States, and one in Gainesville, Florida. Forty students (20 males, 20 females) were randomly chosen from each school, which gives a sample size of 400 students. Three validated and reliable research instruments were used to collect data for the study, namely Mathematics Word Problems Test (MWBT), Mathematics Non-word Problems Test (MNPT) and Students Questionnaire (SQ). The findings of the study showed that the students performed poorer in word problems than the non-word problems due to inability to translate and interprete the word into mathematics statements, among others. Based on the findings, conclusion was drawn, and recommendations were made.