Social Media Distraction and Students’ Academic Performance in Economics In Secondary Schools

Social Media Distraction and Students’ Academic Performance in Economics In Secondary Schools CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study The world is today celebrating the improvements in communication technology which has broadened the scope of communication through Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Modern Technology in communication no doubt has turned the entire world into … Read more

Racism and Oppression in African American Literature a Study of Richard Wright’s The Native Son and Black Boy

Racism and Oppression in African American Literature a Study of Richard Wright’s The Native Son and Black Boy CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study From the vernacular tradition, racism and oppression have been pervasive themes in American literature, particularly in the works of African American authors. According to James Balogun (25), the history … Read more

Marxism and African Literature: the Intersection between Gender and Class in Emecheta’s Second Class Citizen and Darko’s Faceless

Marxism and African Literature: the Intersection between Gender and Class in Emecheta’s Second Class Citizen and Darko’s Faceless 1.0 Introduction Marxism is a theory which critiques the power of the ruling capitalist classes whose ideas are dominant in society (Eagleton, 5). The reason as to why Marxism is useful for a critical analysis of Emecheta’s … Read more

Teachers’ Variables and Students’ Performance in Economics

Teachers’ Variables and Students’ Performance in Economics   Abstract This study examine Teachers’ Variables and Students’ Performance in Economics in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area.”. The overall population for the study was one thousand nine- hundred and two (1,902). The sample size for the study was 120 students randomly selected from Senior Secondary three (SS3) … Read more

Family Background and Student’s Academic Achievement in Secondary Schools

Family Background and Student’s Academic Achievement in Secondary Schools  Abstract The main aim of this study was to investigate the family background and students’ academic achievement in secondary schools in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. This research demised its sources from textbooks, journals as well as personal interview of the respondent. … Read more

Parental Variables and the Acquisition of Computer Education by Secondary Schools Students in Secondary Schools

Parental Variables and the Acquisition of Computer Education by Secondary Schools Students in Secondary Schools   Abstract The study investigates parental variables and the acquisition of computer education by secondary school students in Oruk Anam Local Government Area. Two research questions were stated to guide the study. Survey research design was employed in the study. … Read more

The Role of Media Coverage in Girl Child Education in Nigeria: A Case Study of Punch Newspaper

The Role of Media Coverage in Girl Child Education in Nigeria: A Case Study of Punch Newspaper CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION This chapter comprises of the background statement of the problems purpose of the study general objective objectives of the of the study research questions scope and significant of the study conceptual Frame work. 1.1       Background … Read more

Lexico-Semantic Features and Characterisation in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half Of A Yellow Sun And Purple Hibiscus

Lexico-Semantic Features and Characterisation in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half Of A Yellow Sun And Purple Hibiscus CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Literature is a social discourse in which the writer operates on the linguistic and communicative presupposition in the social context. In this way, the writer’s language, in form, functions and meaning, … Read more

The Depiction of Women in Selected Prose by African Women Authors In Relation To Culture/ Education and Power

The Depiction of Women in Selected Prose by African Women Authors In Relation To Culture/ Education and Power Abstract In this study it is revealed that although African women writers depict female protagonists in their prose, it is not always the protagonist who is depicted as having absolute control of her life but another female … Read more