This study examined the local-stakeholders’ involvement in the implementation of Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) in selected public schools in Samfya district of Zambia. The study used a qualitative case study research design involving 27 participants who included parents, teachers and pupils. The sample was purposively selected from three public schools in the district. Data were collected using document analysis, lesson observations, semi-structured interviews and Focus Group Discussions (FGD). Thematic analysis was used to analyse data. The findings of the study showed that there were no local stakeholders directly involved in the implementation of CSE. However, some local stakeholders such as health workers, the Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and some parents were reported to be involved in doing related activities aimed at preventing early marriages and teenage pregnancies in the community. The study further indicated that although some NGOs were involved in doing some activities to promote the prevention of teenage pregnancies, such activities were only targeting some pupils, especially those supported by such NGOs. The parents who were reported to be involved were also engaged by such NGOs, making their activities limited only to the pupils supported by such NGOs. Further, health workers’ activities were mainly reactive as opposed to being pro-active as they were only called upon when certain vices are noticed such as an increase in teenage pregnancies and/or Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) including HIV among pupils. The conclusion of this study, therefore, is that there is little collaboration between public schools and local-stakeholders in the implementation of CSE. This has resulted in the lack of harmonization of activities carried out by public schools and other stakeholders although they all aim at achieving such health goals as reducing teenage pregnancies and transmission of STIs including HIV among pupils. This study therefore, recommends that public schools should sensitise the local stakeholders about CSE programmes and include them in its implementation through the multidisciplinary team approach to CSE implementation.
Page(s): 01-06 Date of Publication: 24 February 2022
In the context of deepening international integration, the requirement for the quality of Vietnamese human resources is to prepare the workforce to be able to meet and benefit from international commitments. Although, Vietnam is in the golden population period with an abundant and stable labor supply, but the integration trend has also put Vietnam in front of many new opportunities and challenges. The integration trend will lead to a very high competitiveness in the human resource market, while the readiness level of Vietnamese workers is still slow. Competition between Vietnam and other countries in the world in providing high-quality labor is increasing, requiring the quality of workers to be significantly improved in the direction of approaching regional and world standards. Faced with that fact, the issue of improving the quality of labor resources with high productivity, intelligence and creativity in order to promptly meet the growth requirements of the economy is of great interest to the State and Vietnamese enterprises. This is an important element of the foundation for sustainable development and increasing national competitive advantage, a breakthrough in the strategy of transforming the country’s socio-economic development model.
Page(s): 07-10 Date of Publication: 24 February 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6201The independent campus freedom to learn policy provides opportunities for students to gain more comprehensive learning experiences and new competencies through several learning activities. This village building activity is beneficial, especially in making academic texts and drafting village regulations regarding public burial places. The research method used is a normative juridical method with descriptive-analytical research specifications, and the data used are primary and secondary. This impacts the realization of order in the use and management of burial grounds.
Page(s): 11-13 Date of Publication: 24 February 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6202Page(s): 14-22 Date of Publication: 24 February 2022
Page(s): 23-29 Date of Publication: 26 February 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6203The COVID-19 pandemic, with staggering effects on man’s activities all over the World has imposed a ‘new normal’ in the higher educational arena that stands to continue to prevail after the pandemic. Indeed, the manner in which knowledge is imparted has suddenly moved from the traditional onsite to a hybrid system, incorporating the classical face-to-face and online modes of course delivery. What is paradoxical is that this pedagogical paradigm-shift is being experienced in the University of Yaounde I at a time when the implementation of remote and other applications of educational technology is still quite fledgling in Cameroon. This study is qualitative in nature; involving in-depth interviews with 15 lecturers and 21 students randomly sampled from the University of Yaounde I. While data was analyzed through content-analysis, interpretations were made in the light of Kurt Lewin’s Theory of Change and Homi Bhabha’s Hybridity theory. Results reveal that uneven access to technological devices, inadequate training, and lack of conducive remote learning environments are hampering the new normal. To this effect, a number of recommendations have been made.
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Page(s): 37-45 Date of Publication: 28 February 2022
\Electronic commerce (e-Commerce) and Information and communications technologies (ICT) are transforming enterprises and fueling the growth of the global economy. Yet despite the broad potential of ICTs, and e-Commerce, their economic benefits have not been spread evenly especially in East Africa. Indeed, using ICTs effectively to foster economic growth is among the key challenges facing policymakers today E.Africa even though some developing countries have achieved important economic gains in nurturing the development of domestic e-Commerce enterprises. The aim of this study is to find out whether or not e-Commerce could be the powerful tool elevating and fueling economic growth in E.Africa, and the findings are pointed out.
Page(s): 46-49 Date of Publication: 28 February 2022
The accuracy in handling and conforming to established procedures and objectives set by organizations to achieving results in course of attending to disaster situations has become a cumbersome process considering the environmental circumstances and the nature of disaster which could be naturalistic and humanistic or anthropogenic in nature that confront organizations. This paper which utilized description of secondary literature is a positioned one that is anchored on the two theories in consideration of NEMA as a specialized agency of government designated and saddled with the mandates to coordinate, investigate, monitor and manage disasters within the environmental peculiarities of where disaster occurs. Collective Stress and Contingency Theories are the two theories used in the study while the Contingency theory is the considered most relevant in the explanation of disaster management; the paper argued that collective stress situations emerged as a direct response to adaptation to the crises bedeviling the environment been affected by the disaster and how the people being affected can adapt to new strategies to survive in such environment. The paper maintains that NEMA adopts certain social constructs to help manage disaster situations. Furthermore, the paper in its adoption of the contingency theory upholds the view that no one best approach is very effective and efficient for any situation; but rather, advocates combination of approaches to achieving results when organizations encounter difficult situation. It is for the management of the organization (now NEMA) to apply approaches to a given suitable situations considering the ecological circumstances, the time constraint, the technology needed and those available man-power in the organization and the resources available to the organization to handle the structural components of the situations.
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Page(s): 61-67 Date of Publication: 01 March 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6204Parastatals have contributed immensely to Kenya’s social and economic development, yet they often face financial and governance challenges in spite of them accounting for a sizeable share of the national budget. This often calls for appropriate and timely parastatal execution of reforms in line with the provisions and dictates of the national strategy on parastatal reforms. This study sought to establish the moderated mediated effect of external environment and strategy implementation on relationship between strategic leadership and organisation performance: case of agricultural, livestock and fisheries (ALF) parastatals in Kenya. Taking positivist approach, the study was anchored on Full Range Leadership Theory supported by Cultural Dimension, Open System Theory and Resource-Based View theory. Cross sectional survey design using a census was adopted with a target population consisting of 45 Chief executive officers and 135 senior managers from 45 ALF parastatals in Kenya. Primary data was collected using structured questionnaire and analysis done descriptively and inferentially using correlation, multiple regressions and bootstrapping. Model results showed that there was strong significant positive correlation of R=0.7731 between all the study variables. Further study results shows that 59.8% (R2 =0.598) of variation in performance can be explained by a unit change in strategic leadership style, strategy implementation and external environment. Bootstrapping results revealed that the index for moderation mediation is significant, where lower and upper confidence interval [LLCI: 0.154, ULCI: 0.384] where the zero (0) is outside the confidence interval and thus moderation mediation is significant. There is direct association between strategic leadership style and organization performance of Agricultural, Livestock and Fisheries parastatals in Kenya which is moderated by external environment and the interaction is significant while the indirect association between strategic leadership style and strategy implementation on level of external environment, the interaction is also significant thus the direct and indirect effects are both significant. External environment will influence directly and indirectly the organizational performance of Agricultural Livestock and Fisheriesparastatals in Kenya therefore, if parastatals organizations leaders want to improve their organizational performance significantly they should engage in balanced control that involves strategic leadership style, strategy implementation and external environment. The study recommends re-evaluation of leadership and strategy implementation policies at the inspectorate of state corporations in Kenya to enhance performance of the institutions and align them with stakeholder’s demands and the global emerging trends in strategy implementation. The ALF leaders should allow departments to device viable ways of achieving strategic objectives and make sure that strategic plan is developed and implemented using a participatory approach. Finally, ALF parastatals leadership must take cognizance of external environment’s influence and adjust their operations and leadership in tandem to perform better.
Page(s): 68-81 Date of Publication: 01 March 2022
The study examined capital structure decisions nexus on listed non-financial institutions in Ghana using quantitative research approach and secondary data in the form of financial statements obtained from the Ghana Stock Exchange for the period 2014 to 2020. The study used a sample size of 22 from a population of 33 comprising total non-financial listed institutions on the Ghana Stock Exchange. Financial and insurance institutions totalling 9, were excluded to mitigate any impact of outliers since the financial market is highly regulated with varied set of rules and regulations. Capital structure was determined using return on capital employed computed from the financial statements of the sampled firms. The findings showed an indirect negative association with debt finance and significant direct association with equity finance with respect to return on capital employed. The study concluded that capital structure decisions positively affect equity source of finance and thus recommends that listed firms in Ghana should maximize equity funding due to the expensive nature of debt finance in developing countries. Equity finance also improves management by bringing in experts and experienced shareholders to facilitate the routine operations of the firms.
Page(s): 82-88 Date of Publication: 01 March 2022
The mean score for mocks exams has been reducing for the last three years, therefore study tried to find out if student mocks (CATs) correlate with family background from which student came from. The objectives of this study were to investigate the effects of parental level of education, parental level of income, parental occupation and family size on student’s academic achievement. The study found out that family background indeed influence student academic achievement. Correlational research design was applied to analyze the data. Education production function theory was used to guide the study. 1809 form four students were the target population for the study. Simple random and stratified sampling method was employed to achieve the sample. Questionnaire used to collect data was validated by educational experts from Kenyatta University. Reliability of the instrument was obtained through test-retest. Multiple linear regression models were used to analyze the collected data and quantitative data was presented in tables. Frequencies, regression coefficient and Pearson’s coefficient correlation was used to present data analyzed. SPSS version 20 was utilized to generate summarized information in tables. Analyzed results showed that parent level of education, parental occupation and parental income express positive relationship with the student academic achievement however the size of the family express negative relationship with student academic achievement. Parents should participate in academic activities of their children and further studies regarding student academic achievement and family background should be done.
Page(s): 89-97 Date of Publication: 02 March 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6205Page(s): 98-104 Date of Publication: 02 March 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6206This paper is on the assessment of Educators experience in the Management of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) among Children in Edo State, Nigeria. The study is a quasi-experimental design. The purpose of the study is to assess Educators’ experience in the management of ADHD among children in Edo State; the populations of the study are Educators in primary schools in Edo State. 140 Educators were selected from two out of 18 Local government Areas, to go through the training for 6weeks. In this study one hypothesis was formulated: There is no significant difference in the levels of experience of Educators in the post treatment knowledge in the management of ADHD. The Modified – Knowledge of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (M-KADHD) questionnaire modified by the researchers was used for the study and was administered to the participants at the beginning. They were grouped into 2 equal groups: control and experimental. Each group had 70 participants respectively. Only the experimental group received the behaviour modification treatment which lasted for 6 weeks. The analysis of covariance for the effect of level of experience of Educators showed .166 as the F-ratio with df = (139). This was not significant at p>.05. The null hypothesis was retained. The result showed there was no significant difference in the management of ADHD based on the level of experience of Educators. It was recommended that for proper management Pupils who manifest ADHD symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity/impulsivity Educations should be trained irrespective of the years of teaching experience. Educators’ should manage these children by breaking assignments into smaller units and give reward accordingly.
Page(s): 105-110 Date of Publication: 02 March 2022
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Personal grooming is one of the fastest growing industries anywhere in the world. There is huge competition for brands even in Sri Lanka. The purchasing decision related to imported cosmetic products was made by referring to the female segment. This study depends on the lifestyle rationale of ladies in the local market since it could provide constructive insights for crafting marketing-related decisions. At the same time, researchers have focused on studying the impact of brand awareness and brand association on female consumers’ buying decisions for imported cosmetic products. The relationships between each selected brand equity element and female consumer purchase decisions were examined by hypotheses developed. The sample size was 225 female consumers who represented the economically active millennials in Sri Lanka. Results revealed that there were significant relationships between brand awareness and brand association and female consumers’ buying decisions of imported cosmetics, and those elements had a high impact on female consumers’ buying decisions of imported cosmetic products. Furthermore, the researchers discovered that, among the selected brand equity determinants, brand awareness and brand association were the most influential elements towards purchase decision, with a correlation value.The managerial implications have been discussed, especially referring to the contexts of branding and marketing promotion, as they relate to producing knowledge contribution through this empirical study.
Page(s): 117-125 Date of Publication: 03 March 2022
The objective of the study was to assess the influence of teacher characteristics on student’s academic achievements in physics in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) model schools in Nairobi Metropolitan region, Kenya. The study used convergent parallel mixed method design. The target population comprised 11principals, 60 teachers and 1120 students with a sample size of 368(11 principals, 39 teachers and 318 students). The study was anchored on Brunner theory. Proportionate stratified sampling and simple random sampling was used to select students while purposive sampling was used to select teachers of physics and principals. Questionnaires, document analysis guide and interview guide were used to collect data. Descriptive statistics (frequencies and percentages) were used to analyze quantitative data. Thematic and content analysis were used for qualitative data analysis. The study found out that teacher characteristics influence student’s academic achievements in physics in STEM model schools. Physics performance depended on the teaching approaches and methods used by the teacher, and mastery of physics content and experience. Moreover, teachers’ belief in students enable them to work harder, they encourage and motivate students to perform better in case they post poor grades. The study recommends that teachers strive to be passionate in teaching physics, believe in students’ abilities to perform better in physics to work harder when they post poor grades in physics and create a friendly classroom learning environment that is favorable for learning to take place. This will ensure that teachers adopt various integrated STEM learning approaches like problem based, project based and inquiry-based learning while teaching.
Page(s): 126-135 Date of Publication: 03 March 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6207Page(s): 136-145 Date of Publication: 04 March 2022
Palu Bay is one of the bays in a seismically active area in Indonesia which is traversed by the Palu-Koro fault segment. In the aftermath of a major natural disaster in the Region on September 28, 2018 Palu City, Donggala Regency and Sigi Regency were areas that were most affected by this disaster, so it was necessary to identify the level of community preparedness, especially for SMEs in dealing with natural disasters in the future and how the impact of resource ownership will be that they have whether the resource significantly affects SMEs preparedness to face natural disasters. This research was conducted three years after the natural disaster in the Palu Bay Area. The assessment was carried out through a questionnaire involving 260 SMIs that were chosen randomly and from the four variables of SMEs resources studied, that the resources that had an effect on disaster preparedness were the capital variable, which was 0.07, the entrepreneurial variable was 0.35, the labor variable was -0.03, and the Information Technology variable is not significant. While the level of preparedness of SMEs in dealing with natural disasters in the future, 17.31% of respondents are stated to be “not ready”, 60.90% “somewhat ready” and 23.8% “ready” while none of the respondents were “very prepared”. This lack of readiness of SMEs clearly requires the attention of all stakeholders in fostering the resilience of SMEs.
Page(s): 146-156 Date of Publication: 02 March 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6208This research is entitled “Group Communication in Decision Making for the Establishment of Tourism Objects: A Case Study of Sekapuk Village, East Java, Indonesia”. The purpose of this study was to determine the communication carried out by the Pelangi Tourism Awareness Group (Pokdarwis) in Sekapuk Village in making decisions about the formation of Selo Tirto Giri tourism objects. The theory used in this study is group communication using the theory of group functional perspective by Hirokawa and Gouran. This study uses a qualitative approach, which uses case studies to explain in-depth the group decision making. The findings of this study reveal that there are four functions used by Pokdarwis Pelangi Sekapuk Village, namely analysis of the problem of the existence of former mining excavations in Sekapuk Village, setting common goals between group members and the community, identifying alternatives for new problems, and determining other efforts for the smooth formation of tourist attractions. , finally evaluated the positive and negative characters with regular discussions conducted by Pokdarwis Sekapuk Village. Communication interactions carried out by members of Pokdarwis Pelangi Sekapuk Village were assisted by the Village government, especially the Village Head in making decisions regarding the establishment of Selo Tirto Giri tourism objects.
Page(s): 157-163 Date of Publication: 04 March 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6209Learning is a scientific process of transforming knowledge into practice leading to change in behavior. It is for this reason, the process of Learning encompasses not only cognitive, but also other social/emotional aspects. It is the responsibility of the teacher to exhibit professionalism and facilitate learning through a conducive learning environment. The current ethnographic research is to explore the impact of Experiential Learning Methodology in influencing the teacher’s proficiency to improve the learning process in classroom. The Teacher’s Proficiency Model (TPM) was developed, considering four criteria for evaluation; Students’ Engagement, Teachers’ Motivation, Student-Teacher Relationship and Students’ Performance. Each criterion was understood for its Quality Process, Operational Definition, Relevance, Data & Information, TPM (Teacher’s Proficiency Model) cycle and Way Forward. The TPM cycle was defined with clearly identified four stages; Initial, Adequate, Proficient and Excellent. The current research contributes to education management by empirically testing the Teacher’s proficiency Model (TPM) for establishing the learning grounds and impacting student’s performance.
Page(s): 164-172 Date of Publication: 04 March 2022
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This research work examines the role of the mass media vis-à-vis public interest and advertiser’s interest. Ideally the mass media are supposed to be adequately funded so as to avoid shackle of control from whatever angle. This is because without adequate funding of media organizations, they may not be able to perform their constitutional role of keeping the public abreast of the happenings around them. There are instances where some media stations are forced go out of circulation or unable to dish out news and programs at the appropriate time for the fact that the resources are inadequate or even lacking. As a result, media organizations prefer adverts to public interest news in order to stay afloat. Random sampling technique was used to select 383 respondents from across Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) Jalingo, its public as well as advertiser’s/advertising agencies, out of which only 378 responded to the questionnaire administered. Interviews were also conducted. The research work reveals among many things that, advertising has been found to be one of the major streams of revenue for media organizations. This situation has however, affected the performance of the media in carrying out their constitutional responsibility of protecting the interest of the public and holding government officials accountable to the masses. The study therefore recommends that, although advertising serves as one of the major sources of revenue upon which the continuous survival of media organizations largely depend on, that does not mean the interest of advertisers/advertising agencies should temper with the media’s sense of judgment in such a way that will make the media to deviate from their constitutional role of championing the interest of the masses.
Page(s): 177-185 Date of Publication: 06 March 2022
The utility of online platforms/tools is significantly increases for teaching–learning (T-L), personal use and corporate meetings purposes in the lockdown period. During pandemic situation, tradition of work from home culture applies for all types of assignments. Various online tools have been launched to meet the gap of learning process for school and engineering students during lockdown. In this paper, online survey has been conducted to know the use of various online tools utilized by the students during pandemic condition. Findings shows that demand of OLT and their utility will change the learning scenario all over the world in near future.
Page(s): 186-189 Date of Publication: 06 March 2022
The objective of this paper is to provide an analysis of the challenges and successes of the international community’s implementation of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in Central Africa Republic (CAR) from 2013 to 2021. The introduction of the R2P doctrine in 2005 has activated debate among scholars on the efficacy of the R2P in mitigating war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. State sovereignty is arguably the major obstacle in implementing the R2P doctrine, but the 2013 coup in CAR has opened a Pandora box of the other challenges to its operability which are vested interests and sectarian cleavages. The structure and functions of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) also affected the success of the R2P in CAR. The veto powers of the permanent five are inimical to the peace process in CAR. This paper also argues that although there are some problems in implementing the R2P in CAR, the international community was able to prevent the conflict from crystallising into genocide and averted a regional spill of the conflict. The study interrogates the evolution of the R2P as well as proffer recommendations on how the international community can improve the implementation of the R2P. The methodology employed in the study was qualitative desk research with emphasis on secondary sources of information such as books, journals, internet sources and newspapers.
Page(s): 190-196 Date of Publication: 06 March 2022
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Protected Areas are increasingly becoming significant due to their double potential as tourism and biodiversity conservation areas. This has led to an increasing desire by governments to convert a lot of forests into Protected Areas. However, these conversions are sometimes met with strict opposition from members of fringe communities. This is sometimes attributed to the destruction of livelihood sources of community members and thus affects the smooth management of the protected areas. The objective of this study therefore was to examine the perception and attitudes of residents towards the effective management of Kyabobo National Park in the Nkwanta North District of Ghana. The data was using questionnaire and interview and analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively using Chi-square, 200 questionnaires were administered to respondents in five fringe communities. Focus Group Discussions and interviews were also used to collect field data and information. The study revealed that majority of community members do not receive any form of social, economic or cultural benefits from the KNP but they were however supportive of the establishment of conservation area where biodiversity can be preserved. The study also revealed that the perception and attitude of respondents are not influenced by their demographic variables such as age, level of education and occupation. Respondents however had negative attitudes towards the park because promises made by park authorities before the conversion of the place to a park had not been kept. The negative attitudes therefore affect the effective management of the park. It is recommended that government and management of the park fulfill their promises to residents. Also, alternative livelihood options should be provided for residents to avoid illegal entry into the park. The planning of sensitization programs should involve all residents and not target only certain demographic categories as there is no relationship between demographic characteristics of respondents and their perception and attitude towards protected areas.
Page(s): 206-217 Date of Publication: 06 March 2022
This study investigated games as an educational technology instructional media towards effective teaching and learning in Ekiti State Secondary Schools. Descriptive research design of the survey type was employed. The population of the study was 250 students in senior secondary schools in Ekiti State, using multistage sampling techniques. A self-design questionnaire title “Students Educational Games Questionnaire SEGQ” contain three section was used to elicit information from the respondents which consist 25 items. Section A is to know the impact of games as an educational technology instructional media. Section B is for students’ attitude toward games as an educational technology instructional media. Section C is Educational Technology Instructional Media Performance Test (ETIMPT). Both face and content validity were satisfied by experts after the construction of the instrument. A test-retest method was used through the administration of the instrument to 20 respondents outside the sample within 2 weeks to obtained reliability coefficient 0.86. The data obtained through the research questions were analysed using frequency count and percentage. The result of the study indicated that games as an educational technology instructional media has great impact on students’ performance and produced effective teaching and learning in secondary schools in Ekiti State. It also indicated positive attitude of students toward games as an educational technology instructional media which motivated the students to study well. It further show that games as an educational technology instructional media enable students to be creative, innovation, initiative, problem-solver and have deep knowledge about content of the subject matter. Specifically, the study sought to: – investigate the impact of games as an educational technology instructional media to teaching and learning; determine whether there will be any improvement in the student’s academic performance with the use of educational technology instructional media and examine students’ attitude toward games as an educational technology instructional media during teaching and learning activities. The findings of this study will be of immense benefit to students, teachers, parents, school administrators, curriculum planners, society and prospective researchers. It was concluded that educational technology instructional media make use all available resources (human and non-human) in the environment to facilitate teaching and learning, innovative strategies like games is rich sources of knowledge to teach tolerance, reality of life, behaviour modification and role modelling unconsciously. Implement the concept of gaming in to education has a lots of opportunities and many types of games that could be make use during teaching and learning process which include problem solving, jigsaw puzzle, simulation, Brain Teasers, Sliding puzzle and tutorials based games. It was recommended that, if games are encouraged, it relaxes, stimulates and enhances learning without stress in a humorous way. It was also recommended that teacher should make use of games to liven up teaching and learning process. Also, students should be guided towards the use and types of games to involve in and time of playing such games should be monitor in order not to abuse the opportunity of playing games. More so, parents should encourage their wards to engage in playing educational games to bring reality to teaching and learning process
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6210Page(s): 230-241 Date of Publication: 07 March 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6211EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This study was conducted to assess awareness on the utilization of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Education of Sta. Monica Elementary School and Matahimik- Bucana Elementary Schools of District II, City Division of Puerto Princesa as reflected in Pupils’ academic performance. There were 153 respondents in this study. The descriptive-correlation research design was used in the study. Data were gathered through questionnaires while frequency, percentage, mean and Pearson Moment Correlation Coefficient r were the statistical tools used to analyze the data. Greater in number are the recipients who claimed that the school is 0.7-0.9 kilometres away from their home. Majority of the recipients claimed that they complied the 85% of attendance in school. Majority of the beneficiaries have an income between (P1001-P3000) and most of them are high school graduate. The level of academic performance of the recipients of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is satisfactory. Beneficiaries are aware of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). They always use their allowance in education according to its intended purpose. The level of the awareness of parents/beneficiaries on the utilization of 4Ps allowance has no significant relationship to the academic performance of 4Ps recipients. Keywords: beneficiaries, recipients, awareness, utilization, academic performance
Page(s): 242-246 Date of Publication: 07 March 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6212School feeding programmes constitute critical interventions that have been introduced in many developed and developing countries of the world to address poverty, stimulate school enrolment and enhance pupils’ performance (Adekunle & Ogbodu, 2016). Through the SFP, children are energized and their class concentration is enhanced. In Kenya, the SFP supports the achievement of educational outcomes with a view to obtain Kenyan educational goal of free and compulsory education, and 100% transition. In cognizance of the foregoing, the objective of this study was to determine the level to which the school feeding programme influences educational outcomes in public pre-primary schools in Mombasa County, Kenya. Descriptive research design informed the study. The study’s target population was all the 97 head teachers, 388 teachers and 7 Early Education supervisors in Mombasa County. A sample of 78 head teachers, 116 teachers and 7 supervisors was obtained based on stratified, purposive and simple random techniques. Questionnaire, interview schedule and observation guide were the three instruments used to collect data. Qualitative data was analysed thematically in prose and narrative forms. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics by means of frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations. T-tests was used to indicate differences among sub-groups that existed. The study revealed that provision of the school feeding programme positively influenced learners’ enrollment, class attendance, retention, participation in outdoor activities, progression to the next class level, health and nutrition and transition. Using t-test, it was established that schools with SFPs had higher educational outcomes than those without SFP (t = .293, p = 0.005, N = 53). The study recommended the Ministry of education, Mombasa County government, parents and schools to seek for alternative strategies of providing school feeding programmes among pre-primary children.
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6213Page(s): 267-272 Date of Publication: 09 March 2022
Basic Literacy is essential for children’s educational access, success, lifelong learning and communication in today’s technologically advancing society. According to UNESCO, it is considered absolutely as a human right, and yet the persistence of illiteracy remains one of the major concerns in Kenya. Literacy studies in Kenya suggest that while there have been substantial advances in expanded access to primary education, real results in literacy are still missing in different places in the country. The purpose of the study was to establish the levels of achievement in basic literacy in Busia Sub – County, Busia County, Kenya. The study adopted cross-sectional survey design to organize the study and obtain data. Head teachers, Curriculum Support Officers, language teachers, parents and class four learners in both public and private primary schools comprised the study population. The collection of data from schools was carried out through questions, interview schedules and achievement tests.The findings show that domestic environmental factors influencing the achievement of fundamental literacy skills include parent socioeconomic status, parent education level, parent employment and access to home education services.
Page(s): 273-278 Date of Publication: 09 March 2022
Rabindranath Tagore is a great poet who enriched the genre of mysticism in world literature and his Nobel winning work Song Offerings presents it extensively. There is no debate about the mystic journey we experience through the contents of this outstanding piece of literature, but what we overlooked massively all these years is the point of view of Tagore that is quite opposite to his mystic poems or songs. Whenever a reader peruses the poems of Song Offerings, he or she starts to evaluate Tagore just as a mystic, but overlooks his materialist being. There is a ‘Master’ or ‘Lord’ or a ‘Thou’ to whom Tagore surrenders himself, and all the offerings through the songs are made to ‘Him’. This ‘Lord’ is not the unseen God. Tagore believes that ‘life’ is the power that gives him the spirit to experience the beautiful world. The presence of materialism does, in no way, hamper to nourish mysticism of the poems. Song Offerings indeed is a mystical journey but the mysticism does not roam around the perceived God, but the material ‘life’. Tagore shows that if material ‘life’ is the circle, the centre of that circle is mysticism. Such an innovative and unique concept builds Song Offerings. This unrevealed part of Tagore, where material body gets a mystic heart, is going to be unleashed in this paper.
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6214The objective of this paper is to assess the effects of institutional failure on the level of eco-efficiency of charcoal producers in Cameroon. The study covers 232 randomly selected producers in two socio-ecological zones in Cameroon. To analyse the data, we used a stochastic production technology and a quadratic regression model to assess the level of eco-efficiency and the effects of institutional failure on it, respectively. The result of these analyses is that bribes capturing institutional failure have negative effects (-0,0044877) on eco-efficiency indices, but when bribes exceed 49,533 FCFA, their effects become significantly positive (0 ,0000453) on eco-efficiency indices. Therefore, any policy aimed at improving sustainability in charcoal production in the region must take into account the levels of institutional constraints associated with each socio-ecological zone.
Page(s): 289-297 Date of Publication: 10 March 2022
Not all-academic interventions yield the same effect to student recipient. Nevertheless, business educators continue to provide intervention program without examining its effect on students. This study tries to measure the effectiveness of an intervention measure among third-year students to improve their level of trustworthiness indicated in the result of the 16 Personality Factor Test (PFT). The intervention measure was embedded in their Human Behavior in Organization course, enriching the subject with cases and activities on trust as an important element in business organization, at the same time, orienting the faculty on the importance of personality on student’s future career. The study reveals that there is a significant improvement on the trust among students, those enrolled in the second term, second semester have a higher post-test performance than other periods. Due to student’ different learning and faculty teaching style result significantly varies. There are three clusters of students those who respond positively in the intervention measure, those that remained neutral and those that respond negatively. Students in the first cluster, the progressing, grasp the importance of trustworthiness in business. The second cluster, the neutrals, demonstrates trait optimism; these students try to maintain their status quo. The third cluster, the decliners, low self-efficacy attributes to the negative response.
Page(s): 298-303 Date of Publication: 10 March 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6215Page(s): 304-311 Date of Publication: 10 March 2022
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6217Page(s): 332-336 Date of Publication: 11 March 2022
The aim of this research was to explore the views of school administrators on Civic Education as a compulsory subject in selected secondary schools of Kabwe District in Zambia. Methodologically, the study took the qualitative approach. This study employed a qualitative descriptive research design. A purposive sampling technique was used to select the participants. Data was collected using semi-structured questionnaires and interviews and analysed using thematic analysis. The key findings were that most of the school administrators were in support of Civic Education as a compulsory subject because it gave learners the knowledge on political process and governance system. Civic Education helped learners acquire values commonly accepted by society which facilitated interpersonal relationships and social integration through the creation of awareness for respect, promotion of democracy and human rights. Based on the findings, the study recommended among others that Civic Education should be supported as a compulsory subject by school administrators in secondary schools to actualize the goal of education in Zambia.
Page(s): 337-341 Date of Publication: 11 March 2022
While power is an ever-present part of international relations; state’s success in achieving its interest in the anarchical and self-help international system is a function of the available power in her possession. Before now, states are regarded as the sole most significant actors in international system, and brute force otherwise known as hard power – where military might is used to achieve a particular objective – rules the day, the situation has changed. The end of cold war in the 1990s saw many changes in international system where globalization is rapidly bringing states closer than ever before which resulted in interdependence on each other. Therefore, the use of hard power in diplomatic practice has to be scrutinized to determine its efficacy. The purpose of the study was to analyze the effectiveness and or the utility of hard power in the conduct of diplomacy in contemporary international relations. The study was hinged on the theory of Complex Interdependence. To guide the study, three research questions were raised. Content analysis was the method adopted where secondary data from research findings, articles in journals, textbooks etc. were consulted and mixed with the writer’s observation in drawing conclusions. The study revealed that globalization today has increased the interdependence of nations in so many ways such that applying hard power by one state, comes with lots of consequences. Evidence is seen in United States’ (U.S.) usage of hard power in Iraq, Kosovo, Somalia and Libya and how it negatively affected its other interests in the international system. The study concluded that soft power, though regarded as the newest and alternative form of power to be used in international relations, is also limited in its effectiveness. To balance the inadequacies of hard and soft powers, smart power is recommended where components of hard and soft powers are combined
Page(s): 342-351 Date of Publication: 11 March 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.51218Page(s): 352-356 Date of Publication: 11 March 2022
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Career aspirations and academic performance are of ultimate importance to the learning process. When students know more about available career opportunities, they will be able to focus more on their academic performance. Despite numerous changes in policy and legislation, issues of gender equity in Kenyan Education system and labour market remain a concern of the Kenyan public. It is against this background that the current study focused on the relationship between career aspirations and academic performance among Form three students in Bungoma South sub- County in Kenya. The research was quantitative using expost facto research design. The sample size was 420 participants from 27 schools. Both stratified and random sampling techniques were used to select the sample for the study. The results from spearman rho correlation coefficient indicated a weak positive relationship between career aspirations and academic performance (rho (418) = 0.265, p < .01). Based on the findings, it was recommended that career mentorship programs should properly be integrated in secondary school curriculum to enable students acquire necessary information about the nature of jobs and develop interest in their aspired careers at an early stage. This might inform students’ subject selection, enhance their academic performance and increase chances of attaining their aspired careers.
Page(s): 379-383 Date of Publication: 12 March 2022
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6219Page(s): 416-421 Date of Publication: 14 March 2022
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6220This study investigated management of academic distractions among undergraduates for educational goal attainment in universities in Rivers State. Descriptive survey design was used. The population of this study consisted of 3806 academic staff of the three Universities in Rivers State. A sample of 788 teaching staff of the three Universities representing 20.7% of the population served as respondents. The stratified random sampling technique was used to select the teaching staff. A 20-item questionnaire titled Management of Academic Distractions Among Undergraduates for Educational Goal Attainment in Universities Questionnaire (MADAUEGAQ) was used. A test re-test method was used to ascertain a reliability coefficient of 0.77. The mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research questions while the z-test statistics was employed to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The result among others revealed that,the factors responsible for academic distraction among undergraduate students are students engagements in romantic relationships, undue school politics/ unionism, excessive internet surfing during class periods/at home like face booking or chatting among others and the ways to manage academic distraction is for school management to advertise all sorts of prohibitions via the notice boards, organizing periodic seminars and talk shows to quell distractions during institutional occasions like matriculation, moral restraint by parents through the reformation of religious and moral education as component of GES courses. It was recommended that administrators should establish specific laws, rules and regulations to guide the conduct of students in their academic pursuit.
Page(s): 463-470 Date of Publication: 15 March 2022
Non-military threats in the era of globalization are so complex, cybercrime is a threat that must be considered by all groups, including the government, military and society. The existence of cyber threats requires strengthening civil-military cooperation to deal with them. In this research, the writer wants to knowwhat are the challenges ahead for civil-military cooperation in dealing with cyber threats in Indonesia. Methods of data collection using literature review. The results of the research are cyber threats at the civilian level. The government has regulated matters relating to activities in cyberspace through laws and regulations. At the military level, cyber defense has been established to deal with cyber threats. It can be said that civil-military cooperation has been carried out by using their respective powers. And another form of cooperation is civilians supporting the military in defending the country’s sovereignty and participating in various threats.
Page(s): 471-474 Date of Publication: 15 March 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6221Page(s): 475-482 Date of Publication: 15 March 2022
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6222Page(s): 506-511 Date of Publication: 16 March 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6223The purpose of the study was to explore how Civic Education profile dimensions in Social Studies lessons create learner transformation possibilities in schools. The study was qualitative in nature and hermeneutic phenomenological design guided the study. The study had 12 participants who were selected through homogenous purposive sampling. The production of data was through semi structured interviews, semi structured questionnaires, observation schedules and document analysis. Then generated data was thematically analysed. Findings of the study were that Civic Education enabled learners to acquire civic knowledge, civic values, civic skills, civic dispositions on corruption and human rights education. The study recommended that Ministry of Education should employ more qualified Civic Education teachers in schools in order to enhance subject delivery and learner acquisition of profile dimensions. Ministry of Education and Curriculum Development Centre (CDC) should collaborate and address the issues surrounding Social Studies. Additionally, the Ministry of Education should fund schools adequately to enable them procure necessary teaching and learning materials that will enhance the teaching and learning of social studies in schools.
Page(s): 512-519 Date of Publication: 16 March 2022
Historically, oil and gas was discovered in Nigeria in 1956 by Shell petroleum at Oloibiri now Bayelsa state. The oil and gas industry is divided into upstream, downstream and mid-stream respectively in Nigeria. Each of the petroleum sectors performs different functions in terms of exploration, refining and distributions and with respective supply chains. In course of the supply chain distribution, distractions in form of turbulence and disruption can occur which could have serious effects on operations and performance. Hence this study focused on the mitigating effect of supply chain risk management in marginal field oil and gas companies in Nigeria. It is field survey and case type of research. A total of 687 Management and Senior staff of nine marginal filed oil and gas companies constituted that population while 325 formed that sample size. The main instrument was questionnaire administration and analysed using descriptive statistics. The study found that application and proper management of supply, demand, information, transportation and monitoring risk mitigation strategies are critical factors enhancing reduction of risks in marginal field oil and gas in Nigeria. It therefore recommended that there should proper coordination of information, monitoring, demand and supply chain risk management in order to reduce vulnerability of disruptions and distraction in operations.
Page(s): 520-525 Date of Publication: 17 March 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6224Page(s): 526-534 Date of Publication: 17 March 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6225Page(s): 535-539 Date of Publication: 19 March 2022
The study investigated the influence of geriatric and social support care on the health of elderly people in Kano metropolis, Kano State. A descriptive cross-sectional design was used. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 7 old peoples centers out of the 13 centers in Kano metropolis. Due to the size of the population, the researchers made use of all the old people at the 7 selected centers in Kano metropolis totaling 283. Self-structured instrument scrutinized by experts, titled “Geriatric and Social Support Care on Health Questionnaire” was used to collect data from the respondents. The instrument had a reliability coefficient of r=0.81. Two research questions formulated were answered using the statistical tools of means and standard deviation, while the hypothesis postulated was tested with z-test at 0.05 level of significance. The results of the study showed that the geriatric services rendered to the elderly positively influenced their health and that the social support care is given to them also impacted positively on their health and well being. The study concluded that geriatric and social support care rendered had a significant influence on the health of elderly people in Kano metropolis. The study, therefore, recommended among others that government and non-governmental organizations should provide, equip and maintain functional old people’s long-term care or nursing facilities in every local government area of the state and nation and that families and community should embrace and carryout daily elder day-care services for their elderly members.
Page(s): 540-545 Date of Publication: 19 March 2022
Since independence in Kenya, there have been several policies and working papers concerning education for the pupils with physical disability and generally inclusive education such as the Sector Policy for Learners and Trainees with Disabilities (2018). However, even with all this, the academic performance of learners with physical disability in inclusive schools continue to record low performance compared to those without disability. Inclusive education was supposed to provide learners to provide equal educational opportunities to both learners with and without physical disability. The objective of this paper therefore was to determine the influence of teacher characteristics which included attitude, satisfaction and teaching strategies on academic performance of learners with physical disability in Western Kenya inclusive schools. The study employed a convergent parallel mixed method design in five inclusive schools for pupils with physical disability. Data was generated from among 65 teachers, 52 pupils with physical disability and 73 regular pupils by use of a questionnaire and an observation guide. For inclusion to be successful as a framework, this scrutiny is required in order to improve the learners’ overall academic outcomes.
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6226Page(s): 585-591 Date of Publication: 22 March 2022
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6227The purpose of the study was to analyse the effects of economic instability on teachers in decentralized secondary schools in Mashonaland Central Province, Zimbabwe between 2000 and 2017. This study used habitus and social capital as a conceptual framework. This was a qualitative study, which made use of a multi-case research design. Data was collected using focus group discussions, interviews and document analysis. Eight research sites in the form of secondary schools in four districts were used. Data analysis was done using theoretical prepositions guided by research objectives and research questions. Data presentation was characterised by quotes of participants. The study revealed that economic instability had negative results in the field of secondary schools. Economic instability negatively affected teaching and learning. In addition, economic instability affected individual secondary school teachers psychologically as their social status was battered. Economic instability affected relations between teachers and other secondary school actors by aggravating already existing contestations. Economic instability forced teachers to resort to other activities in order to survive the economic situation, which negatively affected teaching and learning. The study has shown that decentralized secondary schools found it difficult to solve the problems brought about by economic instability especially when the instabilities occurred within the difficulties of the broader Zimbabwean context. It is recommended that decentralized secondary schools should be assisted financially and with resources to withstand economic challenges. Further similar research is recommended for other provinces in the country.
Page(s): 599-613 Date of Publication: 22 March 2022
Academic achievement of students occupies a very important position in learning process, thus, understanding its relationship with student’s learning style preference is an important consideration when designing classroom instruction. This study determined the relationship between learning styles and students’ Mathematics academic achievement in Awka Education zone, Anambra State. The study adopted a correlational research design. A multi-stage sampling procedure was adopted and used in selecting a sample size of 1,241 students from a population of 6,279 students in public secondary schools. A validated questionnaire titled, Learning Style Questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. The questionnaire has reliability coefficient alphas of 0.68, 0.64 and 0.77 on each of the learning style cluster. The questionnaire was administered through direct delivery approach. Data was collected and analysed using percentages and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. Findings from the study revealed among others that; there is very low negative relationship existing between the secondary school students’ visual learning style and their achievements in Mathematics in Anambra State; there is very low negative relationship existing between the students’ auditory and kinesthetic learning style and their achievements in Mathematics in secondary schools. Similarly, the findings revealed that the relationship existing between the secondary school students’ visual, auditory and kinaesthetic learning style and their achievements in Mathematics is not significant. Based on the findings, the following recommendations among others were made that teachers should take into account their students ‘diverse learning styles in order to design instructional methods that take care of those diversities and remain sensitive of such during the instruction process.
Page(s): 614-619 Date of Publication: 23 March 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6228Page(s): 620-628 Date of Publication: 23 March 2022
The South China Sea have strategic value, from economic and military aspects. In some parts of the waters there is an overlap of jurisdictions between claimant states (Brunei Darussalam, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, and China), causing a high potential for conflict. Geopolitical turbulence in the South China Sea region further illustrates the dynamic strategic environment and adds complexity to threats to security in the region. The panelitian method used is a qualitative descriptive method. According to Sugiyono, descriptive methods are studies that describe, describe, or describe the state of the object studied as what it is, according to the situation and conditions when research is done. The theories used are balance of power, military of balance, steps-to-war, and balance of threat. China’s rapid military development has made it a powerful country and has the potential to become a hegemony in the region and will create new tensions in the region. This situation encourages countries in the region to increase their military capabilities, produce military weaponry and equipment, and even form military alliances to offset China’s military capabilities in the region. The U.S.-China rivalry makes the South China Sea region a single geostrategic theater that will drag regional countries into the maelstrom of conflict, including Indonesia in it. Facing a dynamic environment, Indonesia with an active defensive strategy deploys land aspect forces that have been centrally structured and dispersed (territorial command units), in an effort to prevent assertive actions from other countries.
Page(s): 629-637 Date of Publication: 24 March 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6229The study assessed farmers’ soil management practices in Karu LGA of Nasarawa State. A total of 112 questionnaires were distributed to farmers’ in the study area to ascertain the prevailing soil management practices and crop yields in the study area. The study reveals that most of the farmers’ in the study area practice tillage soil management practice (107) and zero tillage (102), compost (55) and mono cropping (9) are the least soil management practices in the study area, the correlation analysis shows a positive and significant relationship between crop yield (r = 0.905; p ≤ 0.05) and farmers’ soil management practice. The study therefore, recommends that farmers’ should practice retention of crop residues on the farms especially with respect to guinea corn and maize cropping, also more natural vegetation should be encouraged where trees like Faidherbia albida (apple ring accaia) an ideal agroforestry specie that can grow among field crops without shading them during the wet season can be planted.
Page(s): 638-644 Date of Publication: 23 March 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6230Page(s): 645-650 Date of Publication: 24 March 2022
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6231Page(s): 657-663 Date of Publication: 24 March 2022
Page(s): 664-672 Date of Publication: 25 March 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the level of agreement between radiology and surgery in children with upper limb fractures at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH). Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on children presenting with upper limb fractures at the paediatric and orthopaedic emergency departments of Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital,Eldoret, Kenya. A total of 148 children were recruited by consecutive sampling between July 2019 and July 2020. Radiographs conducted at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital were reviewed and used to make diagnosis. In addition, diagnoses made by the surgery team were recorded for each child. Descriptive statistics were used to provide a summary of the data obtained. Continuous data was summarized using measures of central tendency (mean and median) and measures of dispersion (standard deviation and interquartile range). The Cohen’s Kappa statistic was used to assess the level of agreement of diagnostic findings between radiology and surgery. Results: The study participants were predominantly male (68.9%), had a mean age of 7 (SD=3.2) years of which majority (54.7%) were aged 5-9 years. Falls were the major injury mechanism accounting for 90.5% of the injuries while the accidents and cuts cumulatively accounted for less than 10% of the injuries. The most common fracture types were transverse by radiography (54.1%) compared to surgery (52.7%) and oblique fractures at 29.7% by radiography and 32.4% by surgery. Segmented fractures were reported in 5.4% of the study participants by surgery and in 1.4% by radiography while green-stick, spiral and comminuted fracture types were the least observed. Fractures of the supracondylar humerus were the most common by both radiography (69.4%) and surgery (67.6%). The second most observed fractures were phalanx at 8.8% by both radiography and surgery. The level of agreement between radiography and surgery was 95.5% with the Cohen’s Kappa statistic showing an almost perfect level of agreement (k=0.921, p-value<0.001). Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: Radiography is essential in the accurate diagnosis of paediatric fractures, and its continued use is of great value in patients’ management
Page(s): 673-680 Date of Publication: 25 March 2022
The article tries to understand the impact of Covid-19 on using of fintech in Bangladesh by studying the consumer behaviour of urban people. Generally, people are not enough habituated with fintech. But during the time of the covid-19 pandemic and lockdown, they were bound to use various services of fintech. That is why the main objective of this study is to identify and investigate whether covid-19 is a blessing or curse for using fintech, especially in the urban consumers of Bangladesh. The study obtained the opinions of 160 samples from the consumers who are currently using fintech and living in Dhaka city through a survey questionnaire. All data have been collected from primary and secondary sources. The study finds that consumers are using fintech during the time of pandemic more than past and it seems that the changes are a blessing for the use of fintech. Furthermore, Covid-19 helped fintech for its growth, that is why it is high time for the urban people to capitalize on all the benefits of fintech as much as possible to survive and succeed in the new normal life. However, the outcomes of this article are limited by the size of the sample and the robustness of the analysis.
Page(s): 681-685 Date of Publication: 25 March 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6232Page(s): 686-694 Date of Publication: 25 March 2022
The messages on barrier gestures to COVID-19 rather seem to produce reactance. This study aimed the mediating effect of fatalism on the relationship between emotional intelligence and psychological reactance to COVID-19 barrier messages. Data were collected from 232 participants using a composite questionnaire containing the emotional intelligence, psychological reactance and fatalism scales. The simple mediation model were used for data processing because it fit with three variable mediational study design. The results showed that fatalism mediates the relationship between emotional intelligence and psychological reactance vis-à-vis messages on barrier gestures to COVID-19. Emotional intelligence inhibits fatalistic beliefs and eliminates psychological reactance. In the health crisis context it is important to take socio-emotional variables into account when designing awareness campaigns inviting individuals to adopt preventive behaviors, especially when those represent the main means of eradicating the pandemic. More implications of these results, as well as future perspectives were discussed.
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6233In the traditional teaching and learning process, the student has to go to educational institutions, attend lectures and acquire personal knowledge from the teachers. However, with the extensive use of ICT, online technology, e-publishing, and open access advancements in scholarly communication in higher education throughout the globe, the education system has transitioned from conventional to distance and e-learning. In the wake of COVID-19 epidemic, online learning and courses are increasingly being more integrated into the educational sector. Educational boards have mandated the delivery of online courses at the basic education, college and university levels. As a result, the number of people using the web application has increased. The participants of the study will be the Senior High School students studying at Davao City. The researcher will use quota sampling in selecting the respondents. 60 students will be the quota in gathering the data. The results shows strong positive relationship between the usage of web application and academic interest of the students. This implies that when the level of usage of web application increase, the level of academic interest also increases.The researcher would like to recommend that the teacher should determine that at what level students utilization on web application, and recommend new methods such as work in pairs to expand their knowledge.
Page(s): 711-714 Date of Publication: 26 March 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6234Page(s): 715-726 Date of Publication: 26 March 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6235Page(s): 727-734 Date of Publication: 26 March 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6236Page(s): 735-744 Date of Publication: 26 March 2022
Australia’s future submarine operation missions are guided by the 2009 Australian White Paper with the specification being able to carry out covert patrols at very long distances with long operating times. Submarines that meet these specifications are nuclear-powered submarines, especially the Astute Class Nuclear Submarine with high technology. The submarine specifications are 97 m long and will displace 7,400 tons of seawater when stored. The submarine can fully circumnavigate the globe without ever surfacing and, armed with tomahawk cruise missiles, can target military facilities on land from thousands of miles away. This new payload will significantly increase the Australian navy’s conventional strike power. The Smart Submarine Astute can pinpoint accuracy to strike targets up to 1,200 km from the coast. According to the AUKUS Alliance (Australia-UK-US), nuclear submarines are an effort for world stabilization and security, especially in the Indo-Pacific Region. Considering the Natural, Energy and Food Wealth of the Indo-Pacific Region is the spearhead of the survival of the global community. The assembly of super-advanced nuclear submarines will not be ready until around 2040, so this cooperation will last quite a while.
Page(s): 745-750 Date of Publication: 26 March 2022
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