This study assessed the effects of self-efficacy on the academic achievement of biology students in secondary schools in Delta State. The study population comprised all biology students in public senior secondary schools in Delta State. The sample was 245 biology students drawn from six (6) schools using stratified random sampling technique. The pre-test post-test control group quasi-experimental design was used in this study. Biology Achievement Test (BAT) and self-efficacy questionnaire were used as instruments for data gathering. The data collected were analysed using the mean, standard deviation, and t-test. Findings revealed that, although there is a significant difference between the post-test scores of biology students taught with the self-efficacy strategy and those taught with the lecture method, there is no significant difference between the post-test scores of male and female biology students taught with the self-efficacy strategy. The study concludes that self-efficacy is a major variable that affects the academic achievement of biology students in secondary schools in Delta State. The study recommends that the government, through the Ministry of Education, train teachers to acquire self-efficacy skills to help them teach more effectively, efficiently, and make the teaching-learning process more meaningful in order to improve the academic achievement of biology students, boost students’ confidence in their ability to perform a task efficaciously, and not give up while facing difficulties.

This study sought to understand the nature of philosophy of education and the concept of knowledge subscribed by the Madrasahs and Islamic Integrated Schools in Zanzibar. The six headmasters; i.e. three from Madrasahs and three from Islamic Integrated Schools were selected as respondents. Semi-structured in-depth interview was employed for primary data collection while secondary data were solicited from relevant documents such as journal articles, textbooks, official reports and proceedings. The findings of the study revealed that the adopted philosophy of education in both types of schools is that of demarcating knowledge in the sense that Madrasahs mainly focus on preparing the students for the success in the future life, while the Islamic Integrated Schools centers on the worldly success. Based on these findings, it is recommended that all relevant educational stakeholders should sit together and find out the best ways on how to improve the curriculum of religious education so that the graduates will be able to think critically or generate original and creative ideas, possess good hearts and live by Islamic values, be successfully educated, and prepared to face the challenges of their time.

Objectives: The main purpose of the study was to challenges of utilization blended teaching strategies in business education courses in universities in Enugu State. The study was guided by two research questions and four null hypotheses. A survey research design was adopted for the study. The population used for the study was 25 Business Educators in two public universities offering Business Education programme in Enugu State. There was no sampling due to the manageable size of the population. The instrument used for data collection was an 18 item questionnaire grouped into two sections according to the research questions that guided the study. The items were structured in four point rating scale. The instrument was validated and the reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach Alpha which yielded 0.85. Out of 26 copies distributed, 22copies were returned giving 88%return rate. Mean, standard deviation and t- test statistics were the statistical tools used. Based on the data analysis, the study identified that university administrative and lecturers’ challenges of utilization blended teaching strategies in business education courses in universities in Enugu State. Based on the findings of the study recommendations were made among which include; that university administrators should provide the needed ICT facilities for blended teaching strategies in business education and supporting staff should be employed to provide the needed supportive services to the Business Educators while practicing blended teaching strategies.

This study investigated the relationship between change management and institutional citizenship behaviour of office managers in tertiary institutions in Rivers State. It also examined the moderating role of institutional culture on the relationship between change manage and institutional citizenship behaviour. The study was carried out in eight (8) tertiary institutions in Rivers State. Descriptive survey design was adopted in the generation of data. The instrument for data collection used in this study was the questionnaire. The population of the study consisted of eight hundred and thirty-six (836) Office and information managers in seven public tertiary institutions in Rivers State. The respondents to this research are 270 participants which constituted the sample size obtained through Taro Yamene Sample Size Determination Formula. Spearman ranked correlation and partial correlation were statistical tools used for testing the null hypotheses with the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The findings of this study revealed that change management significantly and positively influences institutional citizenship behaviour in tertiary institution in Rivers State. It was also found that institutional cultures strongly moderate the relationship between change management and institutional citizenship behaviiour Thus, the study concluded that change management is a veritable tool for enhancing institutional citizenship behaviour of office managers strongly moderated by institutional culture in tertiary institutions in Rivers State. Based on the findings and conclusion drawn, a number of recommendations were made, among which is that tertiary institutions should involve employees in institutional decisions and avoid prejudice and discriminatory in decisions consider these issues in institutions.

The menace of cultism has eaten deep into the Nigerian Institution of higher learning especially in Rivers State and inspite of the jail term for airing members of a cult group caught by the authorities as proscribed in the Nigerian 1999 constitution as amended. This menace is still growing and gaining more grounds in the entire higher institutions on daily basis. Cultism constitutes a major social problem to the peace and harmony that ought to exist within the academic confines of Rivers State. Admittedly the menace have attracted so much tension and concerns of major stakeholders within and outside the educational system and it negative impact affects our universities in terms of disruption of academic calendar, vandalization of school facilities, loss of lives of both innocent and actual cult members within and outside the school environs as well as raping of students. Unfortunately, it has been reported that students who are from disorganized family background that fall prey of joining cult group either in their local environment or when they gain admission into higher institution. This however, is now seen as a very big problem that need immediate solution if the aims and objectives of educating the younger generation are to be actualized. Thus, it further indicates that some factors that motivate the emergence and sustenance of secret cult in the educational system are traceable to the faculty decadence of our immediate society, the parental or student background, the educational environment etc. This study therefore offer some policy recommendations that is needed if we are ready to curtail the activities of cultism in our society and within our educational institutions in Rivers State.

Objectives: This work thematically x-rayed the Igbo society and its culture, the impact of colonialism in Africa, cultural and religious conflict in Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart”. The novel captures the spirit of the African society during the transitional period. It delineates the encounter between the culture of Igbo tribes and the British culture necessitated by colonialism. Achebe’s Things Fall Apart portrays the African culture, tradition, social life, rituals and religion as well as the role religion plays in shaping people’s mind and behavior. It examines the impact of western religion on Igbo society/Africans at large that were happy with their religion. It elucidates the peculiarities in Igbo culture and tradition, especially the beauties and wisdom of its art and institutions. Achebe uses the novel to correct the misrepresentation of African culture and religion in Europeans literatures. It criticizes certain aspect of the African cultures that are inhuman and exposes the religious and cultural conflict between the western and African. The novel reveals the benefits of western civilization in Africa and these valuable benefits they acquired made them handicapped to fight their colonizers. Achebe delineated the colonial influenced on the African culture and religion. It also portrays the exploitation of the colonial masters under the cover of religion. It elucidates how the Africans suffered and lost their cultures and values due to the external forces that were beyond their control.