The purpose of the study was to determine community socio-economic factors affecting students‟ academic performance in public Secondary schools in Rongo Sub-county, Migori County, Kenya. The study used descriptive survey research designs. The study was based on the conceptual framework. The targeted populations were 45 head teachers, 45 Guidance and Counseling teachers, 45(Parents Teachers Association (PTA) chairpersons, 14523 students, 5 Zonal Quality Assurance and Standards Officers (ZQASOs). The researcher used saturated sampling technique to select 45 head teachers, 45 Guidance and Counseling teachers, 45 PTA chairpersons and 5 ZQASOs, purposive random sampling was used to select 450 students. The instruments of data collection were questionnaires, in-depth interview, and document analysis. Reliability of the instruments was addressed through piloting in 5 schools and reliability coefficients were obtained by subjecting the instruments to a Split-half Technique and Spearman “Brown Prophesy formula”. The coefficient of reliability obtained was 0.721 which indicated that the instruments were reliable. To ensure face and content validity of the research instruments, 2 experts in the department of Educational Administration Planning and Economics, Kisii University were requested to scrutinize the research instruments so as to validate them. Data was analyzed using both qualitative and quantitative methods. Qualitative data was analyzed using likert scale and other qualitative data were analyzed in an ongoing process as themes and sub-themes emerged. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The finding revealed that 25(62.5%) of Head Teachers agreed that community assist in the mobilizing students to go to school hence increase enrolment. It was concluded that the significant community socio-economic activities that promoted academic performnce were: School sponsorship, provision of piped and natural fountains of water,spiritual nourishment of students provision of physical facilities. It recommended that the schools should develop relations with the community to tap the full potentialities needed for academic performance. The researcher adhered to research ethics including plagiarism and getting the consent of respondents among others.

Over the past few years, the Persian and English translations of Quran have been studied from different standpoints throughout the centuries, Muslim and non-Muslim translators have been very concerned to convey the meaning of the Quran into languages other than Arabic. The holy Quran is a divine book and its translation into other languages must be done meticulously. In this regard, Persian and English translation of one of the surahs of this magnificent book was selected to be compared. The present study has gone through the investigation of the Persian translation of one of the surahs of this holy book “Yasin” by Dr. Elahi Ghomshei (1361) and its English translation by three famous translators Yusuf Ali (2000), Pickthall (1930) and Sarwar (2011) to see discrepancies. Also, this study tries to find out the unit of translation and classify different kinds of Vinay and Darbelnet’s procedures used by the English translators.

Citizenship education essentially prepares students as citizens as well as good citizens. The learning process must be understood as part of the process of civilizing students so that it becomes a cultured and ethical human person. Thus the development of morality in the learning process is expected to be carried out through the planting of values in students so that they have attitudes and behavior in accordance with the ethics that apply in society. This study aims: (1) To find out data on morality development of students through citizenship education, (2) To determine the contribution of morality guidance through civic education to student ethics, and (3) To determine whether there is influence in morality education through ethics education students. This research uses descriptive quantitative approach method, which was carried out at North Gunungsitoli Junior High School Student. The population is a total of 38 students in class VIII. The entire population is at the same time determined as the research sample (total sampling). To get the data, a questionnaire instrument was used, both for morality development and student ethics. Moral guidance through citizenship education is still classified as not so too student ethics are classified as poor with an average questionnaire value of 57.84. The contribution of morality guidance through citizenship education to student ethics is 73.27%. There is the influence of morality coaching through citizenship education on student ethics, this is based on hypothesis testing using the t-test results obtained t-value = 9.935 greater than t-table = 1.689 In line with the findings of this study, researchers provide several suggestions, among others (1) Teachers should be in the learning process citizenship education provides exemplary and moral guidance to students. (2) Citizenship education subject teachers should develop students' awareness to uphold the ethics that apply in society. (3) Teachers should not make punishment as the only tool to provide guidance to students.

This study dealt with finding the topics perceived to be difficult in Biology by Senior School students in Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta South Senatorial District of Delta State. The researchers adopted descriptive survey research design in carrying out this study. Six research questions were formulated to guide the study. The population of the study was 904 Senior School III students. 200 (130 female and 70 male) Senior School III formed the sample. The instrument used for data collection was Student‟s Perception on the Difficult Topics in Biology. Cronbach Alpha statistic revealed that the reliability index of the instrument was 0.81. The instrument contained Biology topics as contained in West African Senior School Certificate Examinations Syllabus and Regulations, which the respondents responded to on the basis of Very Difficult, Difficult, Very Easy and Easy and rated as 4, 3, 2 and 1, respectively. The percentage statistic was used to analyse data, using 50% as the cut-off. The result of the analysis among others was that nervous coordination was perceived as the most difficult topic in Biology by both the male and female Senior School students in Isoko North Local Government Area, Delta State. Recommendations were given to improve teaching and learning strategies.