The study aimed at assessing the effectiveness of Government policy of compulsory learning of local languages at early primary school level among the selected teachers in four Primary schools of Lusaka district in Zambia. The policy is based on teaching learners in their familiar local language. The study employed a mixed paradigm and descriptive survey design that sampled two primary schools, Head teachers, teachers, PTA executive members and Grade 4 learners. Data was obtained from respondents by means of interviews, questionnaires and classroom observation schedules. Frequency, percentages, tables, graphs and pie-charts were used to analyze the quantitative and qualitative data obtained. Data was then analyzed by the use of software MS Access and MS Excel. The findings revealed that learning in the mother tongue at early grade level helps in language development of the child as well in comprehending concepts easily enhancing early literacy attainment helps children to grasp literacy and learn how to read and write faster and that it even becomes easier for learners in later grades to learn other languages and subjects in the curriculum as they would have the foundations.
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Well-adapted information and communication technologies (ICTs) help rural communities improve their standard of living and increase their income levels, facilitating the abolition of poverty. The study was conducted to investigate the factors influencing the success of the implementation of an e-rural development project in the Kegalle district of Sri Lanka. The population consists of project implementation team members who have worked full-time in Kegalle District as project managers, technical leads, project team members, or consultants on at least one e-rural development project implementation. The total population was 38 people. Questionnaires for interviews were distributed to all members and there were 22 responses received. The relevance of critical success factors (CSF) identified in the literature survey was validated through personal interviews with selected 22 project implementation team members who work in rural e-projects. The top ten critical success factors identified in the investigation were: clear project goals/objectives, top management support, end user commitment, involvement & training, and selecting appropriate technology. Effective communication and information sharing, vendor support and commitment, leadership style (effective decision making), and a focus on demand-driven needs, technological infrastructure and realistic Schedule The study’s significance would be to identify the factors that could affect the successful implementation of e-rural development projects in Sri Lanka in order to reduce project failure, allowing for the development of strategies to ensure the success of e-rural development projects in Sri Lanka.
Page(s): 08-11 Date of Publication: 22 January 2022
In Sri Lanka, the death penalty had been in place since the times of the ancient kings and under the colonial rulers to prevent grave crimes, including murder. From 1956 to 1959 and after June 1976, the death penalty was not carried out in Sri Lanka. However, the homicide rate has declined from 7.6 in 1976 to 2.1 in 2020 even in the absence of the death penalty. It is assumed that rather than capital punishment for homicide, some other significant factors have contributed to a decline in homicides in the country. This study was conducted in 2019 to identify the characteristics of homicide victims in Sri Lanka. Moreover, the background of the offenders and their relationship to the victims were also solicited. The data were collected concerning the 59 homicide victims selected from a random sample drawn from police stations located in nine districts in Sri Lanka. For data collection, a semi-structured interview schedule was utilized. The study has revealed that low-income earners and less educated individuals mostly tend to become victims of homicide over minor matters in their daily life. Among them a considerable number of people engaged in blue-collar jobs happen to become victims of homicide over issues that might appear relatively trivial to other people. Previous enmity, family disputes, land disputes and drunkenness have been the precipitating motives for these offenders. This study suggests that creating awareness and disseminating knowledge among the less educated and low-income categories of people can cause a positive change in their conduct towards a peaceful and law-abiding life free from homicide.
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6101The article identified and classified the primary school stakeholders in Harare, Zimbabwe. The research used a case study and literature analysis results to develop a framework for analysing and classifying primary school stakeholders for enhancing the quality of the decisions by the administrators. The research collected both primary and secondary data from WhatsApp groups of Harare primary school instructors/teachers and parents/guardian sand the literature for analysis. The Voluntary sampling design was used to select the respondents. The research used data that was gathered from forty-five journal articles and sixty primary schoolteachers/instructors and parents/guardians. The research found that a successful implementation of the primary school stakeholder analysis makes the stakeholder identification and classification processes very simple and easy. There was significant a relationship between the primary school and its stakeholders but there was also challenges. This research developed the Stakeholder Identification, classification and Engagement (SICE) framework for identifying, classifying and engaging primary school stakeholders.
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6102Page(s): 57-64 Date of Publication: 24 January 2022
\The free education policy at the senior high school levels in Ghana resulted in an increase in enrollment numbers which subsequently lead to the adoption of the double track system which necessitated the need to divide students into two tracks. This meant that while one track was in school, the other was on vacation. As such, an innovative way is needed to keep students’ engage especially a track that is on vacation. The purpose of this research was to determine the perception of teachers on the usage of WhatsApp messenger for teaching and learning. A cross-sectional design was employed in this study among 125 senior high school teachers within Tema Metropolis of Ghana. The research revealed that, perceived cost had an effect on teachers perceive usefulness, perceived convenience, perceived effectiveness, perceived trust and perceived intension to use WhatsApp Messenger for teaching and learning. Perceived convenience had a more pronounced effect on perceived usefulness. Implications of the results for scaling up or developing reforms on regular stakeholder’s consultations to understand the concept of using WhatsApp messenger for teaching and learning in high schools with similar context are discussed.
Page(s): 65-75 Date of Publication: 25 January 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6105This paper provides an in-depth introduction to the Phonology of Kigiryama language. Phonetics is the study of how the sounds of the world’s languages are produced and perceived. Phonology is the study of how these sounds are categorized, contrasted, and organized into larger structures in each language. In this paper, we will begin with a description of the phonotactics of Kigiryama language and Kigiryama syllable structure. Finally, this paper will analyze the phonological processes involved with both vowels and consonants in the language in question. The aim of the study is to give a phonological description of Kigiryama vowels and consonants with a special reference to the phonological processes that occur in these phonemes. Data will be collected through interview schedules and focus group discussions. Analysis of the data will involve first translating the data into English, then classifying and describing the words into the phonological processes of the vowels and consonants. The findings will show that the processes of glide formation, vowel deletion, vowel insertion and vowel height assimilation occur mainly with vowels while the processes of palatalization, labialization and assibilation occur mainly with consonants. Throughout the paper, we will work with real data from a diverse sample of the Kigiryama language. This information is fundamental to any linguistic study since it forms a foundation upon which various levels of linguistic analysis of Kigiyama is based.
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6106Page(s): 84-87 Date of Publication: 25 January 2022
TQuality education is the prime dream of every student. However, for the poor and underprivileged students, the burden of acquiring a college degree required a lot of perseverance and hardship. Therefore, this study revealed the experiences of working students’ failures, successes, and prospects. It applied a phenomenological qualitative research design where the twenty (20) identified working students, their select classmates, and teachers served as the population of the study. The data gathered through an in-depth- one-on-one interview with the participants and analyzed with the use of the MAXQDA software. The study revealed the situation of working students is really tough and very stressful. They have difficulty complying with school requirements. The advantages of being a working student help them learn how to prioritize and manage their time and boost their self-confidence. The disadvantages include incurring school tardiness leading to poor academic performance. The strength of working students includes being optimistic and managing setting priorities in life. On the other hand, the weaknesses of having difficulty fixing conflicting schedules and mental exhaustion
Page(s): 88-97 Date of Publication: 25 January 2022
Our study aims to find the link between capital inflows and credit to private sector over a period of 2010M01-2021M08 and to identify if the behavior of banks’ credit in each regime differ. Under the framework of ARDL, in the first sub-sample, findings show that capital inflows negatively impacts on credit to private sector in the short-run, while in the long-run, the impact is positive though not significant. The study also finds that the interaction of capital inflows with the dummy variable leads to a positivesignificant impact of capital inflows on credit to private sectorin the short-run. In the second sub-sample, findings show that the impact of capital inflows on credit to private sector is positive but not significant both in the short-run and in the long-run. However, when capital inflows interact with the dummy variable, the impact on credit to private sector is negative and significant in both the short and long-run. Consequently, we recommend that different policy measures should be adopted to suit different shocks to the macroeconomic environment.
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6112Library is not limited to offering resources for learning and teaching. Traditional library services are rapidly changing and library professionals are going beyond their limits of the duty list to provide maximum contribution to their users. They are coming out of the library and serve as resource persons, instructors, lecturers, research helpers, mentors, counselors and play many roles in the academic environment. They are giving their contribution to enhance learning and teaching by conducting lectures, seminars and workshops on research based sessions such as literature searching, plagiarism, referencing, thesis writing, abstract writing, research publishing, data analysis, research methodology etc. These works (content and knowledge) should be stored in an information system such as the University Learning Management System (LMS). With the COVID pandemic situation the need for such a system is very high due to the importance of online learning environment. That is why Library Learning Management System (Library LMS) is subjected to discussion. The duty list of library professionals is being redefined accordingly. Library professionals consist of the multidisciplinary subject streams. They contribute to teaching by conducting online lectures, creating online learning materials, providing new tools and techniques, conducting consultancy for research support using their subject knowledge. Then students will get many benefits such as download available learning materials, video lectures, make an appointment for online tutors, get “ask help” service and meet subject specialists when they have a “Library LMS”. It may have two tasks when establish a “Library LMS”. The first task is to develop a “Library LMS” as a sub system of the existing Library Management System. The second task is to integrate it with the University LMS.
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6107Page(s): 118-123 Date of Publication: 27 January 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6108This research work was taken for enormous production of white mulberry (Morus alba L.) through micropropagation techniques. Surface sterilization of the explants collected from the field grown mature plants was important and it was done with 0.1% HgCl₂ (Mercuric chloride) solution at different durations. Result showed that duration of the treatment was the best at 12 minutes for both shoot tips and nodal segments. Axillary shoot proliferation of nodal explants was better than that of (terminal) shoot tips. Data analysis showed that cytokinin BAP (6-Benzyl aminopurine) was more effective than Kn (Kinetin) for axillary shoot proliferation. The MS medium supplemented with 6.0 µM was the best to grow 100% shoot proliferation of the explants where the average length was 5.57cm ± 0.05. On the other hand, different concentration and type of auxin affected greatly to induce number and percentage of roots per shoot. In this case, half MS medium supplemented with 6.0 µM IBA (Indole-3-butyric acid) was showed the highest percentage (100%) of root regeneration where the average length was 4.21cm ± 0.07.
Page(s): 124-128 Date of Publication: 27 January 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6109Page(s): 129-135 Date of Publication: 27 January 2022
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic struck every part of the world, disrupting every government economic mantle and not sparing the private or non-state education sector. In the Philippines, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced in September 2020 that 864 private schools were closed for the S.Y. 2020-2021 due to declining family income along with a 107-year-old Catholic school. With the current government policy of free Basic and Higher Education, the business value of the private education sector has declined over time. As a way forward, this theoretical research paper aims to provide a possible approach for the private education sector to modify its business value creation in this increasingly demanding valuation environment. The recommendation is that the private-own or non-state education sector must forge partnerships with organizations providing free and open-source platforms. Reevaluate to migrate from face-to-face classroom to online learning institution on a post-COVID world. Finally, seek government support made available for the private or non-state education sector enacting legislation that would allow funding for a blended learning system.
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6110Nigeria is an important migration destination within the West African sub-region. However, over the past two (2) decades, the country has consistently recorded a negative net migration rate, implying a higher number of emigration than immigration. Drawing from the neoclassical and modern theories of migration, which highlight economic condition as a major factor in the decision to migrate, this paper seeks to empirically assess the relationship between the net migration pattern in Nigeria and the macroeconomic condition of the country over the past three (3) decades (from 1991 to 2020). Using the OLS regression analysis, the findings show a regression value (R2) of 0.847, which implies that the variables of macroeconomic condition (economic growth, real GDP per capita, unemployment rate, inflation rate, and current account balance) account for 85% of the variation in the net migration rate of the country. Among these variables, real GDP per capita and the unemployment rate were found to have a significant impact on net migration. However, the negative relationship between real GDP per capita and net migration rate shows that an increase in the prosperity of residents in Nigeria reduces the net migration rate.This suggests the existence and the need to deal with unequal distribution of income in the country, which limits the trickledown effect of an improved economy. Also, the positive relationship between the unemployment rate and net migration suggests the existence of other factors other than economic factors (as suggested by the modern theory of migration), which play a critical role in the decision to immigrate to or emigrate from Nigeria.
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6111The study investigated socio-demographic variables (age and gender) as correlates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and social adjustment among amputees at the Federal Medical Centre, Keffi. Adopting an ex- post factor research design, 50 amputee patients (M=33; F=17)- aged 17-72 years with a mean age of 40.02 and standard deviation of 14.213 – were recruited by means of purposive sampling technique to participate in the study. Data was collected using the PTSD scale and the Social Adjustment Scale. Four hypotheses were formulated and tested in the study. Findings indicated that there was a positive relationship between age and PTSD (r (48) = 0.327, P < 0.05). This implies that age has an influence on individual responses to traumatic events with an indication that the event of amputation tends to be more traumatic among younger age than older age individuals. The finding further indicated that there was a statistically significant relationship between older age and social adjustment (r (48) = 0.289, P < 0.05). The analysis further revealed a statistically significant difference between Males and Females (t (48) = -4.200, P < 0.05) on PTSD. Finally, results indicated that Males and Femalessocially adjust differently to traumatic situations (t (48) = -2.018, P < 0.05). The findings suggest that age and gender significantly predict post-traumatic stress disorder and social adjustment. The study therefore recommends that Government and NGOs as well as other care providers shouldmanage the mental health of amputees and individuals with similar conditions based on their demographic factors in addition to presenting signs and symptoms.
Page(s): 154-159 Date of Publication: 28 January 2022
Globally studies have shown work engagement to play a critical role on organizational commitment. However, there are limited studies when it comes to Catholic religious men and women working in rural areas. Due to this gap, the study aimed to examine the relationship between work engagement and organizational commitment among the Catholic religious men and women working in Lodwar Diocese, Kenya. The study adopted correlational design. Using census sampling, a sample size of 131 Catholic religious men and women were included in the study. The data was collected using the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale and Organizational Commitment Scale. Pre-testing of standardized instruments was carried out before the actual data collection to ensure its reliability and validity. The data was analyzed using correlational analysis using SPSS Version 32. The study found a weak negative association between vigour and continuance commitment (r=-0.07) and normative commitment (r=-0.07; p>0.05) in the study. However, energy and affective commitment had a weak positive connection (r=0.09; p>0.05). A weak positive association was found between dedication and affective commitment (r= 0.15; p>0.05), continuance commitment (r= 0.03), and normative commitment (r= 0.008; p<0.05), according to the study. Absorption and emotional commitment (r=0.04; p<0.05) and continuance commitment (r=0.08; p>0.05) had a weak positive connection. Finally, absorption and normative commitment had a weak negative connection (r=-0.02; p>0.05).
Page(s): 160-165 Date of Publication: 28 January 2022
The purpose of the study was to identify the factors of financial management practices in SMEs background and to examine whether they impact on business performance of SMEs. A literature survey was carried out, and expert consultation was employed to develop this working paper. With the help of the literature survey and experts’ consultation, the association between financial management practices (FMP) and business performance (BP) was investigated. Accordingly, there were six indicators of financial management practices were identified in the literature namely; maintaining accounting records (MAR), financial reporting preparation and analysis (FRPA), accounting information system (AIS), working capital management (WCM), investment decision (ID) and financing (FIN). In addition, dependent variable of business performance. The literature evidenced that there are associations between FMP and BP in the SMEs. This includes positive, negative and no significant correlations or impact among variables of SMEs contributors. Accordingly, this study suggested a conceptual model for testing six hypotheses to examine the association between FMP and BP. Further, this study recommends an empirical study through explorative factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis to develop valid and reliable instruments to measure the FMP in the SMEs context. A path model was suggested to examine whether FMP influences BP in the SMEs background and further identify the moderating effect of demographic factors of gender and education level of financial management practitioners and business age of SMEs.
Page(s): 166-179 Date of Publication: 28 January 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6113Page(s): 180-186 Date of Publication: 29 January 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6114Classroom is the centre focus of every educational setting due to the fact that it is the inevitable component of schools where students and teachers interacts for the purpose of imparting knowledge on students in line with the goal and objectives of policy of education of the society. Also, management of classroom is centered to effective teaching and learning. Hence, it is essential for teachers to be familiar with classroom management skills. This study investigated classroom management skills of science teachers in the Nigerian Capital, Abuja. The survey research design was adopted. 382 science teachers in both junior and senior secondary schools in the FCT, Abuja were randomly sampled. Data of the study were collected through as a questionnaire constructed in a 4-point modified Likert scale format. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive and, analysis of variance statistics. It was revealed that classroom management skills of science teachers are moderately satisfactory. However, academic attainment and work experiences of the teachers influence their classroom management skills. It was recommended that regular in-service training in classroom management should be organized for science teachers irrespective of educational attainment and working experiences.
Page(s): 187-191 Date of Publication: 29 January 2022
The General Attack of March 1, 1949 in Yogyakarta has significance in the course of history to maintain Indonesia’s independence from Dutch Aggression II., The purpose of this historical research seeks to examine and describe the events of the General Attack of March 1, 1949 and the application of the universal war strategy to the general attack in order to obtain victory and its impact for the international community.This paper is also expected for the younger generation to be an inspiration, foster nationalism and knowledge about the historical journey of the Struggle of the Indonesian nation in maintaining its independence. The methodology used in this writing is to use the approach of historical research methodology with the following four steps: Heuristics (attempts to find or find traces of history), Historical Criticism (selecting and testing traces / sources of history), Interpelasi (connecting and relating historical sources to each other), Historiography (writing or compiling historical stories).The results of this study showed that the universal war strategy used by the TNI in the General Attack of March 1, 1949 in seizing and controlling the city of Yoyakarta for 6 hours from dutch hands, had succeeded in supporting the struggle of Indonesian polytk diplomacy at the UNITED NATIONS forum in maintaining independence, by breaking Dutch propaganda and providing evidence to the international community that the existence of the Indonesian and TNI governments still exists.
Page(s): 192-199 Date of Publication: 29 January 2022
Child maltreatment sometimes referred to as child abuse and neglect, is a global problem with serious negative life-long consequences. Unfortunately very few studies have been carried on this issue in Cameroon. This study seeks to throw some light on this worrisome social ill focus group discussion. During these discussions children below 18 who have been or currently undergoing maltreatment were guided to talk about the definitions, types, causes, perpetrators and consequences of this worrisome but often hidden social ill. Various forms of malpractices on children such as sexual abuse, neglect, physical and emotional harm were mentioned as some of the ills perpetrated against them by step mothers, uncles, non-relatives and sometimes their parents. Even though the most frequent forms of these abuses varied from one region to another, some of them such as neglect, sexual abuse and physical harm were reported in almost all the regions. Early and forced marriage was declared by some discussants in the northern regions especially among the Moslem community. The reported causes of these ill-treatments are jealousy from childless step mothers, ignorance, false accusation of witchcraft and stealing, polygamy, poverty, consumption of alcohol and substance abuse. The consequences negatively affect all domains of a child’s life and haveresulted to delinquency, retarded development, HIV/AIDS infection, etc. The gravity of the issues discussed calls for further enquiries as well as solutions.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of coastal erosion and shoreline retreat on the livelihood activities of residents in the Ada-Foah area. To answer this research question, interview data were gathered from 30 participants comprising a sample of 20 residents of Ada-Foah, VRA, CDDF, NADMO, the District Assembly, the CRS, the Department of Wildlife, assemblymen, and chiefs, in connection with the major livelihood activities in the study area and how these have been impacted by erosion. From the data gathered, the major livelihood activities of the people in the study area were found to include: fishing, fish mongering, farming, salt mining, trading, and investment. Part of the data for answering this question was also obtained through field observation. The result of the study showed that coastal erosion has led to the loss of viable livelihood activities in the Ada-Foah areas creating survival problems for the coastal residents.
Page(s): 218-226 Date of Publication: 31 January 2022
Education is one of the tools humanity uses to help in developing society through man. Since society needs the contributions of everyone in developing it, a lot of efforts are made through research and others to educate almost everybody in society in contributing to it. The mind of the individual has to be trained to a level that it would be beneficial to each member of the society. In creating a better society, we could not depend on one person in carrying out the desired development else society or community would lag behind. Hence every person whether with any form of disability or not has to be developed to his/her full potential. Inclusive education has been internationally recognized as a philosophy for attaining equity, justice and quality education for all children, especially those who have been traditionally excluded from mainstream education for reasons of disability, ethnicity, gender or other characteristics (Nguyet & Ha, 2010).
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6115Page(s): 234-240 Date of Publication: 31 January 2022
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Deviant behaviour is seen as a complex social and psychological phenomenon, associated with the way the person interacts with their environment. This would mean that deviant behaviour problem depends on the interaction between the personality and society. Deviant behaviour among teachers is in the rise assuming a global phenomenon. Although studies have been carried on deviant behaviours in school, majority of these researches are about students’ deviant behaviours sparing studies specifically on teachers’ deviance. Similarly, the approach used as an intervention measure to deviance is more punitive than supportive with skewed emphasis on disciplinary action and less focus on the psycho-social support. The purpose of this study was to assess the psychosocial correlates of deviant behaviour among teachers in public secondary school in Nairobi County. The study was guided by five research objectives namely to explore the motivation of deviant behaviours among teachers in public secondary schools, to determine the psychological correlates of deviant behaviour among teachers in public secondary schools, to determine the social correlates of deviance behaviour among teachers in public secondary schools, to examine the teacher’s perceptions towards the existing programs of managing psychosocial correlates of deviance among teachers in public and to establish the coping mechanisms used by teachers to deal with psychosocial correlates of deviance in public secondary schools. The study was anchored on two theoretical frameworks namely the Self-determination theory (SDT) and the Transactional Model and adopted the mixed methods embedded research design. The target population was 2387. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the 343 teachers, while purposive sampling was used to select the 30 principals and automatic inclusion technique to select those to participate in interview schedules. Quantitative data were collected using two standardized questionnaires namely the Multidimensional scaling toolwith reliability coefficient of 0.925. Qualitative data were collected using two interview guides for Principals (supervisors) and those participants who reported high level of deviance. Data analysis was done using Statistical package for Social Science, correlation analysis and thematic analysis backed by narratives. The study established positive significant correlation on deviance across psychological, social and demographic factors like, age and experience of the teachers. The study further established higher deviance among the less experienced teachers than those with more years of service. The results further showed that there was no significant correlation on deviance and gender. These findings may be relevant in designing future interventions for teachers with deviant behaviour and could enhance and complement the existing interventions. The study recommended further research on correlation on remuneration and deviance. The study recommended Psycho-social support programs be established by the employer to address deviance among teachers rather than disciplinary procedures as it is the practice currently in Kenya.
Page(s): 248-253 Date of Publication: 31 January 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6116Globally, deviant behavior is found to be a social challenge which has created different problems in the present society. With respect to school setting, the behavioral deviancy of teachers has attracted considerable attention of researchers and educationalists. This study therefore assessed demographic correlates of deviant behavior among teachers in public secondary schools in Nairobi County, Kenya. The study was guided by Self-determination theory and Transactional Models. The survey research design was adopted for the study. The target population was 2387 comprising of 2291 teachers. A total sample of 385 participants were selected using simple random sampling technique. Data were collected using modified workplace deviance scale and social correlates questionnaire. Data was analyzed using univariate analysis, and Pearson correlation analysis. From the findings teachers deviance had the highest on the sabotage domain (mean=3.0429; SD=1.09429) while the subscale of gossip had the lowest mean (mean=2.9898; SD=1.13283).On social correlates, workload had the greatest contribution to deviant behavior (mean=2.3507; SD=.86610) while responsibility had the lowest contribution to deviant behavior (mean=2.0442; SD=.73774).The findings indicate that teachers’ workload had high impact on their deviance behavior. This implies that education stake holders ought to engage teachers on the area of workload in order to define the appropriate optimum work that teachers should hold. This will help in reducing deviance and improving productivity.
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6117Page(s): 261-267 Date of Publication: 31 January 2022
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6118Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are diseases often spread from person to person through sexual contact. The infections cause sexually transmitted diseases and Reproductive Tract Infections (RTIs). It has been well established that risk sexual behaviors among youths significantly influences their reproductive and general health. This study therefore investigated on the spread and transmission of sexual transmitted and reproductive tract infections to three Higher Learning Institutions (HLIs) and Neighbor Village Youths (NVYs) in Mbeya district Tanzania. The study aimed at identifying the social interaction, sexual behaviors, knowledge on impact of sexual transmitted infections, influence of physical environment and future plan of HLIs and NVYs. The study was guided by two theories, social learning theory in particular ‘Social Psychology Theory’ and the ‘Theory of Possible Selves’. The study included 210 HLIs and 100 NVYs all aged between 18-30 years. Youths were randomly sampled from their areas. Data collection methods included survey questionnaires, focus group discussion and documentary review. The study employed a random sampling procedure. A cross-sectional research design was adopted. Thematic and descriptive statistical analysis were employed. The results were as follows: Social interaction among youths of both sides, higher learning institutions and neighbor villages has negative impact since it creates vulnerability to STIs/RTIs/HIV infections. Youths were found engaging much in risk social behaviors which in turn lead them to reproductive complications such as abortions, PID, unplanned pregnancies, single parent childcare, academic dropout, poor academic achievement and the whole issue of personal and public underdevelopment socially, healthily and mentally. Results shows that youths lack clear knowledge about STIs and RTIs but were familiar with HIV/AIDS however, they were fearing of getting pregnancies rather than infections. Village youths’ future plans were about getting money and become rich person while higher learning institutions youths planned to get employment after graduating, to get nice houses and becoming somebody. In general risky sexual behaviors such as love affairs, unprotected sexes, multiple partners, luxurious lives, lack of knowledge, poverty, homeless, poor socio-economic status, low income, inherited western cultures and poor use of mobile networking among youths found as key contributors of spread and transmission of STIs/RTIs and HIV/AIDS in Mbeya district. The study recommend for collaborative effort between varied stakeholders in educating and giving supportive services to youths to improve their health and wellbeing.
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6133This study examined the relationship between government spending on economic infrastructure and economic growth in Nigeria from 1989 to 2018. Real gross domestic product was used to proxy economic growth and was specified as a function of government spending on transport and communication, government spending on power and employment rate (as a proxy for the classical theory of labour force).The Autoregressive Distributed Lag Bounds method to co-integration was chosen to ascertain the impact and the long-run relationship between the dependent and independent variables. The short-run and long-run results showed that government spending on power exerted a positive but insignificant effect on Nigeria’s RGDP. However, government spending on transport and communication had a positive relationship in the short-run but negative relationship in the long-run. Furthermore, the Causality results showed a uni-directional causality running from RGDP to GEXP and EMP to GEXTC but there was no evidence to support the existence of causality between the remaining pairs of variable. It is recommended that in order for Nigeria to achieve infrastructure development success, it is important that the government redirect excessive revenue in the maintenance of government official to these pivotal sectors of the economy with a view to monitoring the implementation after disbursing funds to the affected ones to subsequently trigger economic growth.
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6119Page(s): 290-295 Date of Publication: 04 February 2022
Work-life balance is an increasingly integral concern for both individuals and corporations. An individual has been attempting to achieve balance between his personal and professional lives for decades. At every stage, the organization plays a vital role in ensuring that they have all of the resources they required support them by putting in place innovative policies and initiatives that contribute to a happier life. Many scholars have been attempting to investigate the aspects that influence work-life balance for years’ employees and employers are both subject to policies. The literature review on Work-Life Balance has been structured in light of its growing popularity, with the main goal of achieving societal prosperity and the realization of meaningful lifestyles for its employees by supporting each employee’s growth and the firms’ continued development.Employee performance, employee satisfaction, employee commitment, work stress and employee retention were all discovered in the literature. Through a study of current literature, this report gave an overview of several facets of work-life balance. All these factors are globally accepted and common to any society of employees.In this Covid – 19 pandemics the topic is well discussed in different specialize areas. Various journals, books, articles, doctorate theses, working papers, reports, periodicals, internet sites, newspapers, and other sources were referred to, and they were listed as references at the conclusion.
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6120The information technology sector is the fourth largest export earner of Sri Lanka. The output of ICT services are highly important for the economic stability of the country. The ICT sector currently services over 300 companies in different industry verticals. The export revenue of the industry was increased since 2007, USD 213 million to USD 1089 million in 2019. The ICT sector s created more than 150,000 employment opportunities in 2020, which is expected to increase over 200,000 employment opportunities by 2022. With the Covid 19 pandemic, the IT infrastructure requirements were increased island wide in all sectors. The pandemic has become an eye opener for many industries and new strategic imperatives were implemented. The pandemic encouraged most of the industries to trial telecommuting strategy and the majority of the companies moved to the remote working concept. Especially in the IT sector telecommuting has become new normal after the first wave of the corona pandemic in Sri Lanka. Most likely, most IT organizations will stick to giving their employees the opportunity of remote work even if the pandemic is over. However, there could be gaps in telecommuting practices and the productivity of employees by remote work is still questionable. This paper provides an opportunity to have a basic understanding on the gaps of the telecommuting practices and how they could affect the employee productivity. The reviews from different papers and articles on telecommuting practices at the global level and in the Sri Lankan context are also included in this study The literature review emphasize the empirical discussions related to the IT sector both internationally and locally about the challenges and the suggestions which other researchers made. Finally, the paper concludes by discussing the overall reviews and by making suggestions to overcome the situation in the long run, and also highlighting the further research areas related to the topic.
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6121Page(s): 323-331 Date of Publication: 06 February 2022
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The study investigated the relationship between parenting styles and in-school adolescents’ sexual behavior in Cross-River and Akwa-Ibom States of Nigeria. The study looked at the prevalent sexual behaviors among in-school adolescents, the relationship between authoritative parenting style, permissive parenting style, and in-school adolescents’ sexual behaviors. Three specific objectives with corresponding research questions guided the study, and two hypotheses were formulated and tested at a 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted a correlation research design. The population for the study comprises all 68 226 senior secondary school students (SS1 to SS3) in the 722 public secondary schools in Cross-River and Akwa-Ibom States of Nigeria. The sample size for the study was 385 students who were selected using proportionate stratified and convenience sampling techniques. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled “Parenting Styles and Adolescents’ Sexual Behaviour Questionnaire (PSASBQ). Three experts validated the questionnaire, and its reliability was established using the Cronbach Alpha method, which yielded a coefficient of 0.79. Data collected for the study were analyzed using Means, Standard Deviation, and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. Findings of the study revealed that the prevalent sexual behaviors among in-school adolescents in Cross-River and Akwa-Ibom States include: watching videos/movies, magazines, and pictures of naked men and women, kissing, having oral and sexual intercourse with the opposite gender, and stimulating self-genital organ for sexual pleasure. The findings also revealed that authoritative parenting style had no significant relationship with in-school adolescents’ sexual behaviors. Further, it was revealed that permissive parenting style was significantly related to in-school adolescents’ sexual behaviors. The study concluded that adoption of a parenting style like that of authoritative could lower in-school adolescents’ involvement in sexual behaviors. At the same time, permissive make in-school adolescents vulnerable to sexual behaviors that can ruin their lives. The study recommended that Counsellors establish centers for “Parenting Therapy” where parents will be acquainted with tools needed to function optimally within their family unit and bring up their children in such a manner that discourages early involvement in sexual behaviors.
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The development of tourism especially in marine tourism has been rocketed steadily year by year. This situation also happened in Indonesia. Supported with vast territory, oceans are central for Indonesia prosperity’s because it captures fisheries and aquaculture activities, tourism industries and activities, including marine transportation and construction. Even though the income from tourism sector is quite promising but there is a widespread consensus that tourism growth especially in marine tourism should be sustainable. A number of threats that marine tourism shall be sustained, for instance unoptimized fisheries management, human impacts to coral reefs, substantial loss of mangroves especially in coastal development area, and the crucial thing about waste and plastic litter which impacts to ecosystems, community, and all related sectors. This writing analyse on the necessity of tourism regulation that matter to sustainable marine tourism. This research uses normative legal research which is a research design that examines the aspect of theories, concepts, legal principles, and regulations/legislations where relate to certain topics of this research which mainly focus in analyzing the matter of existing regulation to maintain the implementation of sustainable marine tourism in Berau Regency, East Borneo Province. Tourism regulation is required for sustainable tourism because it endows certainty on environmental protection, as legal basis for government officers/agencies in conducting action prevention and repressive action in connection with law enforcement, provide legal certainty on authority sharing between central government and regional government, and prevent overlapping jurisdiction but alongside each other making synergy and coordination must be held by inter and intra institution. As result, regulation either from central government and/or regional government, on marine tourism especially in Berau Regency, contributes to the obedience and law enforcement of to all parties who are interconnected to tourism sector.
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6123Page(s): 354-361 Date of Publication: 07 February 2022
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6122Page(s): 367-372 Date of Publication: 07 February 2022
Zimbabwe has managed to respond to the movement in support of UNESCO’s lifelong learning concept and strategy that seeks to widen and deepen access to higher education through distance education initiatives. Despite the significant increase in students enrolling in distance education institutions, the gold standard of excellence that is sought by many nations has gradually been compromised. There are symptoms of a downward trend in terms of quality in open distance learning institutions. The qualitative study analysed major factors affecting the provision of quality distance higher education with specific reference to the Zimbabwe Open University, the sole provider of university distance education in Zimbabwe. The study focused on three Zimbabwe Open University regional centres in Zimbabwe. The paper seeks to identify major factors contributing to the declining quality of distance education and discusses measures that distance education providers in Zimbabwe can undertake in order to promote excellence for effective learning in the 21st century. The study established that several factors are affecting the quality of distance education in Zimbabwe. The lack of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) facilities at regional and district centres was a major hindrance to effective teaching and learning
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6125Page(s): 392-400 Date of Publication: 10 February 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6126Page(s): 401-406 Date of Publication: 10 February 2022
There is emerging consensus that climate has been changing. This change in the global climate has shown the capacity to threaten several aspects of global, regional and national life, among which is security and agriculture (food security). Thus, in Nigeria, the climate crisis appears to have exposed farmers and herders to frequent conflicts, and because the indigenous farmers grow the locally produced food and the herders, on the other hand, rear most of the animals that serve as meat (particularly beef), any conflict between these two places food security under threat. The study sought to: examine the role of climate change on the heightened farmers-herders conflict in Nigeria; and, explore the implications of climate change impacts on farmers-herders conflicts on Nigeria’s food security. The study was guided by the eco-violence theory, which examines the inter-relationship between environmental changes and possible conflict situations. Data were derived from secondary sources that include journal articles, texts and books. The study established that climate change plays a great role in the frequent violent conflicts that have become a constant in farmer-herders relations in recent years and that these conflicts affect the country’s agricultural output and food security negatively. The study recommends that the Nigerian state should transit from traditional agricultural system to Climate-Smart Agriculture to meet future needs, as well as build modern (public) ranches with the best of technologies in the Sahel region, to discourage nomadic herding.
Page(s): 407-413 Date of Publication: 10 February 2022
This research aim was to obtain empirical and analytical data on substantive and important issues from the implementation of civil-military cooperation in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic. The research method and approach used is descriptive qualitative with data collection techniques carried out through observation, interviews, literature studies, as well as focus group discussions (FGD). The findings from the study indicate that TNI and Civilian cooperation in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic is quite effective, although there are still obstacles in dealing with natural disasters, in the form of a limited budget, infrastructure, quality of personnel, sectoral ego between agencies, and low public awareness. in handling the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, what needs to be done in collaboration between ministries and related institutions is strengthening coordination, communication, and collaboration on budgets, facilities, personnel embodied in the MoU. The results in this study were also obtained through the compatibility between the ideals built with real conditions in the field which were different from previous studies. This is the novelty resulting from this research.
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6127Page(s): 444-447 Date of Publication: 11 February 2022
Training and development is a very key function of Human resources, it has been noted to be a pathway to leadership in all spheres of life. The objective of this study is to establish the fact that Training and Development is a stepping stone or pathway to attaining leadership. The specific objectives assessed how impactful training and development is to employee’s performance and also examined the relationship between training/development and leadership. Primary data was gathered from a sample population of 219 out of which a sample size of 141 was determined using Yamane 1967 formula. The data analysis/ research instrument used was descriptive statistics and correlation analysis. Findings show that despite the fund expended on employees for training and development, job security is not guaranteed. Other competing firms not knowing how an employee acquire a particular skill lures them with good pay and other fringe benefits just to have them in their own organization. In conclusion, employers are encouraged to provide job security and a good succession plan for employee the same way they are interested in training and developing them. It was recommended that employers should not spend their funds on training and developing employees only to lose them to competitors, therefore, employees should be prepared for greater responsibilities after training and development for a good succession plan.
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Nigeria has never been more divided in its history along ethnic and religious lines than it is today. Not even in the period preceding the Nigeria-Biafra war was Nigeria faced with the level of internal dysfunction, disorder, fear and real challenge to the continued existence of the country as it is presently constituted. Internal conflicts have spread to areas hitherto believed to be insulated, the Nigeria Middle Belt or the North Central Nigeria. The current situation has raised ethnic and religious tensions, and internal security concerns to an unprecedented and unpredictable level. There seems to be a general feeling that anything can happen any time to the Nigeria project. For over a decade, the menace of the Islamist terrorism has crippled economic and social activities in the North Eastern part of Nigeria. Currently, the activities of the Fulani Herders, especially in the North Central Nigeria or the Middle Belt, pose grave danger to the future of Nigeria. Most of the states of the North Central Nigeria form the food basket of the country. The Fulani Herders have killed thousands of farmers and sacked many farming towns and communities. These activities have shown to pose serious danger to sustainable development and indeed the corporate existence of Nigeria. But the government weak response to these recent coordinated attacks by the Fulani herders against the Tivs and other ethnic groups in the Middle Belt states who are mostly Christians tends to accentuate an ethno-religious perceptions of government bias in favour of the Fulani Herders who incidentally are Muslims. The conflicts, the government lack-lustre responses, and the perceptions of the various ethno-religious groups at the receiving end of these conflicts, constitute sure setbacks to national development. This paper, therefore, interrogates the Nigerian Government’s response to conflicts in some parts of the country and concludes that these responses tend to justify the perception that the government is pursuing an ethno-religious agenda. The paper goes on to further hold that current situation is a deficit to sustainable development in the short run, and the continued existence of Nigeria in the long run. It finally tries to make recommendations on actions that may reinvigorate the Nigeria project and enhance sustainable development.
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The study aimed to determine the status of Kinamiging by looking into the respondents’ language ability. It considered the variables such as years of residency, ethnicity, first language, and language attitude to determine if these variables positively relate to the respondents’ language ability in Kinamiging. The respondents were from the largest public high school in Sagay, Eulalio U. Pabillore National High School in the Philipppines. The study, however, revealed that among the respondents, Sebuano is the dominant language in formal domains such as school. Even in such an informal domain as the community, Sebuano shows its dominance, especially in inter-group interactions. However, there is no precise functional distribution of language use according to the supposed high variety (H) and the regional dialects of low variety (L). The language situation in Camiguin is non-diglossic, meaning there is no precise functional distribution of languages into different domains. It further indicates that the speech community is unstable bilingualism among speakers of the language. Kinamiging is not totally “eclipsed” by the other languages in the area. With the present conditions of its speakers, Kinamiging needs to be integrated with technology among speakers and be revitalized through other forms of activities in school and community to withstand any pressure coming from competing languages such as Sebuano, Tagalog, and English.
Page(s): 477-484 Date of Publication: 12 February 2022
Taxation for any society, including Nigeria, is an indispensable means of economic development. Developing countries can attain economic development through marshalling internal resources by enforcing tax policy constructively. Nevertheless, there is hardly a voluntary yield to each call for tax payment either by the individual or a corporate organization. Piqued by the dilemma of involuntariness in income tax extraction or payments, this research embarked on the doctrinal investigation of the Law (statutory and and others) to understanding the amplitudes of easing such dilemmas. This paper contends that Nigerian income tax systems are principally meant to fund government projects and expenditures rather than instruments for socio-economic improvements. This realization breeds not only distrust as between the taxpayers and the tax collectors, but discourages the voluntariness in disclosures of taxable incomes and distortions in real collections and related statistical records There are number of other reasons discovered by the research as impediments to efficacious income tax regimes in Nigeria. Some of these are lack of adequate logistics, undue political interference, slow judicial process, bribery and corruption, unskilled, poorly motivated staff, and sheer ignorance. The Paper provided suggested changes in legal and non-legal approaches, especially with respect to socio-political and fiscal polcies over which the tax-payers’ monies were to be applied. The paper concludes that trust in tax authority would increase if there is internal and external institutional integrity, thereby minimizing tax payment defiance in the country.
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6128Page(s): 508-523 Date of Publication: 13 February 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6129Page(s): 524-531 Date of Publication: 13 February 2022
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Capital structure of the banking sector has a significant influence on performance measurement. Many studies have investigated the relationship between capital structure and the performance of banks but there is a relative shortage of empirical studies investigating the connection between capital structure and the performance of Islamic and conventional banks particularly from emerging economies. The main purpose of this research is to empirically study the capital structure and the performance of both Islamic and conventional banks in Bangladesh. Panel data of 24 banks (6 Islamic banks out of 8 and 18 conventional banks out of 41 banks) has been taken for the period of 2010 to 2017. Data has been analyzed by using EViews software. T-test has been used to determine the statistical evidence of the differential performance of both groups of bank. Outputs of T-test for the variables include; total debt ratio, short term debt, long term debt and loan to asset ratio indicate the existence of statistically strong significant difference between the capital structure of Islamic and conventional banks. In case of conventional banks, ROA as a performance measure is positively and significantly related to loan to asset and inflation variables. Similarly, evidence has been found that statistically, there is a strong positive association of loan to asset and strong negative connection of GDP on ROE. However, in case of Islamic bank, the outcomes reveal the existence of positive and significant impacts of loan to asset on ROA and ROE.
Page(s): 539-544 Date of Publication: 14 February 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6130Maize consumption is widespread across the country and among households of different wealth. The challenge to increase the efficiency in food production level in Nigeria appears to be more urgent now than it has ever been in the history of the country and in particular, Kajola Local Government area of Oyo State. This study analyzes the technical efficiency and profitability among maize base farmer in Kajola Local Government of Oyo State. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 80 maize based farmers in the five villages using well-structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, gross margin and stochastic frontier analysis were employed to analyze the data collected. Result showed that the mean age and household size of the respondents were 46 years and 5 respectively. The profitability analysis showed a profit of ₦2711842.6 was recorded. The stochastic analysis revealed that capital, is the most important factors to increase maize productivity. The study concluded that the productivity of the factors could be improved by expanding the capital base, and adequate and timely education through constant training in the latest farming techniques while alternative capital sources through financial capital (savings, funding, remittances etc.) government grants, be available to farmers in other to boost production.
Page(s): 545-553 Date of Publication: 14 February 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6131Page(s): 554-562 Date of Publication: 14 February 2022
Peace and Security are considered all over the world as an avenue for national development. There can hardly be a consequential national development without peace and security in any nation. Ensuring peace and adequate security has to do with a wild range of practical efforts by all stakeholders be they government and civil society organizations functioning at various levels to ensure that the root causes of violence that seemed to be a threat to peace and national development are seriously addressed in a manner that people are free from fear of war, conflicts, kidnapping and all other social vices that deny them of their freedom. This paper, therefore tries to, examine peace and security as necessities for ingredients for ensuring peaceful societies and national development. This work also tries to discuss in detail some of the key concepts, challenges and suggested some way forward.
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I. INTRODUCTION In this reform era, Indonesia has succeeded in carrying out both elections and local elections in a democratic manner and periodically every five years. The implementation of the Regional head elections is the result of the implementation after the legislative elections as stipulated in the Regional head elections. The first election was held after the second legislative election after the reform, but the winner of the regional election was not always based on the winner of the legislative election. For example, the 2005 Regional head elections in West Sumatra was won by a coalition of political parties supporting the regional head, namely Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle and Star Moon Party. In fact, the winner of the political party in the 2004 legislative elections in West Sumatra was the Working Group Party.
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6132Page(s): 582-587 Date of Publication: 15 February 2022
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6135Page(s): 597-607 Date of Publication: 16 February 2022
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6136This research discussed about how the forms and content of Arabic short stories on An-naba Arabic newspaper. The purpose of this research to explain form and content and differentiate the short stories out of internet and to short stories which published in print and knowing the characteristic of online literature especially Arabic short stories which are published in An-naba Arabic newspaper.This research uses descriptive qualitative research methods, literature study and content analysis methods and using hypertext theory by Theodore H. Nelson. The results of this research that form of these arabic short stories similar to short stories which published in print while the content of these stories shortest than stories published in print and the sequel of this stories in the Arabic short stories looked like continuing
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6137Electronic banking facilities are no longer competitive advantages but competitive necessities for banks to compete. Even the banks provide a vast body of electronic banking facilities; customers are not utilizing those facilities to the extent bank expected. However, a limited number of empirical studies have been published on electronic banking utilization; this study seeks to find the determinants for utilization of Electronic banking facilities provided by state banks for their customers in Sri Lanka?” The study is based on a quantitative approach to identify factors affecting electronic banking utilization. Individual factors, service quality, user input factors, price factor, service product characteristics & perceived risk were identified as the determinant factors as the findings. Further, it reveals different relationships and provides findings that support, confirm or contradict previous studies.
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6138Page(s): 635-645 Date of Publication: 17 February 2022
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General activities carried out by UD. IJOE Mataram, NTB, Indonesia is processing cow skin into cow cracker products. The processing stages are carried out starting from the preparation, slicing, drying, sizing, frying, and packaging process. Processing activities is still simple and almost uses human labor. The feasibility analysis is calculated from equipment depreciation costs, building costs and maintenance costs, variable costs consisting of raw material costs, packaging costs, fuel costs, labor costs, etc. Analysis of the benefits of the cracker skin industry is on the total revenue and the total cost. The business feasibility analysis consists of Revenue / Cost (R / C) Benefit / Cost (B / C) ratio, Return on Investment (ROI). Based on the results of the feasibility analysis, the values obtained were respectively Rp. 1.26 <1, Rp. 26, 26% This figure has been calculated in two times the order process and has a value with and becomes a viable home industry when calculated by business feasibility analysis.
Page(s): 650-654 Date of Publication: 17 February 2022
This study examined the relationship between classroom climate and student goal orientation in English among college students. The study involved 408 freshmen college students from English 101 of UM Panabo Campus. A 40-items questionnaire was administered to the selected respondents. The result of the study showed that the better the condition of the classroom climate, the higher goal orientation of the students in learning English 101. It is suggested that higher goal orientation among students be encouraged despite the desired outcome of this study. Similar studies be conducted to different groups to explore other variables that may have on effect on the goal orientation of students.
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6141Purpose: This study sheds light on the use of social media and its effects on mental health during the lockdown period of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. Methodology: A quantitative method has been followed to conduct the research. The purposive sampling method is adopted to gather responses from respondents through survey questionnaires during the lockdown period (May-July, 2021). The target populace is the respondents from the age of 18-60 who are highly active on social media in Bangladesh. In the end, 601 responses are obtained and a narrative approach has been used to assess the effects from various aspects like gender, occupation, and usage. Findings: The study shows social media has a vast effect on people’s mental health during the lockdown time in Bangladesh. 80.7% of the sample use this media as a platform for social communication and 37% of respondents believe that the overall effects of social media are positive during this session. Additionally, research highlights a great engagement of young people in social media in Bangladesh which needs to restrain positively as this might hamper their mental health. Furthermore, results indicate that social media needs to respond more realistically and responsibly in time. Implications: Being a strong and popular mode of communication as well as information, the governmental body can come across to formulate accurate policies in order to eradicate the negative consequences of social media during this pandemic. Recommendations suggested in this paper might be fruitful to develop a healthy communication platform even after the epidemic session in Bangladesh.
Page(s): 680-689 Date of Publication: 18 January 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6142There are several best practices against which good corporate governance can be assessed based on; however, in a public sector setup it is not feasible to apply all the benchmarks during prompt corporate governance assessments. There is also lack of clarity in literature on specific best practices applicable to the public sector. Thus, the objective of this research is to evaluate the ideal corporate governance best practices in the context of public sector entities. An extensive and critical review of literature has been conducted to evaluate the appropriate best practices. Main source of related information has been journals, prior empirical studies and books. In the process, the value and intricacy of good governance in the context of public entities have been expounded. Accordingly, it was established that good governance has a significant contribution to economic growth, sustainability and investor attraction; public sector governance has also been found out to be intricate due to multiple government arms, bureaucracy, political influence and citizenry involvement. It was concluded that corporate governance for public sector entities is effectively revealed through quality service, transparency, compliance and strategic focus;extent of political influence and ethical conduct of those in charge. It is recommended to apply a standard corporate governance assessment criterion on public sector entities to enhance comparability, effectiveness and promptness.
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The study aimed at looking at factors influencing stakeholders’ perception of factors of low academic performance of pupils in Basic Education Certificate Examination in Pusiga District. The study also sought to find out how teachers’, pupils, and parents perceive the factors responsible for pupils’ low academic performance in BECE. The sources of data comprised questionnaires. The respondents were 270 comprising teachers’, pupils, and parents. The study’s findings unearthed that multiple factors influence the low academic performance of pupils. The school and teacher-related factors that influence low academic performance included lack of monitoring and supervision of learning, misuse of instructional time, and teacher incompetence. But, the pupils’ related factors included problems with language proficiency, negative attitudes towards learning, and problems of regularity and punctuality. The study also found that the home and parent-related factors that significantly influenced pupils’ performance included a lack of conducive home environment, lack of parental involvement, and monitoring of children’s education. The study concluded that attention needs to be paid to the language proficiency of the pupils, pupils’ attitude towards learning, and regularity and punctuality to school to enhance the academic performance of the pupils. It is recommended that the District Directorate and Head teachers intensify their supervision and monitoring roles, offer guidance and counselling, and periodically organize in-service training for teachers. Also, parents should monitor pupils learning at home. Therefore, it is pertinent that education stakeholders look at considering comprehensive factors that influence the academic performance of pupils in the Pusiga District, instead of concentrating on selective individual factors
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6143SMEs’ contribute to the Gross Domestic Product of Ghana through employment creation and paying of revenue .SMEs’ contributions in terms of employing people in their businesses make them more productive, leading to poverty reduction. Despite SMEs’ contributions to the economy’s development, obtaining funding or credit from formal financial institutions such as banks to enable their operations is a big challenging for SMEs Microfinance institutions fill the financial gap to offer services such as credit and business training to maximize the impact of SMEs. The purpose of the research study was to assess the impact of Microfinance services on the performance of SMEs in Ayawaso West, Ghana, in terms of profitability, employment, and sales growth. A descriptive survey that employed a quantitative analysis was used for the study. A linear regressions was employed to analyse the data. The finding of the study showed microfinance services (loans and training) had a positive impact on the performance of SMEs. The study recommends that Microfinance institutions should design specific products and services such as loans and business training to make a positive impact on the performance of SMEs.
Page(s): 724-731 Date of Publication: 20 February 2022
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of salary satisfaction on turnover intentions among the teaching staff in public Universities in Kenya.The study employed ex post facto research design to test the statistical relationships between the variables. Simple random sampling was used to select 376 teaching staff members. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire (likert type scale 1-5). Data was analyzed using correlation and simple linear regression analysis. The study concluded that salary satisfaction had a significant negative influence on the turnover intentions amongst the teaching staff in Kenyan Public Universities
Page(s): 732-735 Date of Publication: 20 February 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6144Page(s): 736-742 Date of Publication: 20 February 2022
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DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6145Page(s): 749-753 Date of Publication: 21 February 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6146The study investigated the influence of security challenges on the management of public universities in the North Central Nigeria. Three specific objectives with corresponding research questions guided the study and three hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted a survey research design. The population of the study was 9,708 academic and senior administrative staff in seven Federal Universities in North Central Nigeria. The sample size for the study was 384 academic and senior administrative staff who were drawn using purposive, proportionate stratified and convenience sampling techniques. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled “Security Challenges and Management of Public Universities Questionnaire (SCMPUQ)”. The questionnaire was validated by experts and its reliability was established using Cronbach Coefficient Alpha Method which yielded a coefficient of 0.87. Data collected for the study was analyzed using Means and Standard Deviation to answer the research questions and Chi-Square Goodness of fit to test the hypotheses at 0.05level of significance. Findings of the study revealed that armed banditry and cultism have significant negative influence on the management of public universities in North Central Nigeria. The study also revealed that ethnic crisis does not significantly influence the management of public universities. The study concluded that security challenges such as armed banditry and cultism in North Central Nigeria pose a great challenge to the management of public universities. Based on the findings, the researcher recommended among others that the Federal Government and university management should be proactive in creating and sustaining a peaceful, threat-free environment by providing sufficient surveillance vehicles that will be very useful in timely fighting and containment of armed banditry activities in university environment and the university management should tighten up measures to check cult activities on campuses and all identified cultists should be rusticated from the institution by the university management.
Page(s): 754-761 Date of Publication: 21 February 2022
This paper attempts to show the marketing mix strategy of coffee at Cafe Budaya Kopi and Loodst Coffe, Mojokerto City. The data used in this study used a questionnaire. The sampling method used convenience sampling. The number of samples collected was 100 samples. The data analysis technique used by the researcher was descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. To analyze the data, we use Partial Least Square (PLS). SEM-PLS analysis using the outer model and inner model. The results of the study prove that Loodst Coffee and Cafe Budaya Kopi in marketing their products apply the 7P marketing mix strategy to compete in the market with other similar products. The variables of the marketing mix of product, price, place, promotion, process, people, and physical evidence get respondents’ ratings in the good category. The 7P marketing mix variables partially product, price, place, promotion, process, people and physical evidence have a significant positive effect on customer satisfaction at Loodst Coffee and Coffee Culture.
Page(s): 762-767 Date of Publication: 21 February 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6147Page(s): 768-774 Date of Publication: 22 February 2022
Page(s): 775-781 Date of Publication: 22 February 2022
Aerial Newsgathering or Drone Journalism is the use of drones for newsgathering and reporting with the application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) in covering conflict, civil unrest and disaster. Anchored on the Diffusion of Innovation Theory, this paper, “The Use of Technology in Newsgathering” analytically reviewed the concept of aerial newsgathering or drone journalism, otherwise called UAVs. The review shows that ‘drone’ which was originally created for military operations has now been adopted for civilian use such as journalism especially in potentially hostile environments in order to minimizeor prevent loss of human journalists on the line of duty and other dangers of using human journalists in dangeroussettings. The reviewfurther indicates that ‘Drone Journalism’ is one of the recent technologies adopted in journalism practicewhich helps to reduce or minimize the killing of human journalists who areexposed to dangers in their line of duty especially during wars and other potentially risky incidences of man-made and natural disasters such as floods, wild fires, storms, earthquakes, and civil unrest. The review also shows that while ‘drone technology’ is an amazing innovation in both militaryand media organizations, journalism practitioners should be mindful of operational guidelines such as ethics, sovereignty issues, privacy and safety
Page(s): 782-790 Date of Publication: 23 February 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6148This paper presents the effectiveness of using the GUMSA framework in developing a Malay language mobile learning system (M-Lang) using Near Field Communication (NFC) technology as an additional tool to traditional Malay language learning. A quantitative analysis was carried out to test its effectiveness with stratified random sampling as the method. Experts with research interests in e-learning and mobile learning at both Sultan Zainal Abidin University and University Malaysia Terengganu are considered the target populations. In both universities, seven respondents were considered the sample size. An evaluation form was used as the research instrument, and IBM SPSS version 22 as the tool for data analysis. The analysis yielded a positive result: 7 respondents believed that the added feature to the lifelong mobile learning framework was relevant to the development of the M-Lang system. 6 Respondents believe that all the connections and flows of the elements are logical and that the framework may be usable and practicable for the development of mobile learning systems.
Page(s): 791-799 Date of Publication: 23 February 2022
This includes a review of the uses and applications of Database Management Systems in the Agriculture field. Agriculture produces more products by cultivating certain plants and raising domestic animals. Furthermore, this includes the Design of the Agricultural Database, Functions of Farm Level DBMS to Farmers. The middle part discusses the information of Database in Livestock, Uses of Livestock database management systems, Database in Cropping, Crop – Soil Database Management, Uses of Crop – Soil Database, Objectives of Crop – Soil Database, Uses of databases for remote detection of crops, DBMS for Watering Function in Agriculture, and finally Overall Usage and importance of Databases Management Systems.
Page(s): 800-802 Date of Publication: 23 February 2022
DOI : 10.47772/IJRISS.2022.6149This study sought to bring forward the challenges of implementing inclusive education in Building Technology and Design a learning area in the Technical Education component of the Zimbabwe secondary school curriculum. The study was motivated by the lack of tangible commitment to implement inclusive Technical Education in the country’s high schools. Data was collected from 30 Building Technology and Design subject teachers from the seven districts of Masvingo Province. The descriptive research design guided this study from data collection to analysis. The results of the study show that Building Technology and Design teachers had limited knowledge of what inclusive education entails and lacked the necessary pedagogic skills to accommodate learners with disabilities in their classes. The teachers however appreciated the need for inclusion in Building Technology and Design as the learning area has the potential to empower all learners including those living with disabilities with survival economic skills. The study recommends in-service programs on inclusive education for practicing Technical Education secondary school teachers and the need to train inclusive oriented teachers at colleges and universities. It also recommends the provision of assistive devices for learners with disability to fully participate and benefit from technical learning areas such as Building Technology and Design.
Page(s): 803-810 Date of Publication: 25 February 2022
Grounded theory which is a systematic methodology of discovering theory from data in social science and educational research is considered a general methodology and a way of thinking about conceptualizing data. Using Grounded theory, meaning is negotiated and understood through interactions with others in a social process. This paper provides an overview of the features of grounded theory; process activities involved in using grounded theory are highlighted finally the weaknesses and strength of grounded theory are discussed. In this article we argue that using an appropriate research method for an inquiry is critical to successful educational research. Our study adopted a systematic literature review which examined the key characteristic of grounded theory as a technique for analysing qualitative data.
Page(s): 811-818 Date of Publication: 25 February 2022
