Knowledgeable Research: A Multidisciplinary Peer-Reviewd Refereed Journal

Adult Education Programmes: A Panacea for Productive Community Development in Rural Communities of Rivers State

Azunwo, Mamnenzenu Ukewanyi — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The study explored adult education programmes as a panacea for productive community development in rural communities of Rivers State. It discussed the concepts of adult education and adult education programmes.The study identified various types of adult education programmes, community development as a movement, process of social action, as an educational process, and as a programme. The study looked at productive, participatory community development, adult education programmes for productive community development and impact of adult education programmes in rural communities. However, the study summarized that involving government support, community engagement, and innovative solutions will bring about positive productive community development in the rural communities in Rivers State.

Internal Control Mechanism: The Wings of Auditor’s Due Care in Medium and Large-Scale Businesses in Nigeria

Christian Nwakanma — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This paper investigated internal audit mechanism: The wings of medium and large-scale business success in Nigeria. Imo state is a state in Nigeria therefore, Imo state is used to represent other states in Nigeria. One research question and one hypothesis were used for this study. Descriptive survey research design was used for this study. Population of this study is 1,000 which comprised 500 accounting workers from medium scale and 500 workers from large-scale businesses in Imo state. Stratified random sampling techniques was used to select a sample size of 260, which comprized 65 female and 65 male accounting staff from four medium and large-scale businesses in Imo state. Instrument for data collection is a researcher developed questionnaire titled “internal audit mechanism: The wings of medium and large business success in Nigeria” was used. The instrument was validated by two experts from Imo state University Owerri. Crobach alpha statistical technique was used to ascertain the reliability coefficients. The reliability coefficients were 0.78 and 0.98 which shows that the instrument is reliable to be used for this study. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the data generated, while Chi- square test of independent was used to test the hypothesis. It was recommended from this study that business owners should establish efficient and effective internal checks and control system in medium and large-scale business organizations. This would reduce fraud and pave way for medium and large-scale business success in developing and developed countries of the world in this digital era. It was recommended from this study that owners of large-scale and medium scale businesses in their businesses, should establish efficient and effective internal checks and control this would help to reduce sudden collapse of businesses in the developing and developed countries of the world among others.

Gradual Phase out of Text Books, Effective Students Counselling and their Incursions in the 21st Century Education System

Christian Nwakanma — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This study determines gradual phase out of text books, effective students counselling services and their incursions in 21^st century educational system. Gradual write off of text books and effective counselling in 21^st century educational system has caused graduates to be tagged as half backed graduates in both public and private organizations. Intellectuality, deep and creative thinking that enables good sentence construction, use of sound vocabularies that facilitate effective writing of business letters, memos and other correspondences in organizations should be the ideals for training competent graduates in 21^st century educational system. Gradual phase out of text books have strangled effective use and construct of good sentences, vocabulary in the world of work where fine tools of English grammar are needed. In this 21^st century, many students have resorted to use of mobile phones, lap tops, and pam tops for recording, writing and browsing. Ability of students to make good English constructions on their own without referring to the aid of machines to enthuse listeners during conferences and symposiums have been eroded in the lives of students. Creative writings and constructive speeches have gone into extinction due to their poor use. However, Desk tops, lap tops and mobile phones have inbuilt artificial intelligent mechanisms that aid vocabulary and improve writing skills in them. Nonetheless, it is human beings that manipulate these ICT facilities before results are generated from them. On the other hand, counselling is used to control cultism, stealing, rape, fighting, and all manners of inordinate behaviors in teaching and learning institutions. It is saddening that effective students counselling, poor use of textbooks by students in 21^st century educational system are gradually phasing out in 2st century educational system. It was recommended for this study that educational administrators and managers should ensure that textbooks and ICT facilities are made complementary and compulsory for teaching and learning. This implies that none of them should be used to replace the other totally in 21^st century educational system.

Violent Land Disputes in Igbo land by Elechi Amadi the Concubine, their education and Traditional resolutions

Christian Nwakanma — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This paper investigated violent land disputes in Igbo land by Elechi Amadi the concubine; their education and traditional resolutions. Majority of families in Igbo land have family lands, they also, share communal lands and make use of resources that come from those lands. Whatever threaten Igbo on their land threaten their economic social, moral and religious lives. In the bible and in Igbo land, anything that threatens human existence in Ala land such as Flu, volcanic eruption, land slide and drought could be regarded as sin caused by humans inhabiting in (Ala) land in Igbo land. Violent conflicts have caused devastations, loss of human lives at various quarters in Igbo land. Myriads of communal conflicts over lands for 20 decades ago in Igbo land have constrained development in some communities and villages in Igbo land. It has thus retarded infrastructural developments planned by different successive government in Igbo land. Numerous land conflicts evidenced in some communities in Igbo land have in no small measure devastated manufacturers of industrial products situating in Igbo land thus, causing relocation of industries to other states in Nigeria and its environs. Igbo man is meant to inhabit graze or forage on lands inherited on bought by his own money but frowns at trespasses on his land to any level of dispute. Mediations through education, law enforcement and traditional dispute resolutions are used to restore some level of peace on land dispute in Igbo land.

Public Secondary Schools Students Defection to Private Schools: A Case Study of School Managers in Nigeria

Christian Nwakanma — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This paper investigated public secondary schools’ students’ defection to private schools: A case study of school managers in Nigeria. Imo state is a state in Nigeria Meanwhile, Imo state is chosen to represent Nigeria as one of the states in Nigeria. The population of this study is 20,000 which comprised 15,000 males and 5,000 females in medium and large-scale businesses in Imo state. Stratified sampling was used to 2, 00 respondents which made up of 110 males and 90 females from Owerri municipality and mbaitoli local government area in Imo state. This paper adopted descriptive survey research design aimed at identifying the meaning of fraud, different types of frauds and ways of mitigating the effects of frauds in medium and large-scale businesses. One research question and one hypothesis guided this study. Instrument used for data collection was researcher developed questionnaire “public secondary schools students’ defection to private schools: A case study of school managers in Nigeria was used” with four rating scale of strongly agree, agree, dis agree and strongly disagree. The instrument was validated by two specialists in business education using Cronbach alpha statistics to determine the reliability coefficient at 0.78 and 0.97, which shows that the instrument is reliable to be used for this study. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the data while t test of independent was used to test the hypothesis. It was recommended in this study many public secondary schools in Nigeria are no more conducive and attractive for teaching and learning because of old walls and leaking roofing sheets. Government should provide funds for management of public schools among others.

Agricultural System in Vedic Period: A Critical Study

Savita Singh — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

India has been recognized as an agricultural country since ancient times. The economic condition of the society depended on agriculture and animal husbandry. Aryan people used to complete agricultural work properly. Agricultural work was done with agricultural equipment. Means of irrigation were available like canal, rain, lake, well, river etc. The use of fertilizers for soil fertility was also prevalent. With time, agriculture developed and different types of crops were produced. Which have great importance in the gradual development of agriculture.