Browsing by Author "Aburime A. O."

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    A comparative study of quality assurance of private universities in Nigeria and Ghana
    (Department of Teacher Education, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria., 2013-05-20) Aburime A. O.; Okoro, N. P
    The increasing complexity of the Nigerian and Ghanaian Societies as a result of social changes has had adverse effects on Curriculum Implementation at the tertiary level.The federal governments as well as some institutions have introduced some novel practices to counter these pressures. Some of which include, the privatization of higher education, the introduction of Post-JAMB Screening Tests, the substitution of subjective tests with objective tests in assessing students performance in semester examinations,This paper sets out the extent to which the innovative practices are achieving the set objectives, the reasons for privatization of higher education in Nigeria and Ghana, the emergence of privatization, the importance, virtues and demerits.The study also compared the quality assurance of private institutions in both countries and discovered that Ghanaian government sometimes funds private universities and this is not so in Nigeria. Hence, it was recommended that the government should raise the reputation of a small set of public higher education institutions above others to provide management example, government should help to monitor and control standards of both private and public higher institutions.
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    The attitude of married women towards virginity among young ladies in Ilorin Metropolis
    (Association of Sociologists of Education of Nigeria (ASEN)., 2017-10-17) Aburime A. O.; Jekayinfa, O. J.; Odejobi, S. O.
    Virginity and its effects have been a major source of concern within llorin Metropolis, The main objective of the study was to investigate attitude of married women towards virginity among young ladies in llorin metropolis. The research design adopted for the study was a descriptive research survey and it considered variables of age, educational qualification and religion. The researchers employed the simple random sampling technique which was used to select 100 married women in llorin metropolis. The researchers developed a questionnaire which was used to elicit information from the respondents. It consists of two sections; section A deals with their personal data, while section B contains 20 items relating to the subject matter of the study. The findings of the study showed that 87% of the respondents viewed virginity as very important while the remaining 13% viewed virginity as less important. Also, findings that there is a significant difference in the attitude of married women towards virginity among young ladies in llorin metropolis based on age and educational qualification while there is no significant difference in the attitude of married women towards virginity among young ladies in llorin metropolis based on religion. Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that much emphasis should be placed on virginity in the society because this will help curb the issue of divorce and enhance marital stability.It was recommended that Government should place more emphasis on sex education. Also, counseling should start from home to school and through all the levels of education from primary school to tertiary institutions.There should be seminars, symposium, on sex, sex education, virginity and all issues related to marriage and workshop on other viral sexual diseases.