Many children do not reach the full potentials of their lives; their God-giving gifts, talents and creative abilities are left undiscovered. This is most often true among children living in orphanages and other institutionalized homes. Factors such as lack of financial resources, quality parental control, favourable environment for talents discovery and stigmatization are often cited as major hindrances. Talents, gifts and special abilities in children should be nurtured

One of the major changes which has taken place in the 21st century is the onset, and consequent, popularity of the ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies). Of all the ICTs, the Internet has been highly influential in the everyday life of the people, especially the youth, because this virtual world has opened up a vast new arena for them. The Social Networking Sites (SNSs), which comprise of one of the major elements of cyberspace, has been pivotal in shaping the life of the youth in many ways. In recent times

Providing Maternity Benefits for working women is the result of societal recognition of women’s participation in the labour market. Legislations to extend such benefits are being considered as very important welfare measure for women. In India, there has been remarkable developments in the field since 1929, after some prior hesitations. With the 2016 amendments recently approved by the Rajya sabha, to the Maternity Benefit Act 1961, the country has joined a very short list of elite countries that have provided for higher maternity leave periods/benefits than the ILO standard in this regard

In the late 1780s, the citizens of this newly free American republic were battling amongst themselves over the proper direction of the future of their country. After the failure of the Articles of Confederation, many colonial leaders agreed that a stronger central system was needed. Arguments raged in pubs and dinner tables,

There have been doubts in various quarters, especially among western anthropologists as to whether drama did exist in Africa before the arrival of the Europeans as colonial masters. The emergence of this debate stems out of the variations in the definition of drama and theatre. Various scholars have tried to define theatre which mostly tilts towards the direction which suits their argument. However, others have come out with theories and facts to make assertions that Africans had and still have a form of drama. In the traditional Ghanaian society

This is part of a broad research that sought to find out the levels of participation of residents in local governance This paper looks at the residents’ perceptions of barriers they face in attempts to participate in local governance . The study was carried out against a background of a perception that during the last decade service delivery by local authorities in Zimbabwe has declined drastically. Although many factors could be attributed to this decline, it can be argued that people’s participation in the local governance processes has also reduced drastically resulting in misplaced priorities by the local authorities

Providing Maternity Benefits for working women is the result of societal recognition of women’s participation in the labour market. Legislations to extend such benefits are being considered as very important welfare measure for women. In India, there has been remarkable developments in the field since 1929, after some prior hesitations. With the 2016 amendments recently approved by the Rajya sabha, to the Maternity Benefit Act 1961, the country has joined a very short list of elite countries that have provided for higher maternity leave periods/benefits than the ILO standard in this regard.

Aboakyir festival is considered as one of the major festivals in Ghana, celebrated by the people of Effutus, Winneba. The festival is viewed as aesthetically driven with its stunning and superlative spectacle. Considering the several art forms used in the celebration, it can be likened to what some philosophers consider in describing the beauty of an object in the aesthetic scholarship. The study explores some aesthetic aspects of the festival through the visual and performance arts. Employing the observation method, the research gathered data through documentation and interviews. Purposive sampling technique was used in selecting interviewees to substantiate my findings. The paper discloses that Aboakyir festival has some aesthetic perceptions that are exposed through body painting, body art, costumes and performance of libation in its celebration. It infuses some form of emotions among the indigenes of Effutus, likewise the travellers or sightseers who witness the festival each year. Finally, the unique form of aesthetics enable to project our culture and heritage globally

After the elections of 1973, it became clear that two large blocks of parties were struggling for the government of the State of Israel, Labor and Likud, and both had a diverse social basis in which there are members of the middle and upper classes alongside members of the working class. Because of the multi-class party structure, which commenced in 1965, the arguments on social and economic questions were duplicated into the parties themselves. The differences of approach on questions of social policy now divided between groups in the parties and between one party and another. The phenomenon of the ‘class party’, such as Mapam and the Liberal Party, had disappeared.1 ; 2

Research and publication are now being part of the duties of teachers at all institutions of higher education throughout the world. Regardless of the motivation, faculty research fulfills a vital need for new knowledge generation. The primary aim of the current study was to pilot test a survey instrument to evaluate the common problems being encountered by the faculty members of the Rizal Technological University in conducting research.

This study examined the causality between foreign direct investment (FDI) and export performance in Nigeria from 1970-2013. The study employed secondary annual time series data which was obtained from various publications of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the period 1970 – 2012. The presence of unit root was tested using the Phillips-Perron (PP 1998) and Kwiatkowski, Phillips, Schmidt, and Shin (KPSS, 1992) tests. Johansen-Juselius and vector error correction (VEC) procedure was performed to trace cointegration relationship between the variables. The study found the presence of a cointegration relationship among the variables. Also the VEC model traced a long-run equilibrium relationship in the variables under study without having any significant short-term causal flows among the series, except for the FDI. However

Assam, situated in the northeastern part of India is a storehouse of several ethnic communities. Ethnicity describes a collective identity and is based on the assumption that it collectively has its roots in common ancestry, heritage, religion, culture, nationality, language and a territory. All the ethnic communities of Assam have their special customs and traditions in observing the festivals. Bihu is the most popular spring time festival of Assam and is celebrated with youthful energy and gaiety. The festival is termed by many as the lifeline of the Assamese community. All the ethnic communities celebrate Bihu with the same vigour and vitality and in the process much cultural exchange has taken place

The research aims to know what extent the possession of students’ geographical section at the college of Education (IbnRushd Humanitarian Sciences skills for the thinking behind the knowledge. The two researchers chose the style of stratified random sample of the number of its members (100) male and female student distributed on the stages of the seminar and the four research society of the number of its members (561) male and female students. The two researchers required a bureash to think beyond the knowledge of the (54) a paragraph, after verification of sincerity and steadfastness, applied the metric to a sample of research and analysis of data using statistical tools and occasion, reached the following results:

After the elections of 1973, it became clear that two large blocks of parties were struggling for the government of the State of Israel, Labor and Likud, and both had a diverse social basis in which there are members of the middle and upper classes alongside members of the working class. Because of the multi-class party structure, which commenced in 1965, the arguments on social and economic questions were duplicated into the parties themselves.

This is part of a broad research that sought to find out the participation of residents of local authorities in local government issues. This paper looks at the perception of residents of being consulted in local government issues. The study was carried out against a background of a perception that during the last decade service delivery by local authorities in Zimbabwe has declined drastically

1.1 Introduction to the Topic: India, a land rich in diversity and culture, is also very rich in scams and scandals. Since independence, from Bofors to Railway scam, more than 66 years have been fully utilized by the corrupt people to fill their pockets. But, the head of these scams is 2G Scam. It is considered to be one of the greatest scams in the history of India. The scam involving top-most politicians, bureaucrats,corporate people, lobbyists and even journalists shook the public in 2010, so-much-so that it bagged number-2 position in the Time Magazine?s list of “Top 10 cases of abuses of power.” (Tharoor, 2011)

This study was designed to assess the impact of entrepreneurship development entrepreneurs (EDP) in generating income (IG) and employment (EG) covering ten selected local government of Kano state. A sample of 300 entrepreneurs engaged in different business activities was taken for the study using stratified and simple random sampling. Descriptive statistics, Correlation, OLS regression and ANOVA analysis was employed. From the empirical result a positive and significant impact is seen on income generation by entrepreneurship development programme, while negative impact is reported on employment generation.

Assam, situated in the northeastern part of India is a storehouse of several ethnic communities. Ethnicity describes a collective identity and is based on the assumption that it collectively has its roots in common ancestry, heritage, religion, culture, nationality, language and a territory. All the ethnic communities of Assam have their special customs and traditions in observing the festivals. Bihu is the most popular spring time festival of Assam and is celebrated with youthful energy and gaiety. The festival is termed by many as the lifeline of the Assamese community. A