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In developing regions, adult learners who are diabetic may not afford conventional diabetes care due to their income status and financial burdens. The present study determined the effect of a rational-emotive cognitive behavioural coaching (RE-CBC) as a stress management program for assisting adult learners with type 2 diabetes achieve reduced stress level. The study sample comprised 119 adult learners who were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and were stressed. These were assigned to either an intervention group (n = 60) or a waitlisted control group (n = 59). While the control group participants were waitlisted for 12 weeks, the intervention group received RE-CBC treatment within this period. Participants' stress scores were computed at baseline, post-test and follow-up. The results demonstrate that adult learners who participated in RE-CBC showed significantly reduced stress level at post-test which was maintained at follow-up compared to those in the waitlisted control group. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study investigated supervision of trade skills and effectiveness of entrepreneurship programme in universities in Cross River State, Nigeria. Two research questions were raised and two null hypotheses were stated. Survey research design was adopted for this study and a sample of 241 students (130 male and 111 female) were randomly selected for the study. Data were collected using "Supervision of Trade Skills and Effectiveness of Entrepreneurship Programmes Questionnaire" (STSEEPQ) designed by the researcher. The face validity of the instrument was determined by experts in home Economics while the reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach Alpha reliability method which gave a reliability coefficient of .74 to .83. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics and One-way Analysis of Variance tested at .05 level of significance. The result of the analysis revealed that supervision of bead and hatmaking, and cloth making had significant positive influence on the effectiveness of entrepreneurship programme in universities in Cross River State. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that, the supervisors should provide skills needed for opportunity and exploitation in bead and hat-making as well as in cloth making for the students and assist the students with the required skills to enable them write a good business plan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Academic burnout is characterised by mental and emotional distress among different populations of learners. Rational emotive-behaviour therapy (REBT) has shown great promise in helping students manage mental distress. As such, this study determined the effect of an REBT program on burnout among 138 adult learners who are also teachers. We also investigated the extent to which learners' characteristics such as age, gender, academic level, and marital status moderated the REBT program's effect. The participants were assigned to the intervention group (n = 69) and control group (n = 69). The intervention group participated in the REBT program for eleven weeks while the control group received placebo treatment during this period. Burnout scores were measured at pretest, posttest and follow-up using the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory for Students (OLBI-S). The study found that adult learners who took part in the school-based REBT program had significant improvement in their burnout scores over time compared to adult learners who did not participate in it. Hence, the REBT program was effective in helping adult learners who are teachers manage their burnout. Learners' demographic factors (gender, academic level, marital status and age) did not significantly moderate the REBT program's effect on burnout. The researchers discussed the significance of the findings and offered recommendations for future studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

All schools exist to achieve certain set goals. However, there is no way the goals of a school can be achieved without putting in place certain mechanisms towards ensuring success. In the secondary school system, some mechanisms for achieving the school's goals include instructional supervision and evaluation report writing. These tools help to facilitate quality assurance in the school system. This paper, therefore, examines the concept of supervision, the purpose of supervision, the meaning of evaluation, evaluation report writing, steps involved in evaluation report writing and the implications for school library evaluation. Furthermore, the researchers adapted Androssette's notions and examined the works of other researchers on this subject matter to address the implications for school library evaluation. To ensure that the goals of evaluating the school library are met, it is reasonable to start by inquiring why school librarians should evaluate the school library. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: This study aims to determine the extent school-based management committee (SBMC) participates in enhancing quality assurance in secondary school management in Enugu state, Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach: A total of 1,305 people participated in the study, which included a sample of 843 comprising 281 principals in all the public secondary schools, 281 community representatives and 281 Parent Teachers Association (PTA) representatives were randomly selected form Enugu State, Nigeria. There were 17 local government areas in Enugu State where those public schools were located; a 29-item questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection. In addition, the questionnaire was developed using simple English words to facilitate their understanding. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions, while analysis of variance was used to test the hypotheses. Findings: The findings showed that SBMC enhanced quality assurance in public secondary schools in Enugu State to a low extent. The government should therefore educate the principals on the role of the SBMC to ensure quality in public secondary schools in Enugu State, Nigeria. Research limitations/implications: It was challenging for the researchers to help the principals understand the rationale and significance of the study. Thus, the researchers spent a great deal of time, explaining the parameters and goals of the study. Another limitation was that additional data from interview and focus group could have added more useful information. Therefore, future researchers should try as much as possible to add focus group discussion and interview in studies similar to this one. Practical implications: The finding that there are major problems militating against the operation of the SBMC in public secondary schools in Enugu State Nigeria implies that if proper policy is not made to ease the implementation of SBMC, it would be difficult to maintain quality assurance in the secondary schools. In addition, the findings show indication that educational counseling is lacking in the secondary schools in Enugu state, especially on the part of principals, and PTA. Therefore, there is need for the government to make quality assurance counseling available for principal and PTA to ensure quality assurance. Originality/value: The researchers originated that SBMC enhances quality assurance in public secondary schools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]