The Educational Change Process in Ghana and Nigeria: An Evaluation of the Junior Secondary School Innovation

The decision to undertake this research was a pragmatic response to the debates which followed the introduction of a new secondary system in Ghana and Nigeria and it is intended to investigate the reform during its life cycle in Ghana between 1974 and 1987 and in Nigeria between 1982 and 1985 to see how much foundation there was for the doubts being expressed. The reform was designed asa complex package offering an integrated approach to change educational values,orientation and learning outcomes. The changes subsumed in each aspect of the reform have far-reaching implications for the entire education system. Especially one element, the vocationalised curriculum, caused immediate concern at the time because of the discouraging evidence of similar previous attempts in both Ghana and Nigeria and other countries. Further concern was on the changes in the examination system and the introduction of guidance and counselling.

The Impact of Social Networking Sites on the Youth

Social Networking sites are termed to as web based services that give an opportunity to individuals to create their own personal profile with the choice of their own list of users and thereby connect with them in an altogether public forum that provides them with features such as chatting, blogging, video calling, mobile connectivity and video/photo sharing. 

People spend more than usual hours on social networking sites to download pictures, browse through updates seek entertainment and chat around with friends to keep themselves connected to one another. These sites have held an addiction to theyouth wherein they find it difficult to concentrate on their work and preferlogging in and jumping across one site to another. Some have derived benefit out of these sites whereas some have become academically challenged by the use of these websites. Individuals have set their own limits as to when and when not to access these websites but we witness very few out of the lot who does not access or make use of these sites at all.

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Reasons for not promoting economic growth in China

Chinese economists have contradictory views regarding the relationships between corruption and economic growth of the country. The communist party of china launched a fierce anti-corruption campaign in order to investigate corruption at various levels of the economic system. To furtherexplain this framework government has regulated the mixed oligopoly of certaineconomic conditions. Thus such movements contribute to the development of the state owned enterprises at the cost of private sectors growth. As a result, the whole economic growth has been dragged down.

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Education practices to promote sustainable textile and fashion designs

New jobs intended to create a greener planet have been designed with a view to promote ethical and sustainable textile practices in the market. Series of projects with a sustainable design has been planned to develop the capabilities of students in textile and design industry train and produce the best future generators of sustainable value for the business and society.

In the past few years, sustainable design has gained more and more importance. Our clothing consumption has reached an all-time high, and in response, advocates for mindful, eco-friendlier design are screaming their message louder than ever. And it seems the fashion industry is finally listening: More and more fashion brands have committed to going toxic-free.

Thus as the demand for more sustainable and ethically designed clothing increases among consumers, so too does the demand for designers trained in those fields.

Bangladesh's Potential as a Regional Economic Corridor

Emergence of Bangladesh as a regional economic strip Bangladesh is one of the connecting countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations states. It is easy to reach the doorstepof half of the world population within 24 hours in a motor vehicle fromBangladesh to any of the South Asian nations. This indicates that anyone can have direct access to the half of the world market here by building up channels of distribution especially for consumer goods. The ASEAN highway and the inter SAARC connectivity has highlighted Bangladesh’s prospect in tomorrow’s business world as a hub between SAARC and ASEAN member states.

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Influence of leverage on the productivity of the companies

The modern competitive business strategies cause subsequent increase in the ability of firm that depends on efficient use of leverage in the capital structure. Leverage can be defined as long term debt financing that improves the permanent financial performance as well as the success of the organization. It explains the use of borrowed funds for the investment andreturn on that investment. For this reason the determination of the proportion of debt and equity is considered as one of the most essential decisions that decide the future of the organization.

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Amicus curiae and investment treaty arbitration

Significant increments in the disputes for non-commercial activities such as environmental protection, public health, human rights and labour standards  were noticed in the recent years. The greaterparticipation of civil society of non-disputing parties gained access to theseforums such as amicus curiae. Therefore, Amicus curiae refused to provide access to the documents and to attend hearings of disputing parties. This practice raised serious doubts on greater transparency on the whole process of investment treaty arbitration.

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