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Four research questions and four null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A simple random sampling technique was used in selecting 34 respondents from each 6 schools, with a sample size of 204 was selected from the population of 1,518. The instrument titled LEVSLEQ was used to elicit response from the respondent. The reliability of the research instrument yielded a co-efficient of 0.82. The data was analyzed using dependent t-test and was tested at .05 level of significance. The findings indicated that environmental variable studied influence students’ learning effectiveness.

Proper nurturing of children is the primary responsibility of parents. Parents have inescapable responsibilities when bringing up their children. These responsibilities are automatically conferred ...

This paper examines the use of condom in this period of HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS is a disease transmitted through two main channels; sexual intercourse and blood transfusion. More than 90% of the Nigerian population accept the fact that AIDS is real deadly and incurable. They do also believe that there are preventive measures to AIDS including the use of condom. Despite the acceptance and awareness of HIV/AIDS people still engage in multiple sexual partners casual sex and unprotected sex. This paper advocates the use of condom in every sexual encounter and outlines that professional counselors can use in promoting the use of condom such as encouraging men and women to use condoms and organizing talks seminars and symposium on the use of condoms. (authors)

This study sought to find out the extent to which some psycho cultural and physiological factors affects the attitudinal disposition to HIV/AIDS preventive practices among in-school adolescents in Nigeria. Specifically, the study investigated the composite and relative contribution of the following psycho cultural and physiological variables (gender, age, traditional beliefs about HIV/AIDS and sexuality attitudes), to adolescence response to HIV/AIDS preventive practices in Cross River State, Nigeria. Data was generated from 316 fifth year students in 12 secondary schools in Cross River state, Nigeria using a questionnaire. Result of data analysis, using multiple regression procedure indicated that only two factors were effective in explaining adolescents’ response to HIV/AIDS preventive practices. Traditional beliefs about HIV/AIDS made the greatest contribution to adolescents’ response to HIV/AIDS preventive practices, followed by sexuality attitudes. Age and gender were not significant. The implications of the research findings are addressed.