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Empowerment Programmes of Faith-Based Organisations (FBOs) and Socio-Economic Well-Being of Members in Yenagoa Community, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
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Oghenekohwo, Jonathan E.; Tonunarigha, Young D. – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2019
This is an investigation on the empowerment programmes of faith-based organizations (FBOs) and socio-economic well-being of members in Yenegoa Communities of Bayelsa. This study lay to rest the controversy surrounding FBOs, whether they are empowering members or exploiting them and the extent to which such organisations have met its goals…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Empowerment, Churches, Religious Organizations
Local Community Efforts in the Development of Secondary Grammar School Education in the Western State of Nigeria, 1925-1955
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Adeyinka, A. Ade – Journal of Negro Education, 1976
Examines the roles of the various local communities in the development of secondary grammar school education in the western State of Nigeria during the period 1925-1955 noting that many scholars and writers have unduly exaggerated the roles of the various missionary bodies in the development of formal education in the country, forgetting that in…
Descriptors: African History, Agency Role, Community Role, Community Schools
The Inculturation of Holy Child Education: Actions Not Words.
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Bowman, Lorna M. A. – Religious Education, 1996
Discusses the educational philosophy of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus and its impact upon the women of Nigeria and Ghana. This religious instruction allowed them to attain a liberated means of self-expression and leadership faithful to their cultural heritage as African women and their formation as Christians. (MJP)
Descriptors: African Culture, Consciousness Raising, Cultural Influences, Females