THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF POVERTY ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PUPILS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS BY EUCHARIA .N. UKAOBASI REGISTRATION NUMBER: 25193 BEING A SEMINAR PRESENTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOME ECONOMICS‚ FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION‚ PANKSHIN. AUGUST 2012 ABSTRACT The level of poverty‚ causes and effects on the Educational sector as well as academic performance of students within the Nigeria is worrisome. Poverty‚ which forms a specific culture and way of life‚ is a growing
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The Cause and Effect of Divorce The American Dream for your young girl is to grow up one day and meet their prince charming and to get married and live happily ever after. Marriage is the legal and binding union between a man and woman. Yet when couples marry‚ they vow to stay by their partner’s side ‘till death do us part.’ Currently that vow seems to have little or no value in today’s society. Statistics shows‚ that the divorce rate hit a low of 3.4 divorces per 1000 population (0.68% of
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The Causes and Effects of Anorexia When I think of anorexia‚ a few things come to mind. I think of really bad episodes of Beverly Hills 90210 and Baywatch in which females‚ usually teenagers‚ starve themselves and take diet pills. The eating problem is always resolved within the timespan of one 30 minute episode. From the research I’ve done thus far on anorexia‚ I now know that this is a very unrealistic representation of what is actually a very serious disease. The purpose of this study
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The Causes and Effects of Smoking One of the most common problems today that are killing people‚ all over the world‚ is smoking. Many people start this horrible habit because of stress‚ personal issues and peer pressure. Some begin from simply being curious. One cigarette can result in smoking others‚ which can lead to major addiction. When someone smokes a cigarette they are not only hurting themselves‚ but others around them. Smoking does many horrible things to the human body that most people
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Causes and Effects of Taxes I. Introduction A. One of the first lessons learned about cause and effect is the very important lesson‚ "correlation does not imply causation." II. Top two percent of Americans A. Raise taxes B. Taxing the rich is good for the economy III. Cause A. High taxes IV. Effects of high taxes A. Low wages- businesses can’t afford to pay high wages with such high taxes B. High prices- businesses have to raise prices to be able to pay these high
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Causes and Effects of Unemployment Travis Epling Strayer University ENG 105 Jeanette Trammel 9/14/14 Causes and Effects of Unemployment There are many reasons for unemployment in the United States and around the world. Some of these causes are created by the individual and others are out of their control. No matter what the cause for unemployment‚ it has a devastating effect on the individual‚ family‚ and economy. Unemployment defined by the Encyclopedia Britannica is the condition of one
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discuss the problem in the holy land. This discussion led to the series of the crusades with the knights which were called the crusaders. The effects of the Crusades on Europe of the middle Ages were an important factor in the history of the progress of civilization. I will be discussing the causes and effects of the crusade years and the causes and effects of the crusades. The crusades began with pope Urban. Once he said‚ “A grave report has come from the lands around Jerusalem... That a race
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Seatbelts and Ammonia I’d be lying if I said my older sister and I weren’t alike. We both have the same small‚ pursed lips and the same eyebrows and hairline. Our eyes both slightly curl at the corners‚ and our ears stick out a bit too much. Beyond looks‚ though‚ even our mannerisms are the same. We both chew our gum annoyingly loud and laugh with the same obnoxious giggle. I’m aware of these similarities; I have been since I grew tall enough to see my reflection in the mirror over the bathroom
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School systems today are so indulgent in their rules‚ guidelines and consequences; thus causing cheating‚ copying or forgeries to be regularly used. Students take advantage of copying someone else’s work whenever they are given the chance‚ because they abhor doing their own work. Other times‚ students will have someone else do their work and turn it in as their own‚ not realizing the aftermath this can create. This creates a lack of creativity‚ no sense of responsibility and the students will never
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definition. Fundamentally‚ poverty is a denial of choices and opportunities‚ a violation of human dignity. It means lack of basic capacity to participate effectively in society. It means not having enough to feed and clothe a family‚ not having a school or clinic to go to‚ not having the land on which to grow one’s food or a job to earn one’s living‚ not having access to credit. It means insecurity‚ powerlessness and exclusion of individuals‚ households and communities. It means susceptibility to
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