ABSTRACT Several mass extinctions have occurred during the Earth ’s history. The Cretaceous Tertiary Boundary (K-T) Extinction caused the loss of at least three-quarters of all species known at that time including the dinosaurs. The cause of this mass extinction is a controversial subject among scientists but the fossil evidence of it ’s occurrence is abundant. INTRODUCTION The K-T Extinction occurred 65 million years ago. Many species perished in that extinction. Today evidence for this extinction
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Education plays an important role in individual development. Apart from the acquisition of knowledge and skill‚ it is believed that the return on investment in education also gives hope for a better life in the future. The issue of academic performance is of great interest to administrators‚ educators‚ researchers‚ students‚ parents and other stakeholders of education (Farooq‚ Chaudhry‚ Shafiq & Berhanu (2011). The variables that determine students’ academic performance can be from the student‚
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The Past Movement for Social Change in the Educational System & Analysis of Curricular Reforms in the Elementary‚ Secondary and Tertiary Levels A Written Report in DEM 736-Systems Analysis in Education Submitted to: DE DRACIA Subject Specialist Submitted by: MARY ANN B. PASCUA DEM Student March 16‚ 2013 Introduction Education has always been considered a very important basic tool in improving not just the quality of an individual’s life‚ but in achieving
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Successful tertiary education‚ apparently‚ lays foundation for the future career of each student. On the one hand‚ as an argument goes‚ it is more important to be a good student than to have good teachers. Others‚ on the other hand‚ think differently. Certainly‚ each of these views has its own merits. There are plausible arguments in favour of the student’s decisive role. First and fore‚ good students are more strongly motivated and more fully committed to study. Studies have shown that greater
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REPOSITIONING POLYTECHNIC EDUCATION IN NIGERIA BY EZE‚ MARCELLUS MARK OKONKWO Chief Instructor Office Technology and Management (OTM) Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechhic‚ Unwana‚ P M B 1007‚ Afikpo‚ Ebonyi State‚ Nigeria Email: mmoeze@yahoo.com markmarcel.eze6@gmail.com 08069398338‚ 08059844544‚ 08085026477 Abstract Education is the bedrock of any development in any economy; whereas technical/technology education is the solid base for any technological development. The problem identified
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is a programme required to be undertaken by all students of tertiary institutions in Nigeria pursuing courses in “specialized engineering‚ technical‚ business‚ applied sciences and applied arts” (ITF‚ 2004a). The Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) is a Skills Training Programme designed to expose and prepare students of Universities‚ Polytechnics/Colleges of Technology/Colleges of Agriculture and Colleges of Education for the Industrial Work situation they are likely to meet after
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Compare areas of growth or decline in the primary‚ secondary and tertiary classifications of business activities. M2 – National growth or decline in the primary‚ secondary and tertiary classification of business activities. UK has a small proportion of people working in the primary industry. The machinery in the UK has taken over many jobs in the primary sector and tertiary sector is still growing in the UK. The increase of the machinery use‚ increasing use of chemical fertilisers has made a
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The skyrocketing costs of college can lead a parent to wonder if an investment in higher education still makes sense. This is especially true when the annual cost of attending a private college can easily exceed the annual salary a graduate receives during their first few years of work. For those parents who still have a number of years before their children reach college age‚ doing the math can make the dream of college sound more like a nightmare. For those within a year or two of college‚ the
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COM3708 Assignment 03‚ Semester 02 Name: S T Ahmod Student number: 41536991 Unique Number: 882173 Declaration I‚ Shaguftha Thabasum Ahmod hereby declare that this is my own and personal work‚ except where the work(s) or publications of others have been acknowledged by means of reference techniques. I have read and understood Tutorial Letter CMNALLE/301 regarding technical and presentation requirements‚ referencing and plagiarism. Signature: Name: S T Ahmod Student number: 41536991
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Improved quality of education in the Philippine schools We know that Philippines country is rich in agriculture and economics. But don’t you know that Philippines are one of the top that is great in terms of education. And I can prove that in simply observing the status of my country and surveys in the rank of schools. Literacy rate in the Philippines has improved a lot over the last few years- from 72 percent in 1960 to 94 percent in 1990. This is attributed to the increase in both the number
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