Abstract:The recurrent trend of undergraduate students failing to meet deadlines for required tasks has informed the need to understand how they utilize their time. Unfortunately, most undergraduate students have displayed signs of procrastinating academic activities with the attendant negative consequences. This paper seeks to investigate on some psychological and sociological factors influencing academic procrastination among undergraduate students. The factors considered in this study included self-efficacy, locus of control, gender and marital status. The correlational and ex-post facto research designs were used for the study with a sample of 235 students drawn from two universities in Rivers State. Data were collected through a researcher-developed instrument which was adequately assessed for validity and reliability. Data analysis was done using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation, the mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions, while t-test was used to test the corresponding null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. From the result obtained, it was shown that self-efficacy has a weak relationship with academic procrastination. Furthermore, external locus of control, male and married students reported a significantly higher level of academic procrastination than students with internal locus of control, female and single status. Based on this result, it was recommended that educational administrators should develop interventions to help students develop the appropriate level of self-efficacy as this has the potential of reducing academic procrastination.
Keywords:Academic procrastination; locus of control; self-efficacy; undergraduate students.

Abstract:Microfinance is the provision of a broad range of financial services such as deposits, loans, payment services, money transfers and insurance to the poor and low-income households and their micro enterprises. The sector reaches out to 832,794 active borrowers with a loan book amounting to Kshs.28.6 billion and reporting 26.4 % annual growth in Kenya. However, owing to the fact that there is limited literature on the determinants of financial performance, various studies conducted indicate divergent views on the effect of financial indicators on financial performance. For this reasons it is not clear whether or not financial indicators affect financial performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Kenya. The main objective of the study was to investigate the effect of operating expense ratio on financial performance of MFIs in Kenya. Target population comprised 12 registered MFIs. Sample size consisted a panel data set of 12 MFIs selected using purposing sampling method for the period from 2009 to 2013 and secondary data was collected. Fixed effect model was the preferred model based on the Hausman specification but the study used random effect model since fixed effect model gave insignificant results. Random effect model results revealed that debt to equity ratio had a negative but insignificant relationship with return on assets ratio. Portfolio to assets ratio had a positive relationship with financial performance but the relationship was not significant. Operating expense ratio had negative and significant relationship with return to assets ratio. The coefficient for lagged return to assets ratio was 0.4733, debt to equity ratio was -0.0026, portfolio to assets ratio was 0.0090 and coefficient for operating expense ratio was   -0.1857. P-values for DER was 0.878 , PAR, 0.686 and OER, 0.000.The results for lagged ROA the coefficient was positive and was statistically significant. The lagged OER had positive and insignificant relationship with return to assets ratio. Autoregressive distributed lag model was conducted on operating expense ratio on financial performance and fixed effect model results indicated that operating expense ratio had negative and statistically significant relationship with return to assets ratio .The lagged operating expense  ratio had  positive and insignificant relationship with return to assets ratio .The coefficients of the lagged operating expense ratio   was negative  and the negative sign of the coefficients could be explained by the high costs of the microfinance institutions in the previous period. The study would be significant in the provision of MFIs with proper decision making as well as provide the contextual information to researchers and scholars.
Keywords:Microfinance, Financial ratios, Financial performance, Kenya.

Abstract:The study investigated on emotional intelligence as correlate of social adjustment among students with physical disability in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers State. The study adopted the correlational research design using a sample of 236 students with physical disability. An instrument titled Emotional Intelligence and Social Adjustment Inventory (EISAI) was used for data collection which was adequately assessed for reliability and validity. The Multiple regression coefficient was used for data collection, while ANOVA and t-test associated with multiple regression were used for analysis of data. The result obtained from the analysis showed that emotional intelligence had significant joint and independent predictive influence on the social adjustment of the students. On the basis of the result obtained, it was recommended that school counsellors organized programmes aimed at improving the social adjustment of the students.
Keywords:Emotional Intelligence, physical disability, social adjustment.

Abstract:The study was aimed comparing the h-index; citation index of African researchers and the world average h-index and citation index. This was achieved through logical procedure of (h-index and citation index) collection using the Google Scholar citation data base. of researchers. Four research questions in line with the purpose of study were all answered, while the four null hypotheses were tested with using single sample t-test at 0.05 alpha level. Given their P (0.000) < 0.05 alpha level (significant; all the null hypotheses were rejected and the alternative hypotheses upheld.  The study used a sample size of three thousand, (3, 000) faculties in Africa cutting across fifteen universities. Purposive sampling was used to select faculties who have account with google scholar and summary of individual statistics of citation index and h-index. Google scholar citation data base has been judged as one of the most dependable, accurate and e-visible data bases for measuring research productivity of faculties therefore has very high reliability and validity. At the end of the study findings were made, implications were drawn and recommendations were made among others that institutions make it compulsory for faculties members to open google scholar citation account. The limitations of the study were highlighted with suggestions for further study.
Keywords:Research, productivity, Research productivity, Citation index, h-index, google scholar.

Abstract:This studyaims to determine the effect of work readiness and work motivation on employment opportunities with competence as a mediating factor in Vocational High School in DKI Jakarta taken from Vocational Schools in East Jakarta based on schools registered in the Vocational Education Office Tribe. The population in this study was obtained from the Department of Vocational Education Office as much as 9,633 students. Samples were taken using a random sampling technique, with a total sample of 100 students. Data collected by distributing questionnaires using google form to all prospective respondents as much as possible and used for research as many as 100 students, the data is processed using STATA version 13. The results of this study indicate that work readiness has no effect on competence, work motivation has no influence on competence, work readiness has an influence on opportunities, work motivation has an influence on work opportunities, competence has an influence on job opportunities, work readiness on competence has an influence, work motivation on work opportunities with competence as a mediating variable has no influence, then job readiness does not has an influence on motivation.
Keywords:Competence, Job Opportunity, Work Readiness, Work Motivation.

Abstract:This study aims to study how to advance work competition, job opportunities with competence as a moderating variable for educated spending at the Office of the Cooperative Small and Medium Enterprises of DKI Jakarta Province in vacancies for prospective civil servants with the formation of 2018 financial statement analysis this research uses primary data and secondary data. Primary data was obtained through direct interviews with one of the staff from Office of SMEs of the DKI Jakarta Province about planning to get civil servant vacancies to the government also conducted by questionnaire method, this questionnaire was submitted to civil servant participants who applied for the formation of financial statement analysis in the Office of SMEs in DKI Jakarta province in the year 2018. Whereas secondary data through books, journals and articles and other supporting documents. Based on the results of an analysis of supported employment opportunities that are educated moderated by competence.
Keywords:Competence, Employment Opportunity, Unemployment.

Abstract:This study aims to study how to advance work competition, job opportunities with competence as a moderating variable for educated spending at the Office of the Cooperative Small and Medium Enterprises of DKI Jakarta Province in vacancies for prospective civil servants with the formation of 2018 financial statement analysis this research uses primary data and secondary data. Primary data was obtained through direct interviews with one of the staff from Office of SMEs of the DKI Jakarta Province about planning to get civil servant vacancies to the government also conducted by questionnaire method, this questionnaire was submitted to civil servant participants who applied for the formation of financial statement analysis in the Office of SMEs in DKI Jakarta province in the year 2018. Whereas secondary data through books, journals and articles and other supporting documents. Based on the results of an analysis of supported employment opportunities that are educated moderated by competence.
Keywords:Competence, Employment Opportunity, Unemployment.

Abstract:The purpose of this study is to provide a conclusion about the use of illegal foreign workers and their impact on unemployment at ‘X’ corporation. The focus of this study is to explain the background of the use of illegal foreign workers in ‘X’ corporation which has an impact on unemployment and the government's efforts to deal with an illegal foreign workers. This research is using a qualitative approach with a case study method. The data analyzed is the result of document review and interviews with ‘X’ corporation, Foreign Oversight Unit of the Directorate of Security Intelligence of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police and the Directorate General of Manpower Placement and Employment Expansion of the Indonesian Ministry of Manpower. The results showed that the background of ‘X’ corporation in using foreign workers, namely because companies need competent workers or experts in operating production machinery in the iron and steel industry and because wage payments given by companies to foreign workers are cheaper. The impact of the presence of illegal foreign workers is the reduced employment opportunities of local workers, the increasing number of unemployed people, as well as an increase in labor and immigration violations.
Keywords:Employment Opportunity, Foreign Worker, Unemployment.

Abstract:This paper focuses on how Boland integrates domestic interiors and her personal experiences with myths to produce an essential poetic world which is not less important than the outside urban or rural world described in the poetry of other poets and to revise the symbolic image of women as portrayed in Irish patriarchal literary tradition. Eavan Boland, one of the most significant contemporary Irish poets, very often uses autobiographical details in her poetry. Boland mostly emphasizes themes such as suburban mothers/wives/housewives and the domestic space around them. These common and ordinary themes provide Boland with rich material to write poetry. Boland uses the images which are conventionally considered trivial and not adequately poetic , her poems convey stories of the neglected life of many contemporary (Irish) women. In this study, two auto-mythological Poems by Eavan Boland have been analyzed showing how Boland artistically and expressively integrated myths with her autobiography in her poetry to revise the ancient image of women in Irish male-dominated literary tradition.
Keywords:autobiography, Auto-mythological,Eavan Boland, emblematic, patriarchal tradition, Myth.

Abstract:This study sheds light on the uses of the underworld myths in Eavan Boland’s poetry, in addition to their creative and realistic uses. When people refer to an unpleasant situation or experience, they unconsciously describe it as "Underworld" also as "Hell" which has become a popular figure of speech these days. The conception of Underworld usually indicates an underground place of eternal punishment or suffering where escape is impossible. In many of her poems, the Irish poet Eavan Boland uses the Greek and the Roman myth of Ceres and Persephone. Also, the myth of the voyages to the Underworld by Aeneas to encounter his father and other myths. In her mythmaking or revising old myths, Boland subverts and revises the emblematic image of women in myths, trying to empower women and writing an imaginary version of woman's silenced history. In this study, two selected poems by Eavan Boland have been analyzed showing how Boland artistically and expressively used the myths of the Underworld in her poetry to revise the ancient image of women in male-dominated myths.  
Keywords:  Aeneas, Ceres, Emblematic image, Evan Boland, Hell, Myth, Persephone, Punishment, Underworld.

Abstract:This study sought to estimate the long run effect of foreign debt and debt forgiveness grants on gross domestic product of Kenya. The study employed various theoretical models such as growth-cum-debt model, classical, neoclassical and endogenous growth model. Various empirical studies related to the area of study were also reviewed. Secondary time series data covering a period of 27 years from 1990 to 2016 was used as well as employing causal type of research design and a multiple linear regression model to estimate the relationship between variables with the help of EViews statistical software. It was found out that in the long run, there is a significant and positive effect of foreign debt on the gross domestic product of Kenya. Debt forgiveness grants were also found to have a non-significant negative effect on gross domestic product in the long run. Exports were used as a control variable but they were also found to have a positive and significant effect on gross domestic product of Kenya in the Long run. The study recommends that funds put a side to pay back debts should be put into good use so as to have a statistically significant and positive effect of debt forgiveness grants on gross domestic product of Kenya in the long run.
Keywords:Gross Domestic Product, Foreign Debt, Debt Forgiveness Grants and Exports.

Abstract:Not all migrants become Diasporas and not all Diasporas can be labeled as migrants.  With that understanding, it is therefore pressing to start this paper by trying to have the rudimentary understanding of what the diaspora means. From what we understand diaspora is a word of Greek origin meaning “to sow over or scatter.”   Before this time, the historical Jewish experience gave us the prototype for better explanation which means: compelled expulsion and dispersal, persecution, experience of loss and the quest to return.
For a long time now, however, the word “diaspora” has been described as a term for internal identification among various ethnicities and groups who have migrated or ancestors migrated from one part of the globe to another or to many other places if you may.
As cited in many online scholarships and websites, most self-construed Diasporas do not stress the mournful aspects long attached to the orthodox Jewish, African, or Hispanic Diasporas; rather they find themselves in the euphoria of cultural creativity, social integration and sometimes utopian disposition.
To identify with the diaspora encompasses a consciousness of, or sentimental attachment to, commonly declared origins and cultural connotations attached to them. Such origins and attachments usually dwell on ethno-linguistic, sectorial, religious, religion or other characteristics. Worry for development of the homeland and the misfortune of fellow diaspora members within or outside their community stems from the awareness and sentimental attachment.
This definition gives rise to queries about the number of generations passed, extent of linguistic ability, degree of co-ethnic social relations, number of times of celebration of festivals, ethnic delicacies served or even style of apparels donned.  The way ethnicity is paraded or displayed does not necessarily determine the degree at which someone might feel themselves a member of the diaspora community.
The effect of the African Diaspora is now more than ever being felt back in Africa. African diaspora now expends growing increasing influence on the domestic policies of the countries they have left, but still emotionally attached to. One example is the Ghanaian Diaspora organizations in Europe and North America that have pushed for the government’s approval of dual citizenship so as to get voting rights in the country. This request was granted in 2002 allowing Ghanaians of dual nationalities to participate in the electoral processes back home. Ghana is one of the African countries in which a third of its highly skilled and trained human capital live outside the country.
This paper posits that despite the increasing number of diaspora literature, the glorification and exultation of the diaspora always override the conundrum of the diaspora members and intended members that sometimes get trapped in traffic; some making it through and some not too lucky.
It starts by exploring the various understanding and interpretations of the African diaspora, the economic and financial contributions of members of the diaspora; political influence, the gap between African culture and that of the homeland and how the schism has been a bottleneck. It further explores the aspiration of members of the diaspora to be engaged in policy domains concerning their homeland beyond just the scope of migration, integration and trade. It also takes a critical look at the dangers faced by migrants in their pursuit to get to a foreign land and be counted in the diaspora community.
Presently, many African governments acknowledge the need to grant special treatment to the demands of their Diaspora. They are equally looking at ways of guiding their citizens in their dealings and activities outside the shores of their homeland. Nigeria, for example, has an office designed specifically to advise the diaspora community under the Diaspora Commission Bill 2017.
In the same vein, the Senegalese government also has its own institution for the diaspora under the ministry of foreign and diaspora affairs.  The African Union (AU) is equally canvassing the African diaspora.
The AU plans to integrate the diaspora in its scheme of things to help create a better Africa that will make all Africans proud of their heritage anywhere they find themselves. The AU sees the diaspora as the sixth region of the continent.  This zealous initiative no doubt indicates the value placed on the economic and transnational networking positions that African Diaspora now take up in the 21st century going forward.
Keywords:Africa diaspora, government, homeland, identity, integration, migration.

Abstract:The teenage pregnancies have become rampant in konoin sub-county and this has been caused by many reasons, the aim of this study was to identify the major courses of the teenage pregnancies in Konoin sub-county bomet county. It does appear however that many young girls indulge with unprotected sex which risk them of being pregnant  In some cultures, customs and traditions lead to early marriage. In these cases, pregnancy is acceptable and is most often intentional.
Keywords:Pregnancy, Teenage, Social, Economic, Cultural.

Abstract:In 1999, Turkey was officially recognized as a candidate to become a member state in the European Union. Negotiations to acquire its full membership commenced in October of 2005; and yet, nearly fourteen years later, the process is suspended, due almost entirely to Turkey’s ongoing and increasingly abhorrent human rights abuses as well as its infractions to the rule of law. Despite a bright moment in 2016 when a refugee agreement emerged between the EU and Turkey wherein Turkey agreed to host millions of Syrian refugees in return for financial remuneration and increased Turkish visas, the same year witnessed a coup d'étatattempt against Turkey’s President Erdogan. His extreme crackdown on demonstrators and opponents destroyed any semblance of human rights considerations. In fact, President Erdogan’s response to the coup d'étatattempt was so violent, widespread, and “disproportionately repressive” that the European Parliament voted in favor of a non-binding resolution to temporarily suspend EU membership negotiations. The rebuff from the EU did nothing to reign in the president’s authoritarianism, which is showing signs of strengthening and expanding daily.
Keywords:  Turkey, coup d'état, Gülen, human rights, refugees, repression, European Union, authoritarian, Erdogan, Kurds.