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Abstract:This study sought to examine the challenges facing corruption prevention activities in public secondary schools in Nakuru and Nyandarua counties Kenya. The study was informed by the Lucifer Effect Theory. The study used the correlational research design. The target population comprised of 420 principals, 840 heads of departments, 420 bursars in public secondary schools, two county directors of education and six school auditors making a total of 1688 school respondents. The study employed the formula of Cochran to get a sample of 313 respondents while the two county directors of education and six school auditors were purposively sampled, to give a sample size of 322 respondents. Data was collected using the questionnaire constructed on a five point Likert scale. The research instruments were Pilot tested. Data was analysed using both the descriptive and inferential statistics with the aid of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences. The study established that there was no significance difference between the challenges facing principals’ in the prevention of corruption in Nyandarua and Nakuru Counties.
Keywords:Challenges, Corruption, Nakuru and Nyandarua Counties, Principals, Secondary Schools.

Title:CHALLENGES FACING CORRUPTION PREVENTION ACTIVITIES IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NAKURU AND NYANDARUA COUNTIES KENYA
Author:Richard Ngatia, Dr. Johannes Njoka, Dr. Lucy Ndegwa
ISSN 2349-7831
International Journal of Recent Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (IJRRSSH)
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Abstract:This study examines the poverty and inequality profile amid households of enlisted soldiers, in Letmauck Barracks, Mokola, Ibadan, Oyo State, South-West Nigeria. Systematic sampling technique is used to select 100 households for the survey. Both descriptive statistics and identities were used to achieve the set objective. The study computes a subjective poverty measure of N562 per person in a day as the poverty benchmark. The result reveals that Poverty Head Count is 0.76. Poverty Gap Indexand Poverty severity (inequality) is also computed and the result is approximately is 0.276842 and 0.13 respectively. In addition, Average Propensity to consume is 0.625; this is also shows that poverty exists among enlisted soldiers as they spend a large percentage of their income on consumer goods. The study concludes that among enlisted soldiers in Letmauck Barracks Mokola, relative poverty exists; however, poverty gap among the poor can be eliminated if appropriate programmes are put in place. Also, inequality (or poverty severity) exists among the poor enlisted soldiers but can be eliminated with appropriate policies. The study recommends that programmes like child support and women empowerment should be established in the barracks.
Keywords:  Subjective Poverty Line, Poverty and Inequality Profile.

Title:ASSESSING POVERTY AND INEQUALITY PROFILE IN HOUSEHOLDS; A CASE STUDY OF LETMAUCK BARRACKS, MOKOLA, IBADAN, OYO STATE, NIGERIA
Author:Bamiteko Olalekan Dimeji
ISSN 2349-7831
International Journal of Recent Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (IJRRSSH)
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Abstract:Early alcohol onset has been identified as a risk factor to binge drinking and alcohol dependency to most young people. In Ghana, most of the risk factors that exposes young people to early alcohol use are ignored. This study assessed a descriptive epidemiology of adolescent alcohol use among high school students in Ghana.
Methods: This cross sectional study assessed alcohol use in four senior high schools in Ghana using structured questionnaire adapted from the Youth Risk Behavioural survey among 375 students (Average age=18years, SD=1.9 years, minimum age=15 years, range=10, Female= 64.8%, min  ). We reported descriptive statistics on the prevalence, drinking pattern, sources of alcohol exposure and other alcohol related measures among 149 underage students (below 18 years).
Results: The prevalence of alcohol use of 45% (CI: 36%-53%) was observed among underage high school students with females (68%) reporting higher alcohol use than males. Observed drinking patterns were mostly low drinkers (89%), binge drinkers (15%) and heavy drinkers (7%). Peers and media advertisements were reported to expose respondents to early drinking. Occasional drunkenness (27%) and risky sexual behaviours (19%) were the major negative consequences due to alcohol use that was reported by students.
Conclusion: Epidemiological findings to adolescents high school alcohol use identified in this study indicated a call for action to prevent early onset of adolescent alcohol use and to control future alcohol related negative consequences of alcohol. We recommend effective and evidence based policy formulation, implementation and interventions to address alcohol related concerns in this study.
Keywords:Alcohol use, Underage drinking, High School, Youth Risk Behavioural Survey, Early Alcohol Onset.

Title:High school alcohol use assessment: A descriptive report of underage drinking in Ghana
Author:Emmanuel Kofi Bondah, Sharon Louise Talboys
ISSN 2349-7831
International Journal of Recent Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (IJRRSSH)
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Abstract:This study sought to discover the detrimental effects of television on children’s mental, emotional and physical wellbeing. It was also its goal to identify ways how parents and teachers can promote the healthy use of the media in their communities. With the growth of the television industry in our media today, there are lots of programs exposed to the teenagers. They are, therefore, spoilt for choice from music shows, soap operas, horror movies and cartoons, etc. More often than not and under the influence of peers, teenagers find themselves attracted to violent content which is so rampant in most of the TV stations and more so in the digital arena where they comfortably access western stations which glorify violence and sexual content. Unfortunately, where parental guidance is lacking or not monitored closely, teenagers end up lost in the violence of the TV models in an effort to adjust to the virtual world which tends to be a definition of their world. A world which is divergent to the outdated one of their parents. Time for studies is compromised leading to poor academic performance. Consequently, the nation produces low skills affecting a country’s production. The study was informed by; cultivation theory and Social learning theory to explain how watching violent television programs model teenagers to violent behavior with time. Social responsibility theory explained the role of society; parents in guiding and monitoring the content teenagers watch. The study used parallel mixed research design: quantitative data was collected using self- administered questionnaires through stratified random sampling procedures and qualitative design where data was collected through an interview guide administered to school administrators of the schools picked out for the study. The study area was Kiambu County public secondary schools with a students’ population of 68424 out of which a sample of 398 was singled out. Study findings indicated that television viewing had an impact on students’ unrest in secondary schools in Kenya.  The findings would benefit various stakeholders: parents, teachers, Ministry of Education and media regulators in monitoring violent television content exposed to teenagers affecting their morals as well as compromising school work culminating in schools’ unrest as well as low academic grades.
Keywords:Students’ unrest, violent television programs, television regulation, heavy television viewing, cultivation effect.

Title:THE IMPACT OF TELEVISION VIEWING ON STUDENTS’ UNREST IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KIAMBU COUNTY, KENYA
Author:MARY NJERI KAMAKU, PROF HELEN MBERIA, DR. KYALO WA NGULA
ISSN 2349-7831
International Journal of Recent Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (IJRRSSH)
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