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WORKING CONDITIONS OF CASUAL WORKERS IN SELECTED CONSTRUCTION FIRMS IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA
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- "Engineering research is a sine-qua-non for development of new products, new production processes, hence production lines in the quest for self reliance in any economy. Modeling and simulation is a veritable tool for such research and development. This paper presents the multifaceted use of modeling and simulation as decision tools for engineering facet of an economy drawing examples from two different engineering disciplines- Metallurgical and Civil. " 1 results 1
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- Bus systems cannot be fully explored if issues such as safety of bus passengers on-board or at bus stops are not addressed. This study was aimed at assessing the safety of bus stops in Ibadan metropolis. Twenty bus stops were purposefully selected for this study from the five urban local government areas in Ibadan metropolis. A field survey involving interviews with 50 passengers and direct observations of hazardous acts was carried out at the bus stops. Casual factors of hazardous acts were noted as well. A score survey was conducted with 17 experts (civil engineers and transportation engineering researchers) where they were asked to rate how much each casual factor contributes to its corresponding hazardous act using a scale of 1–4 (1 being ‘not important at all’ and 4 being ‘very important’). Experts were also asked to make pairwise comparisons among hazardous acts and consistent responses were analyzed using Analytic Hierarchy process (AHP). Results from the score survey and AHP were used to model the safety levels of the selected bus stops. With safety levels ranging from 2.38 to 4.83 (10 being the best and 0 being the worst), all bus stops fell short of an acceptable level of safety. Also, Interviews conducted revealed passengers’ dissatisfaction with their user-experience. Recommendations were therefore made based on the findings. 1 results 1
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- Council for the regulation of engineering in Nigeria, 1 results 1
- Early agricultural engineering services required on Nigerian farms were provided by civil engineers and agronomists some of who later retrained to form the first crops of Nigerian agricultural engineers. Agricultural engineering training was substantially done overseas until about the early 1960s when local opportunities started to be available. Agricultural engineering education started with training in farm mechanization laying emphasis on tractorization in the colleges of agriculture and polytechnics, and later expanded to cover all aspects of agricultural engineering. Agricultural engineering education in Nigeria is offered by the universities, polytechnics and colleges of agriculture. Ownership and funding of tertiary institutions include the federal and state governments, private individuals and religious organizations. Quality assurance is achieved through setting of minimum academic standards and occasional programme accreditations by the Nigerian universities commission, the national board for technical education and the council for the regulation of engineering in Nigeria. Agricultural engineers are engaged in virtually all sectors of the economy. This paper discuses the historical development of agricultural engineering education in Nigeria highlighting the entry requirements, training and regulations, professional bodies and the sectors where the products are making their contributions towards the national development. It concludes by calling on all stake holders to understand and appreciate the role of the profession in national development and give it the desired support. 1 results 1
- Engineering and technology are basic in any country’s development. Addressing the gender gap in civil engineering education will help to narrow the gender pay gap, enhance women’s economic security and ensure a diverse and talented STEM workforce. This paper focuses on gender disparity in civil engineering education at Institut d’Enseignement Superieur de Ruhengeri (INES), Rwanda, and the University of Ibadan (UI), Nigeria. Data were sourced from the graduating records of the Departments of Civil Engineering, INES Ruhengeri, Rwanda, and the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, covering a period of 5 years (2016 - 2021). Data were analysed using excel tools. The Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ibadan, recorded a slight increase in the number of female graduating students from 5 in the 2015/16 session to 6 in the 2020/21 session, representing a 20% increment and a slight reduction in the number of male graduating students in the department from 37 in the 2016/17 session to 28 in the 2020/21 session representing a 32% reduction. At INES, Ruhengeri, the number of male graduating students in the Department of Civil Engineering increased from 46 in the 2016/17 session to 145 in 2020/21, showing a 215% increment, and the number of female students increased from 18 in 2016/17 to 23 in 2020/21 showing an increment of 28%. The overall percentage of females in civil engineering education is below 20% compared to over 80% of males in the two institutions. Although the number of male graduating students decreases as the year progresses, the increase in female graduating students is not significant. Hence the gender gap seems to remain with year progression. The study proposes an improvement in motivating female students by providing scholarships, including pedagogical motivation in science courses 1 results 1
- Engineering and technology are basic in any country’s development. Addressing the gender gap in civil engineering education will help to narrow the gender pay gap, enhance women’s economic security and ensure a diverse and talented STEM workforce. This paper focuses on gender disparity in civil engineering education at Institut d’Enseignement Superieur de Ruhengeri (INES), Rwanda, and the University of Ibadan (UI), Nigeria. Data were sourced from the graduating records of the Departments of Civil Engineering, INES Ruhengeri, Rwanda, and the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, covering a period of 5 years (2016 - 2021). Data were analyzed using excel tools. The Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ibadan, recorded a slight increase in the number of female graduating students from 5 in the 2015/16 session to 6 in the 2020/21 session, representing a 20% increment and a slight reduction in the number of male graduating students in the department from 37 in the 2016/17 session to 28 in the 2020/21 session representing a 32% reduction. At INES, Ruhengeri, the number of male graduating students in the Department of Civil Engineering increased from 46 in the 2016/17 session to 145 in 2020/21, showing a 215% increment, and the number of female students increased from 18 in 2016/17 to 23 in 2020/21 showing an increment of 28%. The overall percentage of females in civil engineering education is below 20% compared to over 80% of males in the two institutions. Although the number of male graduating students decreases as the year progresses, the increase in female graduating students is not significant. Hence the gender gap seems to remain with year progression. The study proposes an improvement in motivating female students by providing scholarships, including pedagogical motivation in science courses 1 results 1
- Engineering drives social, economic and human development and underpins our knowledge of society and infrastructures. It is a major factor in innovation and in the rise and fall of civilization. The challenge of sustaining wood industries and the supply of wood as raw material in Nigeria at this era of economic depression is considered an engineering challenge. It is believed that engineers are specifically trained to defy challenges in order to attain a set goal. Hence, this paper is devoted to reviewing impact of economic depression on wood supply to Nigerian wood sector and accompanying challenges to engineers. The way out was enumerated to include the development of alternative raw material from array of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) to complement wood supply, development of capacity for local fabrication of wood working machines and continue research on means of developing local methodologies and engineers are to also re-focused to adapt and domesticate modern technologies. If our nation can properly harness its resources and engineering, we would certainly be able to stay afloat of the present troubled economy. 1 results 1
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- Female students‘ enrolment and completion in university education in Nigeria was low between 2001-2010. These have been attributed to some personal, home and social factors which have inhibited many females from being enrolled and completing university education in some courses. Previous studies examined the link between these factors and low female enrolment and completion at the primary and secondary school levels without focusing on Science Education, Engineering, Agriculture, Law, Mathematics and Statistics at university level. This study, therefore, examined personal (age, role model with mentorship and feminine inclination), home (mothers‘ education, fathers‘ education, parent‘s socio-economic status and parental support) and social (school environment, socio cultural value, government and non-governmental involvement) factors as determinants of female students‘ enrolment and completion in these universities courses from 2001-2010.The study adopted a causal modelling design with two hypothesised models. Six government-owned universities (one per state) from the south-west were selected. They comprised three states (Adekunle Ajasin, Ekiti State and Olabisi Onabanjo Universities) and three federal (University of Ibadan, Obafemi Awolowo University and University of Lagos). Stratified and purposive sampling techniques were used to select 622 female final and penultimate year students from five courses (Mechanical engineering (37), Civil law (207), Mathematics and Statistics (38), Science Education (164) and Agriculture (176). Role model and mentorship (r=0.75), feminine inclination (r=0.89), parents socio-economic status (r=0.87), parental involvement (r=0.83), school environment (r=0.79), traditional and cultural value (r=0.76) and government and non-governmental involvement (r=0.83) inventories were used to collect data. Key informant interview was also used. Data were subjected to multiple regression, path analysis at 0.05 level of significance and content analysis.The 10 factors had significant joint contributions to female enrolment and completion in university education (F(9,612) =26.46; R2=0.28) and (F(9,612)=15.44; R2=0.20), accounting for 28.0% and 20.2% of their variances respectively. Role model with mentorship (β=.29), school environment (β=.29), had relative contributions to enrolment while parental support (β=.23) age (β=19) and socio-cultural value (β=19) had relative contributions to completion. There was no significant difference between the hypothesised and the reproduced models. The percentage of direct and indirect effects were 55.6% and 44.3% on enrolment while on completion were 67.3% and 38.7% respectively. There were 62 pathways, where eight and 54 exert direct and indirect causative effects on enrolment, and 103 pathways where seven and 96 exert direct and indirect effects on completion. Content analysis revealed that there was attrition despite low enrolment of female students across the courses examined.Role model with mentorship and school environment factors had casual effects on enrolment pattern while parental support, age and socio-cultural values were key determinants of completion of university education among female students in Nigeria. These factors should be taken cognizance of in order to improve female enrolment and completion of courses at the university level 1 results 1
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