The purpose of this study was to find out the state of science books in libraries in Public Schools in Delta State of Nigeria and to particularly determine the positioning of the libraries for the effective implementation of the senior secondary science curriculum -in the areas of kinds of books available, their quantity, quality and relevance. The design employed for the study was survey. To guide this study, five research questions were raised and answered. 90 Public secondary schools randomly selected from the three senatorial districts of Delta State were used for the study. Data were collected with questionnaire, interview and personal evaluation of the libraries in the selected schools. The major findings of the study are as follows: (1) (7) Most of the science books found in the libraries are outdated and no longer relevant for the teaching and learning of the current science curriculum. It is concluded that successive governments in the state have not been serious with the development of libraries which will nourish quality science education in the state.

The major purpose of this study was to find out the students perceived causes, effects and remedies to examination malpractice in the tertiary institutions in Delta State, Nigeria by applying the principles of sound moral values and development of right attitudes. To guide this study, five research questions were raised and answered. The instruments used include; one student questionnaire and an administrative staff questionnaire. The sample of study consists of 350 students drawn from 3 campuses of the State University, three State owned Colleges of Education and three State owned Polytechnics and 7 administrative staffs drawn from the institutions from where the students were sampled. The following are the major findings of the study: (i) the incidence of examination malpractices increased in all the institutions over years, (ii) students identified 8 main causes of examination malpractices with crave for paper qualification top in the list, (iii) students identified five main effects of examination malpractices with all the students agreeing that inability to defend certificates and reduction in quality and standard of education as the most serious ones; (iv) students recommended 8 remedies to examination malpractices and of the 8, 7 were hinged on the teachers calling them to be alive to their responsibilities, and (v) all the institutions studied have robust measures aimed at reducing the incidence of examination malpractices. It is mainly concluded that the incidence of examination malpractices in all the institutions is on the increase because of the ineffectiveness of the measures put in place and so the adoption of sound moral values in tackling the problem is therefore advocated.

This study was undertaken to establish the reasons why students in higher educational institutions in Delta State of Nigeria join secret cults on the campuses, the effects of the incidence, and the strategies to employ to eradicate it from the institutions. It was a descriptive survey in design, and using a systematic, proportionate random sample of 665 students, 220 lecturers and 115 school administrators in the state-owned University, three Colleges of Education and three Polytechnics, who duly completed a closed-ended and open-ended 31-item questionnaire, the study confirmed the supposition that students join secret cults in the institutions to terrorize lecturers to pass their courses at all cost, and to provide security services to new initiates and shield them from oppressive students and the perceived hostility of wicked lecturers. A number of effects of the secret cults in the institutions were also established, some of these being cultism leading to certificates not being backed up with true academic struggle, and this leading to reduction in manpower quality; by design, cultists seriously abusing hard drugs like cocaine and alcohol, and in that state of mind, committing heinous crimes; identified and expelled cultists possibly becoming school drop-outs, robbers, prostitutes, drug-peddlers and maladjusted people in life; and cultists spearheading riots at the slightest opportunity and in the process looting and causing damage to school property. It was then concluded that the solution to the menace of secret cults in the institutions rests with evolving a broadbased approach which should involve all stakeholders-students, lecturers, institutions' authorities and government.