tailieunhanh - TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN AND VIABLE CHILD-HEALTH CARE FOR ENHANCED MANAGEMENT OF UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

We all know that keeping a positive attitude can affect our mental and physical health. So main- taining a certain amount of calm and acceptance about your circumstances can set the tone for your family interactions. If the parent with PD is con- stantly complaining or embarrassed, kids will pick up on that and act the same way. Of course, that’s not to say that you have to keep everyone’s spirits up all the time. You need to experience your own emotions and give them validation. The key is to not get caught up in your emotions and let them drag you down. Keeping your sense of humor certainly helps | Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences 6 6 350-355 2009 ISSN 1683-8831 Medwell Journals 2009 Technology-Driven and Viable Child-Health Care for Enhanced Management of Universal Basic Education in Nigeria o. Oduwaiye Rhoda zShehu Raheem Adaramaja and 3Onasanya Samuel Adenubi Department of Educational Management department of Human Kinetics and Health Education Faculty of Education University of Ilorin . 1515 Ilorin Nigeria department of Science Education University of Ilorin . 1515 Ilorin Nigeria Abstract The United Nations had set the Millennium Development Goal MDGs to assist developing countries like Nigeria to meet up with the standards attained in developed worlds. Among the goals of the MDGs is the achievement of the universal basic education. Nigeria as a developing country is expected by 2015 to meet the provisions of MDGs on basic education. The study focuses on the Universal Basic Education UBE in Nigeria. It examines the objectives of the scheme the components and the challenges Universal Basic Education attracts mainly children between the ages of 5-14 years. In these years children are vulnerable to diseases like malaria polio and socio-economic related diseases like diarrhea kwashiorkor cholera etc. A handful is affected by HIV AIDS while some children of HIV AIDS parents are orphaned by this disease. Children with these diseases can not maximally benefit from basic education. The need for Nigeria government to technologically drive their effort for a viable child-health care justifies the study. It concludes by offering suggestions as to the improvement of child-health care such as better education of parents use of television to facilitate instructions aggressive media campaign and improved environment. Key words Child health care universal basic education HIV AIDS millennium techno logy-driven Nigeria INTRODUCTION Nigeria education system is made up of pre-primary primaiy secondary and tertiary education. The present Universal Basic Education