International Journal of Advanced Research and Publications (2456-9992)

ONLINE PAPER PUBLISHING - Volume 5 - Issue 11, November 2022 Edition

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Authors: SHARMINE A. HALLEGADO, LYNDON A. QUINES, GERALDINE D. RODRIGUEZ

Abstracts: The study was conducted to assess the implementation of Philippine Early Childhood Development Program on kindergarten pupils of New Society Central Elementary School as basis for a proposed teachers’ ECCP enhancement plan. It is important to note that due to the limited participants in this study, the results of this research may not necessarily be generalizable to all schools with kindergarten curriculum for this is only focused on kindergarten students of New Society Central Elementary School during school year 2020-2021. The selection of participants was done through universal sampling and all kindergarten pupils of New Society Central Elementary School during the school year 2020-2021 were onboarded as subjects of the study. Data-gathering permissions were secured from department head of the graduate school of RMMC, as well as from the school administrator where the study was conducted. This research utilized the assessment of ECCD of the respondents, specifically assessment 1 and assessment 2. Based on the result, it was found out that the implementation level of Philippine Early Childhood Education Development Program was generally high for all domains, namely: gross motor; fine motor; self-help; receptive language; expressive language; cognitive; and socio emotional. Thus, a proposed teachers’ ECCP enhancement plan was designed by the researcher based on the results of the study, which focused on three least-improved domains.

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Pages: 1-12

Cite this Article: SHARMINE A. HALLEGADO, LYNDON A. QUINES, GERALDINE D. RODRIGUEZ , "AN ASSESSMENT OF THE DEPED’S PHILIPPINE EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: BASIS FOR A PROPOSED TEACHERS’ECCP ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM", International Journal of Advanced Research and Publications (IJARP), http://www.ijarp.org/online-papers-publishing/nov2022.html, Volume 5 - Issue 11, November 2022 Edition, 1-12 #ijarporg

Authors: OKETCH MARGARET, DR. OKWEMBA EMILY, DR. OTSYULAH JOSEPH

Abstracts: Strategic decisions are vital in the performance of any organization. They help to chart a course based on long-term goals and vision hence, there is a need for managers to be profound in the making of strategic decisions to achieve positive results in their institutions. However, the organizational performance of VTCs institutions has been an ongoing trial in an atmosphere of resource shortage, lack of quality infrastructure to support technical training, poor governance leading to embezzling of funds, weak management resulting to poor strategic decision making thus lack of strategic direction. The focal purpose of this study was to establish influence of heuristic decision making on the organizational performance of VTCs in Vihiga County. of random choice decision making on organizational performance of VTCs in Vihiga County. The study was guided by subjective expected utility (SEU) theory, prospect theory, and satisficing theory. The study was guided by pragmatism and adopted mixed method research design where both quantitative and qualitative data were collected. The target population of the study was 120 respondents where simple random sampling was used to get a sample of 60 respondents. Primary data was collected through self-administered questionnaires measured over a 5-point Likert scale. Reliability of the research instruments was tested through Cronbach’s Alpha and Construct validity was assessed through factor analysis. Data was analyzed using descriptive analysis inform of mean and standard deviation. Diagnostic Tests was done to test the model by testing for normality, autocorrelation, multicollinearity and heteroscedasticity while inferential statistics used Correlation analysis, ANOVA and regression analysis. The results of multi- regression analysis showed that heuristic decision making had a positive association on organizational performance with a coefficient of r = 0.170 and p- value of 0.015which was less than 0.05. The study concluded that an improvement in heuristic decision making influences organizational performance of VTCs by increasing the student enrolment. Top managers in VTCs need to embrace these decision making strategies to improve organizational performance in their institutions.

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Pages: 13-19

Cite this Article: Oketch Margaret, Dr. Okwemba Emily, Dr. Otsyulah Joseph , "INFLUENCE OF HEURISTIC DECISION MAKING ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTERS IN VIHIGA COUNTY, KENYA.", International Journal of Advanced Research and Publications (IJARP), http://www.ijarp.org/online-papers-publishing/nov2022.html, Volume 5 - Issue 11, November 2022 Edition, 13-19 #ijarporg

Authors: PAMELA KONGOTI WAFULA, DR. NURWIN FOZIA (PHD), DR. NATHAN WAFULA (PHD)

Abstracts: The aim of this study was to establish the influence of access to opportunities of financing practices of disadvantaged groups on procurement performance in the county governments of Kenya, Western region. The specific objective of the study was: To establish the influence of access to opportunities of financing practices by disadvantaged groups. The study employed empowerment theory and theory of change. The main instrument for data collection was a questionnaire. The target population for the study was 95. Data was analyzed using multiple regression. The findings indicated that access to financial practices had a significant negative effect on procurement performance with p values of 0.001 and Beta coefficient …. The findings of the study may be relevant to policy makers for the purposes of formulating policies on supplier development practices of disadvantaged groups and may also be part of existing literature that will be used by researchers and scholars. It was concluded that access to financial practices had significant effect on procurement performance of county governments in Western region, Kenya. From the findings it was recommended that county governments in Kenya should embrace access to financial practices for disadvantaged groups to enhance innovation and support to the reserved groups.

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Pages: 20-26

Cite this Article: Pamela Kongoti Wafula, Dr. Nurwin Fozia (PHD), Dr. Nathan Wafula (PHD) , "ACCESS TO FINANCIAL PRACTICES OF DISADVANTAGED GROUPS AND PROCUREMENT PERFORMANCE OF COUNTY GOVERNMENTS IN WESTERN REGION, KENYA.", International Journal of Advanced Research and Publications (IJARP), http://www.ijarp.org/online-papers-publishing/nov2022.html, Volume 5 - Issue 11, November 2022 Edition, 20-26 #ijarporg

Authors: NOEL A. AMBONG, LYNDON A. QUINES, SHERYL LAINE T. CAMINADE

Abstracts: This study utilized a multiple case design to explore the experiences and challenges of being a private elementary school teacher towards new normal in Selargon Learning Academy Incorporated, General Santos City, Philippines, School Year 2020-2021. Five informants were picked to undergo the in-depth interview. I used methodological triangulation to know the multiple perspective of the carefully interviewed informants. They were made to sign informed consents with the assurance of anonymity and confidentiality. The results of the interview were transcribed and translated to produce themes. The following were the themes that emerged: Technology-based Facilitators, Strong Subject of Knowledge, Conquerors, Critical Thinkers, Faced Various Challenges, Adaptable, Flexible, and Great Motivators. The Cross-Case Analysis discussed about the Clustered Themes and Emergent Themes on Insights that a Teacher of Private Elementary Schools in the New Normal could share to their colleagues and the academe in general. The following themes surfaced: Information and Communication Technology Innovation, Victorious Amidst Pandemic, Think Outside the Box, Appreciate the value of Pollyannaism, Collaborate with Parents and Attend Self- Development Trainings and Seminars.

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Pages: 27-59

Cite this Article: NOEL A. AMBONG, LYNDON A. QUINES, SHERYL LAINE T. CAMINADE , "BEING A TEACHER OF PRIVATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE NEW NORMAL: A MULTIPLE CASE STUDY", International Journal of Advanced Research and Publications (IJARP), http://www.ijarp.org/online-papers-publishing/nov2022.html, Volume 5 - Issue 11, November 2022 Edition, 27-59 #ijarporg

Authors: SOUJANYAAH KARUNANITHY, KISHOME SIVARAJAH, VIKNATHARSHAN NADARAJAH, SIVASHANKAR SIVAGANESHAMOORTHY

Abstracts: Since most institutions and schools are switching to online or hybrid techniques due to the COVID 19 pandemic, the use of e-learning has been expanding rapidly. The primary goal of this research study is to improve the effectiveness of the online educational system, thus we would be focusing on the technologies such as Video processing, Natural Language Processing and Artificial Neural Networks, to develop the web application and reduce the workload for instructors and students. Video Processing is one of the most accurate ways to monitor human behaviour. Eye-tracking is a technique for capturing real-time, objective user behaviour. Eye motions are quick, subconscious movements that communicate information that even the responder is unaware of. Converting audio of video lectures into text with noise removal using Natural Language Processing so students can view the lecture videos with subtitle and read the transcript after the class finished and also transcript will be translated into preferable language which was selected by the student for getting more clarification on lessons. From this, students can easily understand the lectures and save their time. A system also has the ability to work well with paragraphs of text as input. So that customized question papers can be prepared based on student feedback and evaluated for self-assessment automatically using Natural Language Processing. Chatbots have significantly reduced human effort by providing automated human-like solutions to a wide range of business and societal issues. In that list, this chat-bot which is developed using the Artificial Neural Network technology will answer the students’ questions related to the subject and help them utilize their time in an effective manner with less effort while referring to a subject or preparing for the examination.

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Pages: 60-66

Cite this Article: Soujanyaah Karunanithy, Kishome Sivarajah, Viknatharshan Nadarajah, Sivashankar Sivaganeshamoorthy , "E-LEARNING APP WITH ENHANCED FUNCTIONALITIES TO ASSIST TEACHERS AND STUDENTS", International Journal of Advanced Research and Publications (IJARP), http://www.ijarp.org/online-papers-publishing/nov2022.html, Volume 5 - Issue 11, November 2022 Edition, 60-66 #ijarporg

Authors: SHARMILAN SURESHWARAN, NILAKSHANA RAJESWARAN, KITHUSSHAND RAVEENDRAN, SRIRAM RAJESWARAN

Abstracts: The current educational system changed to use the digital learning system due to the Covid-19 pandemic situation. There is a huge need for the Digital Learning platforms that could use by the students and kids for the educational purpose. The currently available digital learning platforms needs to enhance, ensure the safety for kids, and can provide variety of services for the kids using the newly available technologies like Text to speech (TTS), Machine Learning (ML), Image Processing, and Web scraping Technologies. The research paper is proposing a new system that could help to the kids to the learn the things very easily via watching the videos that is generated automatically using the new technologies.

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Pages: 67-76

Cite this Article: Sharmilan Sureshwaran, Nilakshana Rajeswaran, Kithusshand Raveendran, Sriram Rajeswaran , "DIGITAL LEARNING FOR KIDS", International Journal of Advanced Research and Publications (IJARP), http://www.ijarp.org/online-papers-publishing/nov2022.html, Volume 5 - Issue 11, November 2022 Edition, 67-76 #ijarporg

Authors: ALHAJI MOHAMED HAMZA CONTEH, BRIMA GEBGE , SANPHA KALLON

Abstracts: The importance of the effect of weather to rice cultivation in the emerging nations is of vital insofar as the agricultural sub sector is involved. Currently, the association between weather and rice cultivation continues to create further attention in Sierra Leone agricultural growth. The increase in population and revenue in emerging nations carters for additional food request, although, the supply aspect is not enough to equalise the demand side. This research work assessed the effects of weather inputs on rice cultivation regarding planting area deviations in Sierra Leone. The authors employed weather time series data comprising sunshine, rainfall, minimum and maximum temperatures, as well as data from 1985 to 2021. To test for stationarity properties in the data, the Augment Dickey-Fuller (ADF) technique was used. Furthermore, all the series showed to unveil a long run association by Johansen Cointegration method at first levels I with the likelihood of taking the linear combination. The regression results shown that an increase in unit rainfall besides the usual moisture needed decrease the mean rice cultivation by 14.3 %. Though by stepwise regression method, other metrological parameters including sunshine, means of minimum and maximum temperature had lesser significance on rice cultivation. Predominantly, an increase in unit in the area planted was discovered to increase rice cultivation by 54.37 %.

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Pages: 77-82

Cite this Article: Alhaji Mohamed Hamza Conteh, Brima Gebge , Sanpha Kallon , "EMPLOYING THE ORDINARY LEAST SQUARE (OLS) TECHNIQUE TO ASSESS THE EFFECT OF WEATHER PARAMETERS ON RICE CULTIVATION IN SIERRA LEONE", International Journal of Advanced Research and Publications (IJARP), http://www.ijarp.org/online-papers-publishing/nov2022.html, Volume 5 - Issue 11, November 2022 Edition, 77-82 #ijarporg

Authors: ADOLPHE AHONNON, DAVID C. AKOUETE, JULES MARIE GANDAGBE, AARON AVOCETIEN, ALASSANE BOUKARY BIGA

Abstracts: The objective of this research is to study the factors that motivate young basketball players from Aso Modèle and Elan sportif. For this purpose, a mixed survey was conducted among 31 subjects, including 27 young basketball players and 4 coaches, to study the factors that motivate young people to play basketball in both clubs and to analyze the motivation of young people in both clubs; to this end, the theory of self-determination of Déci and Ryan (2002) was used. Thus, we were able to show that the age of the respondents is between 14 and 20 years old (18.00 ± 1.76); results have been obtained that reveal that Aso Modèle players are more intrinsically motivated to achieve while Elan players are more interested in maintaining good relationships with friends (extrinsic motivation with external regulation); and that the motivation of young basketball players varies from one club to another. It was suggested that coaches should take into account the motivation of young people in order to find ways and methods to increase it; in this way, these young people will not only produce better performance but will also be loyal to the club.

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Pages: 83-90

Cite this Article: Adolphe AHONNON, David C. AKOUETE, Jules Marie GANDAGBE, Aaron AVOCETIEN, Alassane Boukary BIGA , "MOTIVATION FACTORS FOR YOUNG BASKETBALLERS IN ASO MODELE AND ELAN SPORTIF CLUBS", International Journal of Advanced Research and Publications (IJARP), http://www.ijarp.org/online-papers-publishing/nov2022.html, Volume 5 - Issue 11, November 2022 Edition, 83-90 #ijarporg

Authors: ADELFA EMBA CAGULA

Abstracts: Early childhood education is considered the first step to formal education and that it needs a thematic and Science Theme-Based teaching approach to develop learning independence among the kindergarten pupils. The 79 kindergarten teachers were assessed in terms of their knowledge and readiness to implement Science Theme-Based teaching in kindergarten. The gained results revealed a significant difference in the kindergarten teachers’ knowledge in terms content and process when they are grouped based on their educational attainment and relevant trainings attended. Moreover, a significant difference is also shown in the teachers’ readiness in implementing the Science Theme-Based teaching in terms of instructional design. The content-knowledge of the kindergarten teachers has a significant relationship with the teachers’ readiness in terms of instructional design and instructional materials, while the process-knowledge of the kindergarten teachers has a significant relationship with the teachers’ readiness in terms of instructional delivery and instructional materials.

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Pages: 91-102

Cite this Article: Adelfa Emba Cagula , "TEACHERS’ KNOWLEDGE AND READINESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE SCIENCE THEME-BASED TEACHING IN KINDERGARTEN", International Journal of Advanced Research and Publications (IJARP), http://www.ijarp.org/online-papers-publishing/nov2022.html, Volume 5 - Issue 11, November 2022 Edition, 91-102 #ijarporg

Authors: ALHAJI MOHAMED HAMZA CONTEH, BRIMA GEBGE , SANPHA KALLON

Abstracts: This research assessed the factors influencing the selection of a business by cassava and rice farmers in Bombali district, Sierra Leone. The primary data were obtained by using a multi-stage sampling procedure. Well-structured questionnaire was administered to 150 randomly selected cassava and rice farmers to prompt pertinent facts from respondents in the selected study area. A Multinomial Logistic Regression Model (MLRM) was employed to assess the factors influencing the selection of business by cassava and rice farmers in the study area. The findings shown that majority (70.00%) of the farmers’ selected only rice farming business while as 20.00 % and 10.00 % of the farmers’ selected only cassava farming business and rice and cassava as mixed farming business respectively. Additionally, the study shown a yearly mean of 1.97 tons of combined rice and cassava output, as well as a farm size of 1.21 ha for each farmer, a clue that the research covered subsistence family owned farm sites. The respondents were youths, with elementary formal education. The Logistic regression model presented that farm size, output and revenue from the selected business positively and significantly influence a farmer’s preferred business. This suggests that the likelihood of selecting cassava or rice business increased with revenue netted from the business, output and farm size from selected business. The partial elasticities of output and revenue for rice and joint business were elastic, though other related factors along the sets equally classified were inelastic. This research work consequently, recommended that extension officials ought to intensify the awareness on various kinds, procedures and practices obtainable for cassava and rice farming to additionally advance their acceptance. Similarly, farm training programs on better management practices to increase cassava and rice output ought to be known to the cassava and rice cultivators.

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Pages: 103-108

Cite this Article: Alhaji Mohamed Hamza Conteh, Brima Gebge , Sanpha Kallon , "USING MULTINOMIAL LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODEL (MLRM) TO ASSESS THE FACTORS INFLUENCING THE SELECTION OF FARMING BUSINESS BY CASSAVA AND RICE FARMERS IN BOMBALI DISTRICT, SIERRA LEONE.", International Journal of Advanced Research and Publications (IJARP), http://www.ijarp.org/online-papers-publishing/nov2022.html, Volume 5 - Issue 11, November 2022 Edition, 103-108 #ijarporg

Authors: GUY RICHARD KIBOUKA, JEAN BRICE MANDATSY MOUNGOMO

Abstracts: This article presents a problem of optimizing the optimal stochastic control policy of a manufacturing system operating in an uncertain environment. The manufacturing unit or machine can only produce one type of part at a time. The objective of the study is to develop an optimal joint production and maintenance planning strategy aimed at making the investment profitable (minimizing the total cost incurred) while satisfying a given demand. The manufacturing unit is subject to random breakdowns and repairs. The start-up time is negligible compared to the manufacturing time of a type of part and the average time between the arrival of requests (production flexibility). In addition, the cost of running is also negligible compared to the costs of inventorying, shortage and repair of the machine. A modeling approach based on stochastic control theory and an algorithm for numerical resolution of optimum conditions are presented. Finally, the study's contribution is to find optimal production and maintenance policies that are more improved than the Modified Hedging Corridor Policy (MHCP).

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Pages: 109-117

Cite this Article: Guy Richard Kibouka, Jean Brice Mandatsy Moungomo , "OPTIMIZATION OF IMPERFECT MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS: INTERFERENCE ANALYSIS BETWEEN STOCHASTIC FLOW OF FAILURES AND PRODUCTION POLICY", International Journal of Advanced Research and Publications (IJARP), http://www.ijarp.org/online-papers-publishing/nov2022.html, Volume 5 - Issue 11, November 2022 Edition, 109-117 #ijarporg

Authors: BANELE DLAMINI

Abstracts: The paper sought to elucidate research paradigms for novice management accounting researchers who are conducting heuristic studies among Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).The paper critically anatomizes literature on research methodology, discussing the philosophical assumptions in social science research. It also reviews the ontological, epistemological, axiological and methodological positions for each research paradigm. Furthermore, this paper also discusses the various aspects to be considered when undertaking a management accounting research among SMEs. The study adopted a critical literature analysis methodology following content analysis. The examination of related literature revealed that the selection of a research paradigm is influenced by the philosophical assumptions and the research objectives or research questions for a particular study. This paper offers lucid description to novice researchers in the management accounting domain especially in selecting the most appropriate research design for addressing the research questions.

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Pages: 118-126

Cite this Article: Banele Dlamini , "RESEARCH PARADIGM: IMPLICATIONS TO NOVICE MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING RESEARCHERS STUDYING SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES.", International Journal of Advanced Research and Publications (IJARP), http://www.ijarp.org/online-papers-publishing/nov2022.html, Volume 5 - Issue 11, November 2022 Edition, 118-126 #ijarporg