The high rate of negative thinking in family circles due to the presence of children with visual impairment has grossly affects the quality of family life. In the case of Nigeria, low quality of family life is prevalent among parents of children with visual loss. This study attempts to validate the efficacy of a rational emotional family health therapy in addressing family values and quality of life among parents of children with visual impairment in Enugu state Nigeria. A group randomized controlled design, participants comprised 132 parents whose children were living with visual impairment in Enugu state, Nigeria. The participants in REFHP-group were exposed to a 12-session treatment programme whereas their counterparts in the waitlisted control group did not receive this intervention. Two measures-Family Quality of Life Scale and Family Value Scale were utilized in assessing the participants at three time points. Data analyses were completed using repeated measures ANOVA. Findings revealed that rational emotive family health therapy had a significantly positive effect on increasing family values and quality of family life among the study participants of the treatment group. This study contributes to the scholarship on the efficacy of rational emotive family health therapy in improving family values and quality of family life among parents of children with visual impairment.

Agro-economy-based nations rarely experience food insecurity. Such nations have already set machinery in motion towards achieving one of the Millennium Development Goals MDGs, which emphasizes on eradicating extreme poverty and hunger. This could be the major reason, developing nations like Nigeria that has been a mono-economy-based nation is leaving no stones unturned to restore and reposition its agricultural sector. Introduction of agricultural science in secondary school curriculum in Nigeria is a worthwhile effort towards adequate food security by equipping the grater percent of the youths. The study investigated effective teaching and learning of agricultural science for food security and national sustainability. It was a descriptive survey design. All the 267 principals and all the 513 agricultural science teachers in the 267 public secondary schools in Abia state of Nigeria form the sample size i.e. 780 respondents. Two research questions and one null hypothesis guided the study. The instrument for data collection was a 26 item researchers' made structured questionnaire built on a 4-point rating scale. The reliability index values of 0.88 and 0.85 were obtained using Cronbach alpha technique. Content and face validity were established by two experts. Means and grand means were used to answer the research questions while ANOVA statistic tool was used to test for the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. Findings indicated the following: teachers' qualifications matter in achieving quality teaching and learning of agricultural science; majority of the teachers are non degree holders; some degree holders are non-professionals; learning of the subject is more of theoretical; traditional classroom-based method of teaching and learning; inadequate facilities; means of updating knowledge were inadequate etc. Based on the findings, recommendations were made.