https://cirdjournals.com/index.php/cjed <p> Contemporary Journal of Education and Development (CJED) is a leading, peer-reviewed scholarly publication dedicated to exploring and advancing the fields of education and developmental studies. CJED serves as a critical platform for researchers, educators, policymakers, and practitioners to share original research, theoretical developments, and practical applications that address contemporary educational challenges and developmental issues. The journal is committed to fostering innovation, enhancing educational practices, and promoting sustainable development.</p> <p><strong>Publication Frequency:</strong></p> <p>CJED is published monthly, ensuring a regular and timely dissemination of research findings. Each issue features a variety of articles that reflect the latest trends, challenges, and advancements in education and development.</p> CIRD Publication en-US Contemporary Journal of Education and Development https://cirdjournals.com/index.php/cjed/article/view/1396 <p>The investigated gender studies as a tool for improving global competitiveness among undergraduate teacher education students in Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba, Kogi State. The study adopted the descriptive survey design with a sample of 373 respondents from a population of 5,437 students in the Faculty of Education, Prince Abubakar Audu University, which was selected through multistage sampling technique. The instrument was validated by three experts while the reliability was tested using Cronbach Alpha and it gave a coefficient of 0.81. The data collected was analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The findings revealed that gender studies are minimally integrated into teacher education curricula, with limited presence in course content, pedagogy, and institutional support, students exposed to gender studies show greater awareness and more positive attitudes toward gender equity. However, socio-cultural and religious beliefs, along with a general disregard for gender education by both students and lecturers, posed significant barriers to its full integration, highlighting the deep-rooted structural and ideological obstacles to inclusive education. Hence, it was recommended that the management of Prince Abubakar Audu University should revise and expand her education syllabi to include and make&nbsp; compulsory, practical-based gender studies courses, faculty members should adopt experiential and real-life classroom examples when teaching gender content, this knowledge will be available to them through attendance to conferences, it is required that awareness campaigns should be launched within the university community to address misconceptions about gender studies, using peer education programs, public lectures and the management of the university since it is currently under the leadership of a woman as head of the institution should do well to sponsor programmes that would break barriers that challenges gender equality.</p> AKOR Victor Ojorka YUSUF Ejura Chinedu AKAJIRI Copyright (c) 2026 Contemporary Journal of Education and Development 2026-01-07 2026-01-07 6 1 13 20 https://cirdjournals.com/index.php/cjed/article/view/1397 <p>The paper examined addressing global food security challenges and economic hardship through curriculum implementation for training in Nigeria. The concept of food security, economic hardship and curriculum implementation and training were extensively discussed. Thereafter, the pillars of food security explained, factors that serve as threat to food security described briefly, factors that lead to economic hardship reviewed, teacher factors that enhance and those that hinder curriculum implementation were described. Furthermore, steps to addressing global food security challenges in Nigeria were highlighted, how to mitigate economic hardship emphasized on and how to apply curriculum implementation for training towards addressing food security challenges reviewed and it was concluded that that food security challenges and economic hardship can be overcome in Nigeria through curriculum implementation for training. It was then recommended that the government of Nigeria should do well to close policy gaps with others nations in order to ensure knowledge sharing that would advance food security in Nigeria, stakeholders must come together from the multidimensional divide of food security to produce results that would help combat the challenges of food security, households must build on their competitive advantage to be able to win the battle against economic hardship etc</p> Mercy A OCHIJENU Victor Ojorka AKOR Ethel O PEPPLE Copyright (c) 2026 Contemporary Journal of Education and Development 2026-01-07 2026-01-07 6 1 1 12