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Catchment-scale plastic pollution assessments provide insights in its sources, sinks, and pathways. We present an approach to quantify macroplastic transport and density across the Odaw catchment, Ghana. We divided the catchment into the non-urban riverine, urban riverine, and urban tidal zones. Macroplastic transport and density on riverbanks and land were monitored at ten locations in December 2021. The urban riverine zone had the highest transport, and the urban tidal zone had the highest...

Introduction The extensive resources needed to train surgeons and maintain skill levels in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) are limited and confined to urban settings. Surgical education of remote/rural doctors is, therefore, paramount. Virtual reality (VR) has the potential to disseminate surgical knowledge and skill development at low costs. This study presents the outcomes of the first VR-enhanced surgical training course, ‘Global Virtual Reality in Medicine and Surgery’,...

In south-eastern Senegal, Bassari farmers have historically cultivated and consumed a wide diversity of varieties of sorghum, fonio, and Bambara groundnut, most of which thrive in poor soils, are nutritious, and withstand drought. These crops are now on the verge of disappearance from the fields of the Bassari despite their potential fit in the predicted drier climate in the area. To understand why, we explore the intertwining between the local dynamics of crop diversity and socio-economic...

The consequences of global warming will aggravate the impacts of droughts. Future drought patterns are important for planning and policy formulation to mitigate the adverse effect of climate change. Consequently, this study aims at examining the projected the drought characteristics in seven meteorological stations in the Upper Draa Catchment (UDC) during the period from 1980 to 2016 using standardized precipitation index. The future climate scenarios were predicted by the model...

Introduction: Student burnout syndrome is a major concern in higher education, associated with high prevalence rates. Its consequences include dropping out of school and adverse effects on mental and physical health. Despite this, the importance of academic engagement, a positive attitude towards learning, is often overlooked in the Moroccan context. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted over a period of one month in 2023, and relies on semi-structured interviews to collect...

Introduction: teachers have to adapt during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic to many changes that could potentially make them more vulnerable to psychological distress. We aimed to assess anxiety and depression in Tunisian secondary school teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic and to explore their associated factors.

Education bolsters employment opportunities, facilitates economic growth, diminishes poverty and increases collective prosperity. The primary challenge encountered by students in attaining a tertiary education qualification in the Republic is to secure funding for their studies. To counter tertiary funding challenges, bursaries and scholarships are offered by companies and institutions to students. This paper assessed whether the South African tax relief measures offered in respect of...

The introduction and use of the Teacher Performance Appraisal and Development (TPAD) tool in Kenya aimed at enhancing educational outcomes. One of the important objectives was enhancing learner discipline in order to create a conducive teaching and learning environment in schools. This research sought to establish the effectiveness of TPAD implementation in enhancing learner discipline within secondary schools in Gucha sub-county. The study grounded its theoretical framework on Locke’s...

This study was conducted to investigate the influence of heuristic mathematics teaching methods on students' performance in public secondary schools in Moshi District, Tanzania. The study was guided by Constructivism learning theory, which was pioneered by Jean Piaget (1936). The study employed a quantitative research approach whereby a cross-sectional survey design was used. The study’s target population was 61 public secondary schools, 73 mathematics teachers, and 28,134 students in Moshi...

This study was conducted to investigate the influence of heuristic mathematics teaching methods on students' performance in public secondary schools in Moshi District, Tanzania. The study was guided by Constructivism learning theory, which was pioneered by Jean Piaget (1936). The study employed a quantitative research approach whereby a cross-sectional survey design was used. The study’s target population was 61 public secondary schools, 73 mathematics teachers, and 28,134 students in Moshi...

This study investigated effects of Computer Animation Instructional Package (CAIP) Senior Secondary School Students’ Academic Achievement in Geometry in Oyo Metropolis, Oyo State, Nigeria. The researchers employed quasi-experimental design of the pretest, posttest, non-randomized and non-equivalent control group design. Purposive sampling technique was used to select one hundred and eighty four (184) senior secondary school students Oyo metropolis, Oyo State, Nigeria. The experimental group...

Background: The goal of preconception care is to improve the outcome of a mother's pregnancy and childbirth.Nevertheless, in most developing nations; Zambia included, there are still issues with implementation of preconception care.Therefore, the aim of this study was to establish the provision of preconception care by midwives, nurses and doctors at Ndola Teaching Hospital in Zambia.Methods: A concurrent embedded mixed methodology utilising a descriptive explorative study design, where 107...

The main objective of the study was to determine whether there exists a relationship between collaborative team teaching and teachers’ effectiveness in an inclusive context in public primary schools in South West Region of Cameroon. The descriptive correlation design was used for the study and the sample was drawn using multi-stage sampling, purposive and simple random techniques. The sample consists of 248 respondents comprising 4 Regional Pedagogic Inspectors of Basic Education (RPIs), 40...

Entrepreneurial intention (EI) among students has been widely investigated by many researchers and well presented in earlier literatures, however, EI among students beyond business schools is not equally researched. This study aims to investigate attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control as mediators in the relationship between entrepreneurial intention and entrepreneurial knowledge/entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and the moderation of gender on the same among students...

Careers are the reality of life that needs to be considered important in today’s modern societies. Choosing a career is a complex decision-making process that coincides with so many environmental, cultural, social and economic variables, which creates psycho-social stress for students especially those in secondary school. The study adopted a mixed-method approach. A sample of 250 senior secondary two (SS2) students was purposively drawn from 130 senior secondary schools in Kebbi State. A...

Introduction The teaching and learning process of any group or level of students is always dynamic and can change its characteristics depending on the context in which it takes place. Accordingly, the process of training teachers is also characterised by several changes which are dictated by the process itself and the context and conditions inherent in the same process. McLeod & Reynolds (2007: 1) contend that “… we are teaching and learning in times of overwhelming change – changes in...

Abstract The integration of digital technology into the practices of teacher education is expected to become the norm in the Fourth Industrial Revolution era. This study sought to determine how lecturers integrate technology into teacher education in two Southern African universities (one in South Africa and one in the Kingdom of Eswatini). In this study, a multiple case study design was utilised, employing a qualitative research approach within an interpretive research paradigm. The study...