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Background: Diabetes is a significant contributor to the burden of disease in South Africa and to the reasons for encounter in primary care. There is little structured and systematic education of patients that supports self-care. This study was a qualitative assessment of a diabetes group education programme in Community Health Centres of the Cape Town Metropolitan District. The programme offered four sessions of group education and was delivered by trained health promoters using...

Perinatal mortality remains a significant aspect of under-5 mortality, accounting for over 20% of under-five mortality in Nigeria.To determine the pattern of perinatal mortality in the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin.This was a prospective study conducted at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital. Data on socio-biologic, antenatal and peripartum characteristics of 1969 gravid women was obtained over a 7-month period (April 2006-October 2006). Data on the 2042 babies...

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Like in other countries higher and technical education through Open and Distance Learning (ODL) in Tanzania is increasingly becoming popular. Teaching and learning through ODL has also been recognized to be effective in practical application of the acquired knowledge, skills and competences. While recognizing the potential of teaching and learning through ODL, this paper acknowledges existence of challenges that need to be identified and analyzed so that viable solutions to address them are...

In the 21st century trends in the delivery of higher education indicate transitions towards a mixed mode.  Conventional institutions are increasingly employing open and distance learning (ODL) methodologies; while ODL institutions are acquiring more conventional characteristics. This paper analyses the potentiality, challenges and prospects of mixed mode of delivery of higher education in Tanzania. The paper is based on a recent research entitled: „Challenges and Prospects of Transitions...

The education systems around the world are pursuing policies that embrace pedagogical integration of ICT in education as a means to develop a competitive human resource, for the global knowledge economy jobs and careers. In Tanzania, the ICT policy in Education has been developed to initiate the integration of ICT in teaching and learning at various levels of education. This paper reports data from an empirical study about the implementation of the policy on ICT integration in teaching and...

Tanzania is among the least developed countries of the world. In order to catch up in development with the rest of the world, Tanzania has to invest much more in training its manpower in science and technology. However, such an ambition will remain an illusion if a critical mass of the most important resource for development, the human resource, does not have a good grasp of mathematics. This is the reason for putting so much emphasis on the subject of mathematics in our schools, colleges...

This study sought to investigate the challenges of teaching IRE on spiritual and academic formation of secondary school students in Nairobi, Kenya. The study shows that the foundation of education in Islam is guided by the principles of Quran and Hadith (the saying and deeds of Prophet Muhammad) (PBUH). Indeed, the first revelation of the Quran (Q.96; 1-5) forms the cornerstone of education in Islam. The study further shows that from the Islamic point of view, education is classified into...

Monitoring temporal and spatial changes in the resource availability of endangered species contributes to their conservation. The number of critically endangered mountain gorillas ( Gorilla beringei beringei ) in the Virunga Volcano population has doubled over the past three decades, but no studies have examined how food availability has changed during that period. First, we assessed if the plant species consumed by the gorillas have changed in abundance and distribution during the past two...

This thesis considers how Christianity shapes the lives, beliefs and identities of African-Caribbean elders. The topic has been selected because the relevance of the Christian faith to black elders has been under theorised in U.K. anti-racist social work literature. The study is located within a qualitative research tradition and draws upon narrative, ethnographic and life story influences. The research is primarily based on semi-structured interviews with fourteen participants aged...

The study investigated the nature of Impact Assessment of the Bachelor and Master of Education in Educational Management Programmes at the Zimbabwe Open University. Initially, it targeted 300 former students who graduated in the two programmes and are working elsewhere. It purposively sampled 230 graduates. The study found out that respondents were aware of the two programmes’ learning outcomes, benefits, challenges, processes and possible means of training learners in the two programmes...

There are many challenges that any student going to study overseas is likely to face.It is even more challenging for African students who come from develping countriesto study in western nations.One such problem is adjusting into their new environments,new learning technologies and making new friends. Coupled with this is the fact that in most African countries, teachers and students still use rote learning styles,which are not helpful in western Universities. John Kole has written an...

English, the Language of Instruction (LOI), has fallen victim of blame of some scholars as the cause of poor performance in secondary schools in Tanzania. The blame is directed at English strongly up until recent years (2010 and 2011) when the results of national examinations have been extremely worse. It seems, the public presumes that there is relationship between students’ academic success and their abilities in the LOI. This paper sought to investigate whether there is relationship...

This special issue of Prospects, guest-edited by Martin Carnoy, reports the results of a major study comparing student learning in primary schools in the border region of two neighbouring countries: South Africa’s North West Province and South East Botswana. Like several other recent studies, it tries to identify schooling factors within countries that significantly impact student achievement. This research, however, distinguishes itself by honing in on learners who are physically proximate,...

Teenage motherhood is a situation in which a girl in teenage years, that is, 13-19 years is a mother or has a child. Globally, a third of teenage mothers live in India whereas the least affected country by teenage motherhood in the world is Japan. In Africa, it is estimated that approximately 5.5 million girls between 15-19 years are mothers. Of these 62% live in Sub Saharan Africa. In Kenya, 13,000 girls leave school every year due to teenage pregnancy. The relationship between teenage...

The social work profession has a long standing commitment to human rights and social justice, bridging the divide between national and international interests. There is a call for social workers to understand the global community that awaits our service. Yet international experiences are not within the grasp of nor embraced by all. Students of color are underrepresented participants in the growing trends of internationalization. Through addressing participation barriers, this article uses a...