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The study evaluated the conduciveness of Clothing and Textiles classroom environment for studies at the Senior High School level of Education in Ghana and sought to answer the following research questions: 1.What is the view of teachers on the suitability of Clothing and Textiles classroom environment when classified in school categories? 2. What is the view of students on the suitability of Clothing and Textiles classroom environment when compared according to school categories? and the...

Tuberculosis is a public health issue. Extra-pulmonary presentations are rare and sometimes hard to diagnose and manage. Here, we report a case of tuberculosis of the chest wall in a 28-year-old man in order to discuss the mechanism, diagnostic and therapeutic problems posed by this rare localization.The patient presented with wall swelling discovered after physical effort. Imaging was in favor of an abscess or infected hematoma. The excisional surgery established the tuberculous origin...

Students’ involvement in quality assurance processes when in Teacher Colleges, determines quality assurance competences they will demonstrate in schools after graduation. This paper therefore, sought to examine current practices of students’ involvement in quality assurance processes in public Teacher Colleges in Tanzania. Specifically, the study explored the existing modalities of students’ involvement in quality assurance processes in Teacher Colleges and evaluated those modalities towards...

This study reports on the possible role of the English Word Power (EWP) program in motivating ICT Foundation students to learn English at a University of Technology in South Africa. Current research indicates that computer-assisted language programs increase motivation and increase enjoyment of learning activities, but no study in South Africa has been conducted on whether this is the case with the EWP program. A qualitative approach was adopted. The sample comprised 44 purposefully selected...

This study aimed at establishing whether there were any particular challenges that faced school administrators and Education Standards Officers (ESOs) in Nyimba district in their Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of selected secondary school teachers’ performance. The objection of the study was to investigate the major challenges to monitoring and evaluation faced by school administrators and Education Standards Officers, if any. This study was conducted within the framework of mixed...

Abstract Currently there are limited diagnostic reference level (DRL) data for South African (SA) public sector cardiac fluoroscopy-guided procedures (FGPs). A 4-y retrospective study of dosimetric data on 6265 patients determined typical values (50th percentile) of dosimetric data for the seven most frequent cardiac FGPs at a SA teaching hospital. Kerma-area-product (KAP), reference point air Kerma (Ka,r) and fluoroscopy time (FT) were, respectively, calculated for coronary angiography (CA)...

As part of a suite of training interventions to improve the knowledge and practice of immunization in the second year of life (2YL), training of trainers workshops were conducted with regional and district health management teams (DHMTs) in 15 districts in 3 regions of Ghana. Using adult learning principles, DHMTs implemented several capacity-building activities at the subdistrict and health facility levels, including health facility visits, on-the-job training, and review meetings. The...

In March 2021, in the framework of a partnership between the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG), the Santé Diabète Organization and the Ministry of Health of Mali, a 4-day workshop training course was organized with the objective of strengthening the skills of caregivers in Therapeutic Patient Education (TPE) for children and young people with type 1 diabetes. To ensure interprofessionalism, physician-nurse pairs already working together in health structures in 7 regions of Mali participated...

A, Britain, New Zealand, Nigeria, Rwanda, Malawi and Uganda indicate a low reading and communication achievement by children with 90% of children in 3rd world countries unable to read a basic book making them not reach the average levels required.More than half of 10 years old children in 135 countries cannot read a text and are struggling to read, leading to poor academic performance (World Bank, 2013 & UNESCO 2014, June 2020, SSRN Electronic journal).Kenya is no exception to this...

<h3>ABSTRACT</h3> <h3>Introduction:</h3> A 2016 assessment of frontline health care workers (HCWs) in Ghana identified knowledge, skill, and attitude gaps related to immunization during the second year of life (2YL). The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention subsequently supported the Ghana Health Service Immunization Program to apply best practices of adult learning and training of trainers (TOT) for a cascade training program for 2YL. <h3>Methods:</h3> Five districts from each of...

Several factors contributing to the low standard of education in Nigeria where child abuse identified to be an important factor. The study, therefore, investigates the effect of child abuse on the academic performance of primary school pupils in the Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria. The population of the study comprised all primary school pupils and their teachers in the study area. The descriptive research design of survey type employed for the study. A multi-stage...

Abstract: Nigeria’s population is over 180 million by estimation. It is not out of place to assume that she is one of the fastest growing populations in the world. In as much as she celebrates her status as the giant of Africa, her place as ‘a giant’ calls for a reflective thought at the rate with which her educational curriculum operates mainly in paper forms. On the issue of the private education, many challenges such as; shortage of qualified teachers without in-service training,...

The Physics subject is recognized as an important science that is required in industrialization and economic revitalization (Roy, Michael and Preston, 2012 and

The study was to investigate the effectiveness of learner centre methods on enhancing the teaching and learning processin public secondary schools in Moshi District Council, Tanzania.The problem of the study was answered by two (2) research questions.The researcher adopted a mixed-methods approach under which a convergent design was used.The study sampled 8 heads of schools, 8 academic teachers, 48 teachers and 160 form four students from 8 secondary schools and 1 district education officer,...

Research consistently shows the positive associations of objective financial knowledge, man- agement, and self-efficacy on college students’ financial literacy. However, there is a need for a more nuanced examination of the factors contributing to African American college students’ fi- nancial literacy. Using the National Student Financial Wellness Study and structural equation modeling, findings suggest that for African American students, objective financial knowledge is not directly or...

아프리카 신흥개도국은 최근 급속한 경제성장, 도시화 및 인구집중으로 먹는물의 수요가 급증하고 사용 후 미처리된 하폐수가 공공수역으로 방류되어 심각한 환경오염과 수인성 질병에 의한 높은 공중보건질병 발병률을 보이고 있다. 안전한 물의 접근성은 대상국가의 국민복지와 밀접한 항목으로서 지속가능개발목표(SDGs)에도 주요지표로 사용되고 있다. 우리나라도 물순환 및 상하수도 분야의 환경개선을 위해서 중점협력국 지정을 통한 국가차원의 다양한 아프리카 공적개발원조 사업을 지원하고 있으나 현지의 인프라 정보, 오염원 정보, 하폐수 발생량, 오염부하량 현황 등의 정보부족으로 세부 전략수립이 어려운 상황이다. 최근에 수행되거나 조사된 아프리카 대상의 물 확보 및 관리에 관한 연구보고서와 문헌을 바탕으로 환경기초시설 현황 및 오염현황을 분석하고 이를 바탕으로 아프리카의 물환경 개선을 위한 전략을 제시하였다. 대아프리카 중점협력국을 대상으로 상하수도 부분 운영 현황을 살펴보고 최근 빠르게 성장하고...

In the past, since the first Earth Day, organizations have endorsed the development of well informed and environmentally literate citizen as the answer to our threatened environment. According to many Environmental Education (EE) experts, knowledge and attitudes are important components of environmental literacy (EL), especially if the goal of environmental education is to change behavior. In our study, a questionnaire with two parts was randomly distributed to 49 selected schools which...

Abstract Introduction The school-based sexuality education programmes in South Africa aim to improve the sexual and reproductive health of school-going adolescents. However, the high rate of unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections among learners in some schools in rural areas of King Cetshwayo district suggests that the programmes in these schools might not be effective due to certain learner-centred factors. Method This qualitative study explored lived experiences of 84...

Historically, most Darul Ulooms in South Africa have been modelled along the curriculum of Darul Uloom Deoband in India, which was established in 1866, and there is a need for reforming the curriculum in a world that has evolved over time. In recent years, the role of the Darul Uloom has become more crucial as more students, both nationally and internationally, are now studying at the South African Darul Ulooms. This research article aims to propose some reforms to the current Deoband...

The new trends in language testing towards the effect of testing in language learning and teaching helped in emerging a new concept ''washback'' or ''backwash'' to reflect the vital role that tests play, positively or negatively, in language learning and teaching. This study aims to investigate the washback effect of Yemeni General Secondary School Certificate English Examination (YGSSCEE) on teachers' teaching practices and classroom testing. The research methodology was quantitative...