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This research has analysed monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities based on the Outcome Mapping (OM) methodology within the St2eep project, an education for sustainability project in Zimbabwe. The vast majority of development programmes in the public sector are being guided by conventional M&E-approaches based on the logframe. Although research is indicating significant problems with the implementation of these approaches, there are only few documented examples of experiences with...

Introduction: tradition-based approaches In peacemaking, transitional justice and reconciliation policies The Gacaca courts in Rwanda Restorative justice and the role of magamba spirits in post-civil war Gorongosa, Central Mozambique Northern Uganda: tradition-based practices in the Acholi region Reconciliation and traditional justice: tradition-based practices of the Kpaa Mende In Sierra Leone The Institution of bashingantahe in Burundi Conclusions and recommendations.

This paper summarizes activities undertaken by teacher-educators from several U.S. Land Grant Universities to introduce active teaching-learning methods and materials into 53 agricultural technical (secondary) schools (ATSs) in Upper Egypt. The goal of the project was to transform the cognitive and psychomotor skills being taught in these schools from knowledge recall and comprehension to practical skill training utilizing problem solving skills combined with critical thinking and decision...

Nigeria no doubt is at the threshold of transformation in information and communication technology (ICT), a development that should be utilized to meet the demand of time, especially in the education sector. One area in which ICT has made enormous impact is in open and distance learning. Undoubtedly, the demand on the conventional higher education delivery system in the country is high and ever increasing that the system at the moment is unable to accommodate the number of candidates seeking...

The majority of children in Nigeria are unable to access mental health services. In this resource-poor setting, a school-based mental health service can be used to reach children who would otherwise not have access. An essential first step in the development of a school-based mental health programme is a needs assessment. Key informants (KIs) from southwest Nigeria were interviewed to identify their perspectives on child mental illness and needs for a school mental health programme. Data...

Due to high prime-age mortality in Uganda, a result of the HIV/AIDS scourge, the number of children who have lost at least one parent continues to rise in the country. The increase in numbers of orphans has challenged the overall socio-protection mechanisms and in particular threatens the country’s ability to achieve education development targets. Using the 2002/03 Uganda National Household Survey, this study investigates the impact of parental death—from HIV/AIDS as well as causes on the...

Due to high prime-age mortality in Uganda, a result of the HIV/AIDS scourge, the number of children who have lost at least one parent continues to rise in the country. The increase in numbers of orphans has challenged the overall socio-protection mechanisms and in particular threatens the country’s ability to achieve education development targets. Using the 2002/03 Uganda National Household Survey, this study investigates the impact of parental death—from HIV/AIDS as well as causes on the...

Being a paper presented during a workshop organized for Primary School Librarians in Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja By the State Universal Basic Education Board Abuja at Federal College of Education, Zuba Abuja on December 2008

The primary objective of this paper was to determine the factors that affects health instruction in secondary schools in Edo State, Nigeria. The descriptive survey research method was used for the study and data were analyzed descriptively using frequency count and percentages. The results of the study reveals that school principals negative administrative styles and the inadequacy of duration/time allotted to health instruction in the schools were critical factors that affects health...

The promotion of science and technology education is a warmly embraced venture. Nigerianeducational system prioritized science and technology with policies that are favorably disposed toscience and technology education. The national policy on education and the national policy on scienceand technology made good provisions for science and technology education. Government through theeducation policy empowered the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), the Basic Education,the senior...

This study examined the extent to which newly trained teachers have used the knowledge and skills acquired from the schools and colleges to improve their performances, especially in the production and utilization of instructional materials. Three hundred newly trained teachers comprising graduates from senior secondary schools (Public and Private) participated in the study. The respondents were stratified and randomly selected. A structured questionnaire (PUIM – TQ) was used to collect data...

This study focused on the integrity of school inspectors as perceived by secondary school teachers in Kwara State of Nigeria. The sample for the study consisted of 100 teachers randomly selected from 10 secondary schools in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State. Questionnaire on teachers’ perception of inspectors’ integrity was designed and validated by the researchers. Its reliability co-efficient, determined through a test-retest method, was 0.78. One hundred copies of the...

This paper focuses on how to ensure the sustainability of an African-wide eHealth Network as envisioned by Africa Union Commission in its development strategic plans. A network of this magnitude is expected to improve health service sector in Africa. Three externally driven initiatives that have been proposed as a response to this challenge are thus introduced and, a European Union backed one is then adopted as a case study for furthering this paper's objective. This case is then explored as...

Finally, the authors had the very unique opportunity to serve as advisors to the constitutional commission -known as the Financial and Fiscal Commission -that established the economic ground rules for new federal constitution (1994-1996) and to then advise and assist the Departments of Finance

We present a model of a peaceful transition from autocracy to democracy using federal governance as a constitutional means to protect the economic interests of the once ruling elite. Under federalism the constitution creates an annual policy game where the new majority and the elite each control one policy instrument of importance to the other. The game has a stable, stationary equilibrium that the elite may prefer to autocratic rule. We apply our analysis to South Africa's transition from...