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The Cameroonian agricultural sector, a critical part of the local ecosystem, is potentially vulnerable to climate change, thus raising concerns about food security in the country’s future. Adaptations policies may be able to mitigate some of this vulnerability. This article addresses the issue of selected adaptation options within the context of Cameroonian food production. A methodology is applied where transient diagnostics of two atmosphere-ocean general circulation models, the...

Background: Day case surgery, carried out in dedicated day care surgery centres, is now very popular all over the world due to the reduced cost and improved safety. Regrettably, in Nigeria, where cost of treatment is a real issue, very few, if any dedicated day care surgery centres have been established. Knowledge of the demographic data of patients and scope of surgical operations performed should provide a basis for the establishment of daycare surgery centres in this part of the world....

With the spread of formal schooling in sub‐Saharan Africa and delays in the age at marriage, a growing proportion of adolescents remain enrolled in school when they “come of age.” As a consequence, more and more adolescents have to negotiate sexual maturation and sexual initiation in a vastly different context from that of prior generations. Using data from the 2004 National Survey of Adolescents conducted in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi, and Uganda, we investigate the empirical association...

This study uses data from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, to examine the factors associated with schoolgirl pregnancy and subsequent educational pathways. We find that prior schooling discontinuities--defined as instances of non-pregnancy-related grade repetition or temporary withdrawals from school--are strongly associated with a young woman's likelihood of later becoming pregnant while enrolled in school, dropping out of school if she becomes pregnant, and not returning to school following a...

This study uses data from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, to examine the factors associated with schoolgirl pregnancy and subsequent educational pathways. We find that prior schooling discontinuities--defined as instances of non-pregnancy-related grade repetition or temporary withdrawals from school--are strongly associated with a young woman's likelihood of later becoming pregnant while enrolled in school, dropping out of school if she becomes pregnant, and not returning to school following a...

This study uses data from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, to examine the factors associated with schoolgirl pregnancy and subsequent educational pathways. We find that prior schooling discontinuities--defined as instances of non-pregnancy-related grade repetition or temporary withdrawals from school--are strongly associated with a young woman's likelihood of later becoming pregnant while enrolled in school, dropping out of school if she becomes pregnant, and not returning to school following a...

This study uses data from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, to examine the factors associated with schoolgirl pregnancy and subsequent educational pathways. We find that prior schooling discontinuities--defined as instances of non-pregnancy-related grade repetition or temporary withdrawals from school--are strongly associated with a young woman's likelihood of later becoming pregnant while enrolled in school, dropping out of school if she becomes pregnant, and not returning to school following a...

This article analyzes the evolution of education, health expenditure and economic development in 39 African countries for the period 2000-2005, which shows that the low levels of health expenditure in many Africa countries are far from evolving to the necessary speed to meet the social demand. We find that the main causes of this bad situation are the low levels of economic development and the low levels of international cooperation to increase average years of schooling of population. We...

Abstract Various soil test methods including Olsen, Colwell, Bray and Truog have been used to assess the levels of plant‐available P (PAP) in soils situated in the highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG). Up until now, though, there has been no guarantee that these tests provide valid assessments of PAP in these somewhat atypical organic matter‐rich tropical soils. Furthermore, the critical soil‐P concentrations associated with the tests have been based on studies conducted elsewhere in...

The predictive strength of the Junior Secondary Certificate (JSC) examinations in predicting the performance of students in the Senior Secondary Certificate (SSC) examinations in Ondo State, Nigeria was examined In this article.The study explored a correlation design.The study population comprised all the 257 secondary schools in the State.Out of this population, a sample of 206 schools was selected through the stratified random sampling technique.Data were collected through an inventory and...

Two hundred and twenty two (222) students in Junior and Senior Secondary Schools were sampled in the Agona District in the Central Region of Ghana to find out the extent of their sexual activity and their awareness on HIV/AIDS.The results show that the students were sexually active and some of them started at the early stage of 8 years.The boys were more sexually active than the girls.However, a large number of those of them engaged in sex (76.66%) did not use the condom.Though 63.05% of...

A Least Developed Country, 40% of Tanzania is dependent on cotton and its production and products. Presentation will demonstrate how the development of fashion and textile design education in Tanzania links into the various economic policies and institutions committed to helping poverty alleviation and spur the process of industrialisation to the level of the Asian Tiger economies. Policy implications will be presented to maximise the potential value of design education. In 2005/6,...

This article examined teachers' teaching experience and students' learning outcomes in the secondary schools in Ondo State Nigeria.As a correlational survey, the study population comprised all the 257 secondary schools that presented students for the year 2003 senior secondary certificate (SSC) examinations in the State.Out of the population, a sample of 180 schools was drawn through the process of stratified random sampling technique.An inventory and a semi-structured interview schedule...

This study examined Mathematics as Language for involving secondary schools Children in Science and Technology in Ondo State, Nigeria. As a correlational survey, it examined the relationship between Mathematics and other science subjects in schools' curriculum. The study population comprised all the 257 secondary schools that presented candidates for the 2003 Junior Secondary Certificate (JSC) and Senior Secondary Certificate (SSC) examinations in Ondo State Nigeria. The sample consisted of...

This article examined teachers' teaching experience and students' learning outcomes in the secondary schools in Ondo State Nigeria.As a correlational survey, the study population comprised all the 257 secondary schools that presented students for the year 2003 senior secondary certificate (SSC) examinations in the State.Out of the population, a sample of 180 schools was drawn through the process of stratified random sampling technique.An inventory and a semi-structured interview schedule...

This paper focused on the role Home Economics education can play in poverty alleviation.It identifies poor education as a serious major contributing factor to poverty.It highlights the problems of poverty and concludes by suggesting measures for coping with the problems and alleviating poverty in Ghana.