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This study aimed at investigating the effect of parenting styles on social adjustment of senior secondary school students in Kebbi State Nigeria. Ex-post facto research design was employed to collect the data. The study was carried out on a sample of 291 senior secondary school students drawn from 1,252 SS II students of six (6) selected senior secondary schools, using stratified random sampling technique. Parenting Style Questionnaire (PSQ) was used to assess three (3) parenting styles,...

Background: Urinary bilharziasis is endemic to more than 70 countries, mostly in sub-saharan Africa, including Sudan. It poses a significant burden in terms of morbidity, economic and public health consequences. The disease is usually diagnosed clinically and by urine examination. Imaging plays an important role in demonstrating morbid anatomy and complications. Rahad town is located near a small fresh-water lake and is known for high prevalence of the disease. Objective: The aim of this...

There is potential for increased pesticide-related adverse health outcomes in the agricultural sector linked to adaptive increases in pesticide use necessitated, in part, by climate change-related increases in pest populations. To understand the role of adaptation practices in pesticide use and health risks, this study assessed Zimbabwean smallholder cotton farmers’ adaptive responses linked to their climate change perceptions. In depth interviews were conducted with 50 farmers who had been...

Places that are both recovering from violent conflict and dependent on natural recourses face the overlapping challenges of reducing the risk of recurring conflict, promoting economic recovery, and ensuring sustainable environmental management: all challenges exacerbated by climate change. This article examines how climate change alters conflict outcomes and vulnerability in Karamoja, Uganda, a region recovering from decades of intense violence. Drawing upon structured interviews with local...

Data science is a concept to unify statistics, data analysis, machine learning and their related methods in order to analyze actual phenomena with data to provide better understanding. This article focused its investigation on acquisition of data science skills in building partnership for efficient school curriculum delivery in Africa, especially in the area of teaching statistics courses at the beginners’ level in tertiary institutions. Illustrations were made using Big data of selected 18...

This paper analyzed the significance of education-tied external aid, and the role of disease on school enrolment in Sub-Saharan Africa.In particular, the analysis focused extensively on primary, secondary and tertiary school enrolment over a period of 2010 and 2019 for 42 selected countries in the region.After controlling for income per head, maternal mortality, employment, and the previous school enrolment level, vital in the GMM regression results estimated among the school levels is a...

Climate change remains a serious threat to climate sensitive pro-poor development interventions in the Pru District of Ghana. This study examined how climate change impacts on Local Economic Development (LED) interventions, the extent to which climate change adaptation (CCA) initiatives are integrated into LED and the challenges associated with the mainstreaming process. Qualitative research design and purposive sampling was used to collect data from 28 respondents at the Pru District...

Information and communication technology (ICT) in teaching and learning is rapidly becoming one of the most vital widely discussed contemporary issues. The importance of ICT is quite evidence from educational point of view. Though the chalkboard, textbooks, radio/television and films have been used for educational purposes over the years, none has quite impacted on the educational process like the computer and internet for example. The ability of any institution of learning to improve on...

Summary University students are at elevated risk for mental health problems. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent public health measures taken to combat it burdened the students’ life with additional dramatic psychological impacts. The aim of this study was to investigate the psychological impacts that affected the university students in Egypt during the COVID-19 pandemic. An online survey was sent to the Egyptian university students via all means of online communication during the first...

Summary University students are at elevated risk for mental health problems. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent public health measures taken to combat it burdened the students’ life with additional dramatic psychological impacts. The aim of this study was to investigate the psychological impacts that affected the university students in Egypt during the COVID-19 pandemic. An online survey was sent to the Egyptian university students via all means of online communication during the first...

The study assessed challenges primary school teachers’ face in the implementation of Social Studies subject in Rungwe District, Mbeya region. The study applied a qualitative study approach founded on the interpretive philosophy which believes on studying issues from the natural settings i.e. realistic environment. The study was carried out in six (6) purposive selected primary schools. The study was augmented by the social constructivism theory. Use of social constructivism theory was...

There have been complains for many years among stakeholders about the status of secondary education in Tanzania. Teachers’ attrition, absenteeism and low teaching morale have attributed to the decline of educational quality in many countries including Tanzania. Inadequate financial motivation among educators has been the important agenda in provision of quality education in many parts of the world. Therefore, the study on the influence of financial motivation to job satisfaction among...

This study investigated the implementation of Learner-Centred Teaching and Learning Approaches (LCTLAs) in advanced mathematics at Jangwani secondary school in Ilala Municipality, Dar es Salaam. The study used a qualitative approach using in-depth interviews, Focus Group Discussions, classroom observations and review of relevant documents to collect data. The study employed a total of 32 participants including 30 students studying advanced mathematics and two (2) advanced mathematics...

Nowadays, the performance of students is viewed as an outcome generated by various dynamics where the family and the school can be taken as the cornerstone of efficacious education. This is the real purpose that pushed the researcher to bring an investigation into the parents’ participation in their children’s formal education in Nine Year Basic Education schools (9YBE) in Rwanda. The study was conducted at Groupe Scolaire Cyabagarura in Musanze district where the poor performance of...

The paper analyzed learner-centered model of education as condition precedent for developing critical thinking and creativity in a Nigerian learner. Learner-centered model of education is considered as a system where learning activities mostly revolve around the learner with the teacher playing the role of a facilitator. It has been criticized for giving a learner undue freedom to discover things independently with minimal teacher instruction and subsequent brain overload which prevent...

The article discussed the problems facing the administration of teacher education in Nigeria. Secondary data was used to support the points raised in the article. The secondary data were sourced from print material and online publication by recognized institutions and individual author. There are many problems facing administration of teachers education in Nigeria. Some of the problems include; inadequate funding, inadequate academic staff, shortage of infrastructural facilities,...

The RapidSMS is an online database system which was introduced in Nigeria in 2011 as an open source software tool for monitoring birth registration process. The innovation allows real-time tracking of the local government and regional birth registration activities with the core machinery being registration at the local levels. Birth registrars are reporting aggregated numbers and registration disaggregated in four age groups < 1, 1–4, 5–9, 10–17 by sex, geographical location and by...