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The concept, ‘scarce skills’ and learners’ performance in scarce skills subjects has been a subject of scholarly and political discussion, for more than three decades, especially in South Africa. Unfortunately, despite efforts to increase the population of qualified individuals with scarce skills, South Africa is yet to achieve the desired result. While the focus on development of scarce skills in South Africa has largely centered on citizens within the urban areas, less research has...

The present study explored natural science students ‘perceptions of their English language needs at two main public higher education institutions in Burundi. It also examined their appraisal of the ESP course. The study was conducted on second year students and the data were collected by means of a face-to-face semi-structured interview which was carried out with 27 students. The collected data were analysed using thematic analysis. Therefore, a qualitative data analysis software (Weft QDA)...

Abstract Objectives Community Health Workers are one way to address the shortage of ear and hearing care specialists in low‐resource settings. However, there are few reports evaluating training and service delivery by Community Health Workers. Design, setting and participants We trained 13 Community Health Workers in primary ear and hearing care in Mukono District, Uganda. Community Health Workers attended a two‐day training workshop and received remote supervision thereafter during service...

This paper seeks to expound on the role of university education in promoting value orientation for socio-economic development in Nigeria. A quick examination of the terms of university education, value re-orientation and socio-economic development will be made in order to link how they lead to each other. With a comprehensive literature review, these terms will be viewed side by side with the opinions of various scholars to offer expert opinions on their background. University education is...

Purpose The purpose of the study is to investigate the use of social media platforms in teaching/learning in the period of lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted a survey method and an online questionnaire was designed using SurveyMonkey for data collection from students in the Department of Library and Information Science (LIS) in some universities in Nigeria. In total, 1,290 students and five lecturers participated in the survey...

Studies have associated HIV with an increased risk of obstructive lung disease (OLD).We aimed to identify the predictive factors for impaired lung function in an urban, African, HIV-positive population.A cross-sectional study was performed in Johannesburg, South Africa, from July 2016 to November 2017. A questionnaire was administered and pre- and post-bronchodilator spirometry conducted. The predictors investigated included age, sex, antiretroviral treatment (ART) duration, body mass index,...

Introduction: Primary school system is a place where pupils receive knowledge between the ages of 6 to 11. The study examined the relationship between learning environment and pupils’ attendance in public primary schools in Kwara State. Purpose: The study examined the impact of well ventilated classroom, furnished computerlaboratory and good furniture facilities on pupils’ attendance in primary schools in Kwara State. Design: The target population of the study was 2,400 teachers of public...

Abstract Introduction Most female adolescents in Ghana enter puberty unprepared and the information they receive is often selective and surrounded by many taboos and other restrictions. This study therefore seeks to assess the knowledge high school girls have concerning menstruation, how they practise menstrual hygiene and the impact menstrual hygiene management has on education. Methods A cross-sectional survey was carried out in conveniently selected JHS and SHS in the Sunyani West...

Introduction Adolescence is the time of puberty in which a substantial changes in physical, mental, and emotional are observed; Nutritional requirements significantly rise as a result. Even though improving adolescent girls’ nutritional status helps to break the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition, many studies in Ethiopia focus on determining the nutritional status of under-five and pregnant women and even they don’t show disparities between urban and rural adolescent girls. Thus, this...

Abstract This study focused on the development of allometric models of Khaya senegalensis in order to establish a basis for calculating carbon stocks. The research was carried out in the Adamawa, North and Far North region of Cameroon. The weighing of the samples of each part (stem, branch, leaf) of the sample of trees composed of 60 feet of Khaya senegalensis and their drying in the oven made it possible to know the dry biomass of each subject Adjusted coefficients of determination (Adj.R 2...

Trade unions could play a key role in minimizing the effect of climate change on smallholder farmers in the informal sector, the majority of whom are illiterate and lack legal protection, job security and healthcare, if given a chance to do and if they too accept such a role.Climate change makes agricultural employment increasingly precarious and therefore adds a new dimension to the activities and risks against which trade unions must seek to protect their members.This is even more so in...

Child psychosocial recovery interventions in humanitarian contexts often overlook the significant effect that caregivers can have on improving children’s future trajectory. We enhanced the well-established, evidenced-based child trauma recovery programme Teaching Recovery Techniques (TRT) intervention with parenting sessions, i.e., TRT + Parenting (TRT + P), which aims to improve parent mental health and their ability to support their children’s mental health. We describe the findings of a...

Mentor teachers are instrumental in teacher preparation programs during the teaching practice of preservice teachers that involves mentor-mentee relationships. This qualitative paper reports on the mentoring experiences of preservice teachers during eight weeks of teaching practice in 2020 using Gibbs’ experimental learning as a conceptual framework. Forty-five preservice teachers participated in a reflective exercise, sharing their stories through reflective essays guided by open-ended...

The so-called “formal music education system” partly originates from a desire to arrest a performative phenomenon that is music, so as to enable scientific scrutiny and ultimately ways to package and present it beyond the ineffable domain. Accordingly, to be schooled in music therefore means mastery of capturing and crystalizing devices such as music notation. This includes reverse reproductive performative processes, especially involving reading from the score. The more fluent one is at...