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A survey of tourists and tour operators in the Egyptian Red Sea region shows that the industry often misperceives its clients’ environmental sensitivity, putting its own business at risk. Climate change is a growing threat to the tourism industry by making destinations less attractive and jeopardizing major sources of income. The awareness of tourists towards climate change and other environmental issues is likely to be a major driver of their future holiday choices.

Mathematics is a subject that appears to be studied in school curriculum all over the world. However, whilst in some societies mathematical practices reflects the mathematics that is studied in schools, in other societies some of the mathematical practices in the society differ from those in schools. This paper reports on some of students’ transition experiences in mathematics in Ghana, where some of the mathematical practices in the society differ from school. It also discusses the effect...

This article intends to investigate the challenges of e-learning implementation with an emphasis on education innovation. The Botswana government imports technology rather than developing it in-house through or in association with a well-developed national research and development (R&D) centre. In simple terms, e-learning is the delivery of education or teaching by electronic means. This technological change puts pressure on leaders and policy makers. This research will enable...

The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent East Africa Community (EAC) business schools' are inching closer to a world class business school status. The paper is informed by a review of literature on world class universities/business schools (WCU/WCBS). Attributes of excellence of WCU/WCBS are identified and used as a yardstick to gauge EAC business schools' performance. An exploratory web analysis of EAC business schools is then undertaken to establish gaps between these schools and...

2 Abstract: Livestock sector is one of the major consumers of water at the national level. Most of the water supplying the livestock sector originates from groundwater. Accessing groundwater is through borehole drilling. This makes water to be the most expensive factor input in the livestock sector. The cost of water supply to livestock sector is influenced by climatic factors particularly temperature and rainfall. These climatic variables influnce per capita daily water demand and livestock...

The success of the Community-Directed Treatment (ComDT) approach in the control of onchocerciasis and filariasis has caught the attention of other disease control programmes. In this study the ComDT approach was implemented and compared with the school-based approach for control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis among school-age children in Lushoto District, Tanzania. This was a qualitative study, consisting of in-depth interviews with village leaders, community drug...

This study compared the effect of the community-directed treatment (ComDT) approach and the school-based treatment approach on the prevalence and intensity of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) among schoolchildren. Following a parasitological survey in a randomly selected sample of 1140 schoolchildren, school-age children in 10 study villages received one dose of praziquantel (40 mg/kg body weight) against schistosomiasis and one dose of albendazole (400mg) against...

Impact structures produced by meteorite or cometary impacts are generally circular features, which are accompanied by a range of diagnostic shock phenomena. Many other processes can also produce circular structures that resemble impact structures. We report on two case studies from Zimbabwe, where we investigated two circular possible impact structures, in similar host rocks, using N-S traverses with a hand-held proton precession magnetometer. The West Save structure, in eastern Zimbabwe is...

Background: Tanzania faced with an increasing problem from HIV sexual infection and vulnerability of students is a key concern. This paper explores beliefs, attitudes and behavioural perspectives on HIV/AIDS education among students in Tanzania as there has been few qualitative information on the subject. Methods: A total of 20 college students of both sexes were interviewed in a qualitative study. Health Belief Model and Social Cognitive Theory were used to guide the interview and constant...

This chapter elaborates on the applicability of information and communication technology (ICT) for school-based tourism marketing in Namibia, based on experiences and studies in his former home region, the eastern Caprivi Strip. While calling for the importance of further empirical and theoretical scrutiny of the value of ICT deployment in schools and how these tools can be used for tourism development at the grassroots, one must acknowledge that ICTs are just tools - and they will remain...

Purpose:To determine the levels of and potential contributing factors to participation in physical activity among young people with physical disabilities attending high school in Kenya. Methods:A cross-sectional survey, using a pre-piloted and validated elf-administered questionnaire, was carried out in a purposively selected sample of 234 young people with physical disabilities drawn from three inclusive high schools in Kenya. The questionnaire comprising outcome measures for physical...

As part of a larger research project on the various linkages between higher education and democracy in Africa, we extend these studies in this paper in three important ways. First, we attempt to unpack the various elements of cognitive awareness and isolate and trace the direct and indirect effects of formal education. Second, we examine the effects of formal education across a much broader range of dimensions of democratic citizenship than others have studied. Finally, we attempt to isolate...

The event organizers hope to attract public attention to the scourge of racial bigotry and xenophobia afflicting post-Soviet Russia, an epidemic of hatred that has left in its wake dozens of innocent victims – from African students, subjected to physical assaults and harassment in the streets of Russian cities, to Russia‘s own ethnic minorities, openly abused and publicly humiliated, to murdered human rights activists and scholars. A recent study conducted among Africans residing in Moscow...

This article investigates the teaching of children's literature at three primary schools in Harare, Zimbabwe. The data for this investigation were collected using interviews. The interviews were held with twelve teachers, four each from the selected schools. It was established that despite agreement on the value of children's literature, there is no consensus amongst teachers on what exactly it is. The research also found that there is no provision in the primary school syllabi for the...