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Due to vulnerabilities resulting from disparities in socio-economic status (SES), most nutrition and health interventions are targeted at children in public schools. This study was conducted to investigate the determinants of malnutrition among pupils attending public and private schools in the Hohoe municipality, Ghana. School-based cross-sectional survey, which used a multi-stage random sampling technique to select 633 pupils, aged 3–12 years enrolled in 14 public and seven private...

The French Ecole Supérieure Libre des Sciences Commercial Appliquées (ESLSCA) in Paris is one of the most important global culturally diverse private business schools in terms of its number of branches and its history. ESLSCA has had a branch in Cairo in Egypt for about 17 years. This qualitative study seeks to focus on ESLSCA-Egypt branch to investigate the extent to which cultural diversity is included in its MBA curricula. The main methods for collecting data are document analysis, a...

Since the dawn of HIV and AIDS there has been general lack of knowledge about sex education as a way of preventing HIV infections in Zambia. In this particular study, both qualitative and quantitative designs were used. The combined approach provided an opportunity of using tools such as questionnaires, interviews and focus group discussions. From the findings of the study it was recommended that there was need for an intervention in the education system so that the education provided...

Quantitative measures show that the higher education system in South Africa remains inefficient and this reality poses significant challenges to all universities. The Faculty of Humanities at the Tshwane University of Technology has added a Student Support Programme to the existing institutional student support structures. In this article, the author reflects on the experiences of student supporters who were appointe in 2014 and 2015 for the enhancement of students' living and learnining to...

Alcohol misuse among young people is a global phenomenon. In many countries, young people engage in heavy drinking and this exacerbates risky sexual behaviour. In Nigeria, alcohol held multiple roles in the traditional era but was mainly consumed by adult males for pleasure. Adult females and young people were culturally constrained from drinking in most communities. In contemporary Nigeria, young people's drinking is increasing, and many engage in sexual intercourse under the influence of...

The study analyzed the factors that influence private cost of teacher education in public tertiary institutions in South-South Nigeria in 2014/2015 academic session.The aim was to determine the actual private unit cost of teacher education as well as the factors influencing it and their level of impact on private cost.The ex-post-facto research design was adopted for the study.The population consisted of all federal and state tertiary institutions offering teacher education programme.The...

The increasing and fluctuating level of poor performance of students in History calls for a need to ascertain students’ learning strategies that promote achievement in the subject. This study investigated the effect of learning strategies as determinants of achievement in History. The study adopted a non-randomised pre-test posttest control group quasi-experimental design using 3x2x2 factorial design. Multi-stage sampling technique was used and data were collected from 184 SSS II History...

South Africa has the largest number of people living with HIV and AIDS in the world. A concerted effort is needed to address this epidemic, lest a socio-economic crisis may cripple the country. Education may be the most powerful weapon in this regard, with universities playing a critical role in addressing this concern. In 2015, a funding program was initiated by Universities South Africa to facilitate this integration. Subsequently, the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the use patterns and ownership of smartphone apps among students at the Department of Library and Information Science (DLIS) at the South Valley University (SVU), Egypt. This study may help faculty members and students, as well as DLISs in general and SVU’s DLIS, in particular, to understand the nature and purpose of such use. Design/methodology/approach This study used quantitative research methodology in the form of a survey, which was...

South Africa is experiencing high rates of unemployment and poverty, particularly among the youth. Entrepreneurship, and the education of it, is often seen as a solution to this socio-economic issue, yet studies show conflicting results on the impact the field of study has on entrepreneurial intent. Accordingly, the aim of this paper is to evaluate and compare the entrepreneurial intention among urban students enrolled for an entrepreneurship qualification versus students who were registered...

In the past decade, traditional male circumcision, known as ulwaluko among the Xhosa-speaking people in the Eastern Cape Province, has become a burning issue in South Africa. The discourse has led to the emergence of two opposing camps: the supporters of ulwaluko who rely on “traditional ideology” to justify the cultural relevance of the practice, and the opposing camp who believe that ulwaluko is no longer in tandem with the reality of the twenty-first century. Amid the ongoing debate, this...

The purpose of the study was to ascertain the status of basic technology in Cross River State junior secondary schools.Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study.The study was guided by three (3) research questions.The population for the study comprised of one hundred and twelve (112) basic technology teachers employed by the state school board Calabar.The sample for the study consisted of sixty (60) basic technology teachers from the three zones.Proportionate stratified random...

Anchored on the socio-cultural theory of learning, this intact group comparison posttest-only research analyzed gender differences in Mathematics achievement of Deaf students in Ashanti School for the Deaf on the Ghana National Education Assessment Test for Primary Six (NEA-P6) in order to provide empirical information for educational practice in that school. One research question and one hypothesis were formulated to guide the study. Out of a population of 29 Primary Six students, a sample...

Survey on the Utilization of Weather Information and Products for Selected Districts in Kenya

All school populations are diverse in many ways. The diversity in South African schools has been compounded since 1994 with the migration of Black learners to former ‘white’ schools. Some schools and their principals have succeeded in coping efficiently with the new social and cultural makeup of their schools, while others have been struggling and even resigned under the pressures of all the conflicting demands from stakeholders. The theoretical and empirical investigation reported in this...

Habitual khat use has negative psychological, social, sexual, and economic consequences. Therefore, this study was aimed to assess the prevalence of khat use and associated factors among university students in the University of Gondar. Institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from February to September 2011. Multistage sampling techniques were used to select the study participants. Anonymous self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data. Epi Info and SPSS...

Sub-Saharan Africa is home to almost 900 million people, 60% of whom are dependent on agriculture for their livelihood, FAO (2006). Africa's farmers are among the most vulnerable to climate change, despite having the world's lowest rate of greenhouse gas emissions per person, Charles et.al (2010). Higher temperatures, variations in rainfall patterns and more frequently occurring extreme climate events are threatening food security. With the current climatic conditions, purple tea is...

The purpose of this study was to analyze the use of electronic communication (social network) by open and distance learners, henceforth referred to as ODL in the work. The case of National Open University of Nigeria, Benin study centre. The study is to explore the electronic device mostly used by open and distance learners, the usefulness of the electronic devices, (social network) in use, the benefit and the problem faced by students while making use of these social networks....