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MOOCs have gained undeniable popularity in the educational sphere in recent years, particularly in professional development. It is considered a novel opportunity for instructors to take charge of their Continuous Professional Development journeys. However, its reach remains minimal in the Moroccan EFL context. Hence, the present study sought to investigate the attitudes of a sample of Moroccan EFL teachers concerning the use of MOOCs as a form of CPD. Results revealed positive attitudes due...

Soil degradation poses a major challenge for agricultural and socio-economic development in Tunisia. The conventional intensive cultivation practices commonly used by farmers cause rapid depletion of soil organic matter, which is adversely affecting the physio-chemical properties of soil and is accelerating soil erosion. The decrease in soil organic carbon stocks is a major factor aggravating the impacts of climate change.

This article sought to assess the role of public order training in improving the performance of the District Reaction Group (DRG), in the Zimbabwe Republic Police Mutare Central District. The study adopted a quantitative approach and used a descriptive survey research design. The study participants were drawn from members of Zimbabwe Republic Police Mutare Central District. A sample size of 280 participants was drawn in which a stratified random sampling technique was used. Data for this...

This study aimed to examine the impact of the 5Es (Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration, and Evaluation) instructional strategy on secondary school chemistry students' academic achievement in Calabar, Nigeria. A quasi-experimental design was adopted for this study. The population comprised 2,350 Secondary School (SSII) chemistry students drawn from the Calabar Education Zone, Nigeria, from which a sample of 240 students was identified through proportionate stratified random and...

Drought stress is one of the most important abiotic constrains affecting cereal crop in the world that causes serious yield loses and threat to sustainability and food security especially in wheat thereby causing the insufficient supply of food. Therefore, understanding the genetic characterization of drought stress response is very important. This study was designed to reveal the morphological and molecular characterization of wheat genotypes using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers and...

<p style="text-align: justify;">This study examined the impact of the Rwanda African Institute for Mathematical Science, Teacher Training Program (AIMS-TTP) on 228 secondary school students’ interest to learn Mathematics and science taught by 7058-trained teachers over 5-years across 14 districts. Students were exposed to various AIMS-TTP interventions, including industrial visits, science hours, and international day for women and girls in science, mathematics competition, robotics...

Using data from the latest 2017 Ghana Living Standards Survey Round Seven, this paper explores variables affecting household spending on education using the OLS model. The results showed that in the 12 months preceding the survey, household in the southern regions of Ghana increased their education spending on all the three types of the education categories namely; basic, secondary and post-secondary, and tertiary education, and established that the average annual household basic education...

The primary goal of university education globally is to promote research, knowledge, and innovations instrumental for national development and societal transformation. In line with this goal, East African countries, namely Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania have invested heavily in university education in the last 60 years since independence. The evidence of this is the increasing number of both private and public universities, and the number of students joining the institutions. While the...

Climate change adaptation strategies must be identified and tailored to diverse locations and livestock production systems to be effective. Social factors such as gender, wealth, age and education levels generate differentiated abilities and capacities to cope with climate shocks. In this study we draw upon 48 sex disaggregated focus group discussions with youth to understand young people’s engagement in the livestock sector and their livestock adaptation strategies. We first explore whether...

Aim: The main aim of this study is to examine teachers’ utilization of computer and internet facilities on effective service delivery in secondary schools in Calabar Education Zone.
 Study Design: The research design adopted for this study is a survey design to discover schools with the needed Information and Communication Technology (ICT) facilities and to seek the opinion of the respondent on utilization of computer and internet facilities for effective service delivery in government...

This study examines the support system offered by the Department of Education in South African schools in the Free State Province of South Africa Participants were a purposive sample of t eight (8) teachers in rural setting of South Africa (female = 80%, 26 to 55 years old). Data on the support system by the Department of Education to support teachers were collected by means of semi-structured individual interviews. The data were thematically analysed by means of open coding. The study...

Objective: To analyse the impact of the management of educational services administration on the social integration of learners in general education secondary schools in the Mfou district. Methodology: This is a qualitative study. Medical education research techniques were used to collect field data in four general secondary schools in the Mfou district. Using interview guides, information was gathered from administrative staff with more than two years' seniority, learners in science and...

This study investigated the effects of flipped classroom approach on Chemistry students’ academic achievement and retention in colleges of education, Yobe State Nigeria. Le Vygotsky’s theory provided the theoritical framework for the study. Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A pretest-posttest and postposttest control group quasi-experimental research design was employed in the study. The population of the study comprised of 524 NCE II Chemisty...

This article investigates to what extent disrupted schooling due to the COVID-19 pandemic has affected pre-primary-age children’s school readiness in Ethiopia. We use data on early numeracy of 2,640 children collected before and after the eight-month school closure to assess their learning progress in the context of COVID-19. We find that children who attended pre-primary school prior to the school closures performed better than those who did not after schools re-opened, and made greater...