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Introduction Risky sexual behavior among Ethiopian university students, especially females, is a major contributor to young adult morbidity and mortality. Ambaw et al. found that female university students in Ethiopia may fear the humiliation associated with procuring condoms. A study in Thailand suggests condom machines may provide comfortable condom procurement, but the relevance to a high-risk African context is unknown. The objective of this study was to examine if the installation of...

Based on the researcher experience in teaching English language as a foreign language, he noticed that most of Libyan learners face problems in learning English language. This study aims at illustrating one of the speaking problems (pronunciation) that Libyan post graduate students at Diponegoro university face with different English consonant and vowel sounds. It also concentrates on the communicative competence (speaking skill). The research measures the speaking abilities of Libyan...

This paper aims to investigate to what extent the participating companies analysed their needs and objectives, and planned their development.Four areas that will be examined: first, the number of companies that analysed the needs of T&D and the frequencies of analysing these needs.Second, the approaches used in determining these needs of T&D; third, the levels of analysing needs; and fourth, methods used in analyse the needs of T&D.A combination of quantitative and qualitative research...

Abstract The objective of the paper is to analyze the effectiveness of the existing institutional arrangements for providing primary education in Ethiopia. Using largely secondary data and a complementary survey of 100 schools and institutional assessment, the study clearly establishes the fact that as real school resources have been increasing over time while quality and efficiency of primary education has been deteriorating. Thus, resources-based arguments cannot explain the grave quality...

Schistosomiasis and soil transmitted infection is a major health problem of children from rural areas of developing countries including Yemen. In an attempt to reduce this burden, the Ministry of Public Health and Population in Yemen established in 2002 a programme for Schistosomal, soil transmitted infection control that aimed to reduce morbidity and prevalence rates of Schistosomiasis, and Soil transmitted helminthes to less than 5% by 2015. The study was conducted to assess the current...

"The Politics of Teaching Palestine to Americans: Addressing Pedagogical Strategies." Journal of Palestine Studies, 42(2), pp. 94–95 Additional informationNotes on contributorsMatthew AbrahamMatthew Abraham is an associate professor of writing, rhetoric, and discourse at DePaul University in Chicago. His writings on Edward Said and the questions of Palestine have appeared in Cultural Critique, Arab Studies Quarterly, Logos: A Journal of Modern Society and Culture, and South Atlantic Quarterly.

Defining the stages which the reader follows when reading e-resources is one of several factors which can provide significant insights into actual reading behaviours and cognitive processes of readers. Two different samples of students who study in Libyan primary schools, aged 9 to 12, were selected to investigate how students use and interact with both print and digital school books, identify the e-reading process, outline the aims of using the internet and technology, and define what...

Background: This study aimed at assessing knowledge of research ethics in a Nigerian health research community based on criteria for ethical research in the national code. It also sought to test the hypothesis that prior research ethics training, higher academic rank, and self-judged adequate knowledge of research ethics were not associated with knowledge of research ethics. Methods: As part of a descriptive, cross-sectional study, lecturers in university medical schools in two Nigerian...

We analyse P-wave receiver functions across the western Gulf of Aden and southern Red Sea continental margins in Western Yemen to constrain crustal thickness, internal crustal structure and the bulk seismic velocity characteristics in order to address the role of magmatism, faulting and mechanical crustal thinning during continental breakup. We analyse teleseismic data from 21 stations forming the temporary Young Conjugate Margins Laboratory (YOCMAL) network together with GFZ and Yemeni...

This study attempts to trace the foundation of the teaching and learning of Arabic language as a course of study in Nigerian institutions of higher learning. It aims at assessing the curriculum development of Arabic language in Nigerian institutions, especially in the light of the contemporary challenges facing the nation’s educational system and human development. Qualitative research paradigm was adopted for the study and data was collected through semi structured interview. The study...

To the Editor. I appreciated the letter entitled "Pharmacy Education and Practice in 13 Middle Eastern Countries."1 As acknowledged by the author of this valuable article, the data obtained may not have been peer reviewed. So in this letter I would like to clarify, correct, and update the information related to pharmacy education in Yemen. Kheir and colleagues stated that there were 2 public pharmacy schools and 2 private schools in Yemen.1 Actually, there are 4 public and 12 private colleges of pharmacy.

This study concerns school noise in Assiut, Egypt. Goals of this study are to investigate sources of school noise, effects of noise on learning achievement of students and their performance, to examine student’s attitudes towards noise, to determine the relationship between noise levels and degree of annoyance, and to carry out experiments to reduce school noise levels. 300 students, between ages 13–15 years took part in study. Noise measurements, questionnaire, and experiments for...

A thesis in the Peace and Conflict Studies Programme, Submitted to the Institute of African Studies, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY of the UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN.

The primary school head-teacher is the most important and influential individual in the school. It is his or her leadership that shapes the school’s learning climate, the level of relationship between staff, and the teachers’ morale. This investigation was therefore designed to determine and quantify the leadership qualities demonstrated by primary school head-teachers as observed by their class-teachers. Stratified random sampling technique was employed in the selection of 90 respondents...

The educational reform which has been launched in the 2000’s brought a big shift in the Algerian educational learning process, a shift which has brought a focus on cognition, metacognition, critical thinking and knowledge construction. Among the competencies that have been given due concern, the intellectual competency is regarded as central in the recent educational reform movement.

Need for periodic evaluation of students’ performance and observed initial findings of poor performance and students preference of peer‐tutoring to didactic lectures at the University of Nigeria Medical School, we implemented innovations at improving learning environments for Physiology in our institution. These innovations included securing the services of Faculty clinicians to augment existing number of lecturers, use of question‐driven format for assessments, evidence‐based change in...

Physical abuse in school has lifelong consequences affecting child health and educational achievements. A study was designed to assess the prevalence of physical abuse experienced by pupils in basic-education schools in Aden, Yemen, and to examine the risk factors associated with it. A cross-sectional study covering 1066 pupils in 7th-9th grades from 8 schools in different districts of Aden governorate were randomly selected. Answering an anonymous self-administered questionnaire, 55.7% of...

This study examined some dimensions of discipline as perceived by lecturers, administrators, and students in the Faculty of Education, University of Cape Coast. It sought to find out whether differences exist in their perceptions regarding the importance of discipline, forms of indiscipline, and causes of indiscipline in the Faculty of Education. We adopted a cross-sectional descriptive survey for the study involving 358 students, 11 lecturers, and 8 administrators. A customized Likert-type...

This study was carried out to ascertain the quality assurance of teachers (lecturers) in the implementation of the curriculum of Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) in Colleges of Education (Technical) in North Central Nigeria. Two research questions were formulated and answered in this study. Survey research and evaluation designs were involved. The sample for the study was 60. A 18 cluster item questionnaire and 35 psycho-productive multiple choice test items were developed and...