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Children in many extremely poor, remote regions are growing up illiterate and innumerate despite high reported school enrollment ratios. Possible explanations for such poor outcomes include demand – for example, low perceived returns to education compared to opportunity cost; and supply – poor state provision and inability of parents to coordinate and finance better schooling. We conducted a cluster-randomized trial in rural Guinea Bissau to understand the effectiveness and cost of concerted...

Climate change is one of the major challenges societies round the world face at present. Apart from efforts to achieve a reduction of emissions of greenhouse gases so as to mitigate the problem, there is a perceived need for adaptation initiatives urgently. Ecosystems are known to play an important role in climate change adaptation processes, since some of the services they provide, may reduce the impacts of extreme events and disturbance, such as wildfires, floods, and droughts. This role...

Not only does teaching about gender and sexuality diversity lead to some very interesting and often emotionally evocative, pedagogical exchanges; it can also create challenging issues for teachers and students alike. This article focuses on what happens when a module that addresses compulsory heterosexuality and schooling is broached in an undergraduate sociology class. More importantly, it offers an analysis of the critical incidents and tensions that pay specific attention to how power,...

This paper demonstrates multiple beneficial impacts of a program promoting intergenerational mobility for disadvantaged African-American children and their children.The program improves outcomes of the first-generation treatment group across the life cycle, which translates into better family environments for the second generation leading to positive intergenerational gains.There are long-lasting beneficial program effects on cognition through age 54, contradicting claims of fadeout that...

This study was intended to examine the washback of the General Secondary School English Exam on students’ practice. The study was conducted at three secondary schools in Debre Markos Town. 270 Grades 9 and 10 students were included. Questionnaire, focus group discussion (FGD), exam paper analysis and classroom observation were employed. The questionnaire data were analysed with mean per cent and multiple regression analysis. Whereas, the FGD data and observation data collected with field...

One of the problems facing higher education institutions in developing countries such as Ethiopia is the poor quality of undergraduate students' academic work. However, there is a scarcity of empirical data on the specific causes of the poor quality of undergraduate study. Therefore, the aim of this research is to explore factors that influence the quality of undergraduate pharmacy students' research projects at Ambo University in Ethiopia, from the perspective of research advisors.A...

Secondary School dropout is a critical issue in today’s world. Students who drop out of secondary schools face a lot of challenges. In Rongo Sub-County, Kenya, in the year 2016, 7,946 boys and 5,344 girls were enrolled in schools against sub-county census of 21,603 boys and 22,017 girls. This study investigated policy articulation influence on student dropout in secondary schools. The objective established influence of government’s policy articulation on dropout in the sub-county. The study...

This simulation-based training focuses on the most common and high risk pediatric prehospital scenarios in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). The curriculum was developed based on a needs assessment to train Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) prehospital providers in Botswana specifically for pediatric resuscitation and could be used for emergency medical services (EMS) providers in other LMIC. After participating in this curriculum, providers should enhance their assessment and...

Climate change affects the availability of water resources by altering the pattern and magnitude of precipitation, temperature, and streamflow. The projection of climate change impact on the streamflow is used to identify the level of changes and desirable intervention measures. In this research, Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model and the regional circulation model (RCM) outputs of CORDEX-Africa climate model associated with mid and high-level Representative Concentration Pathways...

Mental health among survivors of the 1994 Tutsi genocide in Rwanda remains poor, even after multiple efforts to assist those recovering from this trauma. The Community Resilience Model (CRM) is a biologically based set of skills that can be delivered in community settings by trained lay persons and has shown to significantly improve mental health in a number of settings and populations, though it has not been used with genocide survivors in Rwanda. This study assessed if the CRM training was...

This Emerging Issues Report explores the relationship between education, conflict, and (in)stability in South Sudan, drawing on a wide range of academic, policy, and programming literature. There is a growing body of research on the ways in which education can both exacerbate conflict and contribute to peace. The 4Rs framework (focusing on aspects of Redistribution, Recognition, Representation, and Reconciliation) provides a holistic way to explore and address the education system’s...

Considered rather as a protectorate, the Spanish colonization of northern Morocco allowed the establishment of a new culture among the natives: the sports culture. The socio-political context of the emergence and the social and geographical dissemination of sports activities and physical education (PE) in schools explain why they were put at the service of the patriotic and militaristic national colonial conception.
 This conception was implemented by two ideological apparatuses: the...

The study aimed to identify  the impact of electronic management practice in its dimensions on organizational agility in its dimensions in secondary schools in the southern governorates of Palestine, and the study followed the causal descriptive approach, and the study tools were two questionnaires, one to measure the degree of electronic management practice and the second to measure the degree of availability of organizational agility, and the study sample consisted of ( 492) of secondary...

Historically, there is a lack of structured assessment and intervention protocols to support care of children with developmental delays and/or disabilities (DDDs) in rural child and youth care centres (CYCCs) across South Africa. This study aimed to design an assessment and intervention protocol for holistic management of children in such centres, based on the opinions and input from CYCC staff and experts in the community. Data was collected in two stages, the first consisted of qualitative...

Abstract Aims Certain systems for self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) demonstrate inaccuracy at low and high hematocrit (HCT). Manufacturers define HCT ranges for accurate performance. Our objective was to assess the frequency of HCT values that can lead to clinically relevant errors. Methods In this cross-sectional study, we collected real-world data representing over 360,000 outpatients from the Netherlands (NL), the Czech Republic (CZ), and South Africa (ZA). These were subsequently...

Appears in: EDULEARN21 Proceedings Publication year: 2021Pages: 551-558ISBN: 978-84-09-31267-2ISSN: 2340-1117doi: 10.21125/edulearn.2021.0158Conference name: 13th International Conference on Education and New Learning TechnologiesDates: 5-6 July, 2021Location: Online Conference

Hazing is an ancient, universal practice. In past and modern societies, the need to join a group is an aspect of humanity. The process of joining a group frequently includes the need to be hazed to legitimate full membership. This article uses the theoretical frameworks of Foucault and Bourdieu’s perspectives of social order, Tajfel and Turner’s theory of social identity, and Bandura’s theory of moral disengagement to inform the phenomenon of individuals joining groups. In particular, the...

Background: The World Health Organization estimates that 5% of the world’s population has disabling hearing impairment. This subpopulation experiences significant healthcare barriers for various reasons including poor communication and risk of embarrassment among others.Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate the awareness, sexual abuse, and the behavioral risk factors for HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Infections among Deaf secondary school students in two cities in...

This study verified students’ perceptions on whether utilisation of the social media tools for teaching/learning can possibly contribute towards driving 21st century inclusive education efforts in Nigerian universities. A descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. Study’s population was made up of all 392 students of Educational Technology unit of the Department of Curriculum and Teaching in the Faculty of Education in the University of Calabar. Sample was drawn through purposive...

For the countries bordering the tropical Western Indian Ocean (TWIO), living marine resources are vital for food security. However, this region has largely escaped the attention of studies investigating potential impacts of future climate change on the marine environment. Understanding how marine ecosystems in coastal East Africa may respond to various climatic stressors is vital for the development of conservation and other ocean management policies that can help to adapt to climate change...