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This comparative explanatory cross-sectional quantitative study evaluated students’ perspectives of delivery of entrepreneurship curriculum. It used secondary data that comprised of 484 (205[42.36%] Walter Sisulu University and 279[57.64%] Tshwane University of Technology) students. The study reported that the interquartile ranges for Walter Sisulu University were shorter than those of the Tshwane University of Technology. It also reported that while the students’ perceptions of delivery of...
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Lecturing has always been perceived as a traditional top-down communication from lecturers to students without providing students with an opportunity to provide constructive feedback to their lecturers concerning their teaching practices. This has prompted the need to develop evaluation tools with which students can express their viewpoints on their lecturers’ teaching approaches. Hence, the appropriateness of this study which sought to unpack students’ mute voices in relation to various...
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Abstract Context appropriate adaptation interventions and strategies that respond directly to localized climate change stressors, hazards, and vulnerabilities are critical for the sustainable development of countries like Zambia. This chapter examines both localized and systemic climate change risk pathways and barriers to adaptation action in Zambia. A three-staged methodology was applied, combining content analysis, focus group discussions, and expert interviews. Livelihood diversification...
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A second wave of climate litigation targeting private defendants has gained momentum due to advances in attribution science and the legal discourse surrounding the responsibility of ‘carbon majors’ who knowingly pollute. At the same time, rights-based arguments are seeing increasing success in public litigation targeting governments who fail to take appropriate action to prevent climate change. This Paper explores the potential for rights-based arguments in the private context, specifically...
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Sustaining of life is mostly relying on availability of food (reserves) near living zones at globally. Recent consequences of local weather conditions are tumbling Production of agricultural crops or food reserves. This is because of, uncertainty in temperature and environmental conditions. Global climate is changing excessively, influence the affect on agriculture and food supply chain in many other ways in many countries and lead to poverty and socioeconomic conditions
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Mental distress is a range of symptoms and experiences of a person's internal life that are commonly held to be troubling, confusing or out of the ordinary. Mental distress often interferes with studying, social interaction, and academic outcomes. Therefore, this study aimed at assessing the prevalence of mental distress and factors associated with it among undergraduate engineering students at Hawassa University.We conducted an institution-based cross-sectional descriptive study on...
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A research report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Nursing to the Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Therapeutic Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2020
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INTRODUCTION: The study aimed to investigate whether the classroom behaviour and task performance of learners with Down syndrome improved with the use of a stability ball as a classroom chair METHOD: A single-subject withdrawal design was utilised. There were three participants, aged ten to twelve, with Down syndrome in a special education classroom. Five phases of three weeks each were implemented alternately. Two phases incorporated usual classroom chairs and the other three phases made...
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This paper present the results of on study based on a questionnaire about the use of ICTs in the environment of e-Learning in Mozambique, having as study object the Catholic University of Mozambique (CUM). For this purpose, 600 forms were sent to the participants (students of CUM) through the Google form. We received back 203 questionnaires, wherein 186 of the sample was selected on a confidence-basis of 90% with an error margin of 5%; The results show that the majority of online students...
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The Kenyan government has an enormous task in tertiary education of crafting economically viable methods of expanding access, refining the curricula quality, significance of the courses offered, and strengthening institutional-based research and technology transfer. With the augmented demand of higher education and E-Learning gaining acceptance steadily, the Kenyan government endorsed the establishment of the National Open University of Kenya in December 2014 in an effort to expand enrolment...
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Political elites tend to favor their home region when distributing resources. But what explains how political power is distributed across a country’s regions to begin with? Explanations of cabinet formation focus on short-term strategic bargaining and some emphasize that ministries are allocated equitably to minimize conflict. Using new data on the cabinet members (1960-2010) of 16 former British and French African colonies, I find that some regions have been systematically much more...