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Continuing professional development (CPD) is a key aspect of any profession and fundamental to the development of a nation. The Mandatory Continuing Professional Development Program (MCPDP) as it is known in the nursing profession inNigeria is aimed at sustaining capabilities and introducing new skills for modern day practice needs.It also offers the prospect for nurses to improve and broaden their knowledge, expertise and develop the personal and professional qualities.This study analysed...

ケニアでは独立以降，ハランベーとよばれる地域住民による中等学校の設立運動が興隆した。ハランベーには富裕度により貢献すべき資源に多寡があり，地域内で学校を介した富の再分配を促していた。本稿の目的は，現代のケニアで，地域住民が果たす教育機会の提供者としての役割を検討し，ハランベー期との比較から，新たな学校が設立される様相を明らかにすることである。ブシア県X市の中等学校5校の事例分析の結果，ハランベー期から現代にかけて，教育機会の提供者とその需要者としての地域の範囲は，学校選択肢の増加とともに重複部分が減少していた。新設校は，設立に関与する多様なアクターのなかで必要性が認められ，その過程に，かつてのハランベー学校が具えた共同性に基づく富の再分配の機能が，公立校としての登録前後に分化しながら変質して受け継がれていた。それは，特定の立場にある地域住民による限定的な再分配への変質と，地域の共同性には必ずしも基づかない学校選択者によるコスト負担への変質であった。学校へ関与する地域の変容と複層化は，人びとの学校への関与の在り方の多様化と影響し合い，今後よりミクロに生じうる地域間格差の構造が複雑化することが示唆された。

There is some disparity in the quality of education among the various races and provinces in South Africa. Since the dawn of democracy in 1994, the government has tried to bridge the gap using quintile categorisation of public schools and its concomitant funding. The categorisation is based on the socioeconomic status of the community in which the schools are located. This study investigated the achievement of learners in the first four quintiles from one school district on the topic of...

The considerable emphasis given on youth participation in peacebuilding as a catalyst for peace, security and development in the world, especially in fragile communities seem to be taking the centre stage as far as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are concerned.States are being encouraged to document on youth contribution to peace building rather than focusing on their participation in conflict and violence only.This study analyzed how youth inclusivity relates with peace building in...

BackgroundFormal education was introduced in Kenya by missionaries.The first school was established by Ludwing Kraft of Church Missionary Society at Rabai (Coast) in 1848.Later on, several other missionaries, Europeans and Asians established schools in various parts of the country.The first African independent school was established in 1901 at Guba (Taita).Throughout colonial era, education in Kenya was racially stratified with varying curricular and different facilities for Europeans,...

This study examined how emotional intelligence of teachers relates to their job performance and length of service in a selected international school within Nairobi city in Kenya.Correlational design and survey method were utilized.A purposive sampling technique was adopted where the 47 teachers in the school were given questionnaires in which they self-evaluated themselves on the two variables; emotional intelligence and job performance.The length of service of the teachers was extracted...

Plastics are the most useful materials invented by man, and have brought great convenience to our daily lives but not without problems. Inappropriate disposal of wasted plastics has caused serious environmental problems. Over the past decade, microplastic debris in both marine and freshwater systems have become an emerging issue. A literature review was conducted to summarize the current state of knowledge of plastic pollution in Tanzanian aquatic systems. Although, Tanzania has vast...

Different pieces of a puzzle are put together to unpack the implications of biopolitical forms in relation to disability in Palestine. Tracing the political connections between Israel and the United States of America (the U.S.), both countries give themselves the right to maim the Palestinians in different forms. Israel maims the indigenous Palestinians in more direct ways, while the U.S. is the guard and supporter of Israel in the process of maiming the Palestinians. Yet, successful,...

During the past two decades, curriculum restructuring in South Africa has had some unintended consequences; one of these being the unrealistic demands expected from Life Skills (LS) and Life Orientation (LO) teachers. Physical Education (PE) finds itself within the multi-faceted subject of LS/LO, therefore the teacher, often without requisite training, has to be accountable for the dissimilar demands of this multidisciplinary subject. The continuing professional development needs are...

The purpose of this study was to determine factors that influence employee performance at the Sierra Leone airport authority. The following research questions guided this study: To what extent does leadership impact employee performance at the Sierra Leone airport authority. To what extent does self-efficacy impact employee performance. To what extent does training impact employee performance at the Sierra Leone airport authority.A descriptive survey research design was adopted for this...

This paper focuses on students’ perception of teachers’ knowledge, attitude and skills in the teaching of technical drawing in Edo and Delta States of Nigeria. The empirical results are based on a quantitative survey of 300 students who were asked to evaluate their technical drawing teachers. The findings show that technical drawing students perceived their technical drawing teachers to have some negative attitudes because they disliked some of their students (2.18±1.17), rarely show concern...

IntroductionIn Kenya, children with HI face challenges when they are in their schools.This is not just getting to class to be taught or carrying out their daily activities, but also the mode of instruction to be used affects them both at school and back home.Sign Language if not effectively taught at school, gives a burden to the children with HI to learn properly at school and alienates them from the rest of family members who have no knowledge of the sign language.In Western Kenya there...

While school-aged children in low- and middle-income countries remain highly exposed to acute infections, programs targeting this age group remain limited in scale and scope. In this paper, we evaluate the impact of a new and comprehensive primary school-based health intervention program on student-reported morbidity and anthropometric outcomes in Lusaka, Zambia.A prospective matched control study identified 12 classes in 7 schools for the intervention and 12 classes in 7 matched schools as...

The Ethiopian Higher Education Proclamation (No. 650/2009) states that public higher education institutions have the autonomy to nominate top-level leaders. However, until recently the university community was not involved in the nomination and appointment of top level-leaders. In 2017, the Ministry of Education endorsed a new participatory, transparent and ?erit-based?strategy for selecting and appointing higher education leaders. This study assessed the implementation of the new leadership...

Nigeria has ratified several international instruments that protect the rights of, and guarantee freedom from discrimination of persons with disabilities (PWD). Despite the above, the country is yet to fully implement the appropriate measures required to achieve the objective of protecting PWD. Successive administrations since the return to civil administration in the country in 1999 have not fulfilled the mandate in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended)...

The disparity of African American families in the foster care system is a concern in the field of child welfare services and the social work profession. African American families experience unique challenges related to discriminatory practices and implicit biases in the child welfare system and by mandated reporters. To address these inequalities, state and local agencies have implemented prevention and intervention services to support minority families. Additionally, child welfare agencies...

To ensure that there is inclusiveness in the provision of services for PWDs the Zambian government ratified to the UNCRPD by enacting the Zambia PWDs ACT No. 6 of 2012 to precisely look at promoting and protecting the rights of PWDs. Despite this, there has been a lack of implementation of the ACT and specifically about accessibility and mobility of PWDs to public buildings. The aim of this study was to explain barriers to implementation of part five division five of The Zambia PWDs on...