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Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) lies at the heart of global, regional and national policy agendas, with the goal of achieving socially and environmentally just development through the provision of inclusive, equitable quality education for all. Realising this potential on the African continent, however, calls for radical transformation of policy and practice. Developing a transformative agenda requires taking account of the ‘learning crisis’ in schools, the inequitable access to...

Quality assurance policies have been introduced in the higher education systems of many countries.These developments have occurred against the backdrop of globalisation, the internationalisation of higher education, and the knowledge economy.We shall show how, as a conceptual tool, the idea of quality assurance is problematic and that there is no commonly accepted definition of quality assurance.We discuss the relevant literature and argue that in future comparative studies of South African...

Vulnerability to climate change impact is the most pressing issues for less developed countries whose economy mainly depends on the agricultural sector. The demand for food is growing swiftly whereas impacts of climate change on the global food production are increasing. More area specific research outputs and evidences-based policy directions are needed to tackle the ever changing climate and to reduce its impacts on the agricultural production. The aim of this study was to investigate...

Abstract This study evaluates the impacts of climate change on water supply and demand of the Nebhana dam system. Future climate change scenarios were obtained from five general circulation models (GCMs) of CMIP5 under RCP 4.5 and 8.5 emission scenarios for the time periods, 2021–2040, 2041–2060 and 2061–2080. Statistical downscaling was applied using LARS-WG. The GR2M hydrological model was calibrated, validated and used as input to the WEAP model to assess future water availability....

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess and compare the knowledge and help-seeking behaviors toward depression among pharmacy students and non-pharmacy students. Design/methodology/approach The study was a cross-sectional descriptive survey and was carried out among undergraduate students of the oldest and largest university in Eastern Nigeria, the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Open-ended questions were used to assess the participants’ recognition of depression and their preferred...

Surgical site infections are infections that take place within 30 days of an operative procedure. Worldwide, 23% of patients develop surgical site infections among all surgeries annually with the worst complications causing prolonged hospital stays, increased resistance of microorganisms to antimicrobials, higher health system costs, emotional stress for patients and their families, and substantial economic burdens on hospitals. Therefore, this study was created to assess the magnitude and...

In nursing, performance is crucial to meet the needs of patients, provide quality care and ensure safety. One of the most fundamental goals of nursing education is to develop nurses student performance. This study was conducted to investigate the effect the adaptive and the maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies on the Moroccan nurses student clinical performance from the Higher Institute of Nursing Professions and Technics of Health, Rabat, Morocco. This study was a descriptive...

The purpose of the study was to find out if religious value orientation has any influence on self-efficacy with regards to social self efficacy, academic self efficacy, language self efficacy and moral self efficacy.Ex -post facto design was adopted for the study.The sample consisted of 1,543 students randomly selected from 47 public schools in Cross River State.A self designed questionnaire titled Religious Value Orientation and Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (RVOASEQ) was used to collect data...

Plagiarism has been a critical concern to consider by universities and research institutes worldwide for ensuring academic integrity. Even with the internet revolution, this academic dishonesty bec ...

The African community, as well as the church, has always cared for people with disability. The main problem they faced is that they care for them by imposing their own agenda on them. In other words, they take over their lives by over-caring. Because of guilt, they want to do everything for them, as if they are not capable of functioning within that community. This way of caring leads to them over-protecting these people. The process of caring over-shadows people with disability. They simply...

This study explores the influence of culture on educational leadership (EL) as perceived by teachers and school leaders at a Zambian school. Culture is increasingly recognised as a significant influence on EL; consequently, studies have been conducted in this area, primarily in East and South East Asia. The African context lags in this regard, resulting in assumptions that African EL is predisposed towards western cultural and leadership practices. This study begins to correct these...

This research intends to explore the training strategies used by competence-based curriculum trainers during the training of future primary school teachers, teacher training college (TTC) tutors, and TTC demonstration schools’ teachers that took place from December 2018 to January 2019 in Rwanda. The researchers visited two training sites and observed different trainers’ practices for two weeks. The analysis of results found out that the trainers have different training strategies and...

This research intends to explore the training strategies used by competence-based curriculum trainers during the training of future primary school teachers, teacher training college (TTC) tutors, and TTC demonstration schools’ teachers that took place from December 2018 to January 2019 in Rwanda. The researchers visited two training sites and observed different trainers’ practices for two weeks. The analysis of results found out that the trainers have different training strategies and...

Abstract Introduction We evaluated an intervention designed to teach 10 to 12-year-old primary school children to assess claims about the effects of treatments (any action intended to maintain or improve health). We report here on outcomes measured one year after the intervention. Methods In this cluster-randomised trial, we included primary schools in the central region of Uganda that taught year-five children (aged 10 to 12 years). We randomly allocated a representative sample of eligible...

Blood cancers are clonal diseases of blood and blood-forming organs with leukemia and lymphoma as the commonest of the malignancies. The cause is unknown but the diseases are associated with chromosomal disorders, immunodeficiency states, some viral and bacterial infections. Ionizing radiation and exposure to hydrocarbons have also been implicated. This retrospective study was to determine the prevalence and socio-demographic features of adults with haematological malignancies in the...

The study sought to investigate teacher and parental involvement in the provision of comprehensive sexuality education in selected primary schools of Kalomo district of Zambia. This was from the background that the Ministry of General Education included Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) in the primary school curriculum with an aim of providing information to the learners whilst in school. Using a phenomenological design, In-depth interviews were conducted with 15 teachers who taught...

The paper explores the status of civic education in Tunisian public schools. It calls for seizing the opportunities offered by Tunisia’s transition to democracy to improve the teaching and learning of civic education. Before 2011, the Tunisian educational system was not very concerned with raising young generations on the principles and values of civic engagement, participatory citizenship, democratic participation, and social justice. Decision makers did not seem to be aware of the...