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Research indicates that destructive lifestyles during adolescence may lead to serious health risks in later years of life. The prevalence of health risk behaviour among school learners should signal significant red flags to authorities as well as communities. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of some health risk behaviour among learners in selected urbanized secondary schools in Namibia. For this study, 294 learners (boys = 133 and girls = 161) from four secondary schools...

This paper examines the extent to which increased access to primary schooling in ten Southern and East African countries between 2000 and 2007 was also accompanied by increased access to actual learning. We develop a measure of access to learning that combines data on education access and learning achievement to measure the proportions of children in the population (including those enrolled and not enrolled) that reach particular thresholds of literacy and numeracy. In all countries there...

This paper reports on the socio-cultural factors affecting the learners’ acquisition of English Literacy (reading) skills in the Foundation Phase in selected schools in the Mthatha Education District. There is continuous intervention by educators, Government, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO’s) and other concerned people in education to improve reading. Despite these interventions, the Foundation Phase is still accused of non– performance and that learners are struggling with reading...

Background: Establishing healthy behaviours during childhood is easier and more effective than trying to change unhealthy behaviours during adulthood. The school is a place where education and health programmes can have their greatest impact because it can reach students at influential stages of their lives. We evaluated the status of school health instruction in public and private primary schools in Jos, Nigeria. Methods: A cross sectional descriptive study involving 66 schools (20 public...

This research aimed at investigating the learning challenges encountered by international Congolese French speaking students in using English as the medium of instruction at a University in South Africa and the strategies they used to cope with these challenges.Using critical discourse analysis (CDA) the study explored errors in written and spoken language in relation to the strategies used by Congolese students to cope with language challenges. The data was collected through individual...

This study examines students' perception of their home economics classroom learning environment.The population consisted of all students from public schools in Edo State.A systematic random sampling technique was utilized to select a total number of 540 students for the study an instrument titled "Perception of Students of Home Economics Classroom Learning Environment (PSHELE)" was utilized to gather data.Findings indicates that home economics teachers do not have good method of teaching,...

There is consensus in the international mathematics teacher education literature that teachers should, at the most basic level, have mastery of the content knowledge they are required to teach. In this paper we test this assumption empirically by analyzing the South African SACMEQ 2007 mathematics teacher test data which tested 401 grade 6 mathematics teachers from a nationally representative sample of primary schools. With items matched to curriculum grade bands, findings indicate that 79%...

This article is based on a study whose main objective was to determine the effects of mathematical vocabulary instruction on students’ achievement in Mathematics in Secondary schools in Murang’a County, Kenya. The study was a non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design and was conducted in the two purposively selected secondary schools in Kahuro District in Murang’a County, Kenya. Both the experimental and the control groups consisted of fifty four (54) students...

The aim of the present study was to estimate the prevalence and forms of psychoactive substances among adolescent students in Assiut Governorate, Egypt. This study was cross sectional community survey conducted during academic year (2010-2011). The sample size was 5476 students from preparatory and secondary schools were subjected to a standardized questionnaire of substance misuse questionnaire of Egypt in an Arabic version and modified Arabic version of socioeconomic scale . 22.9 % of...

Worldwide, 6.6 million children die each year, partly due to a failure to recognize and treat acutely ill children. Programs that improve provider recognition and treatment initiation may improve child survival.Describe provider characteristics and hospital resources during a contextualized pediatric resuscitation training program in Botswana and determine if training impacts provider knowledge retention.The American Heart Association's Pediatric Emergency Assessment Recognition and...

This paper presents finding from a literature review linking climate change and biodiversity in the African context.It has become a reality that climate is changing and such changes are man-induced phenomena.Climate change is and will affect both natural and social systems including agricultural and biodiversity resources.In this regard, many of the genetic resources will become more threatened under changing climate, thus destabilize food ecosystems significantly.There is no doubt that with...

Technical and vocational graduates in Ghana are often ill-equipped to become self-reliant or well-fitted into the demands of the job market.This pattern can be examined in terms of the educational language policy implementation that disregards regional linguistic needs.This seems to arise as a result of the medium of instruction that is implemented in wholesale.This paper illustrates the need for the adoption of predominant regional Ghanaian languages to be used as medium of instruction in...

Higher education institutions (HEI) are established to address human resource needs by producing graduates with the relevant knowledge, skills and attitude for the labour market and improving the country's ability to maximize its long-term economic, social and political developments.The fetters of higher education are the challenges bedeviling its growth and development.This paper focuses on appropriate technology and innovations needed to break these fetters.Desktop research was used for...

Agricultural Technical School (ATS) instructors in Upper Egypt have been engaged in professional development workshops intended to improve classroom and laboratory teaching by implementing active learning strategies and workshops designed to enhance student learning through real-life experiences via internships.The adoption of these new innovations has been successful; however, through assessments of concerns the ATS instructors have indicated that there is need for additional information...

Abstract The factors affecting training transfer has been acknowledged by many studies. However, the challenges affecting it as a result of these factors have not been adequately explored in the Health sector. The present study was conducted to address this gap. Specifically, it explores Nurses’ perception on the factors of training transfer, challenges of training transfer and its relationship on nurse’s work performance. Data for this study were collected through surveys of nurses. Data...

Architectural practice and education has always been seen by architects and students of the discipline as a tough and demanding terrain. This may be connected to the obvious demands of the training of architects, characterized by long hours of design, drafting, and modelling. This does not end at the schools of architecture but continues through the practice journey. However, some veterans of the profession argue that this is the sure pathway towards success in architecture. This paper aims...

Previous studies mostly report positive impacts of climate change on sugarcane yields in South Africa (SA). Predictions vary considerably, however, and the limitations in methodologies and assumptions in these studies make it difficult to quantify impacts reliably at regional and industry scales. The objective of this study was to provide a robust indication of climate change impacts on the SA sugar industry for the period 2040-2070 under a likely emissions scenario (571 ppm atmospheric...