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This paper examines the quality of policy intent and policy implementation in education policies related to school-based management (SBM) in rural Senegal. For this purpose, we adapted the World Bank diagnostic tool for the SBM system known as SABER-SAA (System Approach for Better Education Result for the policy domain of School Autonomy and Accountability), to conduct a survey of various actors in the education system of Senegal. In terms of policy intent, the results of the assessment show...

In this paper, children attending a U.S.-sponsored private primary school serving orphaned and vulnerable children in Uganda were interviewed in focus groups about their participation in a peer-to-peer health education program in which they used music, dance, poetry, art, and drama to convey health information. The children reported enhanced knowledge and changes in health behavior among themselves and their peers.

Heavy metal pollution is a major environmental problem worldwide because of the longstanding toxicity and bioaccumulation of metals. The risk is pronounced in the environment adjacent to large industrial complexes and cities historically located along rivers. The aim of this paper was the application of multivariate statistical techniques: cluster analysis (CA), principal component analysis (PCA), and discriminant analysis (DA) to evaluate spatial and temporal variations of the heavy metals...

Supporting engineering education is considered as one of the main goals that lead to strong Palestinian economy due to the strong interactions and synergy effects between education and the economy. Engineering education is considered a mid-point that connects natural resources at one side to industrial products at the other side. To keep this connection in a sustainable manner that guarantees maintaining these resources for the longest time of life, engineering courses and programs are...

Information and communications technology revolution continues to propel dramatic transformations in all aspects of our society. This revolution and transformation is changing the face of libraries, their functions and services. These innovations are propelling the library into an environment of electronic services established on computer servers or a network of cooperating servers. Technology is giving great impetus to libraries and helping them redesign, redirect and remodel their...

Education in Kenya requires rethinking as the country faces the demands of educational and socio-economic transformation of the 21 st century.One of the general objectives of primary education in Kenya states that primary education should provide the learner opportunities to acquire literacy, numeracy, creativity and communication skills.There is evidence from research reports that the objective has not been fully met.A number of learners go through the primary school course without...

Chomsky’s generative paradigm has invaded and informed linguistic research and hence all linguistic subfields. The field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) has not been exempted from this ostensible invasion. Yet, research conducted within this new paradigm has focused only on exploring and teaching formal grammatical forms; other components of linguistic competence, namely Pragmatics, have been pushed to the edges. More recently (Kasper & Blum-Kulka, 1993; Kasper, 1992; Ishihara & Cohen,...

This study aimed to compare the perceptions of pharmacy clerkship students and clinical preceptors of preceptors’ teaching behaviors at Gondar University. A cross-sectional study was conducted among pharmacy clerkship students and preceptors during June 2014 and December 2015. A 52-item structured questionnaire was self-administered to 126 students and 23 preceptors. The responses are presented using descriptive statistics. The Mann-Whitney U test was applied to test the significance of...

ABSTRACT Many studies have projected future climate changes over Southern Africa, but without including the influence of on‐going forestation activities in the region. The present study investigates how the forestation activities may alter the projected climate change. For the study, two regional climate models ( RegCM and WRF ) were applied to simulate the present‐day climate (1970–2004) and future climate (2030–2064; IPCC RCP 4.5), with and without forestation. The simulations account for...

In recent years, Tanzanian higher learning institutions have attracted many candidates to pursue various postgraduate programmes.However, some higher education stakeholders have echoed their concerns that the number of postgraduate students who successfully graduate from the institutions is low, despite the increase in postgraduate enrollment.Supervisors have consistently been identified by postgraduate students as the main source of either delaying graduation or dropping from the...

<h3>Background</h3> In the context of cooperation between France and Egypt, we were interested in identifying differences between the required training leading to the profession of hospital pharmacist. <h3>Purpose</h3> To compare the required training for hospital pharmacy practice in France and Egypt. <h3>Material and methods</h3> This was a descriptive comparative study. A list of relevant themes was established by consensus after a review of key websites and literature. A panel of a...

Random Probabilistic neural networks are more approximate to humans than determinist neural network.Therefore, it is trivial in our study to use random criterion.There exist several random tools, but the most popular is the Probabilistic Self Organizing Maps.For that reason we chose this latter as a classification tool in this research paper, where we describe, in a first time, our PRSOM model as a MINLP model with linear constraints.And we use the dynamic center method to resolve this...

The study sought to examine the relationship between human resource practices andteacher engagement in secondary schools in the far north district of Arua. The study waspremised on the counter- productive work behaviors of some secondary school teachersworking in the rural setting of Uganda. There was however, lack of local empirical studieson the factors driving this trend. Cross sectional research design was adopted for thepurpose of the study using a sample of 226 respondents out of the...

Tourism plays a significant role in Tanzania's socio-economic development but climate change is likely affecting natural resources relevant for the sector. This paper identifies knowledge gaps regarding the impact of climate change on tourism in Tanzania through a review of literature. Findings show that the literature is rich in explaining the impact of climate change on natural resources base relevant for tourism. However, it is not clearly integrating knowledge on the impact of climate...

This study aimed to test the impact of health education programmer's intervention on the prevalence of intestinal parasites among school children in city, Beit labia villages and Jabalia refugee camp Gaza Strip over 6 month. In this study 432 stool samples were collected from school children aged 6- 11 years old, each stool sample was examined using wet mount and formalether sedimentation technique. Of these 432 stool sample 125 were found to be positive with a prevalence of (28.9%). The...