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The purpose of the study is to assess the extent to which counselling services in universities in Kenya influences students' retention rate.The study was carried out in 2018 where one hundred and one medical students in first year second semester from two public universities were studied to determine the effectiveness of counselling services on retention rate of undergraduate students.Quantitative data were collected using questionnaires while qualitative data were collected using focus...

The purpose of this study was to assess the contributions of cluster resource centers in the implementation of inclusive education of children with special educational needs, and more specifically visually impaired children in Atse Sertse Dingil Cluster Primary School. A qualitative approach with case study design was used to elicit the required information from the principal, itinerant teacher, regional advisor and regular teachers. The study involved seven participants. The data collected...

The Family Life and HIV Education curriculum was developed to drive Nigeria's school-based HIV intervention strategy for disseminating information about HIV/AIDS and curbing the threat of HIV/AIDS among adolescents and young people. In this paper, we aimed to identify the strengths and constraints in the Family Life and HIV Education curriculum and its implementation, and we suggest possible solutions to boost its effectiveness and impact. We reviewed the curriculum and searched other...

This study investigated the impact of government education expenditure on primary school enrolment in Nigeria by applying the bounds testing (ARDL) approach to cointegration for the period of 1970 to 2017.The model was constructed to identify the relationship between the two variables while also considering the interaction with control variables; per capita income, remittances, investment and population growth.The bounds tests suggest that the variables of interest are bound together in the...

The use of social media platforms has over the years become a veritable tool for individuals, groups, institutions and corporate bodies for the promotion of health and wellness. In recent times, social media has become one of the most potent agents of the media through which health issues are addressed as well as generated and disseminated to different populations in society. The study was conducted to examine social media use and students’ health lifestyle modification in the University of...

The use of social media platforms has over the years become a veritable tool for individuals, groups, institutions and corporate bodies for the promotion of health and wellness. In recent times, social media has become one of the most potent agents of the media through which health issues are addressed as well as generated and disseminated to different populations in society. The study was conducted to examine social media use and students’ health lifestyle modification in the University of...

Background: To investigate the potential correlation between the rates of antimicrobial drug consumption and the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among clinical Acinetobacter baumannii recovered in a tertiary care hospital in Tunisia. Methods: The microbiological and epidemiological profiles of A. baumannii infections at the Hospital Sahloul, Sousse, were investigated between 2001 to 2004 and 2012 to 2015 along with the consumption record of broad-spectrum antibiotics. Results: Our...

The study was carried out to investigate the effect of teaching poultry production on choice of career by Agricultural Science students in secondary schools in Southern Senatorial Zone, Adamawa State, Nigeria.The study used survey research design.Six hundred and forty-four (644) respondents out of 18,556 were selected from 30 schools that were purposely selected out of 175 in Southern Senatorial zones, using proportional random sampling techniques.Two research questions and two null...

The aim of the study was to shed light on the situations of teachers and students and their perception of the atmosphere in a school where Turkish children were educated in the morning while Syrian refugee students were educated in the afternoon. In this study, the features of the school, and the scope of curriculum applied to Syrian children, and the problems within the education process were examined according to teachers’ as well as to students’ views. Interviews were conducted with 12...

Agricultural productivity in Africa does not match that of the number of professional graduates working within the sector. This raises question on suitability of university training to needed graduate competencies. Under "PREPARE BSc project", ninety five lecturers selected from academic disciplines were interviewed to collect data on lecturers' perceptions and attitudes on learning environment, curriculum development, teaching and learning, and assessment activities. Over 80% of the...

Effective school leader is an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by facilitating the development, expression, implementation, and stewardship of a vision of learning that is shared and supported by the school community. In light of this, this research was aimed at assessing the effectiveness of school leadership in primary schools of Wolaita and Dawuro Zones. To conduct the study a descriptive survey method was used. Samples of 7 woredas, 28 schools, 28 school...

Introduction:-It is still an on-going debate among sport medicine professionals and coaches whether athletic injuries are an inevitable part of athletics, or whether they may be predicted or even prevented by utilization of advanced coaching strategies and technologically safe equipment.In relation to this several studies have investigated the risk factors for sports injuries in long-distance running .Those factors include age, anthropometrics, anatomical factors, training years, injury...

The main purpose of the study was to assess the provision of guidance and counselling service in South Godar secondary schools. It was designed to study the types of service provided by service providers in South Gondar secondary schools and to investigate the attitude and awareness of Guidance & Counselling Committee (GCC) members, teachers, principals and students towards the usefulness of guidance and counselling services/programme. The study was conducted using a descriptive survey...

The human dimension in management has been underscored by many authorities including the Human Relations School of thought (as advocated by people such as Fayol, Mayo, Douglas Mcgregor, etc.).Among the crucial resources identified for effective management the primary one is Human Resource.The others such as equipments, physical facilities, funds (money) as well as `time' are secondary to the human factor.The scientific management approach identified its principles based on concepts such as...

The qualitative case study presented in this article describes and analyzes the experiences of Israeli education students, who joined a delegation to Ethiopia last year. This journey opened the doors of Ethiopia to the Ethiopian community’s younger generation, most of whom were born in Israel, and to the non-Ethiopian Israelis. During the journey, the participants coped with many challenges and a variety of experiences. They returned home having broken the stereotypes regarding the...

IntroductionEnglish Language plays a central and strategic role in the school system in Kenya because almost all the school subjects are taught using English language.However, students' achievement in this subject in secondary schools in Kenya is not encouraging.This could be attributed to their attitudes towards the subject.Several studies have analysed students' attitudes towards learning English in terms of gender.Results of such studies for example, Fakeye (2010) and Kiziltan and Atli...

Students’ mastery in statistics is of great importance since it serves as a tool for conducting a good research in every academic sphere. This study investigated undergraduates’ attitude towards the study of statistics and its possible implication on their academic achievement in this subject with particular reference to determining plausible differences between male and female students. A purposive sample size of two hundred and sixty (260) students drawn from 2016/2017 and...

This study examines the extent to what the program implemented in educators' instructional process. A survey research method of mixed approach was employed by which observation, questionnaire and interview were used as data gathering tools. As a result, the overall extent to which the programme is being applied in the educators' instructional process was found to be not satisfactory due to session planning and action research that seen as not being practiced at all in the colleges. Besides,...