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Abstract Library and Information Science (LIS) has gone through many changes over the past two decades. These changes have had an impact on the youth who want to study LIS. Lack of knowledge about LIS and its career opportunities makes it difficult for young people to consider studying towards a LIS qualification. Literature reveals that most LIS students end up in the program accidentally and without knowledge of the content. This study investigated students’ perceptions regarding LIS, the...

Twenty five years after the advent of democracy in South Africa, indigenous language education for San communities in South Africa is a goal that still needs to be realised. There have been various attempts, though none of these have resulted in sustained programmes or projects. In particular, attempts to implement the recommendations of a report on Khoe and San language education in schools submitted to the Northern Cape Education Department (NCED) in 2001 are reviewed. Two types of...

Ethiopia has succeeded in rapidly expanding access to primary education over the past two decades. However, learning outcomes remain low among primary school children and particularly among girls and children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Starting with a systematic review of quantitative studies on the determinants of learning outcomes among primary school children in Ethiopia, this study then examined key determinants of students’ numeracy achievement over the 2018-19 school year. The...

Abstract Background: Cerebral Palsy is one of the most common developmental disabilities among children seeking health care services in Ethiopia as well as in other low income countries. Yet, there is no national data relating to CP in Ethiopia. The overall aim of this study is to describe the clinical subtype, gross and fine motor function and presence and pattern of associated impairments and possible risk factors in children with Cerebral Palsy aged 2 to 18 years in Tikur Anbessa...

This study explored the attitude of trainees in postgraduate diploma in teaching towards the teaching profession. The study had a descriptive survey design. Two hundred and fifty-eight trainees participated in the study. Proportionate stratified random and simple random sampling were used in the selection of the study participants. Quantitative data was collected using a standardized questionnaire developed by Renthlei and Malsawmi (2015). Percentages and Stanine scale frequency...

The study explored the development characteristics of primary school children’s calculation ability in Ghana and China and compared the differences between the two countries. Participants included 128 pupils from primary schools in Shaoxing City of China (female = 46.88%; mean age = 8.89 years, SD = 1.33 years), and 100 pupils from primary schools in Accra city of Ghana (female = 49%; mean age = 8.33 years, SD = 1.88 years). The children completed the 50-item Basic Arithmetic Tasks test of...

The study investigated the relationship between remuneration and job performance of teachers in government-aided secondary schools in Western Uganda. Remuneration was studied in terms of basic pay, income security schemes, and bonuses and allowances. Teachers’ job performance was considered in terms of classroom teaching, management of students, discipline and regularity and interpersonal relations. The study adopted a cross-sectional research design using the quantitative approach on a...

Rural communities in West Africa have long adopted a variety of coping and adaptation strategies to periods of climate variability and risks. These strategies have mostly been shaped by prevailing indigenous knowledge systems and shared understandings of the underlying causes of climate events. Despite the increasing scientific and policy attention to climate perceptions and integration of indigenous knowledge in climate governance, there is still a lag in going further to probe and consider...

Coastal monitoring is an essential feature for the sustainable management of naturally vulnerable areas; however, data acquisition is a tedious task. We aim to identify an efficient method of automatic shoreline monitoring based on high water level detection using very high-resolution Pleiades images and taking as the pilot zone the Mostaganem coastline (Algeria). Through a comparative study between classification methods based on pixel- and object-based image analyses (PBIA and OBIA,...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the ICT and reflective practice integration in teacher preparation at Primary Teachers Colleges and to establish whether these practices were among the constructivist approaches being used to teach students.
 Methodology: This phenomenological study explored the lived experiences of tutors and students in light of constructivists’ teaching. It involved 3 PTCs and 15 participants who were purposively sampled. This study used a qualitative...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the implementation of constructivists’ principles in teacher preparation in colleges and to establish whether the constructivist approaches were being used to teach students.
 Methodology: This phenomenological study explored the lived experiences of tutors and students in light of constructivists informed teaching. It involved 3 PTCs and 15 participants who were purposively sampled. The methodology for this study was qualitative with a...

Temperature control is the key element during medicine storage. Pharmacies sell some medical products which are kept in fridges. The opening and closing of the fridge while taking some medicine makes the outside hot air enter the fridge, which will increase the inner fridge temperature. When the frequency of opening and closing of the fridge is increased, the temperature may go beyond the allowed storage temperature range. In this paper, we are proposing a model with the help of machine...

(ICT) facilities and the utilization of these resources in nonformal secondary schools in Tanzania and Uganda. We used a comparative, embedded-case study design. Questionnaires, interviews, and documentary reviews were used to collect data. Research respondents included the educational officials in the ministries of education, heads of institutions, adult educators, and adult students. The data were collected in Dar es salaam, Tanzania, and Kampala, Uganda. The required sample size was...

The socio-economic crisis associated with COVID-19 is threatening progress towards attaining sustainable development goals. In this regard, global GDP is to contract in 2020 by 5.2% as against 2.8% in SSA. In addition, as global recession is imminent, developing countries stand to accommodate about 60 million people into extreme poverty amid rising debt. However, as an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, United Nations and African Union resolve to eradicate extreme poverty...

The chapter addresses an apparently simple question: Does the Kenyan government provide free or fee public primary education?  Since an adequate response to this question presupposes an understanding of what we mean by the phrase ‘free primary education,’ the chapter addresses the question using the philosophical methods of analysis and criticism as well as empirical evidence from research findings, official records and documents of the Government of Kenya related to Free Primary...

The major aim of the study was to investigate the effects of information seeking behaviour on accessibility of library services by students with visual impairment. The study was carried out at Hamu Mukasa Library of Uganda Christian University in Mukono, Uganda. The study objectives were to weigh the needs of information to Students with Visual Impairment (SWVI) in UCU library, assess information seeking behaviors of SWVI at UCU library, to evaluate the library facilities and services...

This pandemic has utterly disrupted traditional education systems around the world. Even as a global search for sure-fire innovative solutions to the pandemic rages on, it is increasingly becoming clear that online teaching is no more of an option but, a necessity; changes that were occasioned by COVID-19 might be here to stay! While some are nervous that the abrupt unprecedented pivot to online delivery mode might result in a poor user experience that could stifle sustained growth, others...

Climate change is a threat to humanity. Current weather extremes are already affecting millions of people, putting food and water security at risk, and threatening agriculture supply chains and many ecosystems and resources. Climate change makes these events more frequent and extreme poor countries are getting exposed to greater risks compared to wealthier countries. The impacts of climate change affect the lives of both women and men in a number of ways. Concern is emerging that the...

Abstract The displacement of a large number of Syrians has resulted in interrupted and protracted education pathways for many young Syrians. Although access to higher education (HE) has been recognised as central to avoid creating a ‘lost generation’, refugees in host countries face considerable barriers to access HE, such as cost, capacity and lack of documents. Online and blended learning opportunities have been proposed as one solution in resource-constrained environments. However,...