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This paper focuses on the ‘match’ between Botswana secondary school students’ Piagetian status and the cognitive demands of chemistry education. The chemistry syllabus studied by the most talented students engaged in the pure sciences at the senior secondary level is cognitively well within the reach of most. However, a serious mismatch arises at the junior secondary level with regard to the sequencing of topics while the chemistry components of the double and especially single science...

The changing context of higher education both internationally and in South Africa has presented challenges to lecturers that have led in some institutions to the introduction of accredited professional development courses for academics. Such courses for university lecturers are relatively new in South Africa. This paper reports on research in progress on a Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education and Training course offered at Rhodes University in South Africa. It highlights some...

Nutrition status of preschool children in Azezo, North West Ethiopia, and Ethiopian-born and native Israeli children aged 7 to 11 y and 12 to 15 y was studied. The aim of the study was to determine the growth patterns of immigrant children after changes in their nutritional habits.The Ethiopian-born and native school children were recruited from a caravan-dwelling site and a boarding school and from a town adjacent to the caravan site and a boarding school, respectively.Weight for age was...

Abstract The author used regression analyses to examine variables that predicted how African American parents and guardians rated their children's teachers and the public school system. The results indicated that although several variables were significant, parents' and guardians' satisfaction with their children's elementary school teachers was the strongest predictor of how they rated high school teachers and the public school system. The need for educators and policy-makers to improve...

I refer to the interesting article1 by Wedner et al published recently in the BJO . The authors have concluded, without enough justification, that “an eye screening programme for significant refractive errors is indicated in this population.” I believe more data are required for such a conclusion. Wedner et al could have reported the true positive predictive rate for the detection of myopia using the stated referral criterion of “worse than 6/12” on the Snellen …

This article presents the view of occupational therapists (OT's) in Namibia. It summarises the problems faced by the profession as well as a proposal of training OT's within Namibia.

It has previously been demonstrated that ototoxicity induced by systemic administration of cisplatin is reduced by concomitant administration of melanocortins, like alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH). However, these experiments were hampered by large interanimal variability. Therefore, we re-investigated the effects of systemically administered alpha-MSH during local (intracochlear) administration of cisplatin. Guinea pigs, implanted with a round-window electrode, allowing...

Cross‐sectional research has shown a link between adolescent substance use and educational motivation. The purpose of the current study was to examine this link in a longitudinal sample of African American youth. The study examined the interrelationships between alcohol and both marijuana use and school motivation over the high school years and their effect on graduation in 681 African American adolescents (50.8% female). School motivation was shown to relate to subsequent alcohol use...

The Education Sector Improvement Project for Eritrea will expand access to good quality basic education to all children, especially to currently marginalized children, improve capacity, and manage long-term sector development. Equity will be measured through notable increases in the enrolments of categories of children who are currently not reached by education services - girls, remote area dwellers, minorities, nomads, and the poor. There will be anticipated impacts such as: erosion of...

The Second Education Sector Development Project - APL Phase Two for Lesotho will finance the construction of new primary schools, the expansion of existing secondary schools, and a new one hundred bed hostel facility for male and female students at Thaba Tseka Technical Institute. However, since the exact locations for these new schools were not identified at the time the project was being prepared, the assessment of future potential environmental and social impacts, and mitigation measures...

In this paper, we argue that the condition of education and the economy of the low performing sub-Saharan African countries can be characterized as a stagnant steady state -- a trap. We present a simple heterogeneous-agent model in which high costs of education relative to income and the skill premium can cause the economy to be trapped in such a steady state with minimal educational attainment. We calibrate the model to available data from the sub-Saharan African countries to study policies...

An evaluation was made of the extent and impact of community-oriented medical education in the Khartoum and Gezira medical schools in the Sudan. Competency of graduates 3-7 years after graduation and health indicators of the provinces of both medical schools were examined. Gezira had a more community-oriented curriculum although it was deficient in other aspects. The degree of partnership of both schools with the Ministry of Health and the community was weak and the schools’ research...

To determine the prevalence of rubella antibodies and age of exposure to rubella among Yemeni schoolgirls, we studied the sera samples of 323 female students [age range 11-21 years; mean age 16.26 +/- 1.89 years] drawn from three schools in Sana’a. All samples were screened for rubella IgG antibodies using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay and, if negative, for IgM in order to exclude the possibility of recent exposure. Of 323 sera, 296 [91.64%] were positive for rubella IgG. All IgG...

This book provides an occasion to examine the complex conjuncture between the White supremacist realities of the American Academy and the often threatening presence of brilliant Black men in the This challenging book should also serve as an inspiration for a new generation of Black men deeply devoted to the life of the mind in or outside the Academy. -From the foreward by Cornel West. Sixteen of America's leading scholars offer an uncompromising critique of the academy from their perspective...

This study explored the patterns and socio-demographic correlates of sexual initiation, subsequent risk behaviors, and condom use among secondary school youth across Ethiopia. A total of 1,102 students were selected on convenience basis from five urban schools (in Baher Dar, Dessie, Awassa, Jimma, and Dire Dawa) and surveyed about their sexual and preventive behaviors using an extensive questionnaire. Data were analyzed using bivariate and multivariate statistical procedures. One third...