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In this chapter, we examine how poverty has impacted upon basic education in post-apartheid South Africa.Our position is that without rooting out poverty, South Africa's very noble transformation agenda for society in general and education in particular, may not come to fruition.After all, education is the major instrument of such transformation.Education has great potential to drastically reduce or even eradicate poverty, but poverty can drastically reduce one's success in education.The...

This chapter provides a scoping review of recent research and evaluation studies of various South African school improvement interventions.The aim is to present the findings of the studies as well as their strengths and weaknesses in terms of what they say about factors associated with improved learners' results and the kind of support and pressure mechanisms needed for effective school change.While all studies focus on school-based factors, and some acknowledge factors outside of the formal...

<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Effective screening is required to facilitate the early identification of central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) - a deficit within the central auditory nervous system, which can have a significant effect on a child’s listening, learning and communication. While several screening tools have been proposed, there is a lack of contextually appropriate tools that take the needs of a multilingual society, like South Africa (SA), into consideration. </sec>...

Background: The second prevalent cause of death globally is cerebrovascular stroke. It’s responsible for a great extent of disabilities than any other condition. A large share of this disability is related to poststroke neurocognitive impairment. Objective: to assess neuroimaging indices related to cognitive dysfunction in a sample of Egyptian stroke patients. Patients & methods: This study included 70 patients diagnosed with ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke after 3 months from the onset....

There is growing evidence based on practice and research-led development that informs decision-making in education in general and basic education in particular in South Africa.Much inspired transformation has happened in education since 1994 with notable improvement of the system.Even though the apartheid regime was discontinued in 1994, we continue to see the existence of two systems of education: one that serves the affluent minority communities and the other that serves the...

Breast cancer is a global health concern and a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among women. Early detection of breast cancer contributes to timely linkage to care and reduction of complications associated with breast cancer. In this context, breast self-examination is helpful to detect breast abnormalities particularly in settings with poor access to healthcare for clinical breast examination and mammography. Thus, all women in such settings are highly encouraged to perform breast...

Mopani District Municipality in the northeast of South Africa is largely semi-arid and frequently affected by meteorological droughts. The recent 2015/16 event had devastating impacts on water levels, crop yields, livestock herds and rural livelihoods. We investigated the nature of the drought hazard; its impacts, including vulnerability of rural communities in Mopani District and adaptation strategies they have employed to cope with drought. A mixed methods approach with both quantitative...

It has become important that social work confronts environmental challenges associated with climate change. Environmental social work is an approach to social work practice founded on ecological justice principles. A literature review was conducted to analyse social work’s contribution to robust responses to the impact of climate change in Zimbabwe. Despite an enabling legal and policy environment, the degradation of natural resources has become pervasive owing to Zimbabwe’s socio-economic...

This reflective essay seeks to share the authors’ thoughts and feelings on the impact of COVID 19 on the general teaching and learning strategies, theories and practices in the small kingdom of Eswatini in Southern Africa. Coming from varying backgrounds in education allows the authors to tackle the overview of consequences from different points of view and angles. The common thread among the authors is an observation that the disruptive nature of the pandemic, with its sudden onslaught and...

Education is a fundamental factor of development, preparing the educated for a better tomorrow. Education serves to improve quality of life, is a means of enhancing the economic growth for individuals and nations and provides a way for marginalized children and adults to exchange lives of desperation, poverty and injustice for those illuminated with liberty, justice and self-determination. Education is declared by the United Nations as a human right. This chapter presents one model to teach...

Purpose Higher education can play a role in the implementation of sustainable development goals (SDGs). However, there are steps and structures which are necessary for this to be possible. This paper aims to establish how the University of Zimbabwe (UZ)’s innovation hub is implementing SDGs for water, energy and food, resources which are in critical shortage in Harare; as part of its mandate to implement the newly introduced Education 5.0. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on...

This guide is designed for all ESF students, staff, and faculty to become familiar with important issues regarding inclusive excellence.

This systematic review analysed and synthesised the research done on effective science teacher professional development (PD) in post-apartheid South Africa, for the period 1994 to 2019, focusing on basic education.It investigated the efficacy of professional development models, with the aim of identifying models which positively impacted on science teachers and had the potential to improve teaching effectiveness.It also explored the issue of how South African researchers and education...

Introduction: The concept of school leadership has attracted the attention of many stakeholders in education sector. Students’ academic achievement is greatly determined by the decisions made by the school governance. The leadership style used by leaders influences the decision making process, communication process and implementation of decisions made. Purpose: The study sought to find out the extent to which task-oriented leadership style used by school heads in public secondary schools in...

Abstract Ugandan rivers are being tapped as a resource for the generation of hydropower in addition to other uses. Studies on the reliability of these hydropower plants due to climate and land-use/land cover changes on the hydrology of these rivers are scanty. Therefore, this study aimed to model the impact of the changing climate and land-use/cover on hydropower reliability to aid proper planning and management. The hydropower reliability of Muzizi River catchment was determined from its...

Abstract Background To describe the pattern of comorbidities in school-aged children with cerebral palsy (CP) and to identify which, if any, were associated with poor school attendance. A cross-sectional study, using the key informant methodology, between December 2017 and July 2018 was conducted in Cross River State, Nigeria. Assessments, confirmation of CP and identification of systemic comorbidities using standard tools and questionnaires were performed. Children confirmed to have CP...