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Abstract Education aid in Rwanda is often portrayed as a success story. Based on original fieldwork, this article explores the governance arrangements that underpin performance in the sector. The paper follows up on developments since Hayman’s pioneering’ aidnography’ a decade back and adds new theoretical layers by employing theory of post-politics. The paper argues that while old tensions lurk beneath, a largely depoliticized environment has been created that facilitates everyday work in...

Sixteen (16) genotypes of eggplant (Solanum spp) were grown over two years in the Coastal and Sudan Savannah areas of Ghana to identify proline accumulation response patterns of the genotypes under dry season and drought-stressed conditions of Ghana. The experiment was conducted at Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) experimental farm, Manga, Bawku (Sudan Savannah Agro-ecology), and University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, experimental farm (Coastal Savannah Agro-ecology). At each...

The introduction of the concept of e-learning or information and communication technologies in education has become unavoidable. Whatever the type of education provided (face-to-face or distance), the ICT, are now applied in different pedagogical situations at the university and have become likely to have an impact on the educational system. MOOC, a new form of ICT for learning, is an open access online course that has many inherent advantages over the standard educational pedagogy. This...

Bush encroachment is a highly relevant environmental issue in South African savannas, influencing ecological processes as well as the grazing capacity of the land. However the drivers of bush encroachment are not yet fully revealed which can partly be attributed to the problem that large-scale data of woody vegetation cover are missing. Using a multi-scale and a multi-sensor approach, this study aimed at providing the status of woody vegetation cover for the Molopo Area in South Africa....

It is currently almost impossible for students enrolled at an open distance learning institution to obtain their study materials, communicate with lecturers or engage in any other teaching and learning processes without the use of computers and the Internet. This paper investigates and reports on the time taken and level of difficulty experienced by students with disabilities and students without disabilities in completing a number of set tasks involving the main website and the learning...

Research Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Award of the Degree of Master of Education (Language Education) in the Department of Educational Communication and Technology, School Of Education, Kenyatta University. March 2019

The implementation of mother tongue education (MTE) remains a challenge across Africa and Kenya in particular. This continues despite the fact that the maintenance and development of language and literacy skills in one’s mother tongue (MT) plays a critical role in facilitating second language (L2) learning, developing additive bilingualism and continuous cognitive development. Consequently, Kenya has had several education commissions in both colonial and post-colonial periods, which,...

Intelligent Tutoring System ITS is a computer software that supplies direct and adaptive training or response to students without, or with little human teacher interfering. The main target of ITS is smoothing the learning-teaching process using the ultimate technology in computer science. The proposed system will be implemented using the “ITSB” Authoring tool. The book Introduction To Computer Science is taught in Al-Azhar University in Gaza as a compulsory subject for students who study at...

The effectiveness of education programmes, including comprehensive sexuality education (CSE), to address gender-based violence in schools is under increasing scrutiny. Explanations for the persisting challenges with these programmes have so far typically pointed towards ‘culture’. Drawing on a qualitative case study in Ethiopia, this paper analyses the relations between gender-based violence and culture, as it is presented in CSE. It reveals that uncritical conceptions of tradition and...

Climate change/variability and environmental degradation have increased in the central rift valley of Ethiopia, which in turn making the people inhabiting in that ecosystem more vulnerable to the impacts. The purposes of this study were to assess the vulnerability of households and agro-ecosystems to climate change and environmental degradation and the factors determining vulnerabilities in the central rift valley, Ethiopia. Data were collected between November 2014 and May 2015 by...

Egypt has been listed as one of the most popular countries that are menaced by lack of water by the year 2025 due to overpopulation. The great deposition of highly polluted domestic and industrial effluents into its water ways, made a continuous and prompt damage to its surface and groundwater. The River Nile represents about 97% of Egypt's water resources; however winter rain and nonrenewable groundwater aquifers are also comprised. In Egypt, the main source of pollution is industrial...

This paper examined the critical role of internship in the translator training and profession. The work is premised on the fact that most translation graduates from Nigerian tertiary institutions shy away from practising translation or from picking up translation jobs due to lack of confidence and experience. For this work, data were collected from the brochures of some Nigerian universities that offer translation from M.A. to the Ph.D. levels. Data were also collected through WhatsApp and...

Cities have revived a tendency to look to other cities in a conscious attempt to learn, adapt or adopt innovative practices in the field of urban planning and development. Much has been published on how such cities learn from each other in the global North, as well as some in Latin America and Asia, but little empirical research is available relating to sub-Saharan Africa. As a result, not much is known about the perception of practitioners in this part of the world, of prevailing...

The genus name Crataegus, is derivative from a Greek word kratos meaning hardness of wood. Crataegus relates to family Rosaceae; it contains about 280 species of deciduous spiny shrubs and small trees where most of these species are grown as ornamentals and hedging plants, they are broadly distributed in Northern temperate zones of Asia, Europe and America. In Egypt, it is confined to mountainous South Sinai; it grows on the high elevated wadis in Saint Catherine area. Many Crataegus species...

DEVIATION OF THE STRUCTURE OF SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE LANGUAGE FROM STANDARD ENGLISH IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC WRITING, IN SOUTH AFRICA

The impact of climate change is not gender-neutral. In this article, we argue that its impact on rural women’s agro-based livelihoods and food security in Zimbabwe is underlined by unbalanced social and power relations and structural factors such as unequal access to the means of production. To that end, we involve green social work as a better positioned framework and practice to address the gendered implications of climate change surrounding rural women’s livelihoods and food security in...

In sub-Saharan Africa, farmers face the pressing challenge of climate change that affects crop production. To cushion themselves against climate change, farmers need to invest in appropriate adaptation measures. This study investigates and reviews adaptation measures in the crop sector of 21 African countries. The main source of data are National Communications under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. To obtain the latest data and information the Second and Third...

The persistence of gender inequality in education in Africa is due to poverty, cultural beliefs and traditions linked to gender-role expectations. This article presents the findings of a study that evaluated the outcomes of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Gender Equity through Education (GEE) programme aimed at increasing the participation of girls in education through scholarship and mentoring activities in South Sudan. Using a convergent mixed-method...