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When education signals underlying abilities, income returns to education may not reflect true increases in productivity. This may be a particular concern in developing countries, where education is often prescribed as a major path to escaping poverty. Unfortunately, because education signalling occurs when underlying worker characteristics are difficult to observe, it is extremely difficult to obtain estimates of education signalling. This study uses Spence's (2002) model of signalling to...

This article aims to approach the Angolan context of mathematical training, using criteria issued by teachers, high school and university students surrounding the applied questionnaires. The problems identified in the high school and Higher Pedagogical Institutes in Angola, are related to the lack of motivation among students in mathematical careers, due to the insufficient contextualization achieved by the programmed contents and the insistent use of scientific and methodological approaches...

The allocation of rewards for faculty members in universities has been of much interest to organizational scholars. Though faculty members play a pivotal role in the execution of higher education strategy, the performance management system and pay structure still remains clouded in controversy among academics, popular writers and practitioners. Given the tripartite mandates of higher education, majority of the faculty members devote much of their time (75%) on teaching whereas the other 25%...

The benefits of universal primary education (UPE)—ranging from increased personal wellbeing to socially important outcomes such as lower population growth and improved maternal and child health—are widely documented, and donor organizations have invested significant amounts of money to reduce barriers to education. However, there are still many children—and girls, in particular—who do not attend school. Countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have not attained rates of primary school...

The benefits of universal primary education (UPE)—ranging from increased personal wellbeing to socially important outcomes such as lower population growth and improved maternal and child health—are widely documented, and donor organizations have invested significant amounts of money to reduce barriers to education. However, there are still many children—and girls, in particular—who do not attend school. Countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have not attained rates of primary school...

Adverse effects of climate change and variability remain to be a major threat to smallholder farmers and rural livelihoods. It posed a challenge of developing innovative technologies to improve rural livelihoods, environmental conservation and ensuring adoption of such technologies. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is used as a mitigation and adaptation option to reduce the negative impacts of climate change and improve agricultural productivity. To achieve the desired objectives, CSA...

The purpose of the study was to determine the main causes of students’ misbehaviour and measures teachers and students consider to be most appropriate for controlling the unruly behaviour of the students. Purposive, sample, of 50 teachers who held the various positions in the school, and 150 students comprising the Students Representative Council, the class prefects and the class secretaries, was used for the study. Descriptive sample survey was considered to be most appropriate method for...

This research was conducted purposely to examine child delinquency on pupils’ academic performance. Fumesua Municipal Assembly (M/A) primary school was used as the case study for the research. The specific objectives of the study are to find out the factors that contribute to child delinquent behavior, identify, if delinquent behavior influence the child academic performance and to find out the remedies that will help solve the problem. There was review of related literature in order to put...

Laparoscopy has become the gold standard for many surgical cases in the developed world. It however, remains a rarity in developing countries for several reasons, a major one being cost. This study aimed to determine the knowledge and attitude of patients attending Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Ghana toward laparoscopic surgery and their willingness to pay for it.A cross-sectional survey was conducted among patients attending specialist clinics at KATH.1070 patients...

This study was carried out to examine the types of maltreatment suffered by children of secondary schools in Niger State. Questionnaire was the instrument of data collection, purposively administered to two hundred and forty students in eight secondary schools in the state. Percentages and frequencies were adopted as instruments of data analysis. The findings reveal the following as forms of maltreatment suffered by the children: inadequate medical care, inadequate school materials, being...

The development community has started to question the exclusive focus of social protection programmes on orphans and vulnerable children affected by AIDS in the context of widespread poverty and vulnerability in Africa. This paper, using 2009 Zimbabwe Multiple Indicator Monitoring Survey data and multivariate regression analysis and simulations, shows that the impact of orphan-hood on children's access to education should be not underestimated. Specifically, the probability differential of...

This study focuses on the difficulties experienced by the instructors while teaching writing skill to Arabians from Syria, and how these difficulties could be overcome. The study group of the research includes 11 instructors working in Turkish Teaching Centers (TTCs) of Cukurova University and Adana Science and Technology University. The data collected through the use of interview forms prepared by the researcher. After the interviews, content analysis was performed on the data collected....

The study sought to explore the relationship between examinations and good teaching. This was examined in view of the fact that whilst examinations could be interpreted from a percentage output, good teaching was lifelong and endless. The views of teachers were sought to establish the best way of teaching siNdebele literature that would promote critical thinking and critical analysis in pupils. This was also as a way of establishing the skill to be attained by literature students that would...

A World of Their Own: A History of South African Women's Education. By Meghan Healy-Clancy. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013. Pp. xiv, 312; tables and figures, notes, bibliography, index; $29.50 paper, $29.50 E-book.Many scholars have written about the educated elite in KwaZulu-Natal, but Meghan Healy-Clancy provides us with an important new perspective on women's education through the history of the prominent Inanda Seminary. Drawing the narrative beyond apartheid, she...

The purpose of this study was to assess the dimensionality and reliability of Teachers Evaluation Questionnaire in Eastern Zone high school; Tigrai National Regional State which was filled by school principal. To this end: 9 high schools in 7 woredas were selected using the lottery method, in which 459 teachers’ rate forms were collected. All teachers who were teaching in various departments were also involved in the study. All 459 teachers’ evaluation questionnaires were used as sample size...

The purpose of this study was to assess the dimensionality and reliability of Teachers Evaluation Questionnaire in Eastern Zone high school; Tigrai National Regional State which was filled by school principal. To this end: 9 high schools in 7 woredas were selected using the lottery method, in which 459 teachers’ rate forms were collected. All teachers who were teaching in various departments were also involved in the study. All 459 teachers’ evaluation questionnaires were used as sample size...

Climate change is an overwhelming global issue. Everything, living or non-living in one or another way, have in contact with climate change. A statistical downscaling model (SDSM) was used to investigate future climate projections based on precipitation and temperature using (Regional climate Model) for A1B and B1 emission scenarios in Werii watershed (1797 Km2). Four meteorological stations, namely; Abyiadi, Adwa, Hawzen and Adigrat were selected based on proximity to the watershed and data...

Common bacterial blight (CBB) caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv.phaseoli is the most important biotic production constraint to common bean in eastern Ethiopia.Climate change could have an impact on the disease epidemiology by influencing both common bean growth and the pathogen reproduction.The effects of climate change needs to be mitigated using climate change resilience strategies.Field experiments were conducted in the 2012 and 2013 cropping seasons at Haramaya and Babile research...