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<em>This study investigates how instructional materials affect students' academic achievement in Burundi post-basic English curriculum. This paper is a report of part of research conducted in 2023 to evaluate the instructional influences of the post-basic school English curriculum on learners’ achievement in Burundi. This study utilized a convergent parallel research design and pragmatic paradigm, supported by Communicative Language Teaching for the 21st Century and the Social Learning...

Indonesia attempted to use its foreign policy to address domestic and international objectives in its relations with other nations. Due to Indonesia's success in the 1955 AAC and involvement in the 1961 NAM, the country's administration used the SSTC mechanism to further local goals. Indonesia often offers Muslim Religious Leaders (MRLs) international reproductive health training to bring SSTC to African nations. Analysis of domestic politics and international aid used in this research....

Inclusion and special needs education has gained attention in recent years in the West African country of Sierra Leone. Policies addressing access to education are in place and various international partners have been supporting the growth of knowledge through short term in-person professional development, but policies have not translated into practice; systems and methods for identifying and teaching learners with disabilities are lacking and an in-country expertise is not fully developed....

Inclusion and special needs education has gained attention in recent years in the West African country of Sierra Leone. Policies addressing access to education are in place and various international partners have been supporting the growth of knowledge through short term in-person professional development, but policies have not translated into practice; systems and methods for identifying and teaching learners with disabilities are lacking and an in-country expertise is not fully developed....

The teaching and learning of creative arts is anchored on embodied and collaborative learning where practical learning form the bases for knowledge transfer in a physical learning environment. In Kenya, the rapid shift to online modes of instruction has significantly impacted on such conventional pedagogies for teaching. This chapter presents a comparative analysis of the experiences of tutors and learners in public and private institutions of higher learning in the Creative Arts. It...

Abstract The study was on Nigeria’s CC, PGR, and economic growth (1986-2021). Secondary data collected from the Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin, World Bank, WDI, and Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) were analyzed using unit root test, Auto-regressive distributed lag model (ARDL) for climate change since variables were of I(1) & I(0) as there was no co-integration. In contrast, the Error Correction Model (ECM) was used for population growth rate as variables were of...

There is little evidence based on large-scale representative data on the school integration of refugee children—many of whom live in low- or middle-income countries. This study focuses on Syrian refugee children in Turkey and examines the underlying causes of native–refugee differences in school enrollment using the 2018 Turkey Demographic and Health Survey. Accounting for a rich set of socioeconomic variables, we find that the native–refugee gap in school enrollment drops by half for boys...

Abstract It is through education that communities and governments can tackle political, economic, social and geographic inequalities and ills in the continent of Africa. It is for this reason that policies like the Universal Primary Education were adopted. Children have the right to basic quality education as espoused in several agreements such as the Convention of Childrens Rights of 1989 and the Sustainable Development goals. Access to quality education for success is a social justice...

There is insufficient empirical evidence on the factors that underpin migrant parents school choices in countries in sub-Saharan Africa with most of the research focusing on schools in the global North. Based on an exploratory case study interviewing West African migrant parents and principals in Ghana, this chapter examines the factors underpinning the parents’ school choices at primary and high school levels. In Ghana, there are no specific policies addressing the access of migrants to...

Schools are primary settings for interactions between migrating children and local host communities, often discussed in research as spaces that give room for racism and xenophobia, for care and belonging; or both. This suggests that institutions and people in host communities are those who set the tone. Zimbabwean children and youth’s migration to South Africa reveals alternative power dynamics, where institutions and young people of source communities have much influence over social and...

Historically, educational initiatives in global health have involved expert lectures by visitors. However, incomplete understanding of the target population and resources can limit the efficacy of lectures by international faculty. Little data exists on the magnitude of this problem. The goal of this study was to create and validate a needs assessment tool to guide lecture development as part of a larger study to implement virtual lectures for a residency program in Tanzania by members of an...

Estimating bathymetric information is vital for aquaculture and navigation applications. Free, high-resolution satellite imagery provides a cost-effective solution for routine bathymetric measurements. We tested six algorithms to retrieve water depth in the Mwanza Gulf of Lake Victoria using Sentinel-2 satellite imagery: the conventional Stumpf method, Random Forest (RF), Gradient Boosting Machine (GBM), Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGB), Neural Network (NNET), and Support Vector Machine...

Abstract Even though multilingual education has been in existence for a long time, the new era has brought another contestation around this educational substitute. Multilingual education which is often realized through multilingual language policy seems to be the best way to prepare future generations to participate in constructing democratic societies in and intercultural world. South Africa is no exception to this development. The language policy and governance in the schooling system of...

Problems Statement and Purpose. Northern Tanzania Volcanic terrain has been a subject of evaluation for geothermal potential in the last four decades. The region is characterized by Neogene to Recent volcanic and tectonic activities. This preliminary study based on remote sensing, water chemistry, gravity data, geological structures and volcanic centers distribution reports the geothermal manifestations identified and discusses the implications on geothermal fluid pathways. Oxygen-hydrogen...

Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) are an essential survival tool for humans since time immemorial and have always been connected to the management of weather related hazards such as drought. However, the advancement in technology and dominant application of the western version of science in rural Africa continues to masks the significance of IKS resulting in the shrinkage of its use. Against this background, the article examines existing indigenous knowledge and the influence they have on...