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There has been an increasing effort to deliver Education in Emergencies (EiE) from the international community since the 1990s because of protracted humanitarian situations.Despite the growing attention to EiE, many children in conflict-affected situations miss schooling without having the opportunity to receive a second chance education (SCE), or voice their perspectives on this situation.Given the gaps within EiE, this paper focuses on the largely overlooked issue of out-of-school children...

Purpose This study aims to analyze the effect of banking technology [automated teller machine (ATM) and mobile cellular devices (MOBs)] and other traditional factors on the level of currency in circulation for a sample of 21 selected sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. It also assessed the mitigating effect of education on the relationship between banking technology and the cashless economy. Design/methodology/approach The study used a panel data approach to design a cashless economy model...

Abstract Background: Injuries continue to be an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the developed and developing world. School-age children are more likely to experience unintentional injuries in the school, while they are playing and teachers are the primarily responsible body for keeping the welfare of the students. Knowing the knowledge, attitude, and practice of kindergarten and elementary school teachers towards first aid will be used as an input for policymakers to intervene...

Climate change is likely to continue to have severe impacts, including sea level rise. At the same time, population increase and development imperatives create additional pressure on available water resources. These changes are problematic for the Mediterranean coastal areas and especially the Nile Delta coast. Particular focus of this study is on salinization of groundwater resources in the Nile Delta Aquifer (NDA) due to saltwater intrusion. To assess current conditions and develop future...

The starting point of the research was the problematic situation, generated by the norms used to evaluate the physical condition in Angola, which do not adjust to the real conditions of this country, from which it is derived to design procedures for the evaluation of the physical condition of secondary school students in Angola. For this purpose, both the individual particularities of those evaluated and the environmental ones were taken into account, using different research methods and...

The study examined factors influencing career decisions using a sample of high school learners in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. A mixed-method approach was utilised. In the quantitative phase of the study, a sample of 536 high school learners in South Africa filled out the Career Interest Inventory (Fisher & Stafford, 1999) in understanding factors that influence career decisions. Phase two sought to understand qualitatively how the identified factors from phase one...

This study explored science teachers’ perspectives of the use of translanguaging and their practice in a science classroom. This was prompted by the National Education and Training Sector Policy of Swaziland which stipulates the official language of instruction from Grade 4 as English. This is regardless of the evidence that learners who use second language as a medium of instruction often struggle because they are not able to fully understand instruction in such a language. This study was...

This paper introduces a conceptual platform for bringing students and teachers together in a social media consortium. The results extracted from the questionnaire used in this paper exhibits that the majority of the students support and are eager to see this idea live and willing to play an active role and show full commitment. This consortium encompasses students and teachers from both school and university. This platform prepares the students, fosters and enables them to a smooth...

The study set out to analyse the cognitive competence of children (7years and above) as a basis for the effective teaching of children with learning disability. The study examined the extent to which the analysis of pupils' executive function and visual perception competences influence the effective teaching of children with learning disability. A pre-test post-test quasi- experimental research design was used and participants were selected purposively. A sample size of 10 pupils with...

The current paper presents descriptive summaries of classroom interaction ratio analysis obtained through the implementation of foreign language interaction system (FLint). It aims to identify the ratio distribution of different aspects of teacher-student talk in order to understand the nature of interaction that takes place in EFL classrooms. This study represents a descriptive research that analyses data systematically based on the observation of four EFL lessons in two Algerian...

Objective:to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice of child adoption among men and women attending the infertility clinic at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City.Methods:This was a cross-sectional descriptive stthstudy conducted between 1 October, 2018 and 30 May, 2019 among 264 men and women attending the infertility clinic at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, a major tertiary referral Centre in southern Nigeria. Ethical approval for this study was...

This study evaluated if psycho-education can significantly reduce anxiety symptoms among Nigerian adolescents. Forty adolescents with highest ranked scores on the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS) were selected from two schools (20 each from intervention and control schools). The intervention group received three sessions of group-based psycho-education about anxiety and relaxation techniques. Participants were aged 13–16 years and consisted of 12 male and 28 female pairs. Controlling...

Inadequate menstrual hygiene management (MHM) practices have been associated with adverse health outcomes. This study aimed to describe MHM practices among schoolgirls from rural Gambia and assess risk factors associated with urogenital infections and depressive symptoms. A cross-sectional study was conducted among adolescent schoolgirls in thirteen schools in rural Gambia. A questionnaire was used to collect information on socio-demographics, MHM practices and clinical symptoms of...

Strategies for agricultural climate change adaptation are needed to ensure that sub-Saharan Africa can continue to feed itself, given its rapidly growing population and the expected impacts of climate change on food production. The poultry sector is an important component of the African food system, but national climate change adaptation plans in many countries fail to take into account the specific contextual challenges faced by poultry producers. We developed a participatory system...