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Once viewed as a stabilising force in the region, Ethiopia now faces a looming countrywide socio-political and humanitarian crisis. Samuel Ayele Bekalo writes that other regions must quickly learn from destabilisation in Tigray before it spreads across the country.

Providing support to student teachers to implement participatory pedagogies is vital for understanding the importance of listening to children’s voices and involving them in decision making. At a local university in the Western Cape, South Africa, ten final year Foundation Phase student teachers studying toward the Bachelor in Education who enrolled in the Reception Year module participated in a project during work integrated learning using Harry Shier’s Pathways to Participation model in...

The absence of equitable speech- language pathology services for South Africa’s black majority has triggered a need to decolonise the clinical curriculum. The purpose of this study was to describe the experiences of clinical educators when supervising diverse students in various community settings. A qualitative approach was employed, including interviewing seven clinical educators in speech-language pathology, in a focus group. The responses from the discussions were analysed using thematic...

Religion is considered as a system ordained by God for the guidance of humanity and this is not expected to be overlooked in its expectation in governance. It is the belief of the people that Christianity as a religion should play a vital role in the fight against corruption as it is expected to preach against and act against it most especially as it concerns education sector in Nigeria. Christianity preaches purity, holiness and honesty in its beliefs and practices and as a result, all its...

Changing climate is a global distress these days. Global warming is one of the men driven outcome of climate change which causes the glaciers to melt, shoreline regression and raises the level of sea. The regression of shoreline in Togo resulted in vandalization of human habitat and infrastructure. This research aims to monitor the coastal erosion utilizing the geospatial techniques in Togo from 1988 to 2020. The process of extraction and existence of change in shoreline is analyzed....

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of local institutions in climate change adaptation by smallholder farmers in Homabay County, Kenya. The study employed cross-sectional survey design in which data was collected from smallholder farmers in one survey round. Quantitative data was collected from 398 smallholder farmers, while 48 key informant interviews and 12 focus group discussions were used to collect qualitative data to buttress information from farmers. Data was...

Intestinal parasitic infections are the cause of the highest worldwide infectious disease and the major public health problems in developing countries. Among the cases, children and younger age are at high risk and the major victims. The aim of this study was to assess the five-year trend of intestinal parasite prevalence among University of Gondar students.A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the trend of intestinal parasite prevalence among students at the...

This study focused on whether and how teachers implemented the principles of culturally relevant and sustaining pedagogies and the challenges teachers faced while trying to implement these principles with Syrian students in Turkey. The study was built on the four components of pedagogies: academic achievement; cultural competencies; sociopolitical consciousness; and the sustainability of culture. Qualitative data were obtained through interviews and field notes with four teachers who had...

The aim of the study was to determine the effect of career advancement on retention of science teachers in public secondary schools in Kisumu County, Kenya. Embedded research design was adopted for the study. Target population included 905 respondents which comprised 221 principals and 684 science teachers from 221 public secondary schools in Kisumu County. Stratified, simple random and purposive sampling techniques were employed to sample 277 respondents who included 68 principals and 209...

This study examined the effects of school location on secondary school students’ academic achievement in Physics based on the 5E learning cycle. The design of the study was a non – randomized prêt-test, post-test control group quasi-experimental design. The population of the study was 66,345. Two hundred and forty-three students were sampled from six schools. Four hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The hypotheses state that there is no significant difference in mean...

Globally, visual impairment affects about 285 million (4.25%) people, of those, 266.4 million were adults aged 18 years and above. Ethiopia is one of developing countries estimated to have high prevalence of visual impairment which have an enormous socio-economic impact. Also there is limited available information regarding with the magnitude of visual impairment among adults in our country at large and east Gojjam zone in specific. Therefore the aim of this study was to assess the magnitude...

Patient safety is a part of healthcare that is not only important in the delivery of healthcare but also in the training of healthcare professionals. It is a key component of physiotherapy treatment which, when underrated, can result in more harm than good.To determine the level of knowledge, perception and attitude of patient safety amongst physiotherapy students.Eighty clinical year physiotherapy students from the University of Ghana and the University of Health and Allied Sciences were...

The study aimed to investigate the brand management strategies that South African business schools use and the effect on student perceptions.This was a cross-sectional, quantitative study conducted among registered MBA students.Data were collected using the online program, Survey Monkey.Factor analysis revealed that student perceptions are largely influenced by three strategies, namely: Inspirational leadership, Seasonal Apprentice Mentorships, and Equitable Rewards.Brand positioning was...

There exist arrays of legal instruments that provide guidance and legislative procedures for marine pollution processes and issues in the Republic of South Africa. The aim of this study is to briefly review and synthesize literature on the existing legislative framework. From the set of documents reviewed, it sometimes becomes unclear which one is applicable to what, under what circumstances and to what extent. Some light is shed here in this regard, indicating most especially the...

Teaching English language to young learners in an English as a Foreign Language/English as a Second Language context could be challenging especially for African immigrants, as they face varying arrays of challenges ranging from low wages, staff abuse, and other racial discriminations. A lot has been written about racially related issues in our school system yet there are limited works of literature that focus on the challenges of African immigrant English as a Second Language teachers with...

Administration of secondary school education in Nigeria is faced with many challenges. This article discussed the challenges facing administration of secondary school education in Nigeria. Secondary data was used to support the points raised in the article. The secondary data were sourced from print material and online publication by recognized institutions and individual author. The article identified; inadequate funding, inadequate professionals teachers, inadequate infrastructural...

Background Sexual violence is a profound social and public health problem in Ethiopia. Female students in institutions of higher education are highly vulnerable to sexual violence. Different studies conducted on sexual violence at higher education institutions lack consistency and inclusiveness. Thus, this systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to estimate the lifetime and twelve-month prevalence, and predictors of sexual violence among female students in institutions of higher...

Background Sexual violence is a profound social and public health problem in Ethiopia. Female students in institutions of higher education are highly vulnerable to sexual violence. Different studies conducted on sexual violence at higher education institutions lack consistency and inclusiveness. Thus, this systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to estimate the lifetime and twelve-month prevalence, and predictors of sexual violence among female students in institutions of higher...