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Objectives: Educators are interested in understanding motivations for choosing a career in the dental field, especially in the current era when there are several career paths to choose from. This study aimed to investigate the motivating factors given by dental students for selecting dentistry as a career in Tanzania. Material and Methods: A questionnaire was sent to 256 dental students to capture their sociodemographic characteristics and possible motives for choosing dentistry as a career....

Societal language ideologies affect language education policy implementation through teachers’ beliefs, which in turn influence their pedagogical decisions and practices. Understanding the relationship between language ideologies and teachers’ beliefs is crucial in multilingual contexts in postcolonial countries such as Namibia. This study explores Namibian mainstream teachers’ beliefs about language policy and its implications for teaching and learning through a questionnaire, individual...

Communities’ knowledge and management strategies are crucial for mitigating and controlling the threat of existing and emerging diseases. In this study, we conducted randomised control trials (RCT) to examine the impact of health education on households’ knowledge and management of three Arboviral Diseases (ADs); Rift Valley fever, Chikungunya fever, and Dengue fever in Kenya. The study was based on a sample of 629 households drawn from the three of Kenya’s AD hotspot counties; Baringo,...

Kenya is one of the water-scarce nations in the sub-Saharan Africa region that is seeking for alternative water sources to meet the ever-rising demands of the resource for its growing population amidst climate variability. Desalination is one of the viable alternatives since it has no effect on the hydrological cycle. This research discussed the methods used for desalination, the gains, opportunities and challenges that Kenya is facing in adopting this technology. The adopted methodology...

Academic libraries worldwide provide knowledge management (KM) services to support university research activities, while some librarians are slowly implementing knowledge management practices. The paper examined librarians’ perception of knowledge management in Nigerian university libraries and discovered that they perceived it positively. It also identified KM practices in Nigerian university libraries, such as brainstorming, knowledge sharing and mentoring. However, these practices were...

In recent decades, the concept of inclusive innovation has been used to refer to how innovation can include actors that are considered marginalised from its processes and outcomes. Contrary to the ‘expert-driven’ approaches prevalent in evaluating the legitimacy of such processes, this paper examines the legitimacy of inclusive innovation from the perspective of smallholder farmers with little resource endowments in Uasin Gishu, Kenya, that are targeted with various agricultural innovation...

The study looks at how schools can serve as environments for peace in the absence of violence. It sought to encapsulate students' learning and how well they learn in hazardous environments that are fraught with violence. It was therefore aimed at investigating the effects of violence and the absence of peace on their educational and social needs and how this can affect students' education and learning, compounding global values. The research question was pegged on how violence influences the...

AbstractA decline in live theatre ticket sales and, more recently, the impact of Covid-19 on the live theatre industry, are forcing live theatre providers and marketers to seek alternative ways to keep theatre alive. One strategy is to investigate and attract a new market to attract to live theatre productions. Generation Z (also known as Gen Z) is currently the largest consumer market worldwide and has become a key focus market to attract to the theatre. Although Gen Z is classified as one...

This paper analyses the role of extension schools in maintaining ancestral languages, specifically Telugu, a minority language in multilingual Mauritius. Extension schools are voluntarily run outside school hours and complement mainstream education. However, in the Mauritian context, these schools focus on Indian languages, which were introduced to Mauritius by indentured labourers in the 1800s who now comprise the majority of the population. The extension schools aim to preserve ancestral...

Abstract Objective : The objective of this study was to assess premenstrual syndrome, life style & behavioral coping mechanisms and associated factors among public high school regular female students at Bahir Dar city, Northwest, Ethiopia,2020 Result : Out of 422 study participants,408 respondents participated in the study making the response rate 96.7%. In the current study ,the prevalence of premenstrual syndrome was 41.2% (95% CI:36.3,45.8). Family history of premenstrual syndrome...

This study makes an in-depth analysis of graffiti from selected secondary schools in the Bikita-Matsai district in Zimbabwe that includes but is not limited to trusses, office doors, chalkboards, classroom and toilet walls. The Study focuses on the words and drawings in these spaces. The emphasis on the importance of contextualisation of text is used to bring to the fore different contextual meanings of graffiti words. For this study, the psychologically oriented Historical-Philological...

In recent years, South Africa has been a primary destination for African migrants.Many of the migrants are with their families.This implies that there are many migrant children in South African schools.Studies on migration and migrants' experiences in their host countries have not paid adequate attention on the schooling experiences of migrant children in their destination countries.This paper examined the early experiences of migrant learners in South Africa.It focuses on migrant learners...

This study investigates quality management in Ethiopian higher education institutions (HEIs), focusing on the perceptions and practices within the academic community. The first objective assesses the community's awareness and understanding of quality management, revealing a positive inclination towards its role in education quality enhancement. The second objective delves into the diagnosis and prognosis of quality management practices, identifying both positive contributors and challenges...

The study purposed to investigate the effect of activity-based learning on the achievement of Mathematics in public schools in Machakos County, Kenya. Application of activity-based learning involving learners in forms two and three in different public school categories were investigated. Hypothesis formulated for the study tested the effect of activity-based learning on achievement in Mathematics among learners. The study targeted 112 Mathematics teachers and 60,354 learners. The study...

This research work sets out to investigate on the problems Francophone learners face in an attempt to study English as a Foreign Language. Premiere and Terminale were randomly selected in the Far North Region of Cameroon for this study. Data was collected through an essay writing test administered to students. Data was analysed quantitatively and qualitatively within the framework of Error Analysis and Structuralism. The findings revealed that, the learners’ problems range from omission of...

The research investigated language attitudes of Ghanaian Senior High Students of the final year towards their own languages, other Ghanaian and African languages that they speak and towards English with the aim of finding out whether any relationships exist between languages that a person speaks and his or her attitudes towards them as well as towards the native speakers of those languages and compares these attitudes with their attitudes towards English, the official language of the...

Groundwater plays a crucial role in the Moroccan context, representing a vital resource for the country's socio-economic development. However, the growing demand for water for domestic, agricultural, recreational and industrial needs is exposing this resource to significant pressures, making it particularly vulnerable, especially in the face of drought, which is proving to be a more devastating catastrophe than other natural hazards.This research focuses on the characterization of...

This book covers how climate change impacts the productivity of different sectors and future development of Nigeria