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The purpose of this study was to assess factors affecting job satisfaction for primary and secondary school teachers in Babati District Tanzania. The specific objectives of the study was to determine the strategies used by employers in enhancing teachers’ job satisfaction, to determine if teachers’ differ in job satisfaction in relation to education qualification, teaching experience, promotion, responsibility levels, gender and age, to assess the effect of remuneration on job satisfaction...

The Sabodala gold deposit in the Mako volcanic Belt (SE-Senegal, West African Craton) occurs in mafic and ultramafic rocks overlain by clastic sedimentary rocks and felsic volcanic-volcaniclastic sequences.It is a structurally controlled mesothermal vein gold deposit developed in deformed rocks units near the Falombo pluton.The Sabodala Goldfield comprises several faults systems striking N-S to NE-SW.New structural evolution consisting of both thrusting and transcurrent events has been...

This study investigated the relationship between Organizational Learning Capability and Growth of Auto Parts manufacturing firms in Nnewi business cluster, Nigeria; and to ascertain whether Perceived Organizational Support would play a moderating role. A sample size of 75 was selected from a population of 103 employees of seven auto parts manufacturing firms. 72 copies of the questionnaire were eligibly filled and data was analyzed using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient with...

In Kenya, English is the medium of instruction in all subjects (except other languages like Kiswahili and French) from upper primary school and beyond. It is also the official language. However, despite the importance attached to English in Kenya, cries have been heard over the falling standards in English in both primary schools and secondary schools. Motivation is one of the most important factors influencing learning success and especially language learning. This paper is a report on a...

The present study is done with the objective of exploring whether constructs taken from the theory of planned behavior (TPB) influence the entrepreneurial intention of prospective university undergraduates after they graduate.For this purpose, 400 non-business major students were randomly selected from four state universities in Ethiopia (Addis Ababa University, Adama University, Mizan Tepi University, and Debretabor University).355 valid questionnaires were feed into SPSS version 20.0 and...

Background: Impaired glucose metabolism is one of the complications of steroid therapy in patients with Obstructive lung diseases. Steroid induced impaired glucose metabolism is a serious, but often overlooked, metabolic disorder; it is largely remains under diagnosed. Although this has been reported from western countries, there is no study that evaluated the prevalence of impaired glucose metabolism and its associated factors in Ethiopia in general and in the study area in particular. Aim...

Open and distance learning (ODL) focuses on expanding access to learning. It combines two forms of education, that is, open and distance. Open and distance learning is characterised by two factors namely philosophy and its use of technology (Col; 2005). The philosophy behind ODL systems is to remove barriers thus improving access to education. On the other hand use of technology mediates learning. Hence the technology used maybe in form of print or non-print mode. In distance learning most...

This paper discusses the school, work and marriage trajectories of young people in Ethiopia, drawing on qualitative longitudinal data gathered from 30 young people and their parents, and descriptive survey statistics. It contributes to the global debate on the linearity of transitions and seeks to establish whether gender plays a role in shaping young people’s trajectories. The key findings include that children developed high educational aspirations and tried hard to achieve them, though...

Information and communication technology (ICT) plays an important role in improving education, specifically K-12 education in developing countries. Promoting ICT in education in Sudan as a developing country is one of the components of the national education policy. Sudan has launched many initiatives, aimed at implementing ICT in the education system. However, some factors hinder the development of ICT, including ICT policy, infrastructure, educational resources and teacher development, as...

The nexus between migration and academic performance is complex and difficult to extricate. Not only are there several factors affecting academic performance, but also many of these factors are confounding, making it difficult to identify and isolate in order to address. Furthermore, the discourse appears silent on the nexus between child migration and education in general and academic performance in particular. This study seeks to fill this gap by comparing the performances of 250 migrant...

The nexus between child migration and education is varied and complex. While some liken it to an end to the ambitions of migrant children, evidence is emerging to support the contrary. In less developed countries as Ghana, many children migrate to accumulate wealth to finance their education or access well-resourced schools at urban destinations. This would not have been possible if they stayed in their rural deprived origins. However, the intricacies of the nexus are yet to be clearly and...

Continuous professional development of teachers plays a crucial role in improving learning outcomes in schools. This study investigated how teaching time is lost when teachers absent themselves to participate in sandwich programmes to upgrade themselves in the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) in Ghana. Using a survey of 475 teachers pursuing sandwich programmes in the University and interviews with pupils and gatekeepers of schools in Effutu Municipality, it emerged that indeed,...

Admission to postgraduate education at Tripoli University - Libya suffers continually from being a slow paced process for students, in which, students have to prepare lots of documents, which require students to be precise and careful not to make any mistakes. Additionally, the procedure takes long time and effort consuming for the staff involved in the preparation and processing of the required documents, as well as, being money consuming for university budget. To resolve these issues an...

This study investigated the effect of video-taped instruction on Senior Secondary Students' performance in practical physics.The design for the study is quasi-experimental, of the type, pretest-posttest control group design.The population of the study comprised of all SS3 physics students in Port Harcourt Local Government Area of Rivers State.One hundred and three (103) students in 2 co-educational schools made up the sample size.Two groups namely, the experimental group and control group...

This study sought to examine if the curriculum, infrastructures and teachers’ attitudes may influence school exclusion amongst disabled pupils. Three hypotheses were formulated based on the three variables: curriculum (teaching programmes), infrastructures and teachers’ attitudes. 150 public primary school personnel from 12 primary schools in Yaounde, Mfoundi IV Sub- Division of the Centre Region of Cameroon were involved in this survey. A questionnaire was used for data collection. Both...