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Access to education is a fundamental human right. However, children with disabilities in most African countries (including Zimbabwe) are often excluded and marginalized. They persistently face barriers to the enjoyment of their basic human rights and inclusion in education. This paper sought to examine some interventions being employed by stakeholders to enhance the inclusion of children with disabilities in schools. The study covered five districts in Zimbabwe using a mixed-methods design....

Peri-urban agriculture plays a critical role in sustaining food security and livelihoods in urban communities. In spite of the critical role it plays in food security, peri-urban agriculture has not received adequate attention with regards to its interface with climate change in Zimbabwe. Using a sample of thirty peri-urban plots selected through snowballing, this study investigated the farmers’ perceived effects of climate change on peri-urban agriculture in Bulawayo, and how farmers were...

Breastfeeding education is critical in improving healthcare professionals' competencies in providing breastfeeding care to mothers. We evaluated breastfeeding competencies, training, barriers and satisfaction of breastfeeding educational experiences among nurses and midwives in the Sagnarigu Municipality, Ghana.This cross-sectional study included nurses and midwives providing maternal and child health services at various primary healthcare facilities in Sagnarigu Municipality.Nurses and...

Following the widespread adoption of free primary education, African policymakers are now considering making secondary school free, but little is known about the private and social benefits of free secondary education. We exploit randomized assignment to secondary school scholarships among 2,064 youths in Ghana, combined with 12 years of data, to establish that scholarships increase educational attainment, knowledge, skills, and preventative health behaviors, while reducing female fertility....

The overall purpose of this research was to investigate teachers’ perception on the contributions of in-service professional development to quality of their instructional tasks in secondary schools of Gedeo zone. To this end, mixed research approach was employed with concurrent triangulation design. Quantitative data were collected from 255 teachers selected from secondary schools of Gedeo zone through stratified random sampling technique; whereas qualitative data were obtained from 10...

Abstract Sub-Saharan Africa is considered to be highly vulnerable to climate change-related disasters particularly drought. Farmers in Ghana have learnt to co-exist with it by resorting to various approaches. This study sheds light on farmers’ adaptation to drought in Ghana. The cross-sectional survey design was used to collect data from a random sample of 326 farmers and six purposively selected lead farmers from six farming communities. Questionnaire and in-depth interviews were used for...

This chapter reports on empirical results about the influence of two different teaching designs on the development of engineering mathematics students’ modelling competency. 144 first-year students were exposed to a modelling unit (entrance test, pre-test, five lessons with ten tasks, post-test) following two teaching designs, similar to the German DISUM study. One group of participants was offered an independence-oriented teaching style, aiming at a balance between students’ independent...

This chapter approaches the history of children and childhood in Algeria through the history of education. Using archival sources and testimonies from For the French military, investing in the primary education of Algerian children fulfilled the double objectives of dissuading Algerian support for the nationalist revolution and engaging in human development initiatives designed to keep Algeria under French rule. Sources for the study of Algerian childhood include colonial administrative...

This chapter discusses the social inequalities in school choice and the racial disparities of college access. Utilizing the theories of social capital and social inclusion, the author provides a conceptual framework for developing a college-going school culture in charter schools. Through this lens, the author considers that the level of school support needs to be equitable to the varying stages of self-efficacy, academic behaviors, and post-secondary aspirations that students enter school...

In this chapter the results and knowledge from an empirical study and ideas for a lesson sequence are presented. The example of the topic “Everyday Geographies of Young People living in the Slums of Nairobi, Kenya” emphasises the importance of a recontextualisation of geographical concepts for the classroom in order to avoid conveying stereotypes and offering more differentiated perspectives. The study is structured in two parts: In the first part, the perspectives of young people in...

INTRODUCTION: Universal health coverage in Africa is constantly threatened by inadequate workforce relative to the health needs of the population. These inadequacies may be worsened by gender disparities with female doctors worse affected. This study aims to highlight the gender distribution of residents across specialties, compare the residency programme experiences of male and female trainees and assess their perspectives towards gender disparities in training. METHODOLOGY: This was a...

Despite large schooling and learning gains in many developing countries, children in highly deprived areas are often unlikely to achieve even basic literacy and numeracy. We study how much of this problem can be resolved using a multi-pronged intervention combining three interventions known to be separately effective. We conducted a cluster-randomized trial in The Gambia evaluating a literacy and numeracy intervention designed for primary-aged children in remote parts of poor countries. The...

globally young people constitute one quarter of the population. They are the most vibrant and productive sector, but they are also prone to more risky sexual behaviour (RSB) with attendant negative consequences. In the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria, persistent conflicts and socioeconomic difficulty predisposes young people to risky conducts including RSB. The aim of this study is to explore the psychosocial correlates of risky sexual behaviour amongst students in the Niger Delta University,...

The purpose of the study was to establish the effects of teacher delocalization policy on pupils' academic performance in public primary schools in Loima Sub-County, Turkana County, Kenya.The study was guided by descriptive survey research study design.The study targeted a population of 1000 respondents from public primary schools in the sub-county.The sampling technique adopted was simple random sampling to select pupils and teachers while purposive sampling was used in sampling the head...

The fight against child labour is a challenge for policy makers in developing countries. The objective of this study is to find other policies to reduce child labour. Thus, this research shows the effect of school quality on schooling and child labour in Ivory Coast. Primary data from the local survey on child labour and education policies in 2010 collected from a sample of 750 households and 1,338 children with support from PASRES were used. The estimation of two models (Heckman selection...

Agriculture is a key for economic transformation, food security, and nutrition.It generates foreign currency through the export process of agricultural products.It creates a source of employment to the population through farming, business and research activities therefore raising the standard of living of individuals.Agriculture, especially food crop production has always been at the mercy of unpredictable weather, but a rapidly changing climate is making agriculture an even more vulnerable...

Candidates have been scoring low grades in Biology Likuyani sub-county.Therefore, the research sought to assess the influence of internet-based tools on students' performance in Biology in public secondary schools in Likuyani, Kakamega County.The objective of the study was; to find out the Influence of Internet-based tools.The study assumed that the target groups are readily available within the study area.This study employed mixed methodology and descriptive survey were used to generate...

The study examined guidance counsellors’ career awareness creation roles among secondary school students choice of profession in Delta State, Nigeria. Two research questions and two hypotheses were tested. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study was 448 Guidance Counsellors. The sample for the study was 178 Guidance Counsellors from secondary schools in Delta North education zone. The instrument for data collection for the study was a close...