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The desire to respond to the manpower shortage that hit the country at independence culminated into the provision of University Extension Education in Zambia. In order to produce the much-needed manpower to feed the labour market, the University of Zambia employed Resident Lecturers in all the provincial centres. Their role was that of implementing University Education to the community. However, some issues surrounding the policy and execution of University Extension Education have resulted...

Many women have been employed in Kenya as teachers by the Teachers Service Commission. In spite of this large number (45) of female teachers in the teaching profession in Nyandarua Central sub-county, there is concern because very few of them are involved in the secondary school administration especially in mixed secondary schools. In Nyandarua Central Sub-county for instance, out of the fifteen principals in the mixed secondary schools only three are female. This study sought to find out if...

Information communication and technology (ICTs) has become common place entities in all aspects of life. Within the education sector, ICT has begun to have a special attention although not extensively as in other fields both globally and locally. Limited funds still presents a challenge in rolling out the e-school projects in Kenyan secondary schools and more so in Mombasa County. This paper presents trends in financing ICT projects in secondary schools in Mombasa County and how projects in...

Education has been recognized as human right and a key factor to reducing poverty and child labour. It is therefore imperative that all girls and boys have access to basic education by ensuring that gender disparities at this level are eliminated. To attain this desire the Government of Kenya announced the introduction of free primary education in January 2003 which saw enrolment in primary schools increase by about 70 percent. While the program created an opportunity for big number of...

The paper reports findings of a study which sought to examine the pedagogical factors that affect the integration of computers in mathematics instruction as perceived by teachers in secondary schools in Kenya. This study was based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). A descriptive survey design was used for this study. Stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to select a sample of 200 teachers that was drawn independently and randomly from the stratum of secondary...

The increasing connectivity of places to the internet platform has led to widespread use of the social media platforms in homes, workplaces and schools wherein it is preffered by mostly the young people christened as dot.com generation. The use of social media platforms has a potential effect on the productivity of the users either in their places of work, schools and society in general. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of self-regulation of Facebook usage on...

Suicide is against the law in Kenya. The existence of suicide phenomena in the society is a major issue that needs to be looked into with a lot of concern, and creating effective preventative measure is a matter of urgency. Knowledge concerning suicide is largely limited. The majority of people in the society treat suicide cases as mental health issues. There is therefore need to study and examine the causes of suicide, its implications, and the preventative measures necessary in controlling...

Education has been pointed out as the single most fundamental pillar in driving development. However, this may not be possible unless if quality and equitable education are not offered. Quality education must be able to meet the diverse needs of learners, such as cultural way of life (for instance, pastoralist and nomadic), poverty levels, and others. How would a poor child living in the remote Kenya whose parents survive entirely on pastoralism be able to get an equitable and quality...

Public procurement has increasingly become prominent in both public and private sector. This study’s general objective is to evaluate the factors affecting the performance of the procurement function among public technical training institutions in Kisumu County Kenya. The study focused on the specific objectives of analyzing three main methods of public procurement, which are: effects of information technology on performance of procurement function in public technical training institutions,...

Dermatophytoses are the most common dermatological conditions but they are however not life threatening or debilitating hence medical care is sought usually due to aesthetic reasons and chronicity of the lesions despite several self-medications.The purpose of this study was to determine the distribution pattern of dermatophytes isolated in the medical microbiology laboratory of University of Port Harcourt teaching hospital (UPTH).This is a 5-year desk review of the Dermatophytes isolated in...

One does not have to look far to find literature documenting the persistent failure of US public primary, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools to adequately educate Black males (used interchangeably with African American males). Black males have been misrepresented as devious, hyper-sexualized, misoginstic, and criminal in mainstream media (Ayers, 2002). Trawalter and colleagues (2008) concluded, association between young Black men and danger has become so robust and ingrained in...

The authors co-taught a variation on the NSF I-Corps Lean LaunchPad Curriculum at Ashesi University in Ghana as an entrepreneurship capstone course. The course content was a good match for the university’s mission: Ashesi University College is an undergraduate institution focused on educating the next generation of entrepreneurial, ethical leaders in Africa, and West Africa has many underserved markets and unmet needs that present entrepreneurship opportunities. Students were final year...

The need for ethics review committees (ERCs) is imperative in the conduct of research to ensure the protection of the rights, safety and well-being of research participants. However, the capacities of most ERCs in Africa are limited in terms of trained experts, competence, resources as well as standard operating procedures. The aim of this report is to share experiences of one of the local institutional ERCs, the Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI)/All Africa Leprosy and Tuberculosis...

Noise is any sound that causes physiological uneasiness to the ear.People in many environments today, especially urban ones, are exposed to such noise without realizing its potential danger to their healthy hearing.This situation is largely contributed to by the little attention that most governments, especially in the developing countries, pay to noise as a pollution issue.This paper describes a study that aimed at measuring the noise levels at selected points in Nairobi's CBD with a view...