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Discipline in schools is about positive behavior change in order to create conducive environment for learning. When discipline is achieved in secondary schools, it becomes instrumental in students academic performance. This study focused on assessment of the influence of teachers’ discipline management strategies on KCSE performance in public secondary schools in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya. The objective of this study was to establish the influence of school rules on KCSE performance. The...

The purpose of the study was to compare the effectiveness of the flipped learning method in enhancing students’ achievements in mathematics, and also to determine the possibility of this method in minimizing gender inequality noticed in both Cameroonian and Nigerian secondary school mathematics classrooms. The study employed a pretest-posttest non-equivalent control group design. The population size was 5348 Form 3 students (2684 females and 2664 males) in Mezam Division – Cameroon and 5891...

Forest resources are pivotal in addressing climate change. Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), REDD+ is a climate change mitigation approach created to encourage developing countries to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. Thus, REDD+ is the UNFCCC’s primary mechanism for addressing global forest governance, emphasizing on improving biodiversity and safeguarding indigenous peoples’ rights and promoting equitable benefit...

The report has outlined barriers that affect girls’ education in Malawi and gives the statistical outline of the status of girls’ education in different categories and levels of education for primary and secondary schools. It also touches on the necessity of education, starting with the acquisition of literacy and numeracy skills that are essential for survival in the fast changing world. The status report portrays the importance of education as if gives an opportunity to develop social...

The report has outlined barriers that affect girls’ education in Malawi and gives the statistical outline of the status of girls’ education in different categories and levels of education for primary and secondary schools. It also touches on the necessity of education, starting with the acquisition of literacy and numeracy skills that are essential for survival in the fast changing world. The status report portrays the importance of education as if gives an opportunity to develop social...

Globally, the (COVID-19) epidemic brought about a crisis in schooling that had never been seen before. Due to this situation, all face-to-face interactions within educational institutions had to be suspended in order to stop the virus’s transmission and lessen its effects. Traditional pedagogical techniques of instruction were automatically suspended as a result of the ongoing lockdown limitations. The adaptation of new online teaching and learning methodologies. One method of teaching that...

This article explores the use of the phenomenological approach in the learning experiences of homosexual learners in schools. We conducted the research at a time when studies in education rarely use Heidegger’s phenomenological approach to explore educational phenomena. The question is: what are the lessons that can be learnt from the use of Heidegger’s phenomenological approach in exploring the learning experiences of homosexual learners in rural secondary schools of South Africa? The study...

Background: Kinshasa's peri-urban settings have a low rate of water access, which has significant consequences for the WASH infrastructures in schools and preventative measures against the spread of waterborne diseases and pathogens.This study aimed to assess the availability, functionality, and gender sensitivity of WASH infrastructures of Kinshasa's peri-urban schools.Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed in three of the four educational provinces of Kinshasa, targeting 165...

Mitigadaptation, tree-based synergy between the global climate change mitigation and adaptation agendas, has been slowly emerging in the 30 years of climate science–policy interaction with its various ups and downs, false starts and ever-increasing urgency of bending the climate curve. The potential contribution of agroforestry to the climate change mitigation and adaptation agenda has been slow to be recognized and effectively supported, as agroforestry existed on farm and in landscapes,...

This study investigates the impact of office technology management on university business education programs. Business education is an essential component of Vocational Education in Nigeria's tertiary education system. Reforms in the nation's education delivery have resulted in a jumble of programs requiring the use of new technologies. As a result, the impact of office technologies on business education is a major theme. When the influence is positive, it indicates that the goal of...

Introduction: Association of sickle cell disease and pregnancy is a risky situation for both the mother and neonate. Objective: To determine the early morbidity and mortality among neonates of mothers with sickle cell disease at Borgou/Alibori Center Departmental Teaching Hospital (CHUD B/A) in Benin. Patients and Methods: This was a descriptive and analytical observational study conducted at CHUD-B/A from January 1, 2015, to August 31, 2019. It included pregnant women with sickle cell...

Khalawi are non-governmental, traditional educational boarding institutions, widely scattered in Sudan. Many Khalawi are resource-limited with deficient feeding and poor housing conditions, which could seriously affect the students' health. A crosssectional study was conducted, involving all students of a Khalwa in Sharg Al-Neel Locality, Khartoum State. Demographic data were collected using a structured questionnaire with anthropometric measurements, along with laboratory and...

Context: Automobile pollution is becoming a potential threat to the cardiorespiratory health of the urban population of sub-Saharan Africa.The present study aims to evaluate the level of concentrations of fine particles (PM2.5 and PM10) near road traffic and the effects of exposure to automobile pollutants on pulmonary function and arteriolar blood oxygen saturation among sellers around road traffic.Materials and Methods: The study recruited 48 healthy people carrying out a sales activity...

Colonial and apartheid racial segregation led to enormous social inequity and inequality in South Africa and have left a legacy in our social practice, manifested in the persistent use of racial terminology in health sciences research. Everyone has a responsibility towards the decolonisation and transformation of health sciences education and research through addressing racial bias and the persistence of racial terminology in the health sector. In this chapter, four academics from a South...

Over the past centuries, the English and South African jurisdictions have struggled with the best approach to hearing evidence of persons with impaired speech. The English courts’ challenges in hearing such evidence have led to the courts there developing legal principles for receiving evidence of witnesses with communication disabilities. Unfortunately, these principles have led to courts misdiagnosing witnesses with communication disabilities. Consequently, the courts treated witnesses...

Pollution is the addition of unpleasant substances into the environment that damage health. The Niger Delta is the hotbed of oil and gas exploration and exploitation. Exploratory activity serves as the primary source of crude oil, which provides foreign exchange earnings for the country. However, the reckless actions of oil industries have added a substantial quantity of pollutants to the soil, air, and water of the Niger Delta. Several studies have revealed that the environment is highly...

Changes in climate, land use, and other environmental factors have been and will continue to be potential threats to global biodiversity and the distribution of species. The severe danger that climate change poses to biodiversity at the local, regional, and global scale as well as species’ responses has been widely studied especially in developed countries. Research on the climate change—biodiversity nexus, as well as applied models, and the implications in Africa have been low. This work is...

This study examined citizenship education and university students’ participation in management of election in Nigeria. Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated for the study. The study used ex-post facto research design. The population of study was 42,821 three hundred level undergraduate students in six federal universities in Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 400 students from the six universities because they take citizenship education as a core...