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The aim of this paper is, through a review of literature, to explore the perceptions of lecturers regarding the assessment and evaluation of student learning in some formerly disadvantaged universities in South Africa. Findings indicate inadequate lecturers’ evaluation of their class tasks; inadequate students’ classroom assessments; inadequate classroom based action research and inadequate awareness and enforcement of institutional policies. The paper recommends increased lecturers’...

Students' orientation is an important strategy for acclimatizing new student to the higher education milieu.However, the challenge of ever burgeoning cases of student dropout raises questions on whether higher education institutions are adequately acquainting new students to the institutional demands and realities.The purpose of the study was to explore hurdles associated with the orientation of new entrants to institutions of higher learning.Case studies of two universities in South African...

While many student retention and support programs are already in place in higher education, the unrelenting challenge of high student drop out in the first year of study requires scrutiny of the perceived promising high impact programs through empirical research.This paper which is part of a larger project on the implementation of student retention programs, explored the implementation of one promising retention program called "early warning or alert" in two conveniently selected public...

This paper reports on the evaluation process and outcomes of a large-scale school intervention project conducted in South African schools.Known as the Quality Learning Project (QLP), the project intervened simultaneously at the district, school and classroom levels of the education system, focussing on achieving substantial improvements in learner performance.Two strategies of interventions were selected: capacity building to improve the functioning of districts, schools and classrooms; and...

New geologic mapping, lithofacies and granulometric analysis, and geochemistry from the volcano-sedimentary successions of the central part of the Bas Draâ inlier, Western Anti-Atlas, constrain the Ediacaran Ouarzazate Supergroup evolution during the post-collisional stage of the Pan-African orogeny. Volcanosedimentary facies analysis is the key aspect of the present contribution. We distinguished sixteen terrestrial volcanosedimentary lithofacies in the Bas Draâ succession (BDS), which...

This paper evaluates the current system of performance evaluation used to evaluate secondary school teachers in Meru Central District.It assesses the effectiveness of the evaluation system in line with the set objectives.A sample of 200 from target of 1250 teachers in the District served as respondents.The paper was guided by Vroom's Expectancy Theory.The respondents were given a Teachers Service Commission performance evaluation form to study and a standard Questionnaire to fill.Other data...

The effect of practical work on learners' performance in Science was investigated using a quasi-experimental design with preand post-tests.60 learners (N=30) for the Experimental Group were taught using practical work while (N=30) for the Control Group were taught without practical work.Results from post post-tests show that learners from the EG outperformed those from the CG.Average mean of EG (M = 22.8, SD = 6.50) and average mean of CG (M = 11.3,SD 3.0) were statistically different...

The researchers report on findings obtained by means of a sequential, explanatory, mixed-method study with a convenient and purposefully selected group of second-year Mathematics students at a South African university (n = 29). Using a self-developed questionnaire, the researchers profiled how important students perceive critical thinking dispositions to be in Mathematics. Further, narratives focused on understanding the factors that may influence these perceptions.The findings revealed that...

The present paper investigates the use of grammatical concord in undergraduate students of Ghana Technology University College English Communication Skills examination scripts. Purposeful and critical discourse analysis methods were employed to analyse sentences from selected scripts of level 200 students to ascertain their proficiency in the use of grammatical concord in English. The paper observed that students are not proficient in the use of grammatical concord as a result of poor...

In sub-Saharan Africa, where there is limited financial and human capital, it is important to examine how social relationships may serve to promote or undermine human capital formation. However, little is known about the contributions of social relations to human capital development, especially in terms of academic achievement in Africa. This study examined how variations in key aspects of social relations among teachers; between teachers and students; between principals, teachers, parents...

Since the advent of multiparty democracy in Malawi, activities have been planned in line with the concept of democracy.One of the activities being undertaken in pursuit of democracy is decentralisation with a twofold purpose, namely, to improve effectiveness in service delivery and community participation.Decentralisation is being pioneered by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, and then relayed to other government departments.Under the circumstances, the Department of...

This study was set to investigate views of students and lecturers on students’ poor attendants to weekend schools. The sample constituted 20 students who participated in in-depth interviews and two student focus groups of eight making a total of 36 participants. Data collected through individual interviews, focus groups and document analysis were thematically analysed. It was revealed through this study that financial problems, social problems, poor student’s perceptions, poor lecturer’s...

Abstract Concerns over effective learning have been central to the post-2015 debates. This renewed emphasis on quality has prompted a search for international standardised definitions and measures of learning. Performativity – the production of performance through measurement devices, borrowed from the private sector, that induce new individual conducts and institutional organisations – is likely to constitute a prominent feature of the post-2015 education aid landscape. In Tanzania, that...

This article investigates the curricula of MBA programmes in South Africa business schools.It is based on a study in which telephonic interviews and content on the business schools' curricula was analysed using content analysis.From this, there are 14 common modules in South African business schools.The knowledge and skills offered could be necessary but not sufficient for managerial roles given a deficiency in interpersonal skills and dispositions in the menu of current offerings at...

Climate change is an emerging global issue. It is expected to have significant impacts both in Egypt and around the world. Thus, the country is in need for taking action to prepare for the unavoidable effects of climate change, including the increase in water stress, the rise in sea level, and the rapidly increasing gap between the limited water availability and the escalating demand for water in the country. Also, weather and climate play a significant role in people's health. Direct...