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Tertiary institutions play a major role in providing relevant education that best meets the needs of the various constituencies served; and an assessment of factors that influence students’ choices and satisfaction is thus useful. This article examines the gap between students’ perceived experience and the importance they hold of service delivery, and attempts to identify possible predictors of overall satisfaction with their university. Survey data was obtained from 391 students from two...

Mentor development in higher education in Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Botswana is explored in this article. Changes in education policy require mentors to engage in individual as well as organisational change and transformation. Most studies focus on mentee development and the resulting organisational change but there is very little research into mentor development and its effects. Mentors can develop their mentoring abilities through reflective practice and an overt...

A survey of intestinal helminth parasites among school pupils was undertaken in five primary schools in Iragbiji Local Government of Osun State, South western Nigeria between April and June 2002.A total of five hundred and thirty-three faecal samples were randomly collected from pupils of both sexes whose ages ranged from six to seventeen years old.Using the direct and egg floatation techniques to process the faeces, 402 (72.0%) of the samples were found positive for various intestinal...

This article deals with participatory forest management (PFM) in Tanzania, Mozambique, and Laos, focusing on the degree to which the legislation supports local communities' security of rights to the forest resources and access to resource benefits, as well as the degree to which the legislation is implemented. The findings are that local communities' security of rights and access to benefits differ markedly among the three countries, whereas there is a striking similarity in the absence of...

A study of the prevalence of obesity among undergraduate students was conducted at University ofNigeria Nsukka campus, Enugu, State, in the South Eastern partof Nigeria. A tota of 620 male andfemale students were randomly selected for the study. A structured and validated questionnaire and anthropometry were used for data collection. The study elicited information on the sex distribution of the subjects who were obese, their marital status, dietary pattern, activity pattern and their health...

Over the past decade the educational environment has not only become more competitive but also more commercialised. These trends have contributed to the introduction of service quality measurement at higher education institutions. Traditionally institutions assume that students have relatively homogeneous needs and expectations and the result is the provision of uniform services. Over time this approach has been questioned, particularly arguing that perceptions of services and service...

Abstract. The time dynamics of the aftershock sequence of the Al-Hoceima (Morocco) earthquake of 24 February 2004 has been investigated. The sequence of the occurrence times of the events with threshold magnitude Mth≥3.2 is characterized by a time-clustering behavior, identified using different fractal methods (Fano Factor, Allan Factor, Count-based Periodogram), well suited to reveal scaling features in point processes. The obtained results not only show the presence of memory phenomena and...

Abstract. The time dynamics of the aftershock sequence of the Al-Hoceima (Morocco) earthquake of 24 February 2004 has been investigated. The sequence of the occurrence times of the events with threshold magnitude Mth≥3.2 is characterized by a time-clustering behavior, identified using different fractal methods (Fano Factor, Allan Factor, Count-based Periodogram), well suited to reveal scaling features in point processes. The obtained results not only show the presence of memory phenomena and...

Digital illustration of biomolecules and the use of computers and projectors in lectures can improve students understanding of the subject.Lecturers and students alike now rely upon the Internet to communicate and to learn new information.Digital libraries are offering a wealth of information to a large community of users and will become an increasingly valuable part of the Internet as they are developed in a coherent and imaginative way.By accessing online resources, faculty can also bring...

This study examined the gender disparities that exist in the use of Information and Communication Technology among Nigerian in-service teachers. Five hundred and sixty five (565) in-service teachers (319= 56.46% males and 246= 43.53% females) who enrolled in the sandwich programme in a Nigerian university constituted the sample for the study. The Mean Age and Standard Deviation of the sample were 36.6 and 8.72 respectively. The instrument used for this study was the self-designed ICT...

* Acknowledgments * List of Abbreviations * Note on Transliteration * Introduction * Chapter 1. Educating Girls in Late Ottoman Palestine * Chapter 2. Removing Long-standing Prejudice against Girls' Education * Chapter 3. Reading the Bible and Wearing the Veil * Chapter 4. Love of the Nation Is from Faith * Chapter 5. Learning to Be Mothers of * Chapter 6. The Mothers of Tomorrow in the Public Sphere * Notes * Bibliography * Index

The development and role of trust in school performance has been built primarily on educational research in the United States. The problem is that the resulting theory of trust may not accurately reflect the development and role of trust in schools in other global contexts. Researchers broadly agree that the implications of trust dynamics filter into every segment of the school's organization. However, trust is often either oversimplified or made to seem overly complex, whereas reality is...

The study investigated the influence of computer anxiety and knowledge on computer utilization among senior secondary school students in Ogun state, Nigeria. A sample of four hundred students randomly selected from twenty secondary schools participated in the study. Ex-post facto research design method was adopted for the study. Research questions were answered using inferential statistics at 0.05 level of significance. Analysis of data revealed that there is significant difference between...

American Evangelicals have long considered Africa a welcoming place for joining faith with social action, but their work overseas is often ambivalently received. Even among East African Christians who share missionaries' religious beliefs, understandings vary over the promises and pitfalls of American Evangelical involvement in public life and schools. In this first-hand account, Amy Stambach examines missionary involvement in East Africa from the perspectives of both Americans and East...

Objective: To determine the circumstances of debut sexual intercourse among out-of-school adolescents aged 15-24 years in Ilorin, Nigeria. Methods: A total of 253 apprentice tailors were sampled and pre-tested semi-structured questionnaires were administered to them by trained interviewers. Results: Mean age of respondents was 18.8 + 2.4 years and consisted of 184 females (72.7%) and 69 males (27.3%). Most respondents were single (93.7%) and were not educated beyond primary school (60.1%)....

This study evaluated the effectiveness of a structured group education program on non-glycemic endpoints of diabetes knowledge, compliance with treatment and medical advice, use of monitoring devices, and treatment satisfaction. A cross-sectional comparative design was employed. Study participants were members of the local Diabetes Association (DAN) who had participated in a structured group education program and comparison subjects were outpatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who had not...

Epistaxis is a common otolaryngological emergency and is often due to lesions within or around the nose and systemic conditions. Controlling epistaxis presents a challenge in the underdeveloped, resource-poor centres where there are limited facilities.To describe the aetiopatogenesis of epistaxis in our hospitals.This was a retrospective review of the cases of epistaxis managed at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC), Ile Ife, over a three-year period: January...

School-teachers are exposed to high levels of stress and have high rates of premature retirement on psychiatric grounds. This study investigated factors associated with occupational disability due to psychiatric disorders in teachers in South Africa.This retrospective study investigated 81 school-teachers in the Cape Town area who had been declared permanently medically disabled as a consequence of psychiatric disorders.Patients were relatively young (44+/-6.1 yrs), had experienced symptoms...