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The need for structural transformation and inclusivity in South Africa is urgent, given poor economic growth, employment and equality outcomes. This article examines the role of South Africa’s main industrial finance institution – the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) – in providing finance for structural transformation and inclusive economic growth post-apartheid. We find that the IDC’s funding has been concentrated in capital-intensive upstream sectors of the economy, with limited...

The study investigated the effect of teacher empowerment on the quality of education in secondary schools in Borama district, Somaliland. Teacher empowerment was measured from autonomy and promotion; and quality of education from teacher characteristics, teaching methods, learning environment, and learner readiness. The problem of the study was the low quality of education in Somaliland. In Borama, only 51.4% of teachers are qualified; the teacher-student ratio is 55.4% and the...

This study investigated the effect of in-service teacher education on class management of teachers in public secondary schools in Hargeisa district. The problem of the study was poor class management of teachers in public secondary schools in Hargeisa. About 53.8% of the teachers had poor class management skills, yet over 63.7% of all teachers had attended in-service teacher education. The study determined the variation in class management with in-service teacher education and the effect of...

This study investigated the effect of compensation on job satisfaction of teachers in secondary schools in Hargeisa district, Somaliland. Compensation was measured from basic salary, fringe benefits; and teacher satisfaction was measured from recognition, achievement, promotional opportunities and the work itself. The problem of the study was that at least 15.1% of teachers leave the service each year which is the sign of no satisfaction. The study was a cross-sectional survey design, on a...

This study examined the relationship between age and pupils achievement in mathematics and English in public and private primary schools in Fako Divion, South West Region of Cameroon. Based on the objective, two hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a cross – sectional survey design. The population of the study consisted of class two and three pupils constituting a sample of 297 pupils purposively selected as follows: 163 from private schools and 134 from public schools who had been...

The study investigated the influencing of principal related factors on the integration of ICT in the management of the secondary school in Borama district. ICT has not been fully integrated into school management in the developing world and several factors have been suggested as preventing the integration. ICT use in education in secondary schools in Borama district has focused mainly on learning rather than on management. Only 20% of the schools have at least a computer and only 20% of the...

Background & Objective(s): There is limited published data on Egyptian oral epidemiologic health status especially among adolescents. This study aimed to evaluate oral health status and their associated variables among secondary school students in Asyut Governorate; Upper Egypt. Methods: : A cross sectional study was conducted on 872 students using a representative sample from public, private and technical secondary schools. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire...

The study explored the occupational stressors experienced by academics employed by open distance learning (ODL) institutions and their coping strategies. The participants were a convenience sample of 305 academics from an ODL university in South Africa (female = 64.3%; median age = 45.5 years). The participants were mostly lecturers who had been employed in higher education for more than 10 years. The participants completed The Comprehensive Coping Strategies Questionnaire. Multiple...

As an indigenous Palestinian, born and raised in Gaza, I have lived most of my life under the Israeli occupation. Such an oppressive system has placed the Palestinian indigenous population into a l...

Research has found that reading achievement is strongly associated with opportunities for children to engage actively with print. This article addresses research on a digital initiative called the African Storybook, which provides a website with over 1,000 openly licensed children’s picture storybooks in more than 150 African languages, as well as the official languages of English, French, and Portuguese (africanstorybook.org). The article draws on a 2014 study conducted in Uganda that...

The purpose of this study is to find out the implications of family size on students educational attainment in Cameroon. To this effects educational attainment was capture through various levels of child education. The ordered probit model was use to estimate our result while data was Demographic Health Survey. The result shows that family size negatively and significantly affects child educational attainment while a child is more likely to attain primary education but less likely to attain...

Background: Environmental degradation particularly, climate change is currently becoming a horrific and multifaced global phenomenon.Addressing it requires the amalgamation of numerous disciplines and cooperation among nations.Addressing this problem requires the incorporation of numerous disciplines and cooperation among citizens.Forestry development and management can be one of such actions that can contribute to climate change mitigation.Objective: An investigation was conducted in Kubayo...

This research was conducted to study impacts of climate change on water resource of Awata River watershed.Statistical Downscaling Model version 5.1.1 has been used to downscale the daily maximum temperature, minimum temperature, and precipitation in 30-year intervals from the second generation of the Earth System Model (CanESM2) under two Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) Scenarios (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5).Climate change scenarios for precipitation and temperature were developed for two...

Africa Research Bulletin: Economic, Financial and Technical SeriesVolume 56, Issue 9 p. 22714B-22714C Policy and Practice Djibouti – World Bank Invests in Education First published: 06 November 2019 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6346.2019.09143.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text...

Provision of quality education is a key concern for any nation.In Kenya, with the advent of Free Primary Education and Subsidized Secondary Education, schools are experiencing an upsurge in enrolment of students' in both primary and secondary schools.This has put a strain on the existing facilities in the schools leading to the need to properly equip the schools to ensure provision of quality education.However with delayed capitation resulting from economic challenges schools face challenges...

Secondary schools in Kenya are categorized as national, extra-county, county, sub-county and private secondary schools.Students who excelled in K.C.S.E examination with a minimum grade of C+ are allowed to pursue different courses in public and private universities.Others who scored C and C-grade joined diploma colleges.The paper sought to find out the effect of secondary school categorization on examination failure rates among public secondary schools students in Kenya.The scope of the...

Secondary schools in Kenya are categorized as national, extra-county, county, sub-county and private secondary schools.Students who excelled in K.C.S.E examination with a minimum grade of C+ are allowed to pursue different courses in public and private universities.Others who scored C and C-grade joined diploma colleges.The paper sought to establish the effect of secondary school categorization on academic value addition in public secondary schools students at fourth form in Kenya.The scope...