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This chapter discusses and analyses the diffusion of the inclusive education concept as a norm of educational policy in developing countries by taking up the primary school system in Malawi as a case. For the last two decades, international trends in education for pupils with disabilities have been shifting from ‘special’ or ‘integrated’ education to ‘inclusive education’. Inclusive education was originally launched through the Salamanca Statement, adopted at the World Conference on Special...

Nurse training in South Africa requires placing learner nurses in real-life setting for them to gain practical experience. To complete their training and be competent practitioners, learner nurses must have expectations and aspirations when they go for practice.This study sought to understand learner nurses' expectations at clinical learning areas during placement.Four clinical learning areas in the Limpopo province were purposely sampled. Tertiary, regional and district hospitals were...

COVID-19 remains a complex disease in terms of its trajectory and the diversity of outcomes rendering disease management and clinical resource allocation challenging. Varying symptomatology in older patients as well as limitation of clinical scoring systems have created the need for more objective and consistent methods to aid clinical decision making. In this regard, machine learning methods have been shown to enhance prognostication, while improving consistency. However, current machine...

This desk study aimed at comparing English and selected Zambian Languages with a view of identifying some similarities and differences. Data was collected through author introspection and document analysis of existing literature. Publications in English and some Zambian Languages were collected from international databases such JSTOR, Cambridge Journals Online, and Palgrave Macmillan Journals. Searches for literature was extended to Google Scholar, Institutional Repository and visited the...

Abstract Financial technology is a crucial component for developing the financial sector, which has an undulating effect on the economy's well-being. The financial institutions enable the economic agents to invest in the real sector to boost productivity and drive economic growth. This paper examines the causal link between mobile money and carbon emission in Somalia to discover if mobile money can be used to control pollution and tackle environmental deterioration. This study uses quarterly...

Records are important assets in the decision-making process and promote transparency and accountability. The successful provision of educational and training services in public schools relies on reliable and authentic records. Thus, evidence-based decision-making can help address the challenges in the basic education sector in public schools. The challenges manifest as weaknesses between the different sectors and departments responsible for early childhood development services and poor...

The purpose of the study was to assess the study habits of students in primary teachers’ colleges in South Western Uganda. The research anchored on the Postpositivist philosophy adopted a cohort longitudinal survey research design incorporating correlational techniques. The research employed quantitative methods of data collection in nine government-aided PTCs in South Western Uganda. The sample size was 214 students obtained using simple random sampling from a population of 1192 students in...

This study aims to investigate geo-referenced vehicular noise pollution in Port Harcourt metropolis of Rivers State, Nigeria. Three types of data were gathered for this study. Data from vehicular traffic noise were measured in decibel (dB) using Noise Dosimeter (ND); data from vehicular traffic counts were carried out by observing and counting traffic flow at junctions and roundabouts as well as vehicular traffic noise location map was established by using Global Positioning System (GPS)...

Background: Self-care is a fundamental component of chronic illness management. Although, there is increasing recognition that social networks can substantially impact the self-care of individuals with chronic illness, little is known about how social networks are associated with self-care among African immigrants living with hypertension, diabetes, or other chronic illness in the US. Methods: In this descriptive, cross-sectional study, we enrolled a convenience sample (n=128) of...

Road traffic injury is the seventh leading cause of death in low-income countries, the tenth leading cause of death in resource-limited countries for all ages, and the leading cause of death for adolescents and youths worldwide. In this study, we seek to provide information on youths’ perceptions of risky road traffic safety behaviours. A self-administered survey on youths’ risk perceptions of road traffic crashes in The Gambia and Tanzania was distributed to students at universities in The...

Household air pollution (HAP) causes multiple noncommunicable diseases, such as pneumonia, stroke, and ischemic heart disease, and is responsible for over 3.8 million deaths globally per year. Kenya has a high rate of HAP, mainly caused by solid fuels. This review assesses its effect and identifies factors that could improve policy in Kenya. A systematic review approach is used, mainly considering 88 research articles on the Web of Science, published from 1951 to 2022. We excluded studies on...

South Africa remains the largest emitter of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, in Africa. As such despite the glowing government policy documents addressing climate change, efforts towards achieving the targets of the sustainable development goals (especially SDG 13) at grassroots level remain significant. We identified relevant published articles and grey literature on CCE. A thematic analysis of these publications focused on identifying the common CCE initiatives being actioned in SA. The...

Compelling evidence in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) shows that Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) has a positive impact on agricultural productivity. However, the uptake of CSA remains low, which is related to anthropogenic, or human-related, decisions about CSA and agricultural land use. This paper assesses households’ decisions to allocate agricultural land to CSA technologies across space and over time. We use the state-contingent theory, mixed methods, and mixed data sources. While agricultural...

Aim and Scope: The importance of students' social environments in their day-to-day lives cannot be overstated. The extent to which students are happy in their hostel depends on its facilities' availability, adequacy, and functionality. A case study of Njala University, Njala campus, was used to determine the amenities provided and the level of satisfaction the students derived from those amenities. Methods: A cross-sectional research design was used to conduct the research through in-field...

Purpose: This study investigated the perceived impact of COVID-19 on students’ academic performance in Colleges of Education in Ghana.
 Methodology: Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. A sample of 346 students was selected from a population of 3,500 students in three selected Colleges of Education in the Volta Region of Ghana using convenience sampling procedure. Data were gathered using questionnaire and analysed using means and standard deviation. Data were presented...

Abstract Mobility is a requisite for human well-being and cannot be compromised. The mobility barrier research has focused on urban areas, leaving rural areas with few studies on critical challenges related to movement in both the natural and built environment. This study then sought to fill this gap. Snowballing was used to select 75 Persons With Physical Disabilities in the District for a household survey. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with the Association of Persons with Physical...

This study investigated the effects of multimedia courseware on senior school students’ performance in linear equations involving word problems. The study employed a quasi-experimental design to explore whether or not students taught linear-equation-word-problems using the multimedia courseware can perform better than their counterparts taught using the conventional teaching methods. It also investigated gender and score-level effects of on the students' performance. The non-randomized...

The study investigated stress and coping strategies among first year students of College of Education Studies, University of Cape Coast. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for this study. The study was guided by three research questions. The population for the study was first year students in the College of Education Studies, University of Cape Coast. A sample size of 300 students comprising 147 males and 153 females were selected. Cluster, proportionate and simple random...