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Medical students are among the potential risky population for the transmission of COVID 19 infections; their willingness to receive COVID 19 vaccine is not well studied. Thus, this study assessed Predictors of Unwillingness to receive COVID -19 vaccines among Ethiopian Medical students.From the 25th of May, 2020 to the 26th of June, 2021, an institution-based cross-sectional study was done at Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital,On 313 medical students from each department and batch were...

This study explored the Contribution of Language Supportive Teaching (LST) in the Transition from Kiswahili to English Medium of Instruction in Form One: The Case of Morogoro Teachers’ College. This study had four specific objectives; To assess the success of LST training in Morogoro Teachers’ College, to find out how LST works in secondary schools where graduates from the LST training in Morogoro are teaching, to determine how LST contributes to the transition from Kiswahili to English...

Abstract Rice is one of the most consumed cereals in Cameroon, the production of which remains affected by several factors, including excessive temperatures and the irregular increase in rainfall. This study used the VAR model to explore the reciprocal influence of climate change with rice yield via the evolution of rainfall and temperature as well as the intensity of CO2 emissions per rice product in the northern zone of the Cameroon. The data used comes from FAOSTAT and the “World Bank...

AbstractThis study explores the incorporation of structural masonry into the undergraduate programmes of higher education institutions in South Africa, specifically focusing on civil engineering. This study is of an exploratory nature. A significant portion of the urban infrastructure in South Africa is predominantly built using structural masonry. Structural masonry is a building method in which the walls of a building or any masonry component, such as a masonry beam or a masonry column,...

Owing to technological advancements, Electronic Braille note-taking (EBN) devices have been developed and are currently in use by learners with visual impairment in Kenya. This study intends to examine the impact of EBN devices on academic performance of visually impaired learners in selected special primary schools in Kenya. The study used a descriptive design while applying both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Six special schools were purposively sampled: St. Francis Special...

AbstractTeachers play a significant role in the effective implementation of sexuality education programmes in schools. The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between teachers’ attitudes, self-efficacy, and teaching practices in sexuality education in public primary schools. A survey using self-administered questionnaires was conducted. Data collected from 77 teachers were analysed using simple and multiple linear regression tests. The analyses revealed that teachers’...

The African postcolonial state is in crisis, and it has been for a while. The sources and forms of this crisis are multiple in nature. My focus on this article is on the political aspects of this crisis. The idea of the African postcolonial state became a reality when the majority of former colonies in Africa gained independence from European colonial rule. What these former colonies inherited was not entirely clear at the time. What was evident was that they had to mould themselves into the...

The inadequacy and skewed distribution of oral health personnel in South Africa are well-documented. Surprisingly, the staffing levels at dental schools have not previously been described. To determine the number of full-time equivalent clinical academic staff working at the dental school of the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University for the five-year period 2015 to 2019.A retrospective cross-sectional descriptive study. Data related to the demographic characteristics and employment...

AbstractInclusive education is an agenda that emanated from the Global North, and had as its imperative the eradication of discriminatory policies and practices that prevent some children from accessing a quality education. In recent years, it has increasingly been argued by scholars in the Global South that the supremacy of Eurocentric knowledge, theory, values, and practices informing inclusive education needs to be disrupted. In South Africa, decolonisation is emerging as a constructive...

Purpose: The goal of this study was to determine whether the amount of experience and training of the instructors had an impact on their decision on the teaching strategies for S.E.E. 
 Methodology: The plan includes the sampling techniques, data gathering, and analytic processes. Two tools—the Teachers' Questionnaire and the Observation Schedule—were used to gather the data for this study. 
 Findings: The study's main conclusions demonstrated that the available teaching-learning...

This study assessed the contribution of School Income Generating Projects on teaching and learning process in Secondary Schools at Ngara District in Kagera region, Tanzania. The objectives of the study were to: examine how the available income-generating projects contribute to teaching and learning process and toexplore the challenges heads of school face in managing income generating projects in secondary. Resources Dependency Theory was used to emphasiseschool as an organization to have...

Students’ learning contexts are capable of having a significant impact on their learning beliefs and academic performance. As a result, students studying during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak may be at risk of lower academic self-efficacy and subject grades. These students may also hold specific ideas regarding the impact of COVID-19-related changes on their ability to succeed, which could have a direct impact on their self-efficacy and academic performance. Thus, this study seeks to examine...

There has been a rise in the number of health training facilities offering training in Pediatrics in Zambia in recent years. For nearly four decades, there was only one medical school offering medical training in Zambia, with very low annual enrolment numbers. In the past one decade, the number of students being admitted to medical school have increased dramatically, more so with the introduction of new medical schools both public and private. However, the number of trainers has not...

Aims: The objective of this study was to determine the epidemiological profile of intestinal helminthiases in school children in the Sahelian and Sudanian zones of Chad.
 Study Design: Cross-sectional and descriptive.
 Place and Duration of Study: September 2021 to February 2022 in two of Chad's three ecological zones: the Sudanian and Sahelian zones.
 Methodology: A total of 1408 stool samples were collected from school children (aged from 5 to 18 years) in 19 schools; 13 of...

Police stops often perpetuate racial disparities in academic outcomes, yet few studies have examined factors that mitigate these negative consequences. Using two longitudinal studies (Study 1: n = 483, M-age = 12.88, 53% males; Study 2: n = 131, M-age = 15.11, 34% males), this article tests whether parental and school cultural socialization reduced the negative associations between police stops and youth’s school engagement. Results showed that youth with police encounters reported lower...

Lack of competent commercial farming skills in emerging farmers is identified as one of the reasons for poor productivity on redistributed commercial farms. To address this shortcoming, the government and non-governmental organisations spend significant amounts of money providing a range of beneficiary training. However, very few objective studies exist that report how these pieces of training occur and how they are performed. This research aims to provide an initial basic understanding of...

This study focused on contextualizing Charles Fadel's four-dimensional model of education to teaching and learning Civic Education in secondary schools in of the 21 st century Zambia.The study confirmed the importance of Fadel's four-dimensional model of education in teaching and learning Civic Education in secondary schools in the 21 st century in Zambia.All the four interlinked educational components in the model are crucial in teaching and learning of Civic Education in secondary...