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Nigeria 1. IntroductionSecondary education, a multifaceted process may be studied from various perspectives.It cannot be studied minutely and deeply in isolation.It is based on various sociological, political, financial, economic and familiar factors.Like all levels of education, the key aim of this education is not just to produce academically processed pupils, but autonomous individuals capable of contributing to their societies and lead dignified happy lives.In this regard, secondary...

This study investigates school textbooks with a focus on a pre-modern nation construction in Morocco. It seeks to detect the cultural symbols via which the pre-modern nation is formed. Using a deductive approach, social studies textbooks of middle school are analyzed.Drawing on the Ethno-Symbolist conceptual framework to nation formation which is developed by Anthony Smith, this study highlights the significant role of textbooks in nation-building.It suggests that the textbooks construct a...

This study focused on investigating the effect of the Cognitive Behavioural Therapeutic treatment (CBT) on pupils with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) at Bekkyford and Felicomfort Primary Schools in Cape Coast, Ghana. The quasi-experimental design was used for the study. The sample for the study was 43 participants which include 8 parents, 6 teachers, 16 siblings of participants, 13 pupils made up of 9 males and 4 females. The pupils were purposively sampled for the study...

Institutional facilities often determine students’ choice of enrolment into tertiary institution and level of academic performance Rudhumbu,Tirumali and Kumari, (2017). Thus institutions invest more on installation and maintenance of facilities like business enterprise to compete favorably with their counterparts in order to have good number of students and to improve institutional image and status (Gibbs, 2001). Despite institutions stringent requirements of students’ academic results from...

Abstract This chapter explores the vulnerability context of coastal fishing communities, including the various factors that shape their capacity to cope with and adapt in the face of poverty and increasing threats associated with climate change and natural and human-induced disasters through the lens of small-scale fisheries (SSFs) in South Africa. South Africa has developed a suite of policies, strategies and laws to deal with commitments to sustainable development and address and manage...

The change project approach could be applied to enhance teacher education for the purpose of confronting 21st Century challenges through education (Education 2030). The challenge for teacher education institutions is to prepare future teachers with the socio-ecological knowledge, skills, attitudes and values essential for sustainable living, by reorienting current unsustainable ways of thinking and doing. This can be achieved by integrating Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and in...

Hypertension is one of the most common noncommunicable diseases affecting several individuals globally. However, the level of nonadherence to self-care practices, antihypertensive medications, and associated factors among hypertensive patients in a follow-up clinic at Asella Referral and Teaching Hospital is unknown.To assess the level of nonadherence to self-care practices, antihypertensive medications, and associated factors among hypertensive patients in a follow-up clinic at Asella...

The present paper reviews CODG TEC response to the moderate storm of July 26, 2003 and that of July 29 at Niamey station in West African equatorial station (Geo Lat 13° 28'45.3"N; Geo long: 02° 10'59.5"E) in Niger.These two moderate geomagnetic storms are of solar wind origin.The study showed an increase in CODG TEC values during the initial phase of the storm and a decrease in CODG TEC values during the main and recovery phases of the storm.In general, in the equatorial region, positive and...

This paper presents an overview of training/learning tools for advanced textile research centres in Morocco and Jordan. Within the Erasmus+ FOSTEX project, the main courses necessary for the training of researchers and students enrolled in master’s or doctoral programs in Morocco and Jordan and who will work within the advanced research centres have been identified and selected. Starting from good European practices on learning, teaching, research and testing services, several courses have...

Within West Africa (WA), poverty, population growth rate and food insecurity are high and most agriculture is conducted at an un-mechanised level, reliant on rain-fed conditions. As with elsewhere around the world, there is a clear fingerprint of climate change on WA, with increasing temperatures and shifts in precipitation patterns. As the century progresses and climate change intensifies, so too will the impact on rain-fed horticulture. This creates an urgent need to understand and...

Assessment results can be a guide to instruction, and they can ensure that the prescribed curriculum is well covered. When assessment data are used as a means of making appropriate instructional adjustments for improvement, teaching and learning progresses. The study examined basic school teachers’ perception and use of assessment data. Cross-sectional survey design was used for the conduct of the study. Hundred and fifty (150) teachers within the Central region of Ghana were sampled from...

The study aimed to draw on the effect of canceling the administrative decision of the role of physical education teachers for the first stage on the students’ athletic performance from the perspective of physical education supervisors in the West Bank, using the quantitative approach to measure the extent of canceling the administrative decision of physical education teachers for the lower basic stage on the students’ athletic performance using Descriptive Analytical Method. The study...

Platelets initiate hemostasis by aggregating at the site of injury and participate in ensuring endothelial integrity. A defect in this process could lead to intravascular blood loss. This case-control study sought to determine the platelet counts and indices among pregnant women in the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital Gwagwalada, Abuja, Nigeria. A total of 120 pregnant women as case and 60 non-pregnant women as control were enrolled for this study. Blood samples were collected in EDTA...

Climate change is already a reality in Africa. Many countries across Africa are classified as Least-Developed Countries (LDCs) with poor socio-economic conditions and by implication are faced with particular challenges in responding to the impacts of climate change. African countries have the least efficient public health systems in the world. Infectious disease burdens, which are sensitive to climate impacts, are highest in the sub-Saharan African region. Changes in climate will affect the...