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The South African National Department of Health sought to improve syndromic management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Continuing medical education on STIs was delivered at primary healthcare (PHC) clinics using one of three training methods: (1) lecture, (2) computer and (3) paper-based. Clinics with training were compared with control clinics.Ten PHC clinics were randomly assigned to control and 10 to each training method arm. Clinicians participated in on-site training on six...

The AfricaArray International Geophysics Field School is a three-week program designed to introduce the complete workflow of a geophysical project. In the first week, participants design a geophysical survey of relevance to a mine, water-resource investigation, or an archaeology study. The design of the course includes considerations of cost and safety and is presented in a competitive manner. The weeklong data-collection phase ensures that participants are familiar with operation of all...

Inclusive pedagogies to support children with disabilities in low-income countries have been neglected, and viewed as ‘specialised’ or optional within teacher education. In contrast, this paper presents details of practices of newly qualified teachers (NQTs) in Tanzania that aim to help all learners to learn even in poorly-resourced schools. It argues that NQTs' positive attitudes and responsibility towards their students can be located in Tanzania's history and their early professional...

In a communicative based approach, the French Foreign Language learning teaching activities offered in classrooms favour exposing learners to authentic communicative situations that are relevant in a French or Francophone “genuine” context. This quest for “reality” or “authenticity” might be challenging in some linguistic environments such as African Anglophone countries where learners do not benefit from many opportunities to practice the foreign language and/or to get accustomed to its...

The study focused on finding out the psychological disposition of university student teachers on the functional capacity of the educational system in Nigeria and its impact on national development.The research design employed was survey method.Three hypothesis were raised and tested at 0.05 alpha level of significance.The population of the study includes all the 200 level students' teachers of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria and Othman Danfodio University Sokoto which is made up 2,058...

This paper focused on the challenges in educating the visually impaired and modalities for ensuring quality assurance in tertiary institutions of learning in Nigeria.It examined the global challenges in the higher educational system and made it clear that the visually impaired are those with visual problems be it partial, low vision, or total blindness, as such need higher education to be liberated from the shackles of pity and sympathy.The paper found out that the educational needs of the...

Feminist environmentalist debate explores possible linkages between women and environmental issues such as inequality.One of the most pressing global problem at the centre of this debate is climate change vulnerability.As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) creates global policy awareness on the realities of climate change vulnerability, women in the poor coastal regions of the periphery societies such as the Niger Delta, Nigeria, prone to environmental degradation seem to...

This study was carried out to examine secondary school teachers’ attitude toward information and communication technology. The study covered twenty selected secondary schools in Ondo South senatorial district of Ondo state. Four hundred teachers were selected from 20 selected secondary schools out of 300 secondary schools in Ondo State using systematic random sampling technique. Five research questions and 5 hypotheses were formulated for the study. A descriptive survey method was adopted...

The aim of this study is to investigate the relation between the Egyptian Industrial Education Teachers' demographic characteristics and their perceived computer self-efficacy. The target population of the study was in-service teachers at Industrial Secondary Schools. Thus, participants consisted of 66 in-service teachers (architecture specialists) in Desouk and Foh industrial secondary schools (Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate), and Badr Industrial Schools (Assiut Governorate), Egypt. The...

What is the most appropriate measure of impaired fertility for understanding its social consequences in sub-Saharan Africa? The dearth of subjective measures in surveys in the region has prevented comparisons of subjective and objective measures. Perceived difficulties conceiving may have a greater impact than objective measures for social outcomes such as divorce, stigmatization and distress. This study compares 12- (clinical) and 24- (epidemiological) month measures from biomedicine and 5-...

This study took place in Isiolo County in northern Kenya among the Borana community, whose major economic activity is livestock production. The County is characterized by droughts which have increased in frequency and severity. This study sought to investigate the availability of camel drought feeds in the study site, guided by two specific objectives: to establish the existence of supplementary feeds used by the Borana community for camels during the drought periods and to establish the...

Education is widely accepted as the main backbone of growth and development of individuals and the nation.However, its achievement continues to elude many who are poverty stricken.Government of Kenya introduced free primary education in 2003 and tuition free secondary education in 2008.It is estimated that about 3 millions children are not enrolled in primary schools.For the children who enrolled in grade one, only between 46-48% can manage to complete the final grade and transition rate...

The multilingual composition of South African schools and the choice of English as the preferred language of teaching and learning (LoLT) have created welldocumented academic challenges for English second language learners (ESL) and their teachers. Poor performance in English is associated with poor performance among ESL learners across the curriculum. Small-scale standardised testing for ESL performance is an assessment strategy that can contribute to identifying specific needs at a...

Climate change is a great environmental challenge facing humanity today.In Yatta District, residents report frequent crop failures, water shortages and relief food has become a frequent feature of their life.This study examines the adaptation strategies to climate change adopted by the dry-land farming communities in Yatta District.Study participants included 510 randomly sampled small-scale farmers.Key informants were district departmental heads from the Ministries of Water, Agriculture and...

In an attempt to address the objectives of examining factors influencing smallholders' drought risk perception and coping to climate variability and change, this study utilized household level data collected from 384 households and employed Heckman selection model for its analysis. The study revealed that perceiving climate variability and change does not always guarantee coping and adaptation responses, particularly among the rural people who face more binding constraints that deter...