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The phenomenon of extra tuition is witnessed in many countries and some educationalists have described it as a parallel education system. However, the incidence and impact of extra tuition have often not been studied systematically, especially in Africa. In this article cross-national data for six African education systems (Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Zambia and Zanzibar) collected by SACMEQ, the Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality, have been used...

The aim of this study was to explore the involvement of parents and community in life skills and sex education. The study sample included 150 teachers selected through stratified proportional random sampling in South Africa. Teachers were interviewed at schools using a semi-structured interview guide. Results indicated that the majority of the teachers recognized the importance of parental and community involvement, and 50% and 25% actually had involved parents and communities respectively...

ii Opsomming iv Acknowledgements vi List of tables x List of figures xi List of acronyms xii CHAPTER

This document, the Road Map for Reform of the Provision of Learning and Teaching Materials to Secondary Schools in Uganda, is an assessment of the current situation concerning learning and teaching materials was based on a survey conducted in December 2007. It also takes into account for purposes of comparison with policies and practices in other sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, the findings of a recent World Bank financed research report on textbooks, and school library provision in...

This study investigated the relationship between psychopathology and students’ academic performance and the moderator effects of study behaviour, self-efficacy and motivation. Participants were 476 SS2 students (228 males, 248 females) randomly selected from ten coeducational secondary schools in Ibadan. Measures of psychopathology, study behaviour, self-efficacy and motivation were administered on the sample. Data collected were analysed using hierarchical multiple regression. Results...

This exploratory study describes the provision of HIVA teaching experience range = 0-21 years) from three schools participated. The participants completed a questionnaire on the types of HIV&AIDS-related counselling services provided in the junior secondary schools services, their self-rated HIV&AIDS counselling training needs and their perceived importance of the HIV&AIDS-related counselling services. Descriptive statistical analysis revealed a broad range of HIV&AIDS-related counselling...

This paper uses a cross-sectional approach to analyze the impacts of climate change on animal husbandry and the way farmers adapt. The study is based on surveys of almost 5000 livestock farmers across ten countries in Africa. A traditional Ricardian regression finds that the livestock net revenues of large farms in Africa are more sensitive to temperature than those of small farms. Cross-sectional analysis also reveals that large farms (but not small farms) have fewer animals per farm in...

To determine testability using the Randot Pre-school Stereoacuity Test in black and Hispanic children 30 to 72 months of age.A population-based cohort of children 30 to 72 months of age was administered the Randot Pre-school Stereoacuity Test, with presenting refractive correction, and before cover testing, visual acuity testing, or refraction. Children who could not point to specified two-dimensional demonstration pictures, and children who would not try to name or match random dot figures...

Climate change and increasing climate variability threaten the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), and some of the worst effects on human health and agriculture will be in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in vulnerable regions. The relationships between climate change and the vulnerability of resource-poor croppers and livestock keepers and their resilience to current and future climate variability need to be better understood. This paper describes the generation of...

OBJECTIVE: to assess the application of an integrated curriculum model for the medical career in Walter Sisulu University. METHODS: a structured observation of the integrated teaching plan in relation to the solution of health problems was made. The curriculum was described making emphasis on basic sciences. The advantageous or disadvantageous aspects of this plan were evaluated. RESULTS: the development of self-training and communication skills, the formulation and assessment of judgments...

The Highveld region in South Africa is an important area for its food production for the nation, as 70% of country's cereal crops and 90% of the commercially grown maize is cultivated there. The sustainability of these agro-ecosystems is, therefore, of vital importance for the nation's food security. The western part of the Highveld is characterised by relatively low mean annual precipitation (MAP) and highly variable yields, and while rainfall increases towards the east, inter-annual yield...

The Highveld region in South Africa is an important area for its food production for the nation, as 70% of country's cereal crops and 90% of the commercially grown maize is cultivated there. The sustainability of these agro-ecosystems is, therefore, of vital importance for the nation's food security. The western part of the Highveld is characterised by relatively low mean annual precipitation (MAP) and highly variable yields, and while rainfall increases towards the east, inter-annual yield...

The Highveld region in South Africa is an important area for its food production for the nation, as 70% of country's cereal crops and 90% of the commercially grown maize is cultivated there. The sustainability of these agro-ecosystems is, therefore, of vital importance for the nation's food security. The western part of the Highveld is characterised by relatively low mean annual precipitation (MAP) and highly variable yields, and while rainfall increases towards the east, inter-annual yield...

The Highveld region in South Africa is an important area for its food production for the nation, as 70% of country's cereal crops and 90% of the commercially grown maize is cultivated there. The sustainability of these agro-ecosystems is, therefore, of vital importance for the nation's food security. The western part of the Highveld is characterised by relatively low mean annual precipitation (MAP) and highly variable yields, and while rainfall increases towards the east, inter-annual yield...

Healthcare professionals are being challenged by a whole host of outside pressures and forces. The emerging healthcare environment and traditional ways of thinking are mutually exclusive. Innovative thinking is required as accelerating change, increasing complexity, intensifying competition and expanding consumerism will be characteristic of the 21st century.

This is a study of the efficiency of Uganda’s public education system. Since this type of study is relatively new for Ugandan education, the study begins by defining the basic concepts, terminology, and methods for analyzing efficiency. Given the lack of any recent cost or efficiency analysis of primary education, and the fact that this sub-sector absorbs almost two-thirds the government's education expenditure, special emphasis was put on primary education. Since recurrent expenditures...

Critics of school governing bodies (SGBs) – both on the left and on the right – tend to rely upon arguments that ignore significant portions of the act that created SGBs – the South African Schools Act (SASA) – the exact nature of the changes to SGBs wrought by amendments to the act and the manner in which the courts, in interpreting the act, have both reinforced the autonomy of SGBs at the same time as they have set limits on those powers. The authors’ reading takes seriously all of the...

Abstract Sufficient changes have occurred in both the agricultural and educational sectors of South Africa to warrant a careful scrutiny of the agricultural education offerings in South Africa. Agricultural extension is identified as an important part of the intended transformation of the agricultural sector. Further, agricultural extension is essentially an education programme. As such agricultural extension should be subject to the same scrutiny—both in terms of agricultural policy and...