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The present paper presents the results of the study that investigated the patterns of stress experienced by secondary school teachers in Choma District of Zambia. The study objectives included; to establish the forms of stress faced by teachers; and to recommend solutions to the identified patterns of stress. A descriptive survey design was used in the study where a sample of six secondary schools and 120 teacher were selected from the District using the simple random sampling technique. The...

<p>Mass higher education is a huge force to be reckoned with and its existence, already in the expansion of tertiary institutions is undeniable. This study will focus on three countries: Lebanon, Kenya and Oman. The purpose of this study is to evaluate mass tertiary education progress in these countries. It will synthesize data results of gross enrollment ratios, demographics, internationalization and GDP per capita of these countries which we will use as indicators of the progress and...

Agriculture is the mainstay of economy in Malawi - the warm heart of Africa. It employs 85 % of the labour force, and produces one third of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 90 % of foreign exchange earnings. Maize farming covers over 92 % of Malawi’s agricultural land and contributes over 54 % of national caloric intake. With a subtropical climate and ~99 % rainfed agriculture, Malawi relies heavily on precipitation for its agricultural production. Given the significance of rainfed maize...

Background. Scientific advancement, particularly in the area of information communication technology (ICT), challenges the mode of knowledge advancement at universities. Such challenges are especially evident in the area of postgraduate (PG) research supervision, particularly in the light of the changing students’ demography, whereby there is a radical shift from full-time campus-based students to part-time students. This challenge is compounded by many countries not considering research...

Background. Nursing education institutions in Lesotho face an increasing number of enrolments owing to a high demand for professional nurses to work in the community. Enrolments have doubled during the last 3 years, without an increase in teaching resources or staff. Professional nurses in the wards are expected to mentor students and teach the clinical elements of nursing while continuing with their day-to-day clinical duties. Furthermore, professional nurses in Lesotho have not been...

Background. Registrars play a vital role in teaching undergraduate (UG) medical students. Previous studies indicate that registrars contribute as much as 30% of medical students’ knowledge and that up to 20% of a registrar’s time is spent on teaching UG medical students. The Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Guide No. 20 defines 12 roles of a teacher, including an on-the-job role-model. Objective. To evaluate the perception and attitudes of registrars with regard to their...

Background. Medical schools need to be more socially accountable. The Making a Difference group community service activity (MaD), which is part of the 1st-year medical curriculum at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, aims to make students more responsible, responsive and accountable to community needs. Small groups of students engage with an organisation of their choice that works with a disadvantaged community. They spend 16 hours in appropriate community service, which...

This study examined students teaching practice in tertiary institutions in southern Nigeria. The purpose of the study was to find out the perceptions of student teachers, mentors of cooperating schools, and community members regarding the benefits of students teaching practice. The study provided answers to three research questions. The sample of the study comprised student teachers, who were randomly selected from two levels of study, school heads and teachers of cooperating schools...

In this paper the literature on the unique characteristics of educational organizations and themes emerging from educational reform efforts are used to inform policy orientations and practices aimed at achieving the goal of greater inclusion within the Cameroon education sector.It is argued that the goal of inclusion will be achieved, if among other things, policies and practices are not dominated by the rational model of viewing educational organizations.A multi-frame perspective is...

Arid rangelands worldwide regularly confront drought and overgrazing. Land degradation is mostly apparent in desert rangelands, where drought events are important and grazing influences and intrinsic vegetation change act intermittently. The objectives of this study were to determine the effects of grazing and drought stress on diversity, species richness and primary production in desert rangeland of southern Tunisia. This assessment was conducted in March 2008 (wet year) and March 2009 (dry...

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has embarked on a new era of dam building to improve food security and promote economic development. Nonetheless, the future impacts of dams on malaria transmission are poorly understood and seldom investigated in the context of climate and demographic change.The distribution of malaria in the vicinity of 1268 existing dams in SSA was mapped under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) representative concentration pathways (RCP) 2.6 and 8.5. Population...

Abstract Aim This study assessed the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and demographics of chronic and aggressive periodontitis in a representative sample drawn from a subpopulation in Morocco. Materials & Methods Eight hundred and thirty students representative of 12+ years old attending schools in the Province of Benslimane, Morocco were selected by a multi‐phased, probability sampling. Their age was 12–25 years (mean: 16.1 years) and comprised of 50% males and 50% females. Chronic...

Abstract Aim This study assessed the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and demographics of chronic and aggressive periodontitis in a representative sample drawn from a subpopulation in Morocco. Materials & Methods Eight hundred and thirty students representative of 12+ years old attending schools in the Province of Benslimane, Morocco were selected by a multi‐phased, probability sampling. Their age was 12–25 years (mean: 16.1 years) and comprised of 50% males and 50% females. Chronic...

This paper seeks to offer an insighton the subject of academic mobility into South African Higher Education Institutions (HEI’s). This is done by examining the current academic landscape in South Africavia a comparisonbetween the profile of South African (SA) academics andexpatriate academics. Currently, SA is facing major skills and staffing shortages locally in terms of Science, Engineering and Agriculture. The Departmentof Higher Education and Training as well as SA universities have...

The development of reconstructive microsurgery has now reached the supermicrosurgery stage. However the anastomosis of vessels under 0.5 mm is still out of the comfort zone of the many microsurgeons. To confirm the technical feasibility and the reliability of this technique We relate our own experience in this regard using the free superficial inferior epigastric flap of the rat as a model for supermicrosurgery training at the Microsurgery Laboratory of the Lagos University teaching...

The objectives of the study were to explore the management characteristics that are related to organisational entrepreneurship in not-for-profit organisations (NPOs) in Gauteng, South Africa as well as the relationship between organisational entrepreneurship and the organisational performance. The methodology involved a quantitative approach of collecting and analysing research data. A field study was conducted in Johannesburg, South Africa whereby research data were collected from 257 NPO...