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Mass influxes of refugees have potentially large effects on host countries; while labor market impacts are frequently studied, outcomes like children's education could also be affected. This paper examines the impact of Syrian refugees on the educational attainment of Jordanians. Combining detailed household surveys with school-level records on the density of Syrians, we study both quantity and quality of education for the hosts using a differences-in-differences design across refugee...

This paper reports on the psychometric properties of the Conceptions of Teaching and Learning Questionnaire (TLCQ) developed by Chan and Elliot (2004), based on the responses of 220 pre-service mathematics teachers from five public universities in South-West Nigeria. The term mathematics was introduced into the 30 item-statements, which measured both constructivist and traditional conceptions of teaching and learning, to reflect beliefs specific to mathematics teaching and students’ learning...

This study was conducted in the upper parts of the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia, with the objective of characterizing the different volcanic rock aquifers and evaluating their respective productivity.Geological, structural and hydrogeological methods were utilized in this study.Quaternary vesicular basalt (27.33%) and Tertiary aphanitic basalts (72.67%) are the two geological formations in the basin.In both cases, the weathered and fractured zones are the water bearing zones.Confined aquifer,...

A dissertation submitted to the Dept. of Library and Information Studies, Faculty of Humanites, University of Botswana in partial fulfilment of the requirement of the degree of Masters in Library and Information Studies. Citation: Baeletsi, K. (2019) An assessment of students' use of electronic library resources: a case study of Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN), University of Botswana.

Abstract Background: The investigation of burnout among undergraduate students is yet to receive the same amount of attention as burnout in employees. Despite the negative effects of burnout among students, there is dearth of literature on burnout problem among electrical and building technology undergraduate students. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the burnout levels and the effect of rational-emotive behavior therapy (REBT) on symptoms of burnout among electrical and building...

A study was undertaken to determine the macroinvertebrates pollution tolerance index (PTI) in Calabar River, Cross River state, Nigeria. Five sampling stations were chosen along the river course: Ikot Okon Abasi, Tinapa, Unicem, Marina resort and Nsidung beach which were labeled stations 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively. Physico-chemical parameters; surface water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen (DO), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), total dissolved solids (TDS) and total suspended solids...

Training office auditing firms in South Africa are required by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) training regulations to provide basic exposure to trainees in management accounting. The purpose of this paper was to determine (1) the ways in which large, medium-sized and small training office auditing firms in South Africa evaluate the competency of trainee accountants in the field of management accounting, (2) to what extent alternative skills transfer methods are...

In the 2016–2017 school year, the Liberian government launched Partnership Schools For Liberia (PSL), a pilot program in which the management of 93 primary schools was transferred to 8 private contractors. The pilot owed much to the importation of western policy models and was facilitated by the British organisation ARK and involved BIA, a private school company who receive funding from US and British sources. Despite criticism from civil society, at the end of the first year a randomised...

Few African countries have dedicated emergency medicine training, and none have a pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) program. However, many countries have a high burden of pediatric patients, and as many as 25% of those patients have high-acuity disease. The African Federation for Emergency Medicine (AFEM) is developing an open-access, core curricular package for pediatric emergency medicine to meet this need. Our objective was to implement group consensus methodology to develop learning...

In 1929 the administration of Kenya Colony under the governorship of Edward Grigg ordered the formation of a special committee to report on what had become known as ‘the Dorobo question’ across eastern Africa. As conceived by the committee, the Dorobo question was effectively that of how to govern ‘most hunting people’ under British rule in the region – particularly those thought to be ‘pre-tribal and pre-pastoral’ – and who were often inconveniently found to be living within newly...

This article critically examines the school feeding policy in Ghana. The policy became operational in the year 2005. It was part of the nation's effort to curb a drop in school enrolment that became a global concern which became part of the United Nations (UN) global efforts to reduce poverty in many parts of the world. The drop in school enrolment was attributed to poverty, hunger, and inequality in many deprived communities. So, to address those problems, the UN initiated various forms of...

Antimalarial drug resistance, in particular resistance to Plasmodium falciparum, challenges the treatment and control of malaria. In this Review, we summarise evolving patterns of antimalarial drug resistance in Africa. Resistance to aminoquinolines and antifolates is long-standing, yet with greatly decreased use of chloroquine to treat malaria, the prevalence of resistance to chloroquine has decreased. Resistance to antifolates, which are used to prevent malaria in some settings, remains...

OPS 52: Air pollution and respiratory health, Room 110, Floor 1, August 28, 2019, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Background/Aim: No previous epidemiological study has investigated the independent effect of long-term ambient nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulate matter smaller than 2.5 µm in diameter (PM2.5) exposure on asthma-related outcomes among school children in Africa. This study aimed to investigate these effects in a cohort of school children in the Western Cape Province of South Africa....

Climate change and related extreme events are negatively affecting agricultural production where millions of smallholder farmers depend up on it. Ethiopian rain-fed agriculture system is becoming more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Identification of difference in the level of vulnerability of a system is important in selecting appropriate and effective adaption options to climate change. Thus, this study examined the vulnerability of farm household's livelihood to climate...

Previous studies in Tanzania have shown that mothers do not often receive the recommended number of postnatal contacts, which limits their ability to not only have health checks but also to be provided with sufficient and quality postnatal education. Educating mothers while in the hospital is important yet there remains a paucity on the experiences of mothers in a hospital setting related to newborn care education. Therefore, the objective of this study was to explore the experience of...