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This quantitative study analysed the factors that cause poor performance and identified the possible ways to improve the performance of students in agriculture at primary schools in Botswana. Data was collected using a valid and reliable questionnaire through a survey of a randomly sampled 200 students in primary schools in Botswana. A One sample t-test determined the twenty-five causes of the poor performance of students in agriculture; the six most important causes were found to be the...

Poor academic performance of students in Islamic Studies, particularly among public and private schools seems to be rampant and concerned to all and sundry. This paper investigated comparative analysis of public and private school students’ academic performance in Islamic Studies in Kwara State, Nigeria. Causal-comparative research type known as “ex post facto” research method was used for this study. All ninety one (91) public and private senior secondary schools in Ilorin south...

Introduction: Substance use is a major public health problem. Medical students are an interesting population category to study, given the particularity of the stress factors to which they are exposed, predisposing them to the use of psychoactive substances. The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of psychoactive substance use in this category, as well as the levels of dependence and risky use, and also to define the characteristics of use and the relationship between...

Severe developmental disability in children affects the life of the child and entire household. We conducted a qualitative study to understand how caregivers manage severe developmental disabilities in children in rural Africa. Families and six children (out of 15 children) who had serious permanent sequelae from a cerebral infection in Handeni, Tanzania, were contacted and invited to a workshop to recount their experience living with severe developmental disabilities. After consent,...

Africa has historically seen several periods of prolonged and extreme droughts across the continent, causing food insecurity, exacerbating social inequity and frequent mortality. A known consequence of droughts and their associated risk factors are infectious disease outbreaks, which are worsened by malnutrition, poor access to water, sanitation and hygiene and population displacement. Cholera is a potential causative agent of such outbreaks. Africa has the highest global cholera burden,...

Luangwa district in Zambia’s Lusaka province lies within a marginal area that is prone to both drought and floods in the rainy season (Luangwa District Council, 2007). Despite documenting drought coping in other areas that are prone to drought, little to no study has been done to document drought coping among the small scale farmers of Luangwa district. The aim of the study was to establish drought coping among small scale farmers of Zambia’s Luangwa district. To achieve this aim,...

Abstract Background In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, to palliate to the lockdown and cover academic programs, the faculty of medicine and pharmaceutical sciences (FMPS) of the university of Dschang (UDs) in Cameroon has implemented e-learning using WhatsApp ®. Aim Describe the opinion of students and lecturers after its implementation of e-learning at the FMPS of UDs. Methods We designed a uniform teaching scheme using WhatsApp ® during the university lockdown. Students and members of...

Implementing ecosystems-based adaptation (EbA) to climate change is challenged by the need to monitor biophysical, socio-cultural, and economic impacts which are usually context-specific. Therefore, robust frameworks are required that integrate impacts to better understand EbA effectiveness. Monitoring frameworks that are universally applicable to EbA are desirable, however their universal application is problematic as they should reflect a community-driven design that accommodates both...

The world is severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. So far, more than 108 million confirmed cases have been recorded, and 2.3 million deaths (according to Statistica data platform). This has created a calamitous situation around the world and fears that the disease will affect everyone in future. Deep learning algorithms could be an effective solution to track COVID-19, predict its growth, and design strategies and policies to manage its spread. Our work...

This study investigated the influence of teachers’ and school factors on classroom use of ICT-based instructional strategies. A total of 240 participants randomly selected from 5 public and 3 private secondary schools in ljebu-Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria, participated in the study. Using an ex-post facto research design of survey type, a pretested teacher factor inventory (TFI), school factors inventory (SFI) and teacher use of ICT-based instructional strategies...

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become necessary for learners and teachers in various academic disciplines. This article focuses its attention on the importance of E-learning and computer on the teaching, and the learning of Arabic in Nigeria to keep up to date with trends of modernized communities in the twenty-first century. The work also attempts to discuss the necessity of ICT in the teaching of Arabic, and examines its positive effect and hindrances. The paper draws...

A library should be accessible and provide inclusive services. This is a challenge for many developing countries. However, with limited funding and infrastructure, there have been concerted attempts to mitigate this challenge. This paper focuses on mini-libs as a possible solution for library users with print disabilities. A case study approach is used to focus on a South African partnership between the North-West University and the North-West Provincial Department of Arts and Culture....

There is increasing pressure from funders, publishers, the public and other research organizations on researchers to improve their research data management. The main objective of the study was to examine the practices of research data management at higher education institutions in Ethiopia. The study was employed multi-stage sampling technique to select the actual sample unit of respondents. Eight first generation Universities and one Science and Technology University were selected based on...

The aim of this study is to analyze the dynamics of seasonal climatic regimes in a context of changing climate with a view to redefining homogeneous climatic zoning in Ivory Coast. The methodology is based on the combination of climatic indices designed from rainfall and temperature (Gaussen index and De Martonne index). The results obtained made it possible to identify six (6) homogeneous climatic zones in Ivory Coast. A diachronic analysis from two thirty-year periods (1941-1970 and...

It is deeply regretted to realize that quite a number of masters and doctoral students divorce academia. The main question the study addressed is: who is the focus of blame? The supervisor or the supervisee or both? Resources indicate that education starts at home and the only habit to form is the habit of forming no habit. The purpose of this study was to investigate the various problems associated with the unpleasant supervisory relationship between the supervisor and the supervisee, and...

This study assessed the compliance level of rural Primary schools to the Free Basic Education (FBE) Policy guidelines in Monze District of the Southern Province of Zambia. The study used a descriptive survey design with 130 respondents and used simple random and purposive sampling techniques to select respondents. Questionnaires and interviews were used in collecting data. Qualitative content analysis revealed that rural primary schools failed to comply with FBE guidelines due to...

French has been taught in Zambia as a Foreign Language even before independence. Manchishi and Chishiba (2016) indicate that French was introduced in African schools, as a subject, in the educational system of the then Northern Rhodesia in 1953. At that time, French was offered at Munali Boys Secondary School, in Lusaka and Chipembi Girls in Chisamba. In 1964, when Zambia obtained its Political Independence from Britain, the teaching of French spread to 12 other secondary schools. The...

Senior secondary school pupils have, for some time now, exhibited unsatisfactory performance in some chemistry topics that are perceived as difficult to learn in their school certificate and General Certificate of Education (GCE) Examinations. This study was a survey and aimed at identifying topics pupils perceived as difficult to learn in secondary school ‘O’-Level chemistry. It was conducted in 8 secondary schools in Kasama, Luwingu, Mbala and Mungwi districts. The study also...

In 1983, the Zimbabwean government unleashed terror upon civilians in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces that led to the death of at least 20 000 Ndebele-speaking people. The memories of the Gukurahundi genocide remain heavily guarded by the government that perpetrated these atrocities. Although there is literature on the role of the media in preserving memories of this genocide, little scholarly attention has been paid to how the descendants of the survivors of genocide are inheriting...