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Community development is essential in any society.As actors of development, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) need to have capable human resources to enable them achieve their mandate.The purpose of this study was to establish the effects of employee training on organisational effectiveness in NGOs funded by UNHCR in Kenya, with CARE International in Kenya (CIK) as the case study.This study adopted a descriptive research design.Primary data was collected through survey questionnaires...

The central purpose of carrying out this study was to establish the extent to which the frequency of Performance-Based Assessments (PBAs) in secondary school Computer Studies influences students' innovation capacity.A correlational research design was used to conduct the study.Stratified sampling using proportional allocation and random sampling were used to select a total of 313 Computer Studies students from a target population of 1561 students.Data on the frequency of PBAs and students'...

Background: With the enhanced life expectancy, the number of elderly persons is constantly increasing.Functional disabilities increase among elderly persons with the growing burden of chronic diseases leading to dependency and affection of performance of daily activities.Objectives: The present study was carried out to determine the prevalence of functional disabilities among elder of various chronic diseases and disabilities, and the relation between chronic diseases and...

This study examined gender differences in farmers' adoption of drought-tolerant maize (DTM) varieties in northern region of Ghana.Specifically, it described the socio-economic characteristics of the farmers by gender; determined their rate of adoption of the DTM varieties; and analyzed the factors affecting the rate of adoption of the varieties.The study was conducted in the Northern region of Ghana.Simple random sampling technique was used to obtain data from 600 respondents, comprising 551...

Background: Food addiction (FA) exists in one-sixth of Egyptian adolescents.It is associated with neuropsychiatric problems and is incriminated in the current obesity epidemic.Objectives: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of FA and its indicators among medical students of Minia University and to identify the predictors of FA indicators.Method: A cross-sectional survey of 394 medical students was conducted during November 2020.Students filled out a self-reported English...

The purpose of this study was to determine if student goal orientation had any significant connections with students' interest in chemistry.This study adopted the survey design of the ex-post facto type.Data were collected from 250 chemistry students from six senior secondary schools in Ibadan metropolis using two wellvalidated and reliable instruments.Results showed that 28% of the students were mastery-oriented while 72% were performance-oriented.The findings also showed that even though a...

Africa Research Bulletin: Economic, Financial and Technical SeriesVolume 58, Issue 8 p. 23548A-23548A Policy and Practice Libya: Climate Change and Water Problems First published: 11 October 2021 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6346.2021.10202.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text...

Music and politics in Kenya have long been intertwined. Song exalted the spirit of political manipulation in Kenya, starting with the founding father Mzee Jomo Kenyatta to his successors including Daniel Toroitich arap Moi (President Moi). During President Moi’s regime which is commonly referred to as the Nyayo Era (or foot-steps Era), he appropriated the power of music for political purposes. He encouraged music educators in schools, colleges and community organizations to compose music,...

The purpose of the current study is twofold.First, to determine the occupational interests among tenth-grade students with physical and hearing disabilities in the schools of Syrian refugee camps in Jordan.Second, to explore the relationship between students' occupational interests and their psychological stability.The study was guided by the descriptive correlational method.A convenience sampling technique was adopted to collect data from the participants.It resulted in a sample encompassed...

Teaching and learning of a language couldn't be performed separately without understanding the culture and the custom of the language under study.Therefore, in English language teaching through literature at secondary school cultural values and/or impacts of culture should be clearly stated by the language teachers to their students since the cultural issues retain a direct relationship to determine the meaning of words uttered and written by speakers of the language.Literature properly...

Substance uses were seen in 18-25 years old age groups who are more than 40% world population, from which Africa was the region with the highest proportion accounting 60% in 2016. This review aimed to assess the burden of substance abuse among students in Ethiopia.A comprehensive search was conducted in PubMed/Medline; Science direct and African Online Journal without language and date restriction. The Heterogeneity among the included studies was checked with forest plot, χ2 test, I2 test,...

Abstract Background Workplace violence (WPV) has been recognized as a major occupational hazard worldwide. Healthcare professions are particularly at a higher risk of WPV. Reported magnitude of WPV represents only the tip of an iceberg. The consequences of WPV in healthcare sector are dramatic; it affects the wellbeing of healthcare professions as well as the quality of the delivered service. Objective The study aimed to measure the magnitude of WPV, to identify factors associated with WPV...

The aim of this pilot study was to develop logistic regression (LR) and support vector machine (SVM) models that differentiate low from high risk for prolonged hospital length of stay (LOS) in a South African cohort of 383 colorectal cancer patients who underwent surgical resection with curative intent. Additionally, the impact of 10-fold cross-validation (CV), Monte Carlo CV, and bootstrap internal validation methods on the performance of the two models was evaluated. The median LOS was 9...

This study investigates the three speech act strategies of request, suggestion and apology in Libyan Arab EFL undergraduate students (AREFLUS) and Amazigh EFL undergraduate students (AMEFLUS). It also examines their linguistic and pragmatic competence in these strategies. Two Libyan universities (Sebha and Zwara) are selected for the study, which includes 50 AREFLUS and 37 AMEFLUS participants. To investigate the students’ socio-pragmatic and pragma linguistic competence, two instruments are...

Research shows that parents of children with developmental disabilities (DDs) are at increased risk for elevated stress. Child adaptive functioning as well as social supports are key factors influencing stress in parents. However, few studies have examined the interaction between these variables and their contribution to perceived stress especially in Egyptian parents. The present study investigated the relationship between parenting stress, child adaptive functioning, and social supports....

A study using the mixed-method approach that utilized a non-experimental survey and basic interpretive designs was conducted to measure teacher accountability through teacher appraisal.Closed-ended Likert-type questionnaire and semi-structured interview protocol were used to collect data from the study respondents consisting of heads of senior high schools in Central region of Ghana.Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and identification of emerging themes.Major findings...

Mental health among university students represents an important and growing public health concern for which epidemiological data are needed. The main aim of this study was to estimate magnitude of anxiety and depression among the students of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Bamenda.

Stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide, causing 5.7 million deaths annually. Stroke mortality

The study was carried out to explore the evaluation practices carried out in selected technical and vocational institutions. This is a survey study conducted in Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria. It involved three hundred (300) students and one hundred and twenty (120) teaching staff. The study was guided by three (3) research questions. Data were collected using two questionnaires titled: Students’ questionnaire on Evaluation methods (SQEM) and teaching staff perception questionnaire on the role of...

Using three different studies on early grade reading from no-fee schools across in South Africa, this paper establishes short-term learning losses in reading for grade 2 and 4 students from under-resourced school contexts. We find that in 2020 grade 2 students lost between 57 % and 70 % of a year of learning relative to their pre-pandemic peers. Among a grade 4 sample, learning losses are estimated at between 62 % and 81 % of a year of learning. Considering that in 2020 students in the...