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Worldwide, availability of water resources is one of the most crucial economic and social concerns of the century. Egypt is considered as one of the most arid countries around the world. The Nile River is the main source of life for the Egyptians since it constitutes more than 97% of Egypt’s renewable water resources. Egypt faces great challenges with regard to water resources due to its fixed share of the Nile water, and scarcity of rainfall, groundwater and desalination capacities. Climate...

The important roles of environmental education (EE) as a tool for advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been clearly identified in national policy visions and guidelines in Nigeria. Despite this increasing recognition however, the implementation and delivery of EE programs remain adversely impacted by a wide range of practical implementation challenges. While a number of existing studies have compiled the importance of EE for advancing the SDGs, a detailed...

The participation of parents and teachers in the performance of school activities plays a significant role in both teachers and students’ school performance. The government of Rwanda through the Ministry of Education has put a lot of emphasis to involve educational stakeholders in various school activities. However, the effectiveness of PTA in some public secondary schools in Rwanda is low. This formed the motive of the study to assess the influence of Parents Teachers Association (PTA)’s...

Speaking activities are educational procedures used to motivate learners through experience and exposure. Therefore, this research investigated EFL teachers’ practices and implementations of speaking skill activities in the Ethiopian grade 10 English textbooks. To achieve this objective, 72 grade 10 students, using simple random sampling techniques, were selected to fill in a questionnaire, and 4 EFL teachers were taken using comprehensive sampling techniques for classroom observations and...

This study investigates the psychosocial impact of cyberbullying on social media among students in Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe, and Cameroon. The study adopted a quantitative research methodology in collecting data from 99 students across the selected African countries using a well-designed electronic questionnaire (e-questionnaire). The study found that cyberbullying on social media has psychosocial implications for the student. Furthermore, the study revealed ways and strategies to mitigate...

Chemical pollution, i.e. the release of anthropogenic chemical substances into the environment, is a driver of biodiversity loss. Although this issue has been widely investigated in high-income countries of temperate regions, there is a lack of data for tropical areas of middle- or low-income countries, such as those in Eastern Africa. Some of the world’s richest biomes that are affected by multiple pressures, including chemical pollution, are hosted in this macro-region. However, few...

Beekeeping offers income-generating opportunities for rural households but is threatened by climate change and variability. Adaptation strategies are assessed through semi-structured interviews focus groups, key informants and personal observation: in Ada Berga District, beekeepers have adopted supplementary feeding, modern hives, planting and hive shading to mitigate climatic impacts. A multivariate probit model (MVP) suggests that choices made in combining various adaptation strategies...

The study investigated teacher’s demographic factors to ascertain teaching learning issues in Nigeria. As a descriptive survey, teachers and students in senior secondary schools in Ekiti State constituted the study population. The sample comprised of 288 teachers and 1920 students, randomly selected from 32 schools that were stratified, selected and drawn from 16 local government areas in Ekiti State. Four different measuring instruments were used to collect data. The data collected were...

Intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) are among the major public health problems globally, particularly in developing countries like Egypt. This study aimed to evaluate prevalence and risk factors associated with IPIs among preschool and school children in Egypt. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 996 randomly selected preschool and school-aged children in Gharbia governorate during January to April 2018. Stool specimens were examined for the presence of the parasite by direct smear...

As part of the 2015/2030 strategic vision for the reform of the Moroccan education system, in-service training has taken on a key role in designing the arsenal of pedagogical and organizational mechanisms for achieving the expected objectives. Certainly, the initial training that teachers received in training centers remains fruitful, because the training curriculum is rich and focused on a range of skills, but since the educational context is constantly evolving, it is requested to the...

ABSTRACT Background: The world population comprises 2.2 billion children below 18 years, 1.9 billion of which live in developing countries, 1 billion being caught up below the poverty line, and 340 million in sub-Saharan Africa. 640 million do not have adequate shelter, 400 million do not have safe drinking water and 270 million have no access to health services. In Uganda, better health care is widely thought to improve primary school performance and post-school productivity. This study...

The climatology of East Africa results from the complex interaction between major global convergence zones with more localized regional feedbacks to the climate system; these in turn are moderated by a diverse land surface characterized by coastal to land transitions, high mountains, and large lakes. The main climatic character of East Africa, and how this varies across the region, takes the form of seasonal variations in rainfall that can fall as one, two, or three rainy seasons, the times...

When the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic originated in China, hit the shores of the African continent, Botswana, like many other countries, introduced a raft of measures aimed at arresting the rapid spread of the virus. The measures put in place included effecting a countrywide lockdown. Most institutions, including the University of Botswana (UB), temporarily closed their doors and sent staff and students to their homes. Authorities at the institution, among other things, began...

This study explores the effectiveness of media in promoting access to COVID-19 health information in Kenya. The focus will be on how persons with disabilities accessed COVID-19 information through television within the first three months of the outbreak of the pandemic in Kenya. The quantitative study sampled three television stations in Kenya namely KTN News Television, Signs TV and KBC Television. Data was collected from the television stations between April and June 2020. Further, a...


 
 
 Youths’ interest in Agriculture is daily declining due to lack of awareness and information about the prospects in agriculture, leaving the nation’s agricultural sector in the hands of the ageing population. This study examined the impact of agricultural career information on the knowledge, perception and attitudes of secondary school students towards taking agriculture, as a career choice. A purposive sampling technique was used to select 136 school science students in...

This article argues that despite students facing obstacles when studying remotely and online through the COVID-19 pandemic, some are able to overcome barriers to achieve their academic goals. While formal methods are used to evaluate teaching and learning, the five teacher educator researchers in this study sought to understand pre-service teachers’ experiences of this form of engagement. The South African pre-service teachers are studying to become teachers of English, and the article...

This chapter focuses on how Norwegian preservice teachers (PTs) reflect upon their responsibility for democratic education after their teaching practicum, first in Norway and then in South Africa. They reflected in particular upon racism and apartheid as controversial political issues to be avoided in classrooms. The chapter discusses the relevance of the concept of communities of disagreement in light of theories on multiculturalism, such as different forms of power. It concludes that...

خلفية البحث: تزايد الاعلانات التجارية الممولة والغير ممولة للمنتجات الطبية أدى الى تزايد شراء المنتجات الطبية هذه دون اللجوء الى استشارة طبيب أو صيدلاني والاعتماد على ما ذكر في هذه الاعلانات، وتركز هذه الدراسة على مدى تأثير هذه الاعلانات على الأفراد في استخدام هذه المنتجات دون استشارة أهل الاختصاص. الهدف من الدراسة: تركز هذه الدراسة على تحسين الفهم وزيادة الوعي حول استخدام المنتجات الطبية بالاعتماد على الدعايات لها ولمعرفة نسبة انتشار هذه الظاهرة في فلسطين. ولمعرفة الأسباب التي تدفع الأفراد...