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The purpose of this meta-methods study was to examine challenges experienced by students that hinder their ability successfully to learn online during the emergency remote teaching of a South African University that began in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, 4,419 students completed an online questionnaire. Analyses of the open-ended responses via WordStat 8.0.29 topic modeling and VOSviewer 1.6.14 text mining, independently led to the identification of five meta-themes,...

Children who possess adequate basic language skills develop cognitive and social skills required in life and workplace. It also enhances smooth transition, performance, and retention and completion rate. Teachers with adequate professional training skills exhibits a potential to influent development of language skills in children. The Kenyan policy states that basic education and early learning is compulsory to all children. Therefore, it is relevant that teachers are equipped with adequate...

The study's primary purpose was to investigate servant leadership practices among secondary schools teachers in East Darfur state Sudan.The sources of data for this research remained secondary school teachers and school principals.The primary data collection instrument was questionnaire for teachers.Besides, the sample school principals was an interview.The sample consists of 650 teachers and ten principals.Teachers were selected using simple random sampling; the school principals were...

Abstract Background Sleep difficulties are highly prevalent among adolescents, and are associated with significant impairments. The effectiveness and acceptability of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy-based (CBT-based) treatment for insomnia in adolescents is established for High Income Countries, but unknown for African settings. Thus, the aim of this study was to assess the effect of CBT-based intervention among in-school adolescents with sleep difficulties in Southern Nigeria. Methods This...

The inconsistence nature of school calendar in Nigerian educational system is no longer news. It is a common occurrence that one higher institution, secondary school or primary school is closed down due to internal crisis or attacks from bandits.  Authorities in North-West, Nigeria had shut down more over 4,000 public primary schools across the state, and over 4,000 public secondary schools were among the closed down schools. According to him, over 300, 000 to 400,000 thousand students and...

Helping disabled students to succeed in learning, finding a way for them to do the learning activities, and improve their accessibility of educational resources is a challenge to any educational institution especially in Somalia. Without proper assistance, these groups of students do face a huge challenge in knowledge acquisition as compared to abled students; they have difficulties in understanding lectures, performing well in exams as well as assignments and require special teaching and...

Africa has only contributed a small fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions yet faces disproportionate risks from climate change. This imbalance is one of many inequities associated with climate change and raises questions concerning the origin, distribution and thematic prioritization of funding for climate-change research on Africa. This article analyses a database comprising USD 1.51 trillion of research grants from 521 organizations around the world and covering all fields of...

Africa has only contributed a small fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions yet faces disproportionate risks from climate change. This imbalance is one of many inequities associated with climate change and raises questions concerning the origin, distribution and thematic prioritization of funding for climate-change research on Africa. This article analyses a database comprising USD 1.51 trillion of research grants from 521 organizations around the world and covering all fields of...

This paper highlights the effects brought about by the implementation of the Information Communication Technology (ICT) subject in the Zambian primary education curriculum, in Chawama’s, Twatasha and Chimwemwe public primary schools in Lusaka district. This paper used qualitative research design. The three public primary schools of Chawama township in Lusaka district were targeted and were mainly the focus of this study. Both convenience and non-probability sampling techniques were employed....

The study discussed the impact of covid-19 on the administration of Environmental Education (EE) students in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Secondary data collected from online publications and print materials were used. The following challenges affecting EE students during covid-19 and post covid-19 pandemic in tertiary institutions were discussed: funding, shortage of manpower, disruption of teaching programme, disruption of research programme, disruption of academic calendar and...

The effect of teachers’ self-efficacy on students’ performance in all fields of educational instruction has been a major concern and of particular interest to many researchers worldwide. Lately, data on Senior High students’ Biology performance has been on serious decline nationwide. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of teachers’ self-efficacy on students’ motivation and performance in biology. Six Senior High biology teachers and one hundred and twenty students from...

This study examined student-teacher relationship and academic achievement of secondary school students in Cross River State. One research question and one null hypothesis was used in the study. Literature was reviewed based on the variable under study. The ex-post facto design was adopted for the study. The population consisted of 15,080 SS2 students, in all the 272 public secondary schools in Cross River State. A sample of 1, 029 students was used for the study. An instrument named...

Urinary iodine is recommended by the world health organization as the main indicator to assess iodine status in a population. Despite this recommendation little is known about urinary iodine concentration in the study area. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the level of urinary iodine concentration among school-aged children.An institution-based cross-sectional study design was used to assess the level of urinary iodine from April to June 2019 and a systematic random sampling...

Ethiopia is among the countries experiencing frequent drought and highly vulnerable to climate change associated impacts. Adaptation to climate change impacts are key element for sustainable development of economy. The objective of the study was analysis determinates of smallholder farmer’s climate change perception and adaptation options in Kurmuk district. For the study both primary and secondary data sources were employed. The primary data collected from 160 randomly selected sample...

This study examines the influence of using games on learning English vocabulary and attempts to reveal the significant differences between using games and using traditional methods in learning English vocabulary among sixth grade Syrian students in Jordan. For these purposes, a group of thirty female participants were divided into two groups, each one consisting of fifteen participants. The first group was exposed to forty minutes of ten vocabulary games, three days a week for four months....

Connected learning (CL) aims at bridging the gap between in-school and out-of-school learning, thus, learning now takes place not only in the classroom setting. Libraries as nexus of informal learning space are appropriate spaces for connected learning. Observation shows that CL has not been embraced in Nigeria. Therefore, this study examined the perception of school librarians on the roles of school libraries in CL, challenges of CL, and solutions. School librarians that attended the...