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MSc(Med), Population-based Field Epidemiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 2009

This thesis presents a case study of Microsoft Corporation’s Partners in Learning (PiL) program, an example of transnational policy authority in education, with two embedded case studies of PiL in Jordan and South Africa. The constructivist and rationalist approaches highlight the changing nature of governance through the cultural and strategic shifts that led to Microsoft’s policy role in education. Microsoft’s strategic profit interests and its corporate-social-responsibility aspiration to...

Drought in Africa has been extensively researched, particularly from meteorological, agricultural, and food security perspectives. However, the impact of drought on water security, particularly ground water dependent rural water supplies, has received much less attention. Policy responses have concentrated on food needs, and it has often been difficult to mobilize resources for water interventions, despite evidence that access to safe water is a serious and interrelated concern. Studies...

The biological index of pollution (BIP) which hinges on the responses of aquatic biota to pollution of water sources was used to assess the quality of some water sources in Zaria area, Nigeria. Water samples were collected from 15 stations comprising three open water sources (lakes) and twelve hand-dug wells on a monthly basis for a period of 24 months. Ten liters of the samples from wells were concentrated to 50 ml by filtering through 70 meshes per cm2 plankton net. Collections from the...

METHODSStudy area: Lagos, the largest city in Nigeria, is located on the Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean in western Africa.It occupies Lagos Island, Ikoyi Island, and Victoria Island, as well as a large area on the

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of use of protective eye wear and hazards related to non compliance with recommended eye safety practice among the dental personnel of University of Benin Teaching Hospital.Methods: A questionnaire was distributed to the dental personnel of University of Benin Teaching Hospital to determine how regularly they use protective eye wear while working in the clinic and laboratory. The prevalence of foreign body to the eye, ocular...

Objective: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to estimate the seroprevalence rates of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infections and to analyze associated risk factors among 400 students in a Nigerian. Methods: Participants were interviewed in a faceto-face sessions through a short structured questionnaire. Qualitative rapid immuno-chromatography test were used to screen for HBsAg and anti-HCV antibodies and these were confirmed by using third generation quantitative...

The menstrual practices of adolescents derive largely from health issues associated with their adjustment to reproductive life. The objective of the study was to assess the effect of pre-menarcheal training on the menstrual and hygiene practices of Nigerian school girls.A cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey of randomly selected post-menarcheal school girls using a pre-tested, semi-structured questionnaire was done.The mean age of the school girls was 14.9 ± 1.7 years. Pre-menarcheal...

The growing demand for English in parts of Cameroon that were once firmly under French influence. In the last decade, multilingual Cameroon has awoken to a new linguistic reality characterised by reconstructing linguistic identities in order to fit in the global space. This is seen in more and more urban Francophones pursuing English medium education and the Anglophones consolidating their identity alignment to the English language. From a sociolinguistic perspective, this paper evaluates...

This exploratory study addressed what the head teacher does to teachers, children and parents in the implementation of the preschool curriculum. The 33 head teachers were purposefully selected. The research established that the key tasks undertaken by the head teachers to teachers, children and parents as the key preschool stakeholders are not associated to their (head teachers‘) general background characteristics, but are more related to their basic knowledge about preschool education and...

This article explores the practice of learner-centered methodology in upper primary school of Ethiopia and the major obstacles for the effective use of such methods in the classroom.Data were collected from upper primary school teachers, school principals, and students through observation, interview and focus group discussion from the sample schools in the country.The results of the study revealed that even though it is not adequate, upper primary school teachers try to employee learner...

Influence of early literacy on science achievement of Junior Secondary School students was examined in this study.The sample consisted of 360 Junior Secondary School II (JSSII) students (162 females and 198 males, mean age 13.47years, SD= 0.746) randomly selected from 12 co-educational junior secondary schools in Osun state, Nigeria.An achievement test (Integrated Science Achievement Test, 'INSAT') and a questionnaire (Early Literacy Parent Involvement Questionnaire, 'ELIPIQ') were used for...

Ghana has a high maternal mortality rate of 540 per 100 000. Although abortion complications usually are treatable, the risks of morbidity and death increase when treatment is delayed. Delay in care may occur when women have difficulty accessing treatment because health care providers are not trained, equipped, or willing to treat the complications of abortion. Gaps in the midwifery tutors' knowledge on comprehensive abortion care (CAC) have resulted in most midwives in Ghana not knowing the...

Internationalisation of the higher education sector across the world has become the norm and this is also true for South African universities. Another dimension has with increasing intension moved into the foreground, namely the need to Africanise South African higher education. The imperatives of these two dimensions are often portrayed as polarised positions and it is thus perceived that the one negates the benefits of the other. This article argues that compatibility exists between...

This paper undertakes a philosophical investigation of the implications of the traditional Yoruba understanding of education for the contemporary African quest for development.The paper argues that the Yoruba conception of education is marked by the underlying philosophical principles of functionalism, moralism and progressivism.These principles, the paper contends, are of great relevance to the quest of contemporary African societies for education that will serve as a catalyst for development.

Normal 0 0 1 29 152 2 1 204 11.1282 0 0 0 The purpose of this paper is twofold: to share experiences and strategies about teaching race and oppression with African films and promote the use of non-Western films in the classroom.  By referring to bell hooks' and Richard Dyer's works, the paper discusses how teachers have a responsibility to create a learning environment in which students learn to be open minded and to challenge the status quo. Normal 0 0 1 77 403 6 1 542 11.1282 0 0 0 African...

Introduction: In-service training is required for quality health service delivery, particularly in a human resource constrained setting. However, detailed evaluation of training effectiveness is rarely conducted because the improved theoretical knowledge demonstrated by trainees during training is commonly used as a proxy indicator of effectiveness. This study focused on a trained health workforce in Northern Uganda. The retention of specifically-trained staff 12-15 months after attending...