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Background: Private Universities (PUs) have existed in Uganda since the 1990s during the time when higher education was privatised due to the high demand for higher education. However, this undermined the quality of higher education in many ways because issues like enrolling students who do not qualify to join universities and recruiting academic staff that do not qualify among others hinder the quality of the teaching and learning in these PUs. The National Council for Higher Education...

Child and adolescent mental health problems are common and result in significant morbidity. Whereas in high-income countries there is an established workforce, in lower income countries, such as the Pacific nations, the workforce has little capacity despite a potentially higher population risk of mental disorder. We report on a workforce development effort, a child and adolescent mental health training package.We describe the implementation and evaluation of the International Child and...

Historically, strong connections exist between education delivery and the technology of the era, thus, as, technology evolved, so did delivery methods. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) therefore, have affected the way people learn. E-learning adoption is driven by stakeholders’ versatility level, e-learning facilities among others; hence, the need to examine COE lecturers’ versatility levels in e-learning in the southwest, Nigeria. The objectives of this study were to...

This study examined the Effect of Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) Strategy on Students performance in three dimensional-shapes among Secondary School Students with varied ability level in Kaduna state, Nigeria. STAD is a teaching strategy under cooperative learning in which students are work in a group of four or five in regard of their background or ability. The assignment was given to each group followed by a presentation by group leaders of each group. The study was carried in...

The study sought to determine the effect of e-learning tools on the students’ academic performance in secondary schools in Ilorin metropolis, Nigeria. The descriptive research design of survey type was adopted for this study, a total of three hundred and thirty (330) teachers made up the sample of the study drawn from 10 public and private schools each. The instrument for the study consisted of twenty (20) items questionnaire generated to answer the research questions and hypotheses. The...

This study examined the utilization of electronic media for academic enhancement among upper primary school pupils in Lagos, Nigeria using a questionnaire as a tool for obtaining data. It targeted 300 primary school pupils of 155 males and 145 females between 8 to 12 years old. The study adopted a descriptive research design of survey type. Purposive sampling technique was used to sample the 300 upper primary school pupils from the target population. The questionnaire was validated and...

The discussion of educational leadership and innovation is one that will not leave out the mention, impact and influence of teachers, students, parents, curriculum planners and government bodies that constitute the stakeholders in the field of education. It is a field or technique that combines different approach or styles to influence stakeholders in education, to produce creative ideas, process product and services. Also, a critical look at the aims, goals and purpose of science education...

The utilization of ICT for teaching and learning has made education easier through the application of electronic media.  The study adopted descriptive research of cross-sectional survey type. Three research questions and two hypotheses were drawn. A total of 1,211 student-teachers were randomly selected from 11 colleges of education in North-central, Nigeria. Data were collected through the administration of validated questionnaire adapted from UNESCO ICT-CFT. A reliability coefficient of...

Teachers are the professionals with the requisite knowledge needed for the students to learn using their content knowledge, experience and pedagogical skills. Furthermore, teachers teach, train, mentor and produce other professionals. Likewise, educational and national development depends on the quality and quantity of professionals produced by teachers. Teachers also contribute to the development of STEAM education through which the development of a nation is achievable. Despite the crucial...

(2019). Abortion and contraceptive use stigma: a cross-sectional study of attitudes and beliefs in secondary school students in western Kenya. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters: Vol. 27, The elimination of stigma and discrimination in sexual and reproductive health care, pp. 20-31.

Small-scale fisheries, especially in developing countries, are susceptible to the negative impacts of climate change. Changing climate is one of the factors altering fish productivity, resulting in declining fish catches. Studies have been done to investigate the nature and extent of these impacts. However, research indicates that fishers in developing countries are unaware of the climate change phenomena. Therefore, it is crucial to understand how small-scale fishers perceive climate change...

Nigeria is composed of six geopolitical zones plus one Federal Capital Territory. Differences between zones can differentially influence the adoption of risk behaviours by adolescents. This paper aims to describe the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, risk perception, skills and substance use among Nigerian secondary school students highlighting the differences by geopolitical zone.The population size of each zone was taken into account in extracting the 32 schools for the survey. The...

The purpose of this study was to examine the level of influence of leadership and learning environment on students’ academic achievement. The study employed survey design, quantitative method and simple random sampling technique. The data were analyzed using frequency distribution and independent samples t-test. The findings indicated that while both leadership and learning environment had a positive influence on the level of the students’ learning achievement, leadership tended to have a...

This research investigates the incidence of enhancing external flows on inclusive human development in a panel of 48 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. It complements the literature by examining the relevance of enhancing three types of external flows, namely: development assistance, foreign investment and remittances. Ordinary Least Squares, Tobit, Fixed effects, Generalised Method of Moments and Quantile regressions are used as empirical strategies. The following main results are apparent:...

Agriculture and food security are key sectors for intervention under climate change and highly sensitive to climate change. In Sub-Saharan Africa, agriculture-the mainstay of rural livelihoods-is particularly vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change, and the adaptive capacity of rural smallholders is extremely low. Agricultural Production is highly vulnerable even to low-end predictions for global mean temperatures in 2100, with major implications for rural poverty and for both...

Background Exercise is key in the primary prevention and management of hypertension. Yet, current exercise recommendations are predominantly based on meta-analyses involving populations of European descent. Since blood pressure (BP) responses to pharmaceutical interventions are known to differ among ethnic groups, we aimed to investigate the BP responses to exercise training in non-European descendants. Purpose The aim of this study was to systematically summarize the available literature on...