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Objective: To identify the readiness, preference, and perception of undergraduate Egyptian dental students at north Sinai toward online learning.Background: In the last academic year, the world faced the Covid-19 pandemic, which disrupts everyday life worldwide.Moreover, it affects and disturbs teaching in almost all the educational institutes and jeopardizes the academic calendar, suspending the traditional face-to-face classes to ensure students' safety, lecturers, and the patient to...

Abstract During strong El Niño events, below-average rainfall is expected in large parts of southern Africa. The 1992 El Niño season was associated with one of the worst drought episodes in large parts of South Africa. Using reanalysis data set from NCEP-NCAR, this study examined circulation types (CTs) in Africa south of the equator that are statistically related to the El Niño signal in the southwest Indian Ocean and the implication of this relationship during the 1992 drought episode in...

The concept of Inclusive education is a new method of teaching children regardless to the variances pointed out by the society and people around schools must recognize and response to diverse needs of learners, accommodation of both different styles and rates of learning and ensuring quality education to all through appropriate curriculum or organizational arrangement, teaching strategies, resource use and partnership with their communities The study examined the effects of material resource...

This study focuses attention on the causes and effects of corruption on the education sector in Nigeria. It also proffers solutions to the menace. Indeed, the standard of education in the country has been negatively affected by corrupt practices manifested by school administrators, educators, students, students’ parents and government agencies. Some of the identified causes of corruption were poverty, poor remuneration for educators and moral decadence among students and educators. The...

Abstract Vaccine hesitancy is a limiting factor in global efforts to contain the current pandemic, wreaking havoc on public health. As today’s students are tomorrow’s doctors, it is critical to understand their attitudes toward the COVID-19 vaccine. To our knowledge, this study was the first national one to look into the attitudes of Algerian medical students toward the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine using an electronic convenience survey. 383 medical students from five Algerian universities were...

Study habits determine how students learn; they are the learning behaviours formed by students during their school years.Students cannot attain academic excellence unless they develop strong study habits.The degree to which students succeed or accomplish their studies is heavily influenced by the study habits that they establish and employ.When contrasted to a student who has terrible study habits, a student who establishes and uses excellent study habits is more likely to succeed in their...

Background: Subjective memory impairment (SMI) is associated with negative health outcomes including mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease. However, ethnic differences in SMI and disparities in risk factors associated with SMI among minority populations are understudied. The study examined the ethnic differences in SMI, whether SMI was associated with depressive symptoms, sleep, and physical activity (PA), and whether the associations vary across racial/ethnic groups. Methods:...

The Washington Group (WG) tools capture self-reported functional limitations, ranging from 6 domains in the Short Set (SS) to 11 in the Extended Set (ESF). Prevalence estimates can vary considerably on account of differences between modules and the different applications of them. We compare prevalence estimates by WG module, threshold, application and domain to explore these nuances and consider whether alternative combinations of questions may be valuable in reduced sets. We conducted...

The study examined the impact of cultural orientation on girls’ education in Terekeka State, South Sudan. The study focus was on primary school education, specifically on school enrolment and dropout among girls in Terekeka State. The study objectives were: to investigate the impact of cultural orientation on girls’ education in Terekeka State, South Sudan; and to analyze measures taking by the government to improve girls’ education in Terekeka State, South Sudan. The study was guided by the...

School climate and teacher performance are critical factors in any learning institution that seeks to have competitive edge.Teachers from Kitui County have raised concern over unfavourable school climate that affects their performance.Despite the fact that some studies on school climate have been carried out in Kenya none of them has explored exhaustively on poor teacher performance.Hence there was need to carry out this study.The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of effects...

We explore how seed systems enhance access to seeds, and information for climate-change adaptation in farming communities in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, as well as how gender-driven roles and institutional dynamics influence the process. Men and women farmers equally experience climate-change related effects, including drought, short rainy seasons and increased pest and disease incidence. Our study relies on exploratory data analysis of 1001 households surveyed in four sites in 2016. Farmers...

Assessing the magnitude of smallholder farmers’ livelihood vulnerability to drought is an initial step in identifying the causal factors and proposing interventions that mitigate the impacts of drought. This study aimed to assess smallholders’ livelihood vulnerability to the drought in the upper Awash sub-basin, Ethiopia. Household (HH) and climate data were used for indicators related to sensitivity, exposure, and adaptive capacity that define vulnerability to drought. The vulnerability of...

Work-life balance is concerned with the effects of work on the general wellbeing of employees. This study sought to establish the influence of work-life balance practices on teachers’ levels of job satisfaction in public secondary schools in Nairobi County, Kenya. Its purpose was to establish the influence of teacher’s workload and school environment on the teachers’ levels of job satisfaction. The study was guided by the equity theory of motivation propounded by Stacy Adams in 1963 and...

Key Messages For the fundamental changes introduced in the education system to achieve their desired outcomes, the government through its various agencies needs to adopt a more inclusive and collaborative sectoral plan approach. The Curriculum for teacher education needs to be revised to be in tandem with the new school system. Teachers’ training in universities and colleges should focus on equipping teachers with the relevant skills, knowledge and right attitudes for successful...

Access to appropriate specialist level services for children with intellectual disability is challenging in Africa, with very few services available. Much literature on the utilisation of services by carers of children with intellectual disability in Africa emphasises the supposed incompatibility between indigenous and western beliefs, failing to identify more obvious, embodied barriers to access to care.As part of a study on children with intellectual disability in Cape Town, South Africa,...

Studies on pharmacogenetics of praziquantel (PZQ) and its relevance on plasma drug concentrations and schistosomiasis treatment outcomes are lacking. We investigated the effect of pharmacogenetics variations of PZQ on plasma drug levels and schistosomiasis treatment outcomes among infected Tanzanian school-aged children. A total of 340 Schistosoma mansoni infected children were enrolled and treated with single-dose PZQ. Stool samples analysis was done by thick smear Kato-Katz technique, and...

Every human differs from each other in terms of sizes, abilities, develop different preferences and continue to change throughout our lives.Most of our public facilities (buildings) are designed to be used only by the able people.Disabled, temporal disabled, pregnant women and old aged people find it difficult to access or use the building which is provided for everybody.The aim of inclusive design is to provide a barrier-free or universal environment that is accessible and useable by...