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We present the direct and indirect contributions of higher education institutions in South Africa to certain macroeconomic indicators such as GDP and employment, with the ultimate purpose of establishing their importance for the country. Taking this a step further, funding of these institutions is crucial in order for them to continuously produce outcomes in terms of research and skilled graduates. Hence, we compare the South African research and development (R&D) expenditure with...

Corruption in Nigeria has contributed positively to the difficulties in improving educational system. The emergence of internet technology and deployment of ICT into the education systems have created a new demand in expanding the teacher’s skill especially in the developing countries like Nigeria. This study aims to investigate the factors affecting teacher’s adoption of ICT in teaching and learning in Nigeria secondary schools. This quantitative study adopted used a survey method and...

This study investigated the relative effectiveness of Mnemonics technique (MNIT) and conventional rote learning technique (CRL) on the teaching-learning of physical features (Geography). A pre-test and post-test control group design was adopted for the study. A sample of ninety SS I students was randomly selected out of one thousand one hundred & fifty SS I Geography students in Cross River State and divided into three groups. The first group was taught with Mnemonics technique (MNIT),...

In this mixed methods research, a private K-12 Moroccan school serves as a case study for examining lagging secondary education attainment for female students in developing countries. Through the use of questionnaires, interviews, and classroom observation, this study examines educators’ expectations for students, classroom instruction and interactions, and student aspirations in a group of students preparing to transition from primary to secondary education. While educators are found to...

Insecurity such as increasing number of Boko Haram attacks, heavy-handed counter insurgency operations and many more have placed Nigeria to be Africa’s largest country with over 3.3 million internally displaced persons as at December 2015. This has affected the educational progress of many youth especially in North-Eastern Nigeria. The issues affecting education being an important factor in bringing social, political and economic development need special intervention. The paper has...

This review paper set out to map trends in the theoretical/conceptual framework, study design, assessment instrument, and findings by researchers in the study of school leadership for over 50 years in a systematic manner in Zambia.The review examined dissertations/thesis and published journal articles from 1964 to 2015 and shows a slow uptake of school/educational leadership research from 1964 to 2000 with a marked increase in the year 2001 onwards.The review also shows a...

This communication aims to give a personal vision of my two days (11-12 December) in Dakar at the INFM, as a marine expert invited by the KMI (Korean Maritime Institute).

This article examines intercultural aspects of global service-learning (GSL) focused on gender and sustainable development in rural Tanzania. The discussion draws from critical development and postcolonial feminist approaches to examine how GSL addresses globalization, social histories, and political economies of development. The empirical analysis is based on a program that is designed to develop global awareness, intercultural competence, and critical thinking among students and...

Abstract This study is the first of its kind to quantify possible effects of climate change on rice production in Africa. We simulated impacts on rice in irrigated systems (dry season and wet season) and rainfed systems (upland and lowland). We simulated the use of rice varieties with a higher temperature sum as adaptation option. We simulated rice yields for 4 RCP climate change scenarios and identified causes of yield declines. Without adaptation, shortening of the growing period due to...

Abstract This study is the first of its kind to quantify possible effects of climate change on rice production in Africa. We simulated impacts on rice in irrigated systems (dry season and wet season) and rainfed systems (upland and lowland). We simulated the use of rice varieties with a higher temperature sum as adaptation option. We simulated rice yields for 4 RCP climate change scenarios and identified causes of yield declines. Without adaptation, shortening of the growing period due to...

Abstract This study is the first of its kind to quantify possible effects of climate change on rice production in Africa. We simulated impacts on rice in irrigated systems (dry season and wet season) and rainfed systems (upland and lowland). We simulated the use of rice varieties with a higher temperature sum as adaptation option. We simulated rice yields for 4 RCP climate change scenarios and identified causes of yield declines. Without adaptation, shortening of the growing period due to...

Abstract This study is the first of its kind to quantify possible effects of climate change on rice production in Africa. We simulated impacts on rice in irrigated systems (dry season and wet season) and rainfed systems (upland and lowland). We simulated the use of rice varieties with a higher temperature sum as adaptation option. We simulated rice yields for 4 RCP climate change scenarios and identified causes of yield declines. Without adaptation, shortening of the growing period due to...

The study investigated teachers' job performance and students' academic achievement in secondary schools for the existence of bi-causal relationship in Nigeria.The ex-post facto research design was adopted in the study.The population of the study covered all the Economic teachers and senior school students in class two (SSS II) of selected public Secondary Schools in Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria.Two instruments were used for the collection of data namely: Academic Achievement Inventory (AAI)...

The purpose of this study is to investigate how educational use of Rwandan children's literature, mainly fairy tales, can challenge traditional gender roles in Rwandan education.Indeed, researchers in and authors of children's literature argue that the manner in which gender is represented in children's literature impacts children's attitudes and perceptions of gender appropriate behaviour in society.In this respect, contents with gender stereotypes can offer children a privileged...

Qualitative case studies were undertaken to explore the multiple, interacting factors that hinder and/or facilitate planned pro-poor climate change adaptation in four South African municipalities. A comparison of barriers and enablers across the cases revealed several key themes. Municipalities struggle to implement climate change adaptation within contexts of significant social, economic and ecological challenges. These contextual barriers, when combined with certain cognitive barriers, led...

<p><em>This study set out to unravel the attitude—acquisition conundrum exhibited by Francophone Cameroonians in the learning of English as a second language (L2). It submits that notwithstanding the widely negative attitude they hold of English and the Anglophone Cameroonians who speak the language, this negativism seems not, more recently, to blight their quest to learn and use the English language when necessary. The paper contends that albeit that Francophone Cameroonians...

The study on impact of poor implementation of welfare policies on training and development on the performance of academic staff in selected federal Universities in South-South Nigeria was carried out to examine the extent to which poor implementation of welfare policies on training and development impacts on the performance of workers in the selected Federal universities in South- South Nigeria. The equity theory was used to explain the variables. Interviews were conducted among 51 workers...