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Although climate change is global threat, developing countries have been identified as most vulnerable owing to their low adaptive capacities. In Nigeria, while the impacts of climate cut across diverse sectors, agriculture remains the most susceptible due to the predominance of rainfed agriculture. This paper examines agricultural vulnerability to climate change in eight selected rural settlements in Sokoto State, Nigeria adopting the integrated approach which combines environmental and...

Starting from the idea that "students are the best judges of the competence of their teachers" (Ramsden,1992), we propose in this work, which has comparative aim, to provide an update on the human and professional qualities of the university teacher as perceived by Tunisian students in response to the question: "what is a good university teacher like?What human qualities and professional skills should a university teacher have?".The reading of the survey results highlights: (i) the trend of...

This methodological article presents the research approach of semi-comparisons and describes how it could be applied in the field of media and communication studies.The point of departure is that cross-national collaborations do not necessarily always have to result in full-fledged comparative studies, but can "go halfway", i.e. stay at the semi-comparative level.This is exemplified in terms of an ongoing long-term collaboration between Swedish and Ugandan researchers, focusing on...

This project was funded by the South African National Research Foundation: Project Reference: ESA20100809000015400 – Grant Number: 73996

This chapter reports on a study—conducted in 2011—that employed two social media networks, Facebook and MXit, as educational tools at one university in South Africa. MXit is a South African-based social networking application. The study involved a cohort of second year Bachelor of Education in English undergraduate students at this university as its participants. The latter were required to utilize Facebook and MXit to engage in both asynchronous formal writing and synchronous paragraph...

<p>This paper establishes adult education as an indispensable tool for the achievement of meaningful socio-economic development of any nation. The paper identified different dimensions of development as well as various phenomena and their resultant effects which constitute a bane to successful socio-economic development in Nigeria. It proposes adult education programmes relevant for the development of a literate, informed, skilled and healthy adult population that drives successful...

There has been limited involvement of HIV-negative children in HIV disclosure studies; most studies conducted on the effects of disclosure on children have been with HIV-positive children and HIV-positive mother-child dyads. Seven HIV-positive and five HIV-negative children participated in a larger study conducted to understand the lived experiences of HIV-positive parents and their children during the disclosure process in Kenya. In this study, the experiences of these 12 children after...

Many school children living in Africa are infected with plasmodia and helminth species and are consequently at risk of coinfection. However, the epidemiology of such coinfection and the implications of coinfection for children's health remain poorly understood. This study describes the epidemiology of Ascaris lumbricoides-Plasmodium and hookworm-Plasmodium coinfection among school children living in western Kenya and investigates the associated risk factors.As part of a randomized trial, a...

In het kader van het afstuderen aan de opleiding Bouwkunde aan de Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen (HAN) is er onderzoek gedaan naar schoolgebouwen in Ghana. De hoofdvraag van de afstudeeropdracht luidt als volgt: ‘’ Hoe kan een school in het zuiden van Ghana, met de plaatselijke middelen, zelfvoorzienend en weersbestendig worden gebouwd?’’. Hierbij ligt de nadruk op het inzichtelijk krijgen van de huidige slechte bouwkwaliteit om zodoende een concept te ontwikkelen voor betere...

This chapter presents a discussion on e-readiness, Web 2.0, social media, mobile/wireless technologies, and other Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) that can help to facilitate the attainment and sustenance of an e-ready environment necessary to enhance e-governance in Nigeria. The chapter aims to clearly articulate the necessary steps to be taken to provide all stakeholders with a blueprint of areas and factors on which to focus. An assessment of how e-ready the Nigerian...

Abstract Young people's use of mobile phones is expanding exponentially across Africa. Its transformative potential is exciting, but findings presented in this paper indicate how the downside of mobile phone use in African schools is becoming increasingly apparent. Drawing on mixed‐methods field research in 24 sites across Ghana, Malawi and South Africa and associated discussions with educational institutions, public policy makers and network providers, we examine the current state of play...

Despite increased access to antiretrovirals, HIV/AIDS continues to impact millions across sub-Saharan Africa. In Uganda, stigmatization compounds the challenges of poverty and poor government service provision, often limiting children's school participation. Holistic family support interventions are a promising strategy to ensure that children enroll in and attend school. This article reports on the Western Uganda Bantwana Program, which worked with more than 1,000 HIV/AIDS-affected families...

Introduction: With a relatively young population of approximately 23,000,000 inhabitants, Madagascar might have 3,450,000 people with disabilities. Around 80% live in rural areas. More than 90% of the inhabitants live with less than 2$ daily.

Media Literacy is recognized as an essential area to promote critical view for citizens, to promote a democratic society in which citizens are able to consume critically the mass media but also to express themselves by this media as producers. An educational program was designed to support teachers’ empowerment in using different media into the classroom in The Republic of Mozambique. To collect data, a pre and post questionnaire were applied, interviews and the videos produced during the...

Purpose:The Sudan Medical Specialization Board (SMSB), established in 1995, graduated over 3000 medical specialists and is currently enrolling over 4000 residents across 33 different specialty disciplines.The SMSB is currently witnessing reform characterised by role differentiation, decentralisation of training and expansion of capacity to respond to healthcare needs in Sudan and beyond.The aim of this program is to promote and institutionalise Diaspora engagement to support the specialty...

Bashir Bashira*a Department of Political Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

Early intervention is very important for all children and especially those with special needs. This study investigated the needs for early intervention for children with intellectual disabilities in Oyo State Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design and 122 special educators that were purposively selected from the Federal College of Education Oyo and other five selected special schools in Ibadan participated in the study. Questionnaire was the instrument used in collecting the...