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BACKGROUND: Maternal and infant mortality is high in Ethiopia. An underlying cause of maternal and infant mortality is unintended pregnancy, which is inversely associated with contraceptive use. Hence, the use of contraception can necessarily be increased to reduce the mortality rate of mother and infant.
 
 OBJECTIVES: This study aims to examine the effect of educational attainment and place of residence on contraceptive use among Ethiopian women of childbearing ages.
 
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The internet technology over the past few decades has become an important tool in higher education for learning, teaching and research.The study investigated the internet activities engaged in, frequency of use of the internet and challenges limiting the use of the internet among the undergraduate students of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.A survey research design was adopted.A close-ended questionnaire was used to collect data from 300 undergraduate students.Findings were analysed using...

The paper examined inquiry teaching model as one of the teaching models that teacher can use in teaching-learning process at the primary school level for optimal result.  The goals of the model as well as the application of the model by the teacher in a given learning situation, was discussed. It further explained the implication of the model for science education and innovations.  The merits and demerits of the model were equally discussed.  It also covers how the teacher can use the model...

The objective of this paper is to examine the challenges of the effective leadership administrative responsibilities at all the level of Nigerian education system. The paper examines the concept of leadership and assesses the leadership responsibilities in Nigerian school system. The content of this work discussed the mirage and obstacles that militate the effective leadership administrative responsibilities the school system. Among the identified problem are: unreliable data, poor funding,...

Awareness and declarations about the environment are not enough; concrete steps and practical actions need to be taken to involve the citizens, both young and old, in the care and conservation of the environment.Therefore, this study investigated primary school teachers' knowledge and attitudes to waste disposal.The results of the study showed that teachers in the area of study had adequate knowledge of problems associated with waste disposal and issues of environmental management; the two...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate rural household's food and income diversification decisions in face of climate change adaptation strategies using advances in choice-based experiment.Several studies have focused on general and specific food values using the balanced incomplete block design; but fewer studies have been devoted to study rural household food and income diversification decisions via the lens of balanced incomplete Latin square design (BILSD).The BILSD was used to design...

Education is important for the successful development and growth of individuals and societies, yet some factors adversely affect its provision. This article reports on a study that explored the factors that adversely affect education in the Builsa District located in the Upper East Region (UER) of Northern Ghana, by examining the attitudes and concerns of the people in Chuchuliga regarding education. Surveys were administered to students, parents/guardians and head teachers, and interviews...

This study explored students' views on Test Score Pollution (TSP) and how they practised Performance-Based Assessment (PBA) and whether there was any relationship between TSP and PBA test scores.Descriptive survey design of a quantitative approach with 260 participants, selected through the multistage sampling technique was used.A questionnaire eliciting responses from participant on TSP and PBA was the data collection instrument.Descriptive statistics, mean and Spearman's Correlation were...

The use of interactive-video for teaching is a possible solution to the inadequacy of instructional materials because it enhances acquisition of practical skills in basic technology. The objective of this study was to determine the difference between performance of students taught using interactive-video and their counterparts taught using expository method. Thus, one research question was raised and one hypothesis was tested. The population for the study comprised all upper-basic students...

The role of universities in promoting Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) development has attracted much interest among researchers worldwide. These Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) constitute several governments’ grand strategies of promoting the development of small businesses. The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in promoting the development of SMEs in Zimbabwe. Interpretivism was adopted as a philosophy to guide the study. The study...

Ghana Fashion Education and Training History IntroductionFashion is universal to all cultures whether ethnic, regional, national or continental.This manifest in the broad base definition of what fashion entails in contemporary times.Fashion remains inseparable from life.One of the key problems in studying fashion is that it eludes clarity about what it is and what it is not (Hopkins, 2012; Kennedy, Stoehrer & Calderin, 2013).Looking at the evidence, Hopkins (2012) theorised that fashion may...

This study aims at contributing to the vulnerability and adaptation to climate changes (CC) analysis of bordering communities of Togodo Reserve, in order to enhance their resilience. Specifically, the present study attempted to (i)  identify the climatic hazards of the WRT; (ii) determine the impacts of climate variability and change on their livelihoods; (iii) assess the socio-economic vulnerability of these communities to food insecurity in relation to CC; and (iv) identify indigenous...

This study investigates the level of information literacy competency among students ofCollege of Nursing and Midwifery School Kafanchan, Kaduna State, Nigeria.The study focuses on three basic skills namely: Identification, accession and evaluating skills.A survey research method was employed for this study.The study was based on the data collected through questionnaire tagged information literacy questionnaire (ILSQ).The reliability of the instrument was determined through Cronbach"s Alpha...

Turkey presents a unique picture as the host of the highest number of Syrian refugees after the outbreak of civil war in Syria in 2011.According to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2018), Turkey has more than 3.5 million Syrian refugees half of whom are school-aged children.These children have limited access to their basic human right: receiving quality education.Fewer than half of approximately one million school aged (ages 5 to 18) Syrian refugee children could receive...

INTRODUCTION: Disability management involves is dynamic interactional strategies used to promote an individual’s return to work. These strategies revolve around the person’s health condition and contextual factors for example their employer and the work environment. However, there remains limited literature on the strategies used in the public healthcare sector. Objective: To explore the return to work strategies used at a public sector facility in the province of KwaZulu...

Reductions in the water footprint (WF) of crop production, that is, increasing crop water productivity (CWP), is touted as a universal panacea to meet future food demands in the context of global water scarcity. However, efforts to reduce the WF of crop production may be curtailed by the effects of climate change. This study reviewed the impacts of climate change on the WF of wheat production in Zimbabwe with the aim of identifying research gaps. Results of the review revealed limited local...