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The study assessed fast food consumption pattern (FFCP) and body weight status among the undergraduates of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, living in different halls of residence on the university campus during the Rain semester of 2011/2012 session.The study employed survey research design to give an insight into the pattern of fast food consumption and its consequent risk of obesity among undergraduates.The campus has thirteen faculties which have their pivots in science,...

Background Presbyopia is an age related loss of accommodation that results in an inability to focus at near distances and is a problem associated with aging Since teachers do a lot of near work and most fell within the age bracket for presbyopia this study aims to determine the barriers of uptake of presbyopic correction among teachers in some rural schools in Rivers State Methodology This is descriptive cross sectional study where teachers were randomly selected from cluster of primary and...

Through the evolution of school design in Rwanda, from before the onset of the 1994 genocide until its present development stage, it is discovered that this conflict had opened up opportunities to reevaluate, improve and innovate the overall education system.This is clearly manifested in Rwandan Ministry of Education (MinEduc)'s adoption of Child-Friendly Schools (CFS) guidelines and collaboration with United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) to develop design...

ABSTRACT South Africa, with its national cultural diversity and post-apartheid challenges and commitments, finds echoes in the European context, especially considering the imperatives of openness and non-discrimination in higher education. With an historical tradition of excellence in engineering education, the emphasis on supporting educationally disadvantaged learners was a notable characteristic, especially in the period of democratic transition from the late 1980s. This evolved into...

Most multilingual African nations face challenges in the attempt to participate in global education. One of the major challenges is that of language, which is central in global education. This paper aims at making explicit the dilemma that faces Kenya with regard to language and global education. It is based on the premise that most multilingual nations find themselves at cross roads as they try to participate in global education. A descriptive research design has been used in the study,...

This book provides insights into the education and schooling of Syrian and Palestinian Syrian children inside and outside Lebanese refugee camps. It describes what is happening to these children and young refugees in terms of their schooling. Investigating the perspectives of children, their parents, teachers, community leaders, and state politicians and bureaucrats on the schooling provisions and educational opportunities for refugee children in Lebanon, this book reveals the condition of...

Drawing from data gathered in South Western Madagascar in 2011, the work explores the combination of poverty and traditional gender roles as a critical factor in determining unequal school access among young people from semi-nomadic fishing communities. It demonstrates that from the age of early puberty, most boys go fishing with their fathers and brothers whilst most girls from the same families work at home. In contrast to the school systems observed in many developing society contexts,...

This study investigated the effect of personalisation of instruction on the motivation to learn mathematics word problems of 450 senior secondary students in Nigeria within the blueprint of quasiexperimental research of Solomon Four non-equivalent control group design.It also examined the influence of gender on motivation to learn mathematics word problems and personalisation was accomplished by incorporating selected information with students" personal preferences into their mathematics...

This paper estimates the short-term, partial-equilibrium impacts of a public-private partnership program for low-cost private secondary schools in Uganda. The public-private partnership program is part of a broader strategy to absorb large increases in secondary enrollment following the introduction of universal secondary education. Under the program, the government offers a per-student subsidy to participating private schools. Program implementation allowed for a randomized phase-in study...

This paper estimates the short-term, partial-equilibrium impacts of a public-private partnership program for low-cost private secondary schools in Uganda. The public-private partnership program is part of a broader strategy to absorb large increases in secondary enrollment following the introduction of universal secondary education. Under the program, the government offers a per-student subsidy to participating private schools. Program implementation allowed for a randomized phase-in study...

This paper investigates the causal relationship between women's education and fertility by exploiting variation generated by the removal of school fees in Ethiopia. The increase in schooling caused by this reform is identified using both geographic variation in the intensity of the reform's impact and the temporal variation generated by the implementation of the reform. The model finds that the removal of school fees in Ethiopia led to an increase of over 1.5 years of schooling for women...

Using a partially constructed panel database of 48 Sub-Saharan African countries from 2000 to 2013, this paper analyzes the structure of housing finance in Africa, its determinants, and its impact on inclusive growth. The findings show that market capitalization and urbanization are key positive determinants of housing finance, and the post-conflict environment is conductive to greater housing finance development. This result suggests that housing finance is driven by standard market forces...

Abstract Greek intermediate‐depth earthquakes, occurring in the subducted plate of the Hellenic Arc, are felt at greater distances than expected, reaching Italy in some cases. We study in detail macroseismic intensity data from intermediate‐depth Italian and Greek earthquakes collected from Internet users who felt the shaking in Italy. The huge amount of data allowed us to outline the felt/not‐felt limit and to find a correspondence between attenuation areas and the presence of...

This article examines key issues in the conception of the content and methodology used in the teaching of CulturalStudies in Tunisian universities by setting out the range of areas where education policymakers and curriculumdesigners fail to grasp the rationale behind the very idea of teaching the course. The discrepancy between whatshould ideally be taught and how it provides a backdrop for the general argument that the difficulty with teachingCultural Studies lies not so much in its...

The climate has been changing at an unprecedented rate, affecting natural systems around the globe. Its impact has been mostly reflected through changes in species’ phenology, which has received extensive attention in the current global-change research, mainly in temperate regions. However, little is known about phenology in African tropical forests. Africa is known to be vulnerable to climate change and filling the gaps is an urgent matter. In this study we assess plant phenology at the...