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The role of parents was seen as the missing link in provision of infrastructural facilities leading to achievement of desirable performance as the government fulfilled her mandate of providing free education through the Free Day Secondary Education funds. Descriptive survey design was used. The study population included 20 principals, 184 teachers, 776 parents and 776 students. The respondents who were sampled through purposive, incidental and random sampling method included principals,...

The paradigm shift resulting from the cloud computing propagation has moved Institutions from traditional servers to data centers. Numerous universities in the developed nations have utilized cloud computing to improve teaching, learning, collaboration as well as research with less financial constraints. Thus, utilizing this technology could be of great significance in providing education as-a-service for all in developing countries Higher Education Institutions. Despite its ample...

Abstract The funding required for climate mitigation in Africa is estimated at 10 billion U.S. dollars annually. Unfortunately, the contributions by advanced countries will not be enough to meet the mitigation needs of developing countries. Emerging economies like Ghana have low financial capacity to effectively mitigate the harsh impacts of climate change. However, the proportion of private sector investment for climate change mitigation (CCM) keeps increasing—making it a major source of...

Abstract Objective: This study explores the knowledge and sources of information in accessing sexual and reproductive health services and care information among visually impaired women in Ghana. Qualitative data involving In-depth Interviews and Focus Group Discussions were conducted among 21 visually impaired women, selected through purposive and snowballing sampling techniques. Thematic Analysis was used to analyse the data. Results: The study identified fives themes – knowledge, the...

State of the art of climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa. Extreme weather events: droughts, floods and tropical cyclones. Adaptation and climate-smart agriculture in Africa. Climate-smart agriculture. Climate-smart agriculture in Lesotho: a case study of Lesotho’s Child grants programme (CGP) and Sustainable poverty reduction through income, nutrition and access to government services (SPRINGS) project.

Gender-based violence (GBV) occurs at alarmingly high rates among college students in a number of countries, including Kenya. To comprehensively address GBV and co-occurring public health issues (e.g., problem drinking), the nonprofit organization Elim Trust has begun to develop a student-led university outreach program (i.e., Vunja Kalabash Campus Project [VKCP]) in Kenya. The purpose of the current study was to examine the perspectives of popular opinion leaders (POLs) on GBV and related...

The study investigated school characteristics and enrolment trend in upper basic schools in Akwa Ibom State Nigeria from 2008-2016. Two research questions were answered while two null hypotheses were also tested. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. Census technique was adopted in selecting all the 227 public upper basic schools in the area of study. An instrument tagged “School Characteristics and Enrolment in Upper Basic Schools Checklist (SCEUBSC)” was used for data...

Language policy is an influencing factor of the educational outcome for pupils in Africa. Colonial languages have been largely used and African Languages are neglected. Despite this, the South African Constitution (1996) declares eleven official languages. However, curricular developments favour Afrikaans and English. To analyse the implementation of the official language policy, we focus on Limpopo Province. Over 1000 questionnaires were answered by teachers. This approach aimed to analyse...

Birth weight has a vital role in determining newborns survival in vulnerable conditions. Low birth weight is associated with fetal and neonatal morbidity and mortality, impairment of growth and development and also chronic disease later in life. This study was aimed to assess the magnitude of low birth weight and its determinants in Wolaita Sodo University teaching and referral hospital, southern Ethiopia.Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted from November to December 2018....

This paper concerns Drought-Tolerant Maize (DTM) and Conservation Agriculture (CA) practices that were introduced into smallholder maize-based farming systems in Zimbabwe to enhance the productivity of maize and food security under a changing climate. Although these technologies are technically appropriate, there are difficulties with their use by smallholder farmers of relatively low socio-economic status, as measured through ownership of farm or household assets and endowments. Thus, we...

Childhood lifestyle, health-risk behaviours contribute to two-thirds of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) premature mortality in adult populations. The co-occurrence of risk factors for NCDs is more harmful to health than that of individual risk factor effects when are added independently. The main objective of the present study was to explore the prevalence, sociodemographic distribution, and the co-occurrence of risk factors for NCDs among in-school adolescents.The present study is based on...

The 1923 Constitution prepared the legal framework for Egypt’s semi-independence from British imperial control under a newly established liberal monarchy. This Constitution carried a promise for a significant change in setting the ground for a nascent national system of mass elementary education for boys and girls that would also be free of charge and compulsory. As I discuss in this article, this vision hardly matched Egyptian socio-economic and cultural realities of the time. I explore...

The aim of this study was to determine the magnitude of Schistosoma mansoni and its associated risk factors in the study area. Of 422 school children, 223 (52.8%) and 199 (47.2%) were males and females, respectively. The Overall prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infection was 24.9% (105/422). Seventy-five out of 422 (71.4%) of the infected individuals showed light infections. The overall mean intensity of Schistosoma mansoni in the study was 106.16 eggs per gram of stool. Age (p = 0.013),...

The study investigated the physical environment and effectiveness on counselling practice in secondary schools in the Douala IV Sub Division of the Littoral Region of Cameroon. The objectives of this study were, threefold: to find out the impact of location of the counselling room on the effectiveness of counselling practice, to establish the extent to which the availability of logistics impact the effectiveness of counselling practice and to examine the extent to which beauty of the...

In Algerian school buildings, heating and artificial lighting energy consumption counts for the important proportion of spending. Facade configuration is one of the major reasons because it affects the heating, cooling and lighting energy consumption of building. So, it is necessary to study the energy saving optimal design of transparent envelope for classrooms. In this paper, the impact of some parameters of transparent envelope on overall energy consumption (heating, cooling and...

Besides the undisputable role of literature in teaching civic virtues through exposing students to characters and themes that accurately exemplify and truly represent civility, teaching literature can serve a means to inculcate in students various civic skills, such as conflict resolution, leadership, negotiation of meaning and constructive criticism. Yet, to attain such skills, teachers need to reshape their teaching practices to be in conformity with the principles of modern education that...

The main objective of this finding was identified adaptation strategies and factors that influence the probability of farmers to choose adaptation measurements in Estie woreda. Mixed research approach was used. Data was collected from 166 households and 5 agricultural experts through questionnaires and interview. The collecting data was analyses by using stata software and statistical software SPSS version 20.

The main objective of this finding was identified adaptation strategies and factors that influence the probability of farmers to choose adaptation measurements in Estie woreda. Mixed research approach was used. Data was collected from 166 households and 5 agricultural experts through questionnaires and interview. The collecting data was analyses by using stata software and statistical software SPSS version 20.