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Family Medicine (FM) is a new specialty in Ethiopia. The first seven family physicians graduated in February 2016 from the inaugural residency programme at Addis Ababa University. Cooperation amongst Ethiopian and expatriate decision-makers and physicians was needed to begin the programme. Intentional replacement of expatriates with Ethiopian family physicians has begun. Barriers include lack of understanding of FM and the human and financial resources needed for scaling up the programme....

The literature on science education reveals a worldwide decline in young people’s interest in the study of sciences. This lack of interest has resulted in low enrolment rates in science-related courses at tertiary level. Researchers have suggested, among other innovations, the use of context-based teaching approaches as a way of motivating learners to study science. Context-based approaches have shown positive effects on learners in the affective domain, and insignificant influence in the...

This article explores the prevalence of disabilities resulting from war crimes committed by parties to the conflict between the Government of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army. We compare these individuals and their households with persons in the same geographic area in households with no disabled members. We focus our comparison on livelihoods, education, health care access, food insecurity and wealth, and frame our discussion within the political economy of northern Uganda and its...

The communicative language teaching (CLT) approach has in recent years gained popularity in promoting communication competences in everyday situations. The CLT approach emphasizes the introduction of authentic texts into the learning situation. However, in developing context such as Uganda, the requirements of the CLT approach may not be easily achievable due to scarcity of suitable authentic instructional materials. This study was intended to establish the availability and suitability of...

IMPACT. 1: Maximize existing resources using a central office to coordinate research proposals, communications, and study resources. Such coordination will facilitate research partnerships, minimize redundancy, and capitalize on multidisciplinary expertise. -- 2. Create interventions that encourage best utilization of sexual and reproductive health technologies. Strengthened coordination of studies, and an emphasis on dissemination and feedback, will enable quality reproductive health...

The past year has seen violent protests at most South African universities, where students have pursued the dual goals of free education and a decolonization of education. Severe dissatisfaction wi...

The South African legal profession has been subject to harsh criticism in the last few years, leading to what some have called ‘an ethical crisis.’ Although this perception may or may not be warranted, there have been numerous calls for improved ethical legal practices by South African lawyers. This article seeks to contribute to a discussion about the importance of implementing legal ethics education in South African law schools. The authors (a) explore the meaning of ‘ethical legal...

An emerging body of research has shown that there are large inequalities in access to higher education in South Africa. There remains a gap, however, in identifying how factors such as schooling background, academic performance, race and gender are linked with key higher education outcomes. In particular, the significance of these factors for first-choice degree attainment at university and in the subsequent transition to the labour market is of interest. This article addresses these...

Personal information is among the most significant assets for businesses today, and clear transactional rules are becoming increasingly important. Organizations, including universities, are charged with more responsibility than ever to protect the personal information used during the course of their business, specifically student data. The paper provides a broad contextual overview of the effects of data protection rules and presents a succinct, easy to digest introduction to the complex,...

Language is very important in our lives. Through language, we convey our feelings, desires, and thoughts. Of importance is English language in Kenya which is the medium of instruction from upper primary school and beyond. English is taught as a Second Language in schools in Kenya and has implications to the school curriculum and education in general. This paper is a discussion of the Social Development and Interaction theory advanced by Vygotsky (1978) and its implications for English...

"Climate Change: Briefings from Southern Africa." Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 71(2), pp. 205–206

The study aimed at determining the prevalence of visual impairment among diabetic patients in the Kumba urban area, South West Region, Cameroon. The descriptive cross-sectional study was hospital -based. Through purposive sampling technique, 84 diabetic patients were selected from three hospitals with Diabetic and Eye Clinics in the Kumba urban area, Cameroon. The participants were taken through visual acuity measurement, ophthalmoscopy, retinoscopy, subjective refraction and slit lamp...

The objective of this study is to examine key challenges hindering the implementation of E-learning systems in Ghanaian tertiary institutions and to recommend practical measures that would ensure the attainment of its fullest potential. Most institutes of higher learning in Ghana have initiated reforms geared towards E-learning adoption. However, the execution of this laudable concept of teaching and learning has not been without its associated implementation challenges. Thus, affecting the...

This analysis assessed patterns of sexual experience, the order in which behaviors were initiated, and associated factors, among Latino and African American ninth grade students (average age 15.2) who self-administered audio-computer-assisted surveys on netbooks in classes at 10 Los Angeles–area public high schools. Lifetime experiences with vaginal and oral sex were most common (19% and 16%, respectively); fewer reported anal sex (6%). Of the 23% reporting any sex, 91% fell into four...

<ns7:p>The second volume of the African Higher Education Dynamics Series brings together the research of an international network of higher education scholars with interest in higher education and student politics in Africa. Most authors are early career academics who teach and conduct research in universities across the continent, and who came together for a research project and related workshops and a symposium on student representation in African higher education governance. The book...

This study aimed at determining the relationship between principals’ leadership styles and teachers’ indiscipline in Ebonyi State of Nigeria. Three research questions guided the study. Two sets of questionnaire, the Principals’ Leadership Style Descriptive Questionnaire (PLSDQ) and the Teachers’ Indiscipline Descriptive Questionnaire (TIDQ) were constructed by the researcher, and they were validated by three experts. Descriptive Survey design was adopted. A sample size of 120 teachers was...

Investigations of groundwater resources in order to understand aquifer system behavior are vital to the inhabitants of the Klela Basin, Mali, because groundwater is the only permanent water resource and is used for drinking water and irrigation. Due to climate change, this vital resource is being threatened. Therefore, MODFLOW was applied in this study to simulate groundwater dynamics. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of climate change on groundwater resources in the Klela...