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This study reported on the psychometric properties of a prospective measure of psychological wellbeing among immigrant francophone adolescent learners in high schools in the Western Cape, South Africa. The sample size comprised 170 participants (females = 51%; age range 14 to 20 years). Scores from the measure were analysed for internal consistency and factorial structure. The evidence suggests scores from the measure to be reliable for measuring emotional regulation, aggressiveness,...

The study investigated ways to achieve sustainable career management as well as talent management for employees of a wholesale and retail industry operating in the city of Polokwane, South Africa. Employees (n = 85; females = 47%) completed a questionnaire on their perceptions and experiences of the use of training and development activities to support career management and talent development in their organisation. Data were analysed to predict the extent to which aspects of career...

The Post World War II years witnessed increasing involvement of international Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the social and economic transfiguration of the Third World nations. Nigeria as a developing economy did attract the attention of the Ford Foundation to the development of her social sector particularly. The paper examined the Ford Foundation engagements in all facets of the Nigerian educational system, namely, primary, secondary and tertiary levels. The resultant findings...

Climate change remains a serious problem to most rural settlement in Nigeria. Individuals are faced with a wide range of health problems. These problems include high risk of communicable and non-communicable diseases, an outbreak of epidemics, and scarcity of water. This study investigated the impact of climate change on health delivery services by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to the different Local Government Areas (LGA) of the five the States in the South -Eastern Region in...

The goal of this study was to retrospectively estimate the prevalence of childhood physical abuse (CPA) and childhood sexual abuse (CSA) in relation to experience of adult violence, poor mental health, addictive behaviour and sexual risk behaviour among university students from 24 countries in Africa, the Americas and Asia. In a cross-sectional survey, data were collected from 18 404 undergraduate university students (mean age 20.7, SD = 2.9, age range of 16–30 years) from 24 countries....

If policy makers or development practitioners want to support pastoralists1 in Africa, it is essential to have a solid understanding of the vulnerability of pastoral livelihoods and their resilience strategies in response to risks. Furthermore it needs to be considered how commercialisation of the pastoral production system and existing market and nonmarket systems serve to regulate herd sizes, preserve scarce assets and enable recovery from adverse shocks.

In this article, we assess the determinants of adoption of agricultural technologies under climate risk and evaluate their impact on food security using data from Niger, together with a set of novel weather variation indicators. We employ multivariate probit and instrumental variable techniques to model adoption decisions and their impact. We find that the adoption of both modern inputs (inorganic fertiliser and improved seed) and organic fertiliser is positively associated with crop...

Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is associated with poor maternal and foetal outcomes. There is little information on UTI in pregnancy in South Africa. Objectives: To evaluate the frequency of UTI admissions of pregnant women admitted to a public health facility; and, to describe the outcomes of pregnancies complicated by UTI in our study population. Methods: A retrospective chart review of pregnant women admitted with the diagnosis of UTI during the period of 1 January 2012 to 31...

School-based improvement programs represent a core strategy in improving education because they can leverage pre-existing social and organizational structures to promote coordinated and comprehensive change across multiple facets of schooling. School-based programs are generally designed to be implemented by intact schools/districts, frequently making it infeasible or atheoretical to assign students within the same school to different conditions while ensuring study validity. Rather, studies...

Education for sustainable development (ESD) translates to acquisition of knowledge and skills to support growth.Sustainability adds value to the acquired learning in education; and this, then translates to the growth and development of the individual, the community, and country at large.Curriculum should therefore be designed and implemented in ways that link teaching and learning to sustainable development.A survey conducted established that products of the Kenya curriculum have exhibited...

The aim of this paper is to evaluate teacher competence and its effect in pupil performance in upper primary education in Mozambique. Mozambican pupil performance declined significantly from SACMEQ [1] II in 2000 to SACMEQ III in 2007. Among the countries participating in SACMEQ studies, Mozambique was one of the few countries that registered a substantial decline in reading and mathematics achievement. The Mozambique mean score for reading was 516 in 2000 while in 2007 476. This paper...

Modern day trend and challenges require that all children be given the opportunity to develop their musical abilities to the full.Music education is significant in achieving this.In Nigeria, music education in primary school, junior primary section in particular, does not effectively realise this purpose in most public primary schools across the country.This lapse is as a result of shortage of music experts to teach the subject, unavailability of user-friendly subject syllabi, and most...

Pre-school teacher’s performance has become an important issue in the contemporary society given their responsibility of imparting knowledge and skills to learners by moulding them towards realizing their potentials in life at formative years. This calls for the need to create a favorable environment for teachers to perform their work. In order for public ECDE centers to provide the necessary conditions for children’s holistic development, teachers should be motivated. Their employment is...

Africa Research Bulletin: Economic, Financial and Technical SeriesVolume 53, Issue 3 p. 21205C-21206A Policy and Practice SOMALIA: Drought Bites Hard First published: 27 April 2016 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6346.2016.06988.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I...

The mobility of African students beyond national territories has become common worldwide. However, the underlying reasons motivating students to leave their countries of origin in pursuit of higher education in other developing nations and why these factors are important have not been fully explored. This study attempts to explore why and how African students travel to the United Arab Emirates for higher education. A push-pull factor theory of the international student’s choice of...