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The study was intended to examine practices of Perception of Teachers and Students for Guidance and Counseling services in South west Ethiopia Secondary Schools. The research design was a descriptive survey research. The total participants of study were 500 and among total participants 108 were teachers and 394 were students. The study was used Multi stage sampling techniques. At first stage among 78 secondary school in south west Ethiopia, 8 secondary schools were selected by random...

This paper sets out to investigate how communicative grammar can effectively be used in EFL classes in Benin topromote real language practice. To collect data, instruments such as questionnaires, interview and class observationwere used. The sample of the study consists of twenty purposively chosen secondary EFL teachers (ten of them teachtraditional grammar and ten, communicative grammar) and twenty six students ranging from beginners to advancedlevel. The data were analyzed using the SPSS...

Abstract The Bloemspruit in the Free State, South Africa, is being polluted by increasing anthropogenic activities alongside the stream. Water quality, macro‐invertebrate diversity and macro‐invertebrate habitats were studied to determine the extent of pollution. Pollution condition was quantified by calculating several indicators. The study revealed that Bloemspruit is highly polluted for the majority of the sampling sites. Two sites had fair water quality, while the water quality at the...

This paper attempts to locate the genesis of free education in Nigeria and to trace its development. Besides, a philosophical critique of the theory and practice of free education in the country is also attempted with the facts and fallacies highlighted. The paper is a descriptive study and applies philosophical analysis. In the concluding part, it is suggested among other things that government at all levels in Nigeria should state more clearly their stance on free education, publicize...

This study investigated the effect of three instructional elements on achievement in computer-based mathematics instruction. The subjects were senior secondary school students who used four versions of computer-based instruction developed on compact disc to learn about the volume of solid shapes. The four versions of the programme were (1) a full version that had the three instructional elements (2) a version without objectives (3) a version without practice (4) a version without examples....

Background: The human eye is vulnerable to various external injuries. This is in spite of the seemingly adequate protection offered by the bony orbit. Ultrasound, as a non-invasive and safe imaging modality, is very useful in evaluating the orbit as the globe provides a perfect acoustic window. There is a need for an update on the sonographic patterns of ocular trauma in Nigeria. Objective: To sonographically assess the features of ocular trauma at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital....

Researches in technology adoption among the Middle Eastern countries are more concentrated on e-government, e-commerce, and internet banking domains. Higher education institutions (HEIs) in these countries fall behind their Western counterparts due to the cutting edge technology adopted for research, teaching, and collaboration in the Western countries. One of the Middle Eastern countries, which is the focus of this research, Yemen, still adopt the conventional way of teaching in the HEIs,...

This article aims to identify some challenges faced by teachers of English in first year undergraduate classes at UEA, one of the major universities in Bukavu, DR Congo. The study focused on 5 Congolese male teachers of English at U.E.A and 750 regular learners (259 female and 491 male). The research was conducted in the first semester of the academic year 2015-2016. The research instruments were a survey questionnaire to teachers, analytical and comparative methods. Both qualitative and...

In order to study the proper heat regime as one of the most important factors for climate change, seeds of mungbean Kawmy-1 variety were exposed to variable extreme waves of temperatures (minimum - maximum o C ) through sowing the seeds on six planting dates, viz: D1 (15 - 22 o C) , D2 (18 - 26 o C) , D3 (22 - 32 o C) , D4 (28 - 38 o C) , D5 (27 - 37 o C) and D6 (15 - 22 o C). Mungbean planted in the heat regimes of (18 - 26 o C) , (22 - 36 o C) and (28 - 38 o C) could complete their life...

<p>This study sought to establish the impact of gendered cultural codes on the academic performance of female students at a university in Masvingo, Zimbabwe. The qualitative paradigm involving a case study design was considered the best approach for the current study. A case study design was chosen since the study of culture, gender and academic performance is ethnographic in nature hence the design is most suitable. A sample of thirty female students was conveniently sampled from a...

The role of health in the development of a nation cannot be overemphasized. While the concept of health status and the impact of public health expenditure have continued to generate scholarly debates, this study contributes to the debate with the incorporation of the role of the environment as a determinant of health status in Nigeria. With the objective of examining the impact of Public Health Expenditures and Pollution on Nigerians Health Status, annual secondary time series data spanning...

Anaka Foundation is an indigenous NGO that is operating in northern Uganda in response to the post-war development challenges.Anaka recently concluded a school social work project, a specialization which is common in Western countries, to attempt to improve the learning environment of vulnerable children selected from nine government aided primary schools.This school social work pilot project was supported with a grant from AfriCarinthia, an organization from Austria.Relevant social work...

To evaluate the effect of electronic and paper-based standardized nursing care plans (SNCPs) use on quality of nurses' documentation.Using quasi-experimental design, two wards were grouped into electronic and paper-based wards. Nurses were trained to use electronic- and paper-based SNCPs for care-planning and documentation. Data was collected before, 3, and 6 months postintervention and analyzed with SPSS version 20.There was improvement in documentation quality in the two wards after...

Abstract Long term environmental variation often drives local adaptation and leads to trait differentiation across populations. Additionally, when traits change in an environment-dependent way through phenotypic plasticity, the genetic variation underlying plasticity will also be under selection. These processes could create a landscape of differentiation across populations in traits and their plasticity. Here, we studied drought responses in seedlings of a shrub species from the Cape...

Little is known about the economic value of hospital pharmacists' cognitive services in Nigeria.Hence, this study aimed to evaluate the willingness to pay (WTP) for hospital pharmacists' provided medication-related services among outpatients in South-Eastern Nigeria, and to explore its sociodemographic predictors.A cross-sectional study was conducted among outpatients receiving care in two Teaching Hospitals.Using contingent valuation, respondents' WTP were elicited for three pharmacist's...

The issue of leadership styles used by school heads and the academic performance of students has recently attracted the attention of the general public and people are exerting energies into research to find its courses and effects. Nkoranza-North district is selected as a result of the fact that the researcher works there and the districts also have two senior high schools for the study. Primarily, the study was to find out the courses and impact of leadership styles on teaching and learning...

Sarah Barnett and colleagues describe how an educational project was rapidly adapted into a radio education programme after the 2014 Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone

Abstract Pluralism is a discernible feature of many modern states. However, among the variants of pluralism, religious pluralism appears to be the most intractable in many modern states because faiths and values underpin the conflicts that are associated with it. As one of the legacies of the Enlightenment, secularism is a normative prescription for managing religious pluralism. Nevertheless, while many African states profess to be secular, more often than not there are no concrete...