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THE PERCEPTIONS OF A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND TEACHERS REGARDING FORMAL EDUCATION AT A RURAL PRIMARY SCHOOL IN LESOTHO

The general objective of this study was to examine the professional disposition (attitude and self-efficacy) of pre-service teachers hold at the end of teacher education programs in terms of gender and modality. To do this, we used a quantitative research approach. The source of data was 3rd-year mathematics pre-service teachers who have graduated in the 2018/19 academic year. The study used self-reported questionnaires. Thus, 536 (309 male and 227 female) third-year pre-service mathematics...

Currently, around 36.7 million people in the world are living with HIV. Among these, 52% are living in sub-Saharan Africa. The main objective of this study was to identify socio-demographic economic and clinical factors associated with HAART adherence competence in successive visits among adult HIV patients after commencement of their treatment.A retrospective cohort study design was conducted on a random sample of 792 treatment attendants. The samples were selected using stratified random...

Mathematics is one of the core subjects both at primary and secondary school levels in Nigeria. The importance accorded to mathematics in the curriculum reflects the recognition of its vital role towards national and technological development and the role it plays in contemporary society. Despite the importance of Mathematics to societal development, it is a subject that many students dislike and fail. Therefore the issue of poor achievement of students in Mathematics has become a perennial...

<h2>Abstract</h2> Reduced-form approaches are like a ‘<b>black-box</b>' which do not explicitly display the possible channels (exact forces) through which growth may influence the environment. Accordingly, this study aims to provide some empirical evidence regarding the underlying structural effects of growth on emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), Methane (CH₄), and Nitrous oxide (N₂O) in Ethiopia over 1975–2017. Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model is...

Human anatomy has historically been a cornerstone in medical education and is special in that it uses human remains kept in various anatomical facilities like a morgue, gross anatomy laboratory, or museums for instruction and research. While serving knowledge advancement facilitating clinical practice and research, human cadaver handling, and usage at all levels, such as cadaver sourcing, transportation, storage, preservation, dissection, and final disposal deserves in return the utmost...

Between 2015 and 2018, the Western Cape Province of South Africa experienced a multi-year severe drought, which negatively impacted major economic sectors. The province serves as an important producer of wheat in South Africa among other agricultural commodities. This study aims to analyze the 2015-2018 drought and its impacts on wheat production in the winter rainfall region of the Western Cape, South Africa. The central focus is to place the drought in both a historical and future context...

<h3>Background</h3> Health professionals in Tanzania report a perceived need for sexual and reproductive health (SRH) communication training to meet patient needs and reduce disparities. Simulation optimizes the clinical performance and public entrustment. We describe the development and preliminary quality control results from an innovative, Afrocentric SRH simulation for later use within a large randomized controlled educational trial. <h3>Methods</h3> Standardized patient (SP) simulation...

Huawei has built several training centres across Africa. This study establishes the purpose of these centres in Kenya and Nigeria and presents original data on their success based on their objectives. Fieldwork was conducted in 2018 and follow-up interviews continued by phone until 2021. I find that Huawe’s investments offer no significant opportunities for knowledge transfers that could foster technological or industrial upgrading in Kenya or Nigeria’s telecommunications sectors. In part,...

The present study explores seasons, schools calendar, and programs execution in Benin EFL classes. Seasons, schools calendar, and Programs execution may impact learners’ achievement. It is demonstrated by many scholars that both Seasons and School Calendars help stakeholders to be more productive in their daily work and to schedule their activity. This study was conducted in three regions of Benin schools: north, the center, and the south. An overall of fourteen schools were randomly...

Background Patient safety has been identified as a global priority area. It is one of the most health care challenges. There is a rising number of patients’ mortality in hospitals each year because of lapses in patient safety practice. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to assess knowledge, attitude, practice, and associated factors towards patient safety among nurses working at Asella Referral and Teaching Hospital. Methods Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted...

Anthropogenic induced climate change is predicted to increase the thermal variability in coastal waters, which can have strong physiological effects on individuals and populations of marine ectotherms. The magnitude and direction of these thermal effects varies depending on species, life stage, biogeography, habitat and season. This study aimed to compare the thermal tolerance of a range of juvenile fish and adult macro-invertebrates from intertidal and estuarine habitats in a...

The Anthropocene causes many massive and novel impacts, e.g., on migratory birds and their habitats. Many species of migratory birds have been declining on the Palearctic-African flyway in recent decades. To investigate possible impacts on a continental scale, we used 18 predictors extracted from 16 publicly available GIS layers in combination with machine learning methods on the sub-Saharan distributions of 64 passerine migrant species. These bird species were categorized as having...

Parent expectations have an important impact on children's outcomes. Despite a wealth of research on the familial experience of children with disabilities in African countries, very few studies have examined expectations these children's parents hold for them.This study explores parental expectations for children with intellectual disability, or autism and assesses their perceived importance and likelihood of attainment.Concept mapping methodology with focus groups comprised of parents of...

• Climate change is impacting species composition and dynamics across the globe. • Phenology can provide a sensitive indicator of responses to changes in the climate. • Herbarium and temperature data were used to assess Pelargonium flowering shifts. • From 1901–2009, mean annual temperature increased by 2.9 °C in South Africa. • Associated with this increase in temperature flowering dates advanced by 11.6 days. Climate change is affecting species composition and diversity across the globe....

Increasing and prolonged droughts have become a feature of the South African environmental landscape. This article investigates the sustainability of water procurement to the rural town of Beaufort West and the reasons for the town&amp;rsquo;s water provision crises during the droughts of 2009-2011 and 2017-2019. Innovative solutions were reached to alleviate the serious water-shortages during these droughts. Data to illustrate population increases and precipitation decreases, which impacted...

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is an important component of modern medicine and is essential for the provision of high-quality health services. Little is known about the level of EBM use among Ethiopian medical students. This study aimed to assess the factors associated with EBM practice among medical interns in teaching hospitals in northwestern Ethiopia.A cross-sectional study was conducted using a random sample of medical interns in teaching hospitals of northwest Ethiopia. Binary logistic...

Abstract Background Globally, 19 million children have preventable vision impairment simply because refractive and eye health services are inaccessible to most of them. In Zambia, 50,000 school children need spectacle provision. The School-based Eye Health Programme (SEHP) has been identified worldwide as a proven strategy to address childhood blindness. Given the great benefits of it, the Zambian government intends to scale up the programme. This scalability assessment aims to identify and...