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This paper examines the impacts of the El Niño during the 2015/2016 season on maize productivity and income in rural Zambia. The analysis aims at identifying whether and how sustainable land management (SLM) practices and livelihood diversification strategies have contributed to moderate the impacts of such a weather shock. The analysis was conducted using a specifically designed survey called the El Niño Impact Assessment Survey (ENIAS), which is combined with the 2015 wave of the Rural...

Research to determine the relevance (role?importance?value?contribution?) of digital technologies for learning seldom target the students about the value that digital technologies hold for their learning, often disregarding the difficulties students encounter when they learn with these technologies.The Joint Information Systems Committee's (JISC) Higher Education Student Digital Experience insight survey was used to determine the digital experiences of 1,937 students who were enrolled at...

Intestinal parasitic infections are still common in low-income countries including Ethiopia, particularly in children due to low-quality drinking water, poor personal and environmental sanitation. Disabled individuals are excluded from most academic, economic, social and cultural opportunities, they are among the poorest and most marginalized of the whole world’s people. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections and associated factors among...

The purpose of this study was to establish views and investigate challenges faced by teachers and learners in the use of Icibemba in teaching initial literacy in primary schools in Serenje district. A descriptive research design supported by qualitative data collection techniques was employed. A purposive sampling procedure was used to select all the participants giving the study a sample size of 56 comprising of 40 grade four learners and 16 of their teachers sampled from 10 primary...

Introduction: Menstrual disorders are the most frequent gynecological diagnoses among young girls.Aim: This study was conducted to investigate whether physical activity could reduce menstrual disorders among schoolgirls.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 970 schoolgirls in Southern Egypt were assessed, using a questionnaire, for their socio-demographic characteristics, gynecological history, physical activity, and menstruаl disorders during the previous 6 months. Results: The mean аge...

Zambian Secondary Schools have experienced a low performance in Mathematics at School Certificate level in recent years (Examination Council of Zambia (ECZ), 2016). An analysis of results in terms of topics in the examinations showed that Transformation geometry is one of the topics in mathematics in which pupils have not been performing very well (ECZ, 2009; ECZ, 2008). For this reason, this study was set to establish the challenges pupils faced in learning transformation geometry in...

The study was aimed at determining the impact of the use of interactive whiteboards (IWBs) in South African classrooms.Interactive whiteboards are one of the technologies which are most commonly used in education worldwide.Technology took over our lives and is becoming more necessary for upcoming generations to become technologically proficient.The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was used to determine the perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness and attitudes of educators towards...

Within the perspective of postcolonial state building in Africa and the quests to Africanize/indigenize, the study hinges on the education and manpower nexus to examine the state of preparedness of the Trust Territory of the Cameroons in the days leading to independence to establish an Indigenous civil service as the British and Nigerian colonial authorities were leaving the territory. It ascertains the nature and level of training as well as the sum of indigenous manpower that was on hand...

Consistent economic downturns, political uprisings, and social upheavals from the 1980s have significantly depleted the quality of higher education in Africa, particularly graduate training. While remarkable strides in graduate training have been made in countries such as South Africa relative to other parts of the continent, policy and funding challenges continue to threaten the quality of students and programs. Over the past two decades, new forms of institutional collaborations aimed at...

It is widely accepted from literature (Agra et al., 2017) that male students outperform their female counterparts in science, and in particular physics.Accordingly, gender differences stem from their prior backgrounds in mathematics, physics and differences about their attitudes and beliefs about the subject.To measure students' differences in perceptions regarding physics and science, use is made of a questionnaire that is comprised of two sections, A (four questions) and B (fifteen...

The most essential aspect of teacher education is to attain different way of teaching science for learner's conceptual understanding.However, in most South African universities, science methodology modules do not fully expose pre-service teachers to different science teaching approaches.In these modules, pre-service teachers often are exposed to readings materials, observing one another in microteaching or create lesson plans for assessment purposes.To teach science effectively, teachers are...

Introduction ARV-based pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has the potential to avert many new HIV infections, yet little is known about how to reach women at high risk for HIV infection and motivate them to initiate PrEP. Clinical trials have succeeded in recruiting at-risk participants, evidenced by control arm HIV incidence ≥3% (defined by the World Health Organization as “substantial risk”). We examined experiences from HIV prevention trials to document recruitment strategies and identify...

Introduction ARV-based pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has the potential to avert many new HIV infections, yet little is known about how to reach women at high risk for HIV infection and motivate them to initiate PrEP. Clinical trials have succeeded in recruiting at-risk participants, evidenced by control arm HIV incidence ≥3% (defined by the World Health Organization as “substantial risk”). We examined experiences from HIV prevention trials to document recruitment strategies and identify...

In the study we present extension of the Koole's FRAME model for mobile learning, and technological model for m-learning implementation with pilot study in Republic of Yemen. Also several frameworks and models for implementation of mobile learning are discussed. The proposed technological model is applicable in developing countries with not well developed e-learning ecosystem and problems in communication infrastructure.

This study was designed to investigate whether child-headed families have influence on pre-school learners’ class participation. The study was carried out in Mwingi zone of Kitui County Kenya.  The zone had a total of 67 public pre-schools and the study targeted all the 67 public pre-schools, 1030 pre-school learners and 88 pre-school teachers.  The researcher employed descriptive survey design so as to get information from the sampled respondents.  The researcher obtained the sample size of...

The general English studies was introduced as a compulsory course for sandwich learners of colleges of education with a view to allowing them attain proficiency in English. Despite the measure, it seems attainment of proficiency is a mirage. Unattainment of English proficiency in sandwich program has been ascribed to less satisfactory teaching skill embracing language competence and pedagogy. However, there has been a dearth of studies on the teaching method of facilitators of the course....

Antimicrobial resistance presents a growing concern worldwide. Medical students are potential antimicrobial prescribers and stewards following graduation as doctors. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge regarding antibiotic use and resistance among pre-final year and final year medical school students of Ebonyi State University, Nigeria.A cross-sectional study was conducted among all the 184 pre-final and final year medical students of the College of Medicine at Ebonyi State...