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This article examines the reactions of specialist music teachers to the introduction of Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) in South Africa. OBE has been seen in post-apartheid South Africa as a way to transform education and address the imbalances of the past. The study reported here used questionnaires to explore attitudes of teachers at independent schools in Johannesburg in the first year of implementing OBE. Analysis of data revealed both positive and negative attitudes as well as the strong...

This is a review of articles on sexual behaviour of school students in sub-Saharan Africa published between 1987 and 1999. The objective was to describe what is known in this regard and identify gaps in knowledge.Literature search using electronic databases and a thumb search of relevant journals identified 47 articles reporting sexual behaviours of school-based young persons aged between 14 and 24 years.The findings indicate a relatively low number of articles when one considers the scope...

Abstract The vulnerability to HIV/AIDS of adolescents and youths raises the need for cost‐effective, school‐based AIDS prevention programmes that encourage safe sexual behaviour. This article reviews school‐based programmes in sub‐Saharan Africa through a critical examination of published evaluations. Our major finding is that there is a paucity of such studies that evaluate school‐based programmes. Furthermore, variations in the content, duration and intensity of the interventions, together...

The genetic condition albinism has a high frequency among the Sotho people of northern South Africa.Affected children have pale hair, eyes and skin-a dramatic contrast to the normal dark pigmentation.Their visual performance is poor and many attend special schools for the visually impaired.Children with albinism experience problems that are, on the one hand, physiological, and, on the other, social-psychological and educational in nature.In this self-report study 38 children at a rural...

To assess the level of exposure to information about oral health from local sources, risk awareness, oral health beliefs and behaviours among male and female students attending higher learning institutions in Dar es Salaam.A cross sectional survey.Government recognised higher education institutions in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in 1999.The study population comprised of 1123 university students in Dar es Salaam.Level of risk awareness, exposure to oral health information, oral health beliefs and...

LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in English; abstract also in Chinese.The purpose of this study was to measure somatic and motor fitness characteristics in 8 to 11 (N = 232) year-old girls in Ellisras rural area of South Africa. Motor fitness was assessed with the EUROFIT test battery: 10 x 5 m shuttle run, standing broad jump, sit and reach, bentarm hang, sit-ups, flamingo balance and plate tapping. Somatic measurements were taken according to the protocol of the International Society for the...

This article discusses university education in Kenya with emphasis on patterns of financing and how this has affected overall operations of the universities. Reforms that have been implemented to reduce government grants to the public universities in an attempt to make them self‐sustaining are assessed. Private universities are discussed in the context of how they differ from the public universities. Problems facing the public universities are outlined. Measures that are being put in place...

This research yielded sex differences for first-year undergraduate students (30 men, 43 women) in a mathematics course. Women scored lower than men, as is consistent with other research.

This research yielded sex differences for first-year undergraduate students (30 men, 43 women) in a mathematics course. Women scored lower than men, as is consistent with other research.

To assess the oral health related knowledge, attitudes, behaviours and self-assessed status of primary school teachers in Rungwe, Tanzania.195 final year teacher trainees and 239 in-service teachers.A structured questionnaire.School teachers were generally well informed and had moderate attitudes and behaviours to oral health related issues. However, a few but important deficiencies in this regard have been identified on which recommendations are presented. A substantial proportion of...

This article arises out of an oral history project conducted in Grahamstown South Africa in 1999. Following the Soweto uprising of June 1976 Township children boycotted their schools across South Africa including in Grahamstown between 1984 to 1987. Seeking to discover the 'human side' of those Grahamstown boycotts and at the same time to examine the value of oral evidence for the history of that period I conducted interviews with a number of former students, teachers who had been teaching...

This paper looks at the outcomes of a community education programme on biological diversity conservation for sustainable development, held in March 1998 in the Shiselweni Region of Swaziland. It highlights some ofthe community's observations and concerns in the Shiselweni Region, among which was recognition that alarge extent of biological resources are being lost in the region. The conservation of biological diversity is an important parameter in maintaining sustainable development. A major...

Abstract Implementation is currently considered a critical stage of educational reform. This article focuses on the pivotal role of teachers in the achievement of effective implementation. They ultimately implement reforms. The teacher's role in the reform process however, has received little empirical research attention and tends not to be seriously considered by policy makers. This article discusses the findings of a three-year (1995-1997) research study in Namibia which suggests that the...

This study was carned out among student nurses of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) with the general objective of studying the occupational hazards they face. Student nurses are an un-recognised' group of health care providers such as medical doctors and registered nurses.

In-use testing of the disinfectants; Hibitane (5% w/v Chlorhexidinegluconate), Hibiscrub (4% w/v Chlorhexidinegluconate), Savlon (3% w/v Chlorhexidine/Cetrimide), hydrogen peroxide (6% w/v hydrogen peroxide with stabilizer) and a common household bleach Jik (3.5% w/v sodium hypochlorite), was carried out over a two-month period at a university teaching hospital in Nigeria. Contamination levels were high with 82 (63.1%) of the 130 in-use disinfectants contaminated. However, a few of the stock...

Laboratory science students are engaged in laboratory practice under supervision during the course of their training programme. They are exposed to the risk of laboratory-acquired infection and need to be adequately informed and equipped with facilities to protect their health. A questionnaire was administered to laboratory science students to determine their perception of hazards in laboratory practice and the observance of safety codes in their work practices. Of 128 students, 118...

On-farm and on-station evaluations of the comparative growth performance of West African Dwarf Goats supplemented at an iso-nitrogenous level (6 g/animal/day) with leguminous browse Calliandra calothyrsus, Leucaena leucocephala, or Gliricidia sepium, or with cotton seed cake, were conducted around Dschang in the Western Highlands of Cameroon and at the University Experimental Farm. The animals were weighed every 21 days during the rainy season and every 14 days during the dry season for...