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This study sought to investigate to what depth learners are exposed to appropriate functional text varieties, Identify the kind of support teachers give learners in their functional writing tasks and establish how this exposure influences the teacher in teaching functional writing for effective communication. This study was based on Hylands' theory of teaching writing, Hymes concept of communicative competence and Widowson's concept of communicative language teaching. This was a descriptive...

What seems to be a conventional trend in employment of teaching staff into business education departments has posed a great threat to teaching and learning in the programme. The application of the word ‘business’ having been misinterpreted by education administrators opened the way to employing all sorts of graduates as teachers in business teacher education departments. This paper examines the role of education in the society and the role of quality assurance in the administration of...

Most people are born with the ability to digest lactose. Approximately 75% of the general population loses this ability, to some extent, going into adulthood (adult hypolactasia), while others retain such ability. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of lactose intolerance, and its correlation with gastrointestinal symptoms, in primary school children aged 6-12 years in Qena Governorate, Egypt. A cross-sectional study was carried out on 300 school children with...

During the 1960s the Ministry of Education in Ghana created a network of school laboratories to increase scientific literacy among young citizens. The ministry stocked these "Science Centres" with imported beakers, Bunsen burners, and books. Education officials and university scientists worked with teachers to create lesson plans on water, air, plants, and other topics. The government hoped that scientifically minded schoolchildren would be better prepared to staff the industries of the...

People living with a disability in sub-Saharan Africa have poorer health outcomes, lower educational successes, less economic participation, and higher levels of poverty than people without disability. Disability-inclusive development promotes the involvement of people with disabilities in programs that reduce these inequalities. This requires a good understanding of how individuals with disability perceive their condition. In this study, we identified cultural beliefs among 31 individuals...

The study aimed to assess change over the course of the Stop Violence Against Girls 5-year project, and to consider the implications for future interventions concerned with gender violence in schools and communities. The study combined qualitative and quantitative methods and involved participation of 2,739 girls, boys, families, teachers and local leaders. There have been many changes in how violence is experienced, prevented and responded to by girls, boys, their teachers, families and...

An often cited explanation for the weak growth effects of education in developing countries is the misallocation of educated workers to inefficient activities in the public sector. This paper assesses the strength of this argument by studying the effect of educational attainment on employment status of Tunisian men. We exploit policy changes that restricted access to secondary education in the 1970’s as an instrument for education and use data from 2004 Tunisian census as well as 2010 Labor...

The dearth of dental faculty members is a widely known problem that is exacerbated in countries that are attempting to begin dental education programs. This collaboration between Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and the University of Michigan investigated if dental students who have just started their clinical dental education can learn the knowledge and skills required for identifying and restoring cavitated caries lesions through compact course delivery. There were three...

Research indicates that mother tongue is an important medium of learning. It is also perceived as a medium of identity formation. The first six years of schooling are critical years in the development of the child. These are the years that are crucial in making certain that the child is educated in a familiar medium. A study was conducted among African students at two institutions, one a formerly white institution, and the other a formerly black institution, to determine the level of usage...

The paper is based on the perceptions of teachers regarding the teaching of mother tongue in two classrooms in a peri-urban area in South Africa. This study intended to find out about the perceptions of teachers regarding the use of mother tongue in Foundation Phase classes as stipulated by law. A qualitative and interpretive study on the perceptions of teachers regarding the importance and place of mother tongue instruction in schools was conducted in two primary school classrooms in the...

This paper critically reviews the debates on environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive growth with specific focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. It observes that, even considering its inherent limits, the discourse on growth is still imprisoned by the Washington Consensus mode of thinking. There have been attempts by various institutions and commissions appointed by heads of government to take the debate forward, but a lack of commonly agreed global norms undermines prospects for shifts in...

This study was carried out to determine a point prevalence of drug resistance and extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) among members of the family Enterobacteriaceae.Consecutive clinically significant non-repetitive isolates obtained from both hospitalized patients and outpatients' samples were studied. The isolates were identified using VITEK 2 while susceptibility testing was performed against 16 antibiotics using the E-test strips. Phenotypic production of ESBL was detected by E-test ESBL...

This study examined peer and non-peer unwanted early sexual experiences (UESE) among 3,689 university students to establish whether peer UESE is as coercive and bothersome as non-peer UESE.A self-report checklist was administered to all consenting students attending an orientation programme at one South African (SA) and one Belgian university.Of the respondents 21% indicated that they had UESE before their 16th birthday (39.2% SA and 13.5% Belgians). Of respondents indicating UESE, 22.4%...

Oral lesions are among the earliest clinical manifestation of HIV infection. In developing countries like Nigeria, were sophisticated diagnostic apparatus used to monitor the immunologic status of HIV/AIDS patients is not readily available, early recognition of the commonest and specific HIV-related oral lesions can be used for diagnosis so that prompt treatment can be provided to reduce morbidity.To assess the prevalence and spectrum of oral lesions in relationship to CD4 cell counts among...