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The author looked closely at Education, its minimum standard and Nigerian Development. It is believed that Educational Infrastructure of a country must reach a certain standard before development can be noticed in different sectors of its economy. The author used participatory research, published information from texts, journals and other print media as data collection method. Research findings include very poor funding of education by governments in Nigeria. The paper recommended among...

BackgroundNursing and midwifery students need to learn theoretical knowledge and practical skills.Students are satisfied with a clinical education program when the environment is conducive to acquiring the knowledge, skills and professional attitude essential for their career. ObjectiveTo assess the level of satisfaction with the clinical learning environment among nursing and midwifery students at the University of Rwanda.Methods A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used to assess...

BackgroundChronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a global public health burden.Most people miss the early subtle signs that can develop at any age.CKD has severe complications, including End-stage Renal Disease. ObjectiveTo assess the knowledge level of CKD risk factors and preventive practices among university students in Rwanda. MethodsA cross-sectional study design was used from April to May 2017.A stratified random sampling technique was used to recruit 260 university students.A 36-item...

Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) remain underserved and at risk for HIV acquisition in Ethiopia. However, there is significant risk heterogeneity among AGYW with limited consensus on optimal strategies of identifying vulnerable AGYW. This study assessed the utility of venue-based sampling approaches to identify AGYW at increased risk for HIV infection. Venue mapping and time-location-sampling (TLS) methods were used to recruit AGYW from three sub-cities of Addis Ababa, February–June...

Drylands, which are among the biosphere's most naturally limiting and environmentally variable ecosystems, constitute three-quarters of the African continent. As a result, environmental sustainability and human development along with vector-borne disease (VBD) control historically have been especially challenging in Africa, particularly in the sub-Saharan and Sahelian drylands. Here, the VBD burden, food insecurity, environmental degradation, and social vulnerability are particularly severe....

Despite the efforts of the federal Government of Nigeria at establishing equal educational opportunities for all children of school age and to gradually eliminate illiteracy and ignorance in the Nigerian society through the introduction of the Universal Basic Education (UBE) programme, the successful implementation of the programme has been a serious challenge. This paper therefore, examined the emerging issues in the achievement of the objectives of the UBE programme in Nigeria. The paper...

The study sought to investigate the perception of students on hand washing in order to prevent diseases in Senior High Schools in the Mampong Municipal Assembly. The study employed the use of descriptive research design to find out the attitudes of students on hand washing practices. The instrument for the data collection was a questionnaire which has been administered to the students. The results indicated that, there were insufficient resources for hand washing such as soap, towel,...

<p><em>Intercultural learning is a new pedagogy that encourages learners to establish relationships between their own culture and the other culture, managing dysfunctions and mediating differences. These skills and others will enable learners to develop intercultural competence and help them become intercultural speakers/mediators (Byram, 1997). However, learners’ intercultural competence cannot be developed without an appropriate intervention and guidance on the part of the...

Policies to increase access to quality education have largely focused on reducing gender and income inequality; however, many children do not attend or fully participate in school because they have disabilities. Limited policy attention towards children with disabilities in developing countries is an obstacle to progress towards universal education. The limited knowledge and inadequate policies means many children with disabilities have limited access to quality education. In 2010, the...

Post-apartheid South Africa with all its initial promises to address injustice continues to be a highly unequal country with an economy consistent with neoliberal global capital and a presumption that the spoils of something termed economic ‘growth' trickle down to those positioned at the bottom of the wealth and resource pyramid. groundWork, an environmental justice organisation, runs the Environmental Justice School (EJS) for activists to develop a strong and informed cadre of grassroots...

The Nigerian public sector score-card over the years is equated to inefficiency and poor performance. This is owing to the understanding that public sector personnel are ill-equipped with necessary skills to turn around the fortune of the nation. This study therefore examined training and manpower productivity in Nigeria public sector: concerns and pathway for effectiveness. To achieve this, the study reviews literature on the concepts of training, manpower productivity, emergence and role...

هدفت الدراسة الحالية إلى معرفة درجة توفر مفاهيم التربية الصحية في كتاب العلوم للصف الرابع الأساسي في الجمهورية العربية السورية، لذا صممت الباحثة قائمة تحليل تضمنت سبعة مجالات رئيسة يندرج تحتها (44) فئة فرعية تتعلق بالتربية الصحية، اتبعت الباحثة المنهج الوصفي معتمدة أسلوب تحليل المحتوى الكمي، ومن أهم النتائج التي توصلت إليها الدراسة  الحالية ما يلي: -                    تركيز الاهتمام على صحة الهيكلين العظمي والعضلي، بالإضافة إلى الاهتمام بصحة الجهاز العصبي. -                    تقصير الكتاب...

An ever-increasing body of evidence suggests that human action are changing our global climate. The forcing factor behind these changes is our release of gases in particular carbon dioxide that trap heat and warm the atmosphere. This study by way of literature review and oral interview examines how Climate Change has affected our environment. It will also examine the legal framework available for regulating climate change and for preserve our environment. It will also show that a link exists...

The absence of systematic sex education in schools would seem to be a transfer from the tendency among parents to shy away from answering questions about sex and procreation which young people ask. The prevalence of indulgence in premarital sex or unsafe sexual behaviours by secondary school students who are mostly adolescents has attracted growing concerns from all stakeholders. These unsafe sexual behaviours may have significant unpleasant consequences on their health which they may not be...

The majority of prison stations in Malawi are now offering education services to inmates. However, the question that one can ask is; are these schools effectively managed? This study set out to examine the internal effectiveness of the management of the education programme in Malawi prisons. The study was conducted at seventeen prison stations in Malawi using a mixed methods research approach; utilising the convergent parallel design. The study involved a total of 243 respondents, drawing...