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The study was premised on the influence of perceptions on the participation of Ordinary Level rural African Zimbabwean female students in mathematics. Qualitative research design grounded in the interpretive paradigm was employed. Eighteen Ordinary Level female students and six teachers purposively selected from three rural co-educational secondary schools participated in the study. Data were generated through lesson observations and semi-structured question type interview guide. Findings...

Malaria among school children is increasingly receiving attention, yet the burden of malaria in this age group is poorly defined. This study presents data on malaria morbidity among school children in Bungoma county, western Kenya. This study investigated the burden and risk factors of Plasmodium falciparum infection, clinical malaria, and anaemia among 2346 school children aged 5–15 years, who were enrolled in an individually randomized trial evaluating the effect of anthelmintic treatment...

Abstract Climate variability and change have adverse effects on agricultural production and other livelihood strategies of the rural households. The paper hypothesizes that rural households naturally devise means of overcoming the challenges currently posed by climate variability. The research article addresses the question of how rural households apply local knowledge of weather forecasting in adapting to climate variability in the Okavango Delta. It specifically probes, among others, the...

Educational subsidies are becoming important mechanisms in promoting access to education among many countries. In Ghana, subsidy for Secondary Education is available to all students irrespective of their income backgrounds with the government granting only partial subsidies. Despite the strong political commitment to redress historical inequities in educational funding mechanisms, policy actions in relation to Secondary Education Financing in Ghana appear to fall short of achieving the...

This paper examines the pedagogies employed in developing the Basic English language skills in Nigerian Colleges of Education, with particular reference to three colleges. It investigates the adequacy of the English language skills in the preparation of the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) English language teachers as the poor performance of Nigerian students in external English language examinations has become a source of concern to educational stakeholders (Patrick, Sui, Didam &...

To understand the demands of African students on the China-Africa malaria prevention training programs as well as explore further suggestions on the student selection and course content design.A self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted, and all the students who attended in the malaria prevention training courses in 2014 and 2015 were included. The Chi-square test was conducted to analyse the correlations between professional backgrounds, work statues and training needs.A total of...

This summary highlights the key findings of this work carried out in Burkina Faso, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Rwanda, Senegal and South Africa, as well as progress made by other African countries. The document aims to assist policymakers better understand the diverse benefits of green economy investments (from employment, to poverty reduction to sustainable use and management of natural resources) by sharing good practices and policies of countries which have been actively taking...

This paper used the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework in tandem with Political Economy Approach (PEA) to analyse the missing links in the Post-Amnesty Programme of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN). The study collected data from six of 42 communities in Ogbia Local Government Area (LGA), Bayelsa State, Niger Delta region of Nigeria, while some ex-militants, sampled household heads were interviewed. Stratified random sampling method was used in collecting data from...

In this article we provide a quantitative method to predict the acceptance of electronic learning resources by academic staff in a blended learning environment at the University of Zululand. Conceptually the study followed a positivist epistemological belief and deductive reasoning, but this article will also embrace the interpretive research paradigm to include the researchers’ insights on the results. Inferential statistics were used to predict the level of acceptance of e-learning and...

Mainstream analyses of causal factors of climate change in the Niger Delta are dominated by arguments on oil industry-related climate-unfriendly causes (oil spills from facility failure and gas flaring), and community actions (facility sabotage, oil theft, illegal refining, and timber logging). While these arguments are valid, they overlook the place of energy poverty and how it contributes to climate change. Households in the region’s mostly rural and riverine areas with no access to energy...

Transformative learning, as a theoretical framework, challenges what researchers such as Brookfield (2000) referred to as the sedimented beliefs , or what Nelson Mandela called tribal givens that all people bring to adulthood. Transformative learning experiences are often traumatic, emotional, and liberating, and can be both emancipatory and anxiety producing. The way in which learners interpret and reinterpret their experiences is central to making meaning and to learning (Mezirow,...

Orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) experience poverty, stigma, and abuse resulting in poor physical, emotional, and psychological outcomes. The Teachers' Diploma Programme on Psychosocial Care, Support, and Protection is a child-centered 15-month long-distance learning program focused on providing teachers with the knowledge and skills to enhance their school environments, foster psychosocial support, and facilitate school-community relationships. A randomized controlled trial was...

Issues of visibility, invisibility and the non-disabled gaze are very relevant to the lives of many disabled persons. With this article we tentatively show that, despite the physical ‘over’-visibility of disabled bodies, many intricate parts of their personhood remain obscured and invisible. Interviews with 23 students with a visual impairment revealed that they sometimes experienced stares and averted gazes from their sighted counterparts. In response, they often hid their entire...

The study examined the moral education for enhancing quality assurance of secondary education.The study explains the concepts, the purpose and needs for moral education as an effective way for enhancing quality assurance in the society.It was however concluded that with the integration of moral education in Nigerian secondary schools, the quality of the certificates acquired will be enhanced and the high integrity will be accorded by the members of the society.The paper however suggested...

This article reports on a study that explored the challenges of using electronic information resources (EIRs) for academic research by post-graduate students at Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, Nigeria. The study used a structured questionnaire, distributed to 150 post-graduate students from the faculties of Sciences, Social Sciences and Arts, that is, 50 post-graduate students per faculty, and personal interviews were held with selected individuals within the institution to collect...

This article examines the interim outcomes of a year-long intervention that aims to develop teacher leadership as a means to professional development and school improvement within the educational and socio-cultural context of Palestine in one private school in the Ramallah area. Teachers Leading Change (TLC), the name of the program, draws on a non-positional approach to teacher leadership in which all teachers regardless of delegated role are supported to lead educational change and...