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Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) needs to transform from an information society that consumes information technologies into a knowledge economy that creates technologies. Key domains for transformation include computer science education, research and development. The lack of research culture and support for research activities often results in low research outcomes, and slows down the development of innovative and independent thinkers and problem solvers. To increase research capacities, we have...

In the recent years, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has turned out to be an effective educational tool which enhances changes in teaching and learning processes. The teacher’s role in technology- rich classrooms is more demanding than ever (Keengwe, Onchwari et al. 2008).This research paper investigated the barriers that are hindering the introduction of ICTs in Primary schools in Kenya. The main objective of this study was to explore on the major barriers hindering...

Public lecture delivered by Prof. Jacob T. Kaimenyi, PhD, FICD,EBS Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Kenya On 24th February 2015, 9am. At Kenyatta University Amphi Theatre

Training funds are used to incentivize training in developing countries, but the funds are based on payroll taxes that lower the return to training. In the absence of training funds, larger, high-wage and more capital-intensive firms are the most likely to offer training unless they are liquidity constrained. If firms are not liquidity constrained, the fund could lower training investments. Using an administrative data set on the Mauritius training fund, we find that the firms most likely to...

The Panyam volcanic province is a plateau covering a superficial area of about 1200 km2, dotted by a number of dormant volcanoes forming prominent landmarks above the host continental gneiss–migmatite–granite rocks and stretching for about 12 km. The volcanism is basaltic, characterized by alkaline–calc–alkaline compositions. Large population of pe ople live and depend on the volcanic environment for potable water and agriculture, most of whom display various forms of health problems ranging...

Sexual activity may be less likely to occur during periods of school enrolment because of the structured and supervised environment provided, the education obtained and the safer peer networks encountered while enrolled. We examined whether school enrolment was associated with teen pregnancy in South Africa.Using longitudinal demographic surveillance data from the rural Agincourt sub-district, we reconstructed the school enrolment status from 2000 through 2011 for 15 457 young women aged...

Many Namibians haveindicated that both teachers and learners were not conversant enough to teach and learn schools subjects through the English medium. Furthermore, they have attributed learners’ poor performance in examinations to the use of English as the medium. Nonetheless, English has remained as the official medium of instruction in Namibian schools.This study sought to find out why the Namibian government had stuck to the use of English as medium of instruction in Namibian classrooms...

This paper discusses challenges faced by Nigerian universities’ principal officers when implementing government policies on university education. The paper adopts a qualitative approach towards unveiling the causal mechanisms that affect the implementation of government policies in Nigeria, using principal officers’ knowledge of the phenomenon. Twenty-one principal officers were involved in the study. A purposive sampling method was adopted for the selection of these principal officers. The...

Background. The current shortage of healthcare workers in rural communities demands attention. The sourcing of rural-origin students (ROSs) has been suggested, but retention of these students in their chosen degrees is crucial. Addressing the tertiary education challenges that ROSs face is critical to ensuring their success. Objective. To focus on the various challenges influencing throughput of ROSs. Method. This article is one of a series of investigations into various aspects of...

School bullying is a serious problem for young people in the society and Nigeria at large.It is a threat that no school disregards or dismisses.It can have negative consequences on the general school climate and on the right of students to learn in a safe environment without fear.Bullying can also have negative lifelong consequences both for students who bully and for their victims.This paper defined the concept of bullying, forms of bullying; prevalence of bullying; causes of bullying in...

Clinical teaching is an active process that occurs in a variety of socio-cultural contexts and is one of the most important components in the training of nursing students. Registered Nurses play an important role in teaching and learning of student nurses. In Malawi, one of the roles of Registered Nurses is to teach student nurses in the clinical area. The purpose of the study was to determine the involvement of Registered Nurses in clinical teaching of nursing students in Central Hospitals...

In Malawi, malnutrition among school-aged children as indicated by 30% stunting, 18% underweight and 3% wasting levels is a problem that is being addressed through school feeding programs. The nutritional status of school going children is dependent on household food security, education level of the parents, food preference of the parents and food preparation constraints. These factors affect food consumption patterns of children which is one of the determining factors of nutritional status....

Background: Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is highly prevalent in Africans. The SCD trait is 18% in the general population in Zambia and University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka has under its care over 1500 SCD patients. SCD causes high morbidity and mortality. Patients with SCD often have pathologies that require a blood transfusion. Specific indications for blood transfusion in SCD include acute splenic sequestration, aplastic crises, cardiopulmonary symptoms or signs (e.g. high-output heart...

Job retention is the extent to which a firm or an organization is able to secure and retain the services of its employees over a given period of time. It epitomizes and embodies the length of tenure-ship where an employee decides to remain in his or her current employment for a long period or stay for a short time. In looking at some of the reasons shortage of teachers’ exits and how possible solutions could be proffered, several questions that should be addressed by school administrators...

This study sought to investigate: a-) the relationships between the Yemeni EFL students’ linguistic intelligence and their affixation awareness, b-) to what extent the students are aware of the analytic and synthetic word formation rules, c-) to what extent the  students’ affixation awareness differs according to gender, and d-) to what extent the  students’ linguistic intelligence differs according to gender. The participants of this study were one hundred and three student teachers. They...