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The expectation of the labour market on the quality of graduates produced by Faculties of Education in Nigeria universities has become burning issues that many stakeholders in the education sectorfelt unsatisfactory. It becomes imperative to assessthe challenges of quality assurance in teacher education.This study therefore assessedquality assurance in teacher education in Nigerian universities: challenges and way forward. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The...

The teaching profession has one of the highest numbers of workforce grappling with unmanageable workload. Excessive lecturers' workload causes adverse effects to both employer and employee. Lecturers are assigned lectures in multiple independent learning institutions and there is no platform to foster interuniversity communication regarding the shared lecturers' employment state, tenure and lecturing obligations. The Commission for University Education has guidelines set to limit the maximum...

This study was conducted to examine the health information needs and seeking behavior of students in Nigeria It also focused on the following: health information sources used by the students, sources of health information, how these health information are used, extent to which their health information needs are satisfied, demographic factors that influence health information needs and seeking behaviour of the students and the main barriers students encounter in meeting their health...

The very many negative notions of the Nigerian education system together with many seemingly plausible suggestions offered by the academic community must have resulted in reforms in the education industry generally and in the curricula in particular. One of such reform is the “reintroduction” of entrepreneurial education in the curriculum. Trade Subjects are made compulsory at the secondary school level. Every graduating secondary school student must offer at least one trade subject: Animal...

Mobile devices have undergone transformation from being used as a channel of communication to tools for teaching and learning. This study ascertained how mobile learning technology can enable quality education in Namibia. It assessed teachers’ perception and the usage pattern of mobile technology in three regions of Namibia (Erongo, Khomas and Otjozondjupa regions). 72 teachers were carefully selected from nine (9) high schools in the 3 regions. Data collected through a questionnaire was...

Mobile devices have undergone transformation from being used as a channel of communication to tools for teaching and learning. This study ascertained how mobile learning technology can enable quality education in Namibia. It assessed teachers’ perception and the usage pattern of mobile technology in three regions of Namibia (Erongo, Khomas and Otjozondjupa regions). 72 teachers were carefully selected from nine (9) high schools in the 3 regions. Data collected through a questionnaire was...

Climate change has become one of the most discussed topics in recent decades. Indices show climate alterations have occurred in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in uncomfortable and challenging-to-manage indoor conditions. In this study, Khartoum’s climate data from 1981 to 2015 was analyzed and compared to identify trends in temperature, precipitation, and sand-dust storm intensification. Metronome Company created Khartoum’s hourly weather file from averages of basic climate parameters available...

Background: The doctor population ratio in Nigeria is low when compared with advanced countries. The study was designed to determine the future career plans of final year medical students in medical schools of southeast Nigeria and its policy implications. Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. All final year medical students in six medical schools of southeast Nigeria who were willing to participate were included in the study. Questionnaire was self-administered. Results:...

A Research Thesis Submitted In Partial Fulfilment of the Degree of Masters of Education in Early Childhood and Special Needs Education of Kenyatta University. May, 2019

Purpose The opportunities that the building information modeling (BIM) mode of project delivery presents warrant the need for the construction professionals to be adequately trained on BIM technology and processes. The purpose of this paper is to assess the training gaps that exist between the perceived and expected knowledge of BIM practice among construction professionals in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The study was carried out through a structured questionnaire survey...

Quantitative landslide risk analysis is a key step in creating appropriate land use policies. The forced migration of those displaced by recent armed conflict in Syria has highlighted the need for studies to guide humanitarian aid and resettlement policies. Over 1.5 million displaced Syrians now reside in Lebanon, self-settling throughout the country through urban integration and informal encampment due to Lebanon's prohibition of formal refugee camps. The Syrian-Lebanon refugee crisis...

School-based deworming programmes can reduce morbidity attributable to soil-transmitted helminths in children but do not interrupt transmission in the wider community. We assessed the effects of alternative mass treatment strategies on community soil-transmitted helminth infection.In this cluster-randomised controlled trial, 120 community units (clusters) serving 150 000 households in Kenya were randomly assigned (1:1:1) to receive albendazole through annual school-based treatment targeting...

This study examines the development and learning of 684 Tanzanian children starting school, averaging 7 years of age. A primary goal was to evaluate the psychometric properties of a globally-informed measure of school readiness. Using multiple measures including newly-developed direct assessment, and teacher and parent reports of child development, we hypothesized that children's development and learning would demonstrate expected constructs of academic and social/emotional skills and...

In 2007, South Africa (SA) launched a field epidemiology training program (SAFETP) to enhance its capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to public health threats through training in field epidemiology. The SAFETP began as a collaboration between the SA National Department of Health (NDOH), National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), and the University of Pretoria (UP), with technical and financial support from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 2010, the...

Summary In 2001 Algerian Governmental created Sport High School (HSA). Its main mission is education, training and development of young talents by providing all the conditions to serve their healthy sports path. Firstly, by intensifying their daily sports as school-based health education program designed to improve their physical status relates to their healthy lifestyle. Disclosed by evaluation tool design to detect their physical abilities as well as their longitudinal followings. Used in...

Modern, quality education for health sciences is vital in developing and strengthening the health systems of countries in southern Africa. Medicine, pharmacy, and other disciplines in the region typically admit high school graduates who tend to undertake a science foundation in the first years of study. We report a new resource for improving the organic chemistry training of first year health science students at the University of Namibia. Short prelab videos were produced and made available...

Thesis Submitted in Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Climatology in the School of Pure and Applied Science, Kenyatta University

A THESIS SUBMITTED TO SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILSOPHY IN SCIENCE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA

This article is the second in a series on the alleged links between climate change, drought and the onset of Syria’s civil war. In a previous article it was argued that there is little merit to the Syria-climate conflict thesis, including no clear evidence that drought-related migration contributed to civil war onset. Building on this earlier work, the present article investigates an issue which was not fully analysed in the previous one: the nature and causes of the pre-civil war agrarian...