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<h3>Objective</h3> The purpose of this study was to determine the current work distribution of health professionals from a public Ugandan medical school in a period of major donor funding for HIV programmes. We explore the hypothesis that programmes initiated under unprecedented health investments from the US President9s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief have possibly facilitated the drain of healthcare workers from the public-health system of countries like Uganda. <h3>Design</h3>...

Regular leisure activities obviously have their health benefits and effect on productivity and when adults do not have enough of leisure activities or rest, there are bound to be negative repercussions.University lecturers are expected to perform optimally, but there are mitigating circumstances like external stressors and inadequate provision of facilities that may lead to stress and, if not well managed, can affect the productivity level.This survey was conducted on Lecturers in Nigerian...

Decades of educational research has documented an achievement gap in kindergarten reading and math achievement between African American children and their European American counterparts. Research has also shown that specific parenting practices (e.g., home literacy involvement) have the potential to narrow school readiness gaps by at least half. The current study examined whether and how maternal depression and parenting stress may influence specific parenting practices, as well as whether...

Dennis William Ewer was Professor of Zoology during the formative years of tertiary education in Ghana and served as a distinguished academic in three African universities. In Ghana, he made an outstanding contribution to tropical biology and biology education. This historical account of one man’s attempt to improve the teaching of biology to African students is noteworthy for several reasons. He was an enormous influence for change in how and what biology was taught at both secondary and...

Charles Balagizi, Francois Darchambeau, Marcellin Kasereka , Steven Bouillon, Mathieu Yalire and Alberto V. Borges 1 Geochemistry and Environmental Department, Goma Volcano Observatory; Goma, D R Congo 2 Chemical Oceanography Unit, Universite de Liege, Liege, Belgium 3 Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium 4 Department of Environmental Sciences, Via Vivaldi 43, 81100 Caserta Italy

For some years it has been observed that many rice farmers in the Senegal River valley (SRV) no longer respect the recommendations of sowing periods established by AfricaRice in the early 1990s to reduce the risks due to extreme cold and hot temperatures. Moreover, some farmers seem to get very good yields sowing out of the recommended sowing windows. A collaborative AfricaRice-SAED-CIRAD study started in 2012 within both Agence National de la Recherche (ANR) Changement Environnementaux et...

The study was aimed at finding out the opinions of employers of labour on the roles of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) for sustainable development in Nigeria. The sample comprised of 84 indigenous and 72 multinational employers in the North-East Geopolitical Zone of Nigeria. The study was guided by two research questions and two null hypotheses. A duly validated 17- item 5 - point likert scale questionnaire was used for data collection. Data were analyzed using means and...

Teacher's behaviour is substantially influenced and even determined by teachers' thought processes.Several studies concerning effectiveness in physical education have analysed various topics such as student engagement, curriculum time allocation, teaching methods, teacher behaviour, and teacher perceptions.However, these investigations have not applied the classroom research findings identified by other researchers.Firstly, this study explains the implied thoughts of the explained Tunisian...

Background: In reference to the anthropological theory of teaching of Chevallard, teacher's knowledge proved by his actions and his words.Our research questions "implicit thoughts" as determinants of teaching practices of gymnastic teachers.Aims: This study includes a qualitative analysis which aims to identify first the teaching practices of Tunisian and French gymnastic university teachers (TFGUT) and check in a second time the relationship between teaching practices teachers and their...

This study was within the paradigm of practical epistemology.The purpose of this paper is to study teachers' conceptions about the impact of language interactions during the PE session at the French school in Tunisia and to examine their impact on the learning of students issued from diverse nationalities, and speaking different languages.Inscribed in the field of Language Didactic and Physical and Sports Activities Didactic, this study is based on assessment of teachers' conceptions of the...

A first step in any drought management system is to monitor the state and the evolution of the drought. This study addresses the problem of nonexistent operational drought monitoring systems and presents a new methodology for monitoring the evolution and severity of drought with the new, Combined Drought Index (CDI). It is based on the fact that drought is a natural phenomenon created by a combination of several factors, such as deficiency in rainfall amount, persistence of below average...

Entrepreneurship has been considered a significant factor for sustainable socioeconomic growth and development as it develops sustainable human capital, creates job opportunities, offers a variety of consumer goods and services, and increases national as well as social prosperity. There has been a tremendous rise in entrepreneurship education in the developing countries (including Botswana) through the institutional and organisational development which leads to the overall sustainable...

A 5-year mean seasonal analysis of mean storm height data and histograms from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Precipitation Radar (PR) have been used to study the storm structure of the major climatic regions in Africa and over the adjacent Atlantic ocean.The analysis was carried out in two ways.First, the mean storm height and histogram were analyzed for the entire continent bounded by 40˚N to 40˚S and 20˚W to 60˚E.Secondly, the analysis was carried out on sub-regional basis,...

The study is on teachers’ attitude and competency towards the use of ICT resources in their lectures.The population of the study were lecturers at the federal university of agriculture, Abeokuta. Questionnaire and observation were instruments used to gather data from the respondents. The findings revealed that majority of the lecturers have positive attitude and competency towards the use of ICT resources in their lectures, and the use of ICT in instruction enhance academic performance of...