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The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 advocates the need for inclusive and equitable quality education, which will promote life-long learning opportunities for all. Globally, however, the demand for access to higher education exceeds the places which are available, resulting in many students who cannot obtain places in institutions and in their respective programmes of choice.A case study research method was utilized, using a private higher education institution (HEI), referred...

Aim of the Study: The study aimed at evaluation of awareness of Susceptibility to Human Papilloma Virus and Cervical Cancer Screening among Nurses at University of Benin Teaching Hospital.
 Research Design: Cross sectional descriptive survey design was used for the study.
 Study Place: The place of study is University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria.
 Duration of Study: Data was collected within four weeks in December 2016.
 Method of Data Collection: A...

The primary objective of this study is to examine the challenges facing the implementation of children’s rights to protection from physical punishment when schools administer discipline. The study, which was conducted in primary schools in a city in Southern Ethiopia, employed qualitative research involving interviews, observations and open-ended questionnaires. The findings indicate that children are exposed to various forms of physical punishments in schools. The challenges are mainly...

Assessment is an integral part of measuring effectiveness of teaching and learning processes. It basically focused on measuring the students’ progress in what they learned. Current study examined the relation between the students’ perceptions towards EFL teachers Classroom Assessment methods and their academic achievements. To this end, descriptive research design with qualitative and quantitative methods of data collections was employed. Data were collected from primary and secondary...

Climate change and anthropogenic activities are the main driving factors for changes in hydrological processes of a given watershed. This research was conducted to assess the relative contribution of climate change and human activities to streamflow change. The ensemble mean of five regional climate models (RCMs) in the coordinated regional climate downscaling experiment (CORDEX)-Africa was considered for the purpose of this study. Two emission scenarios, the Representative Concentration...

The main aim of the study was to evaluate classroom management experience of local language teachers at Ligaba Primary school in Wolaita Zone of Ethiopia. The participants of the study were purposively selected six students from grade-5 and six teachers who were teaching that grade. Two tools were used to gather data: questionnaire and interview. Both qualitative and quantitative data analysis methods were employed to obtain the results. The study clearly disclosed that there were gaps...

Aim: Students’ academic performance is an important criterion that is considered for career opportunity in academia and industry as such the onus is on students to perform well academically in order to stand a chance of holding their own in a competitive and saturated labour market. The fact however is that a number of factors within and outside the classroom combine to determine how well students perform academically. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the impact of factors such...

The study aims at determining the effectiveness of the services of the Disability Services Center (DSC) for blind students at the Islamic University in Gaza (IUG). This evaluative study was applied to all blind students enrolled in different IUG faculties. The study applied the comprehensive social survey methodology to 89 students enrolled in the Center during April-May 2018. The study found that the services that achieved a high level of effectiveness from the perspective of blind students...

Lee (2005) says participation usually means students speaking in classroom such as answering teacher’s questions or other students’ questions, asking questions to get the better explanation and clarification. As long as English language is very important in Ethiopian high school students’ academic performance, due consideration should be given to female students in target subject matter. A number of female students in high school of target research area were very low compared with male...

This research reports a case study of English majoring student-teachers’ oral communication difficulties at Arba Minch College of Teacher Education during their fourth round teaching practice. The overall aim of the study was to investigate the difficulties that English majoring student-teachers face in their oral communication in the teaching of English during their final teaching practice. To do this, the study employed qualitative and quantitative methods. Interview, questionnaire,...

In recent times, the Northeastern region of Nigeria has engulfed into pocket of insecurity and political conflict. The insecurity ranges from bomb blast, kidnapping, rapping, to other related crimes including insurgency by Boko Haram elements. This has affected the economic ability and socio-political capability of the region to a miximum level. The development prompted the government to put more efforts and different palliatives measures in order to restore back hopes, peace, confidence,...

The study was carried out to determine the influence of school environment and technology application on quality of teaching and learning Library and Information Science in South-south Nigeria. Two research questions were answered and two hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The population for study was 64 Library and Information Science Lecturers from four public universities in South-South Nigeria. Due to manageable size of the population, the entire 64 lecturers were...

The current study examines gaps between climate change and rapid urbanisation sub-Saharan Africa. Through a combined analysis of remotely sensed and meteorological data, the study revealed the extent of urban microclimate change trends within a few decades. Thus, upward changes in microclimate – temperature of nearly 2°C was witnessed in 2018 (27.7°C) against 25.9°C of 1980s. Whereas, the city expanded from 39.2 km2 in 1986 to 256 km2 in 2018. These changes witnessed in urban form and...

The importance of information literacy in educational development cannot be over-estimated. The information literacy program's mission is to support, promote and enhance teaching, learning and research in universities. This work studies information literacy as an agent of change in Nigerian University education. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. Four research questions guided the study. The total population from which sample was drawn is 3000 student library users of...

Review: The 8th International Conference of the Popular Education Network (PEN) Goedgedacht, Riebeek Kasteel, South Africa 26th-29th June 2018

The aim of the study was to assess the satisfaction of patients about the services provided at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH) in the Gambia. A cross-sectional study design was used to evaluate how the patients view the healthcare services provided at the EFSTH. The main research question is “what is the satisfaction level of patients about the services provided at the EFSTH”. The SERVQUAL tool was used to collect data from a sample of 250 patients receiving care at the...

In this study, we aimed to identify factors associated with severe food insecurity and work impairment in people with severe mental disorders (SMD) in a rural African setting, with a view to identifying potential areas for intervention. A community-based, cross-sectional survey was conducted in Sodo district, south central Ethiopia. Key informant-identified people with possible SMD were referred for assessment by trained primary care workers and received confirmatory psychiatric diagnoses...