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The youth constitute a significant demographic group with peculiar developmental and reproductive health needs. They encounter challenges such as limited access to proper health information needed for informed life choices and this makes them vulnerable to risky behaviour that threatens their proper development and well-being. This survey sought to find out the current and the preferred sources of information for the youth about family life health education (FLHE). It also sought to...

Background: The growth in Internet use has dramatically altered the lives of millions of people around the globe, and it plays a fundamental role in meeting the information and communication needs of learners. The usage of the Internet is a crucial tool for educational progression. Learners use the Internet for various purposes such as social, entertainment and educational activities. Objectives: To investigate the perceived usefulness of the extent of Internet use by Grade 11 learners from...

It is the desire of all stakeholders in education that teachers and students achieve good results.  However, in Ugenya Sub-County, the mean score for History and Government had declined in between the years 2014 and 2018. This trend implied that there were challenges with curriculum implementation which needed to be established with an intention of reversing the downward trend of the mean score in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE examinations). The purpose of this study was...

Smallholder families in Papua New Guinea (PNG) feed the nation and produce income-generating cash crops such as coffee and cocoa. However, agricultural extension has not yet effectively reached many farming families in the country, and many families still work with semi-subsistence practices. As a result, the majority of farming families have insecure livelihoods, with many living below the poverty line. This chapter explores a collaborative research for development project that sought to...

This article focuses on the study of the link between human resources management (HRM) practices related to continuous training and the three-dimensional organizational involvement of employees of private companies in Morocco. The research results show, on the one hand, that continuous training is a lever of affective organizational involvement and, on the other hand, an absence of correlation with normative involvement and calculated involvement.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the current experiences of deaf children in upper primary, secondary and preparatory schools in Gondar City Administration, Ethiopia. A phenomenological study design with qualitative inquiry approach was used. The main tool used for the study was a semi-structured interview guide, which was developed out of comprehensive review of literature for data collection. Out of the thirty deaf children in the study (26 children from grades 5 to 8 and four...

The perception of students regarding a distance education programme has implications for the quality of training because it influences their motivation and commitment to learning, helps to inform course design practices and to develop faculty trainer development programs. This paper explores students’ perceptions about an Open, Distance and e-Learning (ODeL) programme at Kyambogo University-Uganda. A total of one hundred and fifty students were purposively and randomly selected to...

The study was conducted in teacher education colleges of Tigrai with a prime objective of assessing factors that affect the academic achievement of female trainees.Quantitative and qualitative data was collected from participants using primary and secondary data sources.Questionnaire, key informant interview and document analysis were used as data collection instruments.Primary data was collected from female trainees, female instructors, management bodies, student council and gender office...

The purpose of this research article was to explore co-curricular activities and its contributions for psychosocial skill development of students in upper primary schools of sinana Woreda, Bale zone, Oromia.Pragmatic research paradigm that require mixed research approach more specifically a quantitative dominateconcurrent triangulation research design was used to assess co-curricular activities and its contributions for psychosocial skill development of students in upper primary schools of...

This study identified mathematics anxiety and its effects on students’in performance in Mathematics among Senior School Students in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The sample consisted of 238 SSSII students and 25 math-teachers that were randomly and purposively selected respectively. A questionnaire adapted from the Fennema-Sherman Mathematics Attitudes Scale (FSMAS) was used for the study. Descriptive statistics was used to answer the research questions while t-test was used to test the hypotheses....

Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural SeriesVolume 56, Issue 11 p. 22532A-22532A Social and Cultural Education – Mauritania First published: 15 December 2019 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-825X.2019.09199.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I...

The study assessed selected university stakeholders' views and perceptions regarding the curriculum being offered at one public university in Zimbabwe and its alignment towards socio-economic needs.The study also sought ways of how entrepreneurship could be effectively infused into the university curriculum to address the challenge of unemployment.A qualitative case study involving thirty purposively selected participants was adopted.Participants included university administrators,...

In the midst of abundant human and natural resources, Nigeria continues to be beleaguered with persistent unemployment, low productivity and poverty.Key sectors of Nigeria's economy which are expected to drive growth, such as infrastructure, retail and manufacturing services require services of personnel with post-basic and technical and vocational skills, but these skills are being produced in small numbers and with poor quality.The country has a vibrant and economically viable youth...

Africa is plagued with persistent low competitiveness ranking at the lower rungs of the Global value Chain ladder in spite of the abundant resources the continent is endowed with.The demographic composition coupled with enormous resources of the continent are expected to be core drivers of comparative advantage in the quest for development, but these have not been properly harnessed.Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is believed to be pivotal to achieving targeted...

The study employed the qualitative approach which followed the exploratory research design to explore the measures to to curb drug abuse.The exploratory research allowed the researches to conduct focused group discussion with 20 primary school learners and in-depth interview with nine teachers and one head teacher from one primary school to explore their general attitudes, views, opinions, feelings and understanding of measures to curb drug abuse.Data was presented and analysed using the...

This paper reviews peer mentoring in Kenya which enables new students to be provided orientation by more senior peers.Peer mentors serve as their mentees thus make the transition to secondary schools smooth.Peer mentoring is an educational model that builds on peer support and mentoring to assist young learners to enhance social relationships, develop cognitive skills, and promote positive identity development in schools and instill discipline which this paper explores.It adopted Albert...

Pupils in puberty face several challenges that affect their academic achievement.Academic achievement of pupils is also affected as boys and girls in puberty perform dismally.Puberty is a developmental stage for a human being characterized by increased changes in bodies of the young people.The body changes are manifested in emotional, physical and attitude changes that affect their academic performance.During the onset of this period, many young people attending school become affected posing...

This study aims at recognizing the role of the teachers of the secondary stage of education in the schools' of the West Bank in raising the awareness of students about the phenomenon of intellectual extremism from the point of view of students.The study population comprises the students of the governmental schools in the Northern region of the West Bank in the academic year (2019)(2020).The representative sample of the study consists of (382) female and male students from the governmental...