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There is consensus among stakeholders in Cameroon on the need to develop and strengthen human resource capacity for nutrition. This study was conducted to provide a comprehensive mapping of the current capacity for tertiary-level human nutrition training in Cameroon.Participating institutions included university-level institutions offering dedicated nutrition degree programs or other programs in which nutrition courses were taught. A semi-structured questionnaire administered during...

This paper examines students’ food perspectives in three rapidly diversifying contemporary contexts: a university setting in Kigali, Rwanda where students help to prepare Chinese dumplings; a school garden and canteen in Nairobi, Kenya where students jostle for bowls of beans and rice; and a fast-food restaurant in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where wealthy students sometimes eat. In interpreting these settings, the paper contrasts students’ food perspectives with the work conducted in these...

This paper evaluates effectiveness of lower secondary schools in Uganda with specific focus on how school leadership and management practices impact on students’ achievement. The study used both quantitative and qualitative approaches considering teachers and students as units of analyses. Results indicate that school success is associated with effective instructional leadership, teacher involvement in decision making and policy implementation, teaching and learning in safe as well as...

<p>There has been widespread concern about the provision of quality education (QE) for all learners in all contexts, but research evidence to inform this debate is quite divergent and in most of cases the question about achieving this desire seems to be full of myths. This paper examines a selection of embedded myths about QE in Tanzanian education sector. The paper specifically aims at identifying the myths, their effects in education practice, and the appropriate ways to address...

After the Nigerian Civil War in 1970, the federal government took over schools founded by religious groups because education was thought to be a huge government venture and no longer a private enterprise. Prior to this time, Nigerian leaders benefitted from the free education offered by missionaries, which became the bedrock for Nigerian nationalism and independence. Most people argue that the sudden takeover of the schools by the government brought about the collapse of education that was...

Degree of Master of Science by research only: A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. Signed on September 10, 2015 in Johannesburg

In recent decades, the Middle East and North Africa region achieved substantial improvement in women's education, but without a commensurate increase in women's participation in the labor market. Using primary household survey data collected in 2008 in Amman, Cairo, and Sana'a, this chapter empirically investigates whether education acts as a vehicle for labor market participation among urban women. As a baseline, we investigate the determinants of female labor force participation by means...

Drawing on discursive psychology this article examines the understandings teachers and principals in Danish Public Schools have regarding Somali diaspora parenting practices. Furthermore, the article investigates what these understandings mean in interaction with children in the classrooms and with parents in home–school communication. It is argued that in a society with increased focus on parental responsibility the teachers and principals draw on a deficit logic when dealing with Somali...

GWP and four of its partner institutions are organising a joint training on International Water Law (IWL) in Africa. The training will take place in Kampala, Uganda, 5-12 June 2016. It is open for up to 40 participants, and funding is available for 30 African-based participants. The aim of the training is to improve transboundary water management in Africa. The partners behind the training, apart from GWP, are the University of Dundee (UK), Makerere University (Uganda), the (...)

This study compares the private returns to education in Palestine and Turkey over the period 2004-2008. Alhough educational enrollment ratios are similar in both countries, the labor force participation of women is much lower in Palestine: such structural differences are likely to affect labor market outcomes especially along gender lines. In both countries, the results show high returns to an additional year of education at the two-year tertiary and the university levels. The returns to...

Donor aid has over the years turned out to be a very decisive development component for most developing nations, but aid is often criticized for ineffectiveness. This article seeks to share perspectives on the relevance of direct project or program support and the need to refrain from homogeneity in aid research by assessing the contribution of the Government of Ghana/European Union (GoG/EU) Micro-Projects Programme in the Nadowli District of Ghana from 1997–2009. The findings acknowledge...

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate students’ learning style preferences among planning students in Nigeria. This is to probe whether the students meet the objectives of the department in achieving overall university philosophy. Methods/ Statistical Analysis: Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory (KLSI) as effective tool in understanding students’ learning styles was used to assess students’ learning style. Questionnaire administered among 110, 72 and 84 students of planning department in...

Reporting adverse drug reactions (ADRs) is considered the essence of pharmacovigilance practice.Physician and nurse are among health care providers who extensively take part in reporting.However, underreporting is a malpractice worldwide.This study aimed to determine physicians and nurses' knowledge and perception toward pharmacovigilance in general, and consumer's related pharmacovigilance.Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Al-Gamhouria Teaching Hospital at Aden, Yemen.The...

How realistic is the international policy emphasis on schools ‘substituting for families’ of HIV/AIDS-affected children? We explore the ethic of care in Zimbabwean schools to highlight the poor fit between the western caring schools literature and daily realities of schools in different material and cultural contexts. Interviews and focus groups were conducted with 44 teachers and 55 community members, analysed in light of a companion study of HIV/AIDS-affected pupils’ own accounts of their...

'Home-grown' school feeding programmes are complex interventions with the potential to link the increased demand for school feeding goods and services to community-based stakeholders, including smallholder farmers and women's groups. There is limited rigorous evidence, however, that this is the case in practice. This evaluation will examine explicitly, and from a holistic perspective, the simultaneous impact of a national school meals programme on micronutrient status, alongside outcomes in...

Behavioural/emotional problems may be common in preschool children living in resource-poor settings, but assessment of these problems in preschool children from poor areas is challenging owing to lack of appropriate behavioural screening tools. The child behaviour checklist (CBCL) is widely known for its reliability in identifying behavioural/emotional problems in preschool children, but it has not been validated for use in sub-Saharan Africa.With permission from developers of CBCL, we...

Much current work on climate adaptation options vis-à-vis water management in rural sub-Saharan Africa has tended to focus more on technological and infrastructural alternatives and less on institutional alternatives. Yet, vulnerability to climate variability and change in these contexts is a function not just of biophysical outcomes but also of institutional factors that can vary significantly at relatively finer scales. This paper seeks to contribute towards closing this gap by examining...