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This article examines the trend of Information Science Education offered at various schools in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with a view to assessing the present status, appropriateness, and future possibilities vis-à-vis the global trend. Information Science education is largely offered at the graduate level in SSA. The level of information technology (IT) being offered in the curricula, and the laboratory and library facilities available have been examined. Analysis of the survey findings was...

This article examines the trend of Information Science Education offered at various schools in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with a view to assessing the present status, appropriateness, and future possibilities vis-à-vis the global trend. Information Science education is largely offered at the graduate level in SSA. The level of information technology (IT) being offered in the curricula, and the laboratory and library facilities available have been examined. Analysis of the survey findings was...

A detailed comparative study of Recent benthic foraminiferal populations was conducted at two bays (El-Mex and Miami) located along the Mediterranean coast of Alexandria, Egypt. Nine samples from each bay were studied and a total of 78 benthic foraminiferal species belonging to 19 families were identified. Porcellaneous forms were dominant, comprising 65% and 68% of the total population in El-Mex and Miami bays, respectively. El-Mex is one of the most metal-polluted areas along the...

For independent Africa education was to be the vehicle for national development, community improvement, and individual social mobility. Nearly everywhere schools mushroomed and enrollments increased. In much of Africa, that could not be sustained. Facilitates deteriorated, textbooks were not replaced, libraries had few books, laboratories had little equipment, and enrollment ratios stagnated or declined. Measures of education quality, of school efficiency, and of teacher and learner...

During the last 30 years the world's materials around us have changed from - steel, concrete and wood to new materials with their own chemistry, and they constitute a large part of the manufacturing industry and our imports. Emphasis is on polymers, advanced materials for the electronic and medical industries and novel ceramics, amongst others. Yet, a school leaver often doesn't know much, or anything, about steel, concrete or what a plastic bag is and how to recycle it. There is an urgent...

This article examines problems of multi‐faith RE in a predominantly Christian Zambian society that has also been officially declared a ‘Christian nation’. The article briefly discusses the nature of Zambian society and Zambian RE before focusing on some problems and tensions that have arisen in the field of RE since the country was declared a ‘Christian nation’. It ends with the view that since the constitution guarantees religious freedom and the non‐Christian religions are here to stay,...

Water bugs, Lethocerus niloticum (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae), were collected from polluted and unpolluted areas of Lake Mariut to study ultrastructural alterations of different organs as a response to mainly heavy metal water pollution in the lake. Malpighian tubules are described by light, scanning, and transmission electron microscopy. L. niloticum has four Malpighian tubules floating in the hemolymph. Each tubule opens separately into the hindgut, consisting of one type of epithelium...

In an older, British, African-Caribbean population with high prevalence rates of hypertension and diabetes mellitus, we ascertained clinical vascular disease (stroke or ischemic heart disease) and vascular risk (including hypertension, diabetes, and lipid profile) and investigated their associations with cognitive impairment.Cross-sectional community-based study.The sample was drawn from registration lists for seven primary care services in south London, United Kingdom.278 individuals, age...

Since 1994 policy documents and initiatives such as the NCHE document (NCHE Report 1996) , the White Paper (RSA DoE 1997) , the Higher Education Act 101 of 1997, the National and Institutional Planning Framework 1998, proposed not only regional co-operation between various higher and further education institutions but also the need for academic programme co-operation between institutions whether on a regional or interregional basis. The rationale behind this initiative is to encourage the...

Botswana has embraced the idea of universal provision of basic education to all of its young citizens on the basis of right. This has put a tremendous pressure on the education sector to improve access to schooling. As a result, over one hundred and fifty additional schools built during the period between 1985 and 1995 as part of this effort. However, studies conducted in the latter part of the 1980's and the National Commission on Education point out the fact that about 17% of school going...

Despite the many positive impacts of adult basic education, support for ABE programs (including from the World Bank) has been relatively modest over the last two decades. The reasons for this are the concerns about the content and relevance of many past programs and the degree to which the participants retained their new-won literacy skills. There were also questions about the cost-effectiveness of such programs. This study reviews these concerns, and assesses how successful the new...

There are numerous possible vectors of industrial lead poisoning in unprotected work environments and the areas surrounding industrial sites. In the Rabat-Salé region, ceramics is the industry which uses most lead. Galena (PbS) is used in the fabrication of some types of pottery, and other lead-based compounds are used as glaze. A second source of lead pollution is the production of some fuels, in which lead is used as an anti detonator. In order to evaluate the impact of lead contamination...

The research was undertaken to assess the relative learning effectiveness of two models of cooperative Learning - Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) and Jigsaw II in stimulating students attitude towards chemistry. Two hundred and fifty two Senior Secondary School II students divided into three groups were involved in the study and two hypotheses were generated for the study. Results revealed the efficacy of the STAD and Jigsaw II models over the conventional teaching method; based on...

Attempts to look at continuing education from the viewpoint of the library practitioner in Ghana. This is compared with the views of the library educator. It is found that although there were a few variations in their priorities, both groups agree that continuing education is important in professional development. Suggestions are made towards the improvement of continuing education in Ghana.