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The Covid-19 Pandemic impacted the world in an unprecedented manner, forcing billions of people into changing their lifestyles. One of the seriously impacted sectors was the education one, with school and university closures forcing educational institutions and millions of students to move to remote learning. Institutes of higher education in Egypt were forced to react to this problem. In this paper, the efforts of the national ICT committee in Egypt to assess the key lessons learned and the...

Lightning is responsible for both human and economic loss but its prediction remains challenging. We seek to find a lightning prediction model in South Africa that uses historical lightning-flash data only. This type of prediction model is cost-effective, easy to interpret and may be used for realtime forecasting. We evaluated and compared three popular time-series machine learning techniques on their ability to predict the number of Cloud-to-ground lightning flashes in South Africa for...

Under international law, the right to education should be available, accessible, acceptable, and adaptable—or comply with the four As. This right is provided for by the South African Constitution and numerous policies. Yet it remains illusory for thousands of South Africans. Against this backdrop, this article seeks to clarify indicators to monitor the implementation of this right. To this end, unpacking the South African jurisprudence on the right to basic education, it relies on the...

In this article we propose a platform for organizing online exams while minimizing the possibility of cheating by students. To do so, we have implemented a three-part algorithm to validate the exam topics, organize the mock exams and conduct the actual exam. The exams were offered in the form of Multiple Choice Questionnaires (MCQs) and Open Questions in a proportion of 75% and 25%. The tests should not exceed 1 hour and 30 minutes of composition. Control of the student's screen is achieved...

The Global Pertussis Initiative recommends diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP3) vaccination of infants aged < 1 year for all African countries, and recommends the vaccination of pregnant women as a primary prevention strategy. However, the role of older children and adults in the transmission of pertussis in Africa is not clear. A systematic search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, and BIOSIS was undertaken to identify studies published between 1 January 1990 and 17 June 2019, with information on pertussis...

Teacher job satisfaction is one of the critical determinants of the rate of progress in students learning outcomes. The teaching profession in Kenya has in the recent past experienced industrial disharmony by way of teachers’ strikes, which could be a pointer to dissatisfaction among teachers. Teacher dissatisfaction is typically rooted in failure by entities responsible for teacher management to meet teachers’ needs. Research-based evidence demonstrates that employees have different needs...

The study aims at assessing the agrobiodiversity and carbon stocks by the pine agroforests in the Sudano-Guinean zone of Cameroon. Five [Formula: see text][Formula: see text]m sampling transects were established in each chronosequence, it was undertaken to assess the growth characteristics and biomass. Estimates of stocks of carbon in aboveground biomass, belowground biomass (BGB), total biomass (TB) and CO 2 equivalent stock were incorporated in allometric equation based on nondestructive...

This study evaluated the shortage of professional science and environmental education teachers in Nigeria’s educational institutions. The study used descriptive research survey design. The population of the study comprised of all public primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The sample size comprised of 600 science and environmental education students respectively made up of 200 pupils, 200 secondary students, and 200 tertiary students, selected randomly from six...

This study aimed to examine the integration of instructional and transformational models of leadership in sustaining school improvement. The question of how the integration of instructional and transformational leadership in schools can influence learners' performance has received a significant amount of interest among researchers. Literature reviews have found two key approaches: educational and transformational leadership models to establish the most appropriate school leadership model....

The Virtual STEM project was carried out in two countries - Nigeria and Kenya by Co-creation Hub (CcHub) Africa's largest innovation institute. The Virtual STEM training program was aimed at providing support to train and educate in-service and pre-service teachers with the right skills, tools and teaching methodology while integrating the IBL approach to foster the continuous learning for their students while at home and in turn support teachers' development. The goal of this research is to...

Background: Sports injuries are a considerable problem among physical education teacher education (PETE) students. The prevalence of incidental injuries amongst physical education student teachers is relatively high and has shown to be the number one leading factor for barriers in the learning process of students. Despite this, little research has been done to assess incidental injuries among physical education teacher education students. Aim: The aim of this research study was to estimate...

Injuries are of public health concern and the leading cause of residual disability and death among teenagers, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In Ghana, the burden of injury among adolescents is under-reported. Hence, the study sought to determine the prevalence of serious injuries (SI) and the potential factors influencing these injuries among school children in Ghana.This study was conducted in Ghana among Junior High School (JHS) and senior high school students...

The study investigated teachers’ perception of the impact of instructional strategies on pupils with reading difficulties in selected districts in the Central Region of Ghana. A concurrent embedded mixed method design was used for this study. Proportionate stratified sampling procedure was used to select ninety-five (95) upper primary teachers for the study. The response rate was 100% representing 95 teachers. Data were collected using a questionnaire and interview schedules. Statistical...

This study focused on Yemeni EFL learners of second-year level, Department of English, College of Education/Saber, Aden University. Yemeni learners started to study English in class seven at the age of about 14, and this is a problem for Yemeni EFL learners. Besides, Yemeni EFL learners’ problems were inadequate syllabus and inappropriate teaching materials of English-speaking skills course. The researchers identified a problem existing in the classroom. The learners in this college faced...

Education services are meant for developing the cognitive capacities of all individuals, though this may vary with individuals given their variable genetic make-up. Early childhood education is one way in which children are developed for the future. This study sought to establish how early childhood education services were valued, made available and accessible to children in a developing country. Open-ended interviews and observations were the instruments used for data collection. Thematic...

Abstract Background Epidemiological data on musculoskeletal impairment (MSI) and related service and assistive product (AP) needs for displaced populations are lacking. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence, aetiology, and specific MSI diagnosis and the need for related services and APs among Syrian refugees living in Sultanbeyli, a district in Istanbul, Turkey. Methods A population-based survey used probability proportionate to size and compact segment sampling to select 80 clusters...