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The purpose of this paper was to examine the school environmental factors that affect the academic performance of Senior High financial accounting students in the Tamale Metropolis of Ghana. Twenty nine (29) teachers and two hundred and sixty (260) financial accounting students from the seven (7) senior high schools in the municipality were selected for the study. It was a descriptive study where questionnaire was used to collect the data. The study revealed that availability of residential...

Initial teacher education programs are continuously looking for ways to grow and evolve to meet the changing needs of pre-service teachers (PSTs) who will face a diverse student population when they begin their careers. This study examines a short-term, cross-cultural, service-learning immersion undertaken by 21 undergraduate PSTs to an internally displaced people’s (IDP) camp in Kenya for three weeks. The PSTs worked in the local school, a home for orphaned children, and in the IDP. The...

Climate change is a phenomenon that has the potential of affecting all natural and human systems and may be a threat to human development.This is particularly the case in developing countries.This paper is a theoretical article that uses secondary sources of data including weather events that occurred recently to appraise climate change and agriculture in Nigeria.The results have shown that human activities are largely responsible for climate change experienced in different parts of the...

This paper presents the findings of a study on the experiences of secondary school teachers on teaching pregnant learners in Limpopo Province. A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual design was used. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten purposively selected secondary school teachers. Data analysis yielded six themes, which are: (1) identification of pregnant learners; (2) continuation of pregnant learners' school career; (3) dilemmas related to school-attending...

Performance contracting has been acclaimed as an effective and promising means of improving the performance of public enterprises as well as government departments. The government of Kenya introduced performance contract signing in 2004. The aim of performance contracts was to improve resource utilization in public institutions among other objectives. This study sought to establish the perceptions of Kenyan tutors in selected Technical Institutes in Kenya about the impact of performance...

The purpose of this article is to argue, prove and demonstrate that Indian Music and Dance have a crucial role to play in the overall development of the Republic of Mauritius.Following intensive and extensive literature search, and field study, the author shows that cultural and economic values inherent in these art-forms, if soundly and systematically explored, identified and leveraged, have the potential to create and enhance human, cultural, artistic and social capitals through arts...

<p><strong>Background. </strong>Neuropsychological tests can successfully distinguish between healthy elderly persons and those with clinically significant cognitive impairment. </p><p><strong>Objectives. </strong>A battery of neuropsychological tests was evaluated for their discrimination validity of cognitive impairment in a group of elderly persons in Durban, South Africa. </p><p><strong>Method. </strong>A sample of 117...

Students leaving their home countries to study abroad is a global phenomenon. African students are not exception to this global practice. Many African students do migrate to Western countries to seek for higher education, a tradition that originated during the colonial rule in most parts of Africa. The colonial government did not promote development of higher education in many parts of the continent. Africa with its rapid population growth could not meet the demands of its higher education...

The Zimbabwe Water Forum provides a platform for Government and Development Partners to share international best practices in the water sector between Zimbabwe and other countries. The forum was formed through a partnership between the former Ministry of Water Resources Development and Management (now the Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate), the Multi-Donor Trust Fund and the World Bank and is hosted by the World Bank’s Zimbabwe Country Office and the Urban WSS Thematic Group. The...

The study examines the impacts of monitoring in the development of Universal Basic Education (UBE) in Nigeria.There is need for proper monitoring of funds disbursed to the State Universal Basic Education Boards as well as Local Government Education Authority for the success of UBE.Data were collected through in-depth interviews with 15 respondents ranging from school administrators, Parent Teachers Association, Nongovernmental organizations and Nigerian union of teachers. Secondary data...

Gender is a socio-economic variable which can be used to analyze vulnerability and adaptive capacity of people against climate change and variability in local communities in Africa. Due to climatic change and variability, achieving sustainability inagriculture with emphasis on satisfying basic human needs and improving people’s standard of living through enhancing food security and reducing poverty has been a challenge in Africa. This has been exacerbated by the fact that rapid increase in...

This discussion  explores the opportunities and challenges in enhancing  food production and security in the context of  climatic variability in Sub Saharan Africa. The promotion of sustainable use of plant and animal products with emphasis on satisfying basic human needs, improving people’s standard of living, enhancing food security and reducing poverty have taken a center stage in Sub Saharan Africa. However, the efforts in this direction  are being impacted negatively by climate change,...

In this feature, guest writer Kondwani Wella presents an overview of his PhD - a study which investigated the information experience of serodiscordant couples with HIV and AIDS in Malawi. In particular, for this article, he considers the information behaviour of people who need HIV- and AIDS-specific information and the role of the librarian in helping to deliver what is needed to support engagement in relevant learning. H.S.

The relevance of education to the existence and survival of nations cannot be over stressed as no nation can progress without its citizens being educated.However, to reap the benefits of education, stakeholders should be engaged in all education related matters, policy decisions inclusive. Education stakeholders comprise of all those interested in the welfare, success and progress of a school and its students including educators, parents, community members, elected officials, state...

Background: There is scarcity of data of the epidemiology of leukaemia in Arab countries including Yemen. Understanding patterns of leukaemia underpins epidemiology and can provide insight into disease etiology. The aim of this research is to determine the epidemiologic pattern of adult leukaemia in Yemen.Methods: The research is a descriptive cross-sectional study. We analyzed the data of 702 adult patients with leukaemia, who were newly diagnosed over a ten-year period between October 1999...

Background: Consumption of alcohol by secondary school students is a major public health concern globally, but its prevalence is not known in secondary schools in Port Harcourt.Objective: To determine the prevalence and factors associated with alcohol use among secondary school students in Port Harcourt.Methods: This was a cross sectional school based study conducted in Port Harcourt in March 2014.A 20 itemed structured, self -administered questionnaire was distributed to 1080 senior...

The incidence of cervical cancer in South Africa (SA) remains high, and the current screening programme has had limited success. New approaches to prevention and screening tactics are needed.To investigate acceptance of school-based human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, as well as the information provided, methods of obtaining consent and assent, and completion rates achieved.Information on cervical cancer and HPV vaccination was provided to 19 primary schools in Western Cape and Gauteng...

Levels of heavy metals (mercury, chromium, lead, cadmium and iron) in the water snail (Pilaovata) in the river nun downstream of Yenegoa Town, south-south Nigeria and other parameters (temperature, ph,turbidity, Total Dissolved Solids TDS, oil and grease) in the water column was investigated in an attempt to understand the impact of urbanization and poor waste management practices on downstream communities in non-oil impacted communities in the Niger delta of Nigeria. While mercury was very...

A key challenge in the twenty-first century is to enable economic growth and increase both environmentalquality and social inclusiveness, while mitigating and adapting to the impacts of climate change. The need for a transition to more sustainable consumption and production patterns is undeniable and sustainable economic growth must be placed at the heart of future development for all citizens. The South African private sector is under enormous pressure to remain globally competitive while...

What is now known as Nigeria consisted of two distinct geographical, cultural and educational divides in the course of state formation, migration and ethnic development. There existed before 1914, the Northern and Southern protectorates of Nigeria and the Colony of Lagos. The Northern protectorate was predominantly dominated by the Hausa, Fulani and Kanuri speaking people, who had for over a thousand years (700- 1914) been wrapped with Islamic religion, Koranic Education and Arabic Literacy,...