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With the current problems of global warming and climate change, preservationists are applying green construction principles to depositories and archival facilities (Henry 2008:3; Kim 2008; Nsibirwa 2012:73). Collections stewards, architects and engineers face design challenges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and develop an adaptive response to climate trends (Henry 2008:3). A 2012 study by Nsibirwa (2012) of the preservation of, and access to, legal deposit materials found that climate...

Prof. Gregory Namusonge JKUAT, Kenya Prof. Elegwa Mukulu JKUAT, Kenya

This paper seeks to look at the education and qualifications of agricultural librarians and information personnel in Botswana’s five main agricultural information sectors. It will also look at their perception of their training by their institutions and by themselves. Whether these institutions see a need to equip them with new skills for them to compete well and provide valuable information for the country’s economic development. Do the institutions and the government perceive them as an...

iii Preface iv Plagiarism declaration v Acknowledgements vi Chapter One: Introduction 1.1. School choice in post-apartheid South Africa 1 Chapter Two: Conceptual Framework 2.1. Understanding school choice 4 2.2. International experience of school choice 6 2.3. How parents choose 7 2.4. Introduction of school choice in South Africa 10 2.5. Conclusion 14 Chapter Three: Background 3.1. Location of study 16 3.2. Umlazi’s educational market 17 3.3. Conclusion Chapter Four: Methodology 20 4.1....

This study investigated the teachers' understanding of the context of alternative methods to maintain discipline in South African schools. A narrative approach was use in conducting semi-structured interviews with 10 primary school teachers (females = 80%). Data were analysed using the voice-centred relational technique (Mauthner and Doucet, 2003). Results showed that teachers' understanding of student discipline to be influenced by own parental upbringing, knowledge of common disciplinary...

The study was conducted at Nyamilama secondary school in Kwimba District- Mwanza Tanzania. The main objective was to identify reasons for school dropout in community secondary schools. A purposeful sampling technique was used to sample the respondents. Well structured questionnaires were enumerated to ex-students and parents. Data from key informants (the school administration) were obtained through an interview checklist. Quantitative data was descriptively analyzed using a Statistical...

In 2009, while conducting a study on women and education in Ghana, what I found most compelling was the academic achievement – comparative grades — of female students from single-parent homes, who attended an under-resourced secondary school located in Ghana’s capital, Accra. I returned to Ghana in the fall of 2010 to research why these female students from disadvantaged backgrounds in Ghana were exhibiting such high levels of academic achievement relative to their more privileged...

The purpose of this survey was to study the impact of HIV/AIDS education on JHS pupils in Christ Church Anglican and St. Nicholas Anglican schools in Aboom Circuit of Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly. The sample was hundred (100) JHS two pupils. Descriptive research design was used to guide the study and a questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. The questionnaire was administered and responded to by one hundred (100) JHS two pupils. The data collected was cleaned, coded and...

The results of six trace metals in the three military training areas in Nigeria, within Kaduna metropolis, viz:- Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Nigeria Air Force Base, Kaduna and Nigeria Army Depot, Zaria were determined using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer. The level of lead, copper, chromium, zinc manganese and Nickel were assessed. The samples were collected in the month of September and the highest concentration of lead was found in Nigerian Air Force base shooting...

This study examined the effectiveness of Multiple Intelligences Teaching Approach in drug education of pupils in Enugu state of Nigeria. A programme of drug education based on the Multiple Intelligences Teaching Approach was developed. An experimental group was taught using this programme while a control group was taught using the same programme but developed based on the traditional teaching approach. The effects on the two groups were examined through testing. Pupils taught with the...

The cataclysmic consequences of climate change on the existence of man, the flora and fauna on earth have been burning in the hearts of scientist and policy makers all over the world. This study as one of the myriads of efforts being made to understand and provide solutions on the menace is tailored to identifying the trends in climate change and the effects on labour use efficiency in southeast Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was used to select a total of 312 cassava based food crop...

Objective: The study aims to determine the differences in maternal and perinatal outcomes between caesarean and vaginal deliveries and the factors affecting vaginal delivery in twin pregnancy. Materials and Methods: An observational study to audit twin pregnancies delivered at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital between 2002 and 2008. Clinical observations were entered into a questionnaire immediately after the delivery of the women and the mothers and their babies were followed up...

The entrepreneurship education is a relatively new phenomenon in Nigerian Universities .The objective of this paper is to examine the state and challenges of entrepreneurship education in Nigerian universities.  Secondary data, generated through document reading, were used for the analysis. Structural functionalism was adopted as a framework of analysis. It is discovered that though many Nigerian universities have embraced the entrepreneurship education, there is not yet any fundamental...

Objectives : To determine the Seroprevalence of Treponema pallidum in Donor blood at University of Benin Teaching Hospital Benin City. Materials and Method: This is a descriptive hospital based study. Donor blood supplied to the hospital blood bank was screened for syphilis. The study was conducted between February and October 2012. Syphilis antibody was tested using the rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test screening kit by Acumen diagnostics limited. Results: A total of 7,996 unit of blood was...

Quality improvement in educational institutions in Nigeria and the world at large is a major concern. Countries all over the world are therefore making concerted efforts towards the improvement of educational standards. One of the management techniques applied in most of these countries especially Japan, Britain and America is the Quality Control circles. Its application in Nigeria raises a lot of concerns. These concerns and issues bother on the structure, techniques; methods; and reactions...