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This research was carried out to assess the extent of application of ICT to teaching and learning in Nigerian private universities. Four research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population used as the sample consisted of 8 private universities from the south south geopolitical zone, particularly from Delta and Edo States. A validated questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.96 was used for data collection. The...

This thesis focuses on using an e-intervention to challenge the stigma of intellectual disability in Kenya. Part one of the thesis is a systematic literature review examining the attitudes towards people with intellectual disabilities in Africa. The search strategies used to identify the relevant literature are specified. The 22 papers are presented according to the differences in attitudes among various groups including the general public, teachers and families. The findings are then...

The paper illustrates a project which is much smaller in scale compared to the large aid international programmes which aim to provide valuable benefits in terms of health, education and population well-being. Nevertheless, even small initiatives, like the one presented, can have significant positive impact on local development, because they can be replicated by the indigenous population and are sustainable. These projects are deeply embedded in the local context; they originate from...

Using e-learning technology is one key for developing sustainable education in urban and remote areas in Western Africa as it reduced the demands on students who are well integrated in their rural society to leave their homes for an expensive education. In this chapter we present Ownership-inspired Behavior-Driven Development (OIBBD), a development strategy designed for e-learning governance in remote areas in Africa to support sustainable education as part of the agenda 2030 and the...

There is a growing recognition of the sexual and reproductive rights of people with disabilities, and since the World Health Organisation's World Report on Disability, increased international attention has been given to these issues. Past research, however, suggests that this group encounter barriers to sexual and reproductive rights, which are both physical and attitudinal. Against this backdrop, this article employs a sequential mixed qualitative methodology to explore the practical and...

Metabolic syndrome refers to a cluster of interrelated disorders which occur together causing an increase in the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The university population is an understudied group despite the increase in the frequency of related disorders and metabolic risk factors e.g. obesity and diabetes, majorly due to the assumption that they are in their most active phase of life therefore healthy. This study looked at metabolic syndrome, the sedentary lifestyles...

The role of parents in helping their children to face the adolescence challenges and specifically the challenge of drug abuse cannot be underestimated; however, the extent to which parenting styles predetermine secondary school students’ involvement in drugs is not well understood. This study investigated parenting styles, as predictors of drug abuse among public secondary school students in Embu County, Kenya. A population of 8820 (4886 girls and 3934 boys) form two and three students...

This research, realized within the public education institutions, is interested in the implications of the intrinsic motivation, in the meaning of the self-determination theory of Déci and Ryan (1985), on a rough satisfaction on work and an affective organizational commitment which constitutes determining factors for the retention of the employees.Multiple linear regression analyses show that the intrinsic motivation presents significant linear associations with respect to emotional...

This article examines the implementation of fish farming as an innovative and economic strategy for promoting food security and dietary diversities among vulnerable households in drought risk areas of Zimbabwe. The declining climatic conditions and lack of economic opportunities in Mwenezi district of Zimbabwe attracted the attention of three nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) to implement fish farming as an innovative mechanism to stimulate food security and generate employment in the...

Epidemiological data on childhood disability are lacking in Low and Middle Income countries (LMICs) such as Malawi, hampering effective service planning and advocacy. The Key Informant Method (KIM) is an innovative, cost-effective method for generating population data on the prevalence and causes of impairment in children. The aim of this study was to use the Key Informant Method to estimate the prevalence of moderate/severe, hearing, vision and physical impairments, intellectual impairments...

This study provides a situation analysis of enrolment and graduation rates between female and male students in public and private higher learning institutions in Rwanda.The study tracked graduation rates of female and male students for nine years (2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013) from 6 colleges of the University of Rwanda and 7 private Universities.For triangulation purposes, the study utilized a mixed method approach.Findings reveal that the number of male...

In northern Algeria, large earthquakes occurred in the past as the El Asnam earthquake of October 10th, 1980 (Ms:7.3), one of the strongest event ever recorded in the western Mediterranean region. There were located mostly in the Tellian Atlas, some of them off the coastline as the Algiers (1365), Oran (1790), Djidjelli (1856) earthquakes or the last Boumerdes earthquake (2003). On land, no strong earthquakes have been recorded in the High plateaus or along the Saharan Atlas. From a...

Disability, CBR and Inclusive Development aims to enhance knowledge in the field of disability and inclusive development, addressing the needs of practitioners, policy makers, DPOs and the scientific community.

The implementation of character education has become an important issue in the world since the impact of its implementation is significant. This study aimed at finding out the importance of the character education through observation of its implementation inUganda and Indonesia since both countries are categorized as developing countries. The data were taken through library research and interviewing the practicioners. The results showed that the implementation of character education has big...

The Egyptian school education systems is currently in a miserable state and facing some problems. To overcome the problems, there is a suggestion towards the development and implementation of mobile learning (m-Learning) as a new learning tool in the education system. The aim of this paper is to investigate the Egyptian students’ perception towards m-learning as a new learning tool and its benefits through a survey of 120 students from a public preparatory school in Egypt. Data was gathered...

Abstract The objective of the study was to establish the impact of Teachers Performance Appraisal(TPA) policy on effectiveness in curriculum evaluation in public secondary schools in Kenya. The study employed a Correlational research design. Additionally, the study used Stratified random sampling technique to select 179 Principals and 179 Deputy Principals. Consequently, the study used questionnaires to collect data from the Principals and Deputy Principals. The study also tested reliability...