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The objective of the study was to determine the influence of brand management practices, corporate image, and customer characteristics on customer satisfaction among university students in Kenya. The study was founded on three theories namely: Customer based brand equity model, expectation confirmation theory and consumer utility theory. The study adopted descriptive research design, the target population comprised of students fromall 70 universities registered and accredited to operate in...

The need to include citizenship education in the school curriculum has been considered as significant for advancing democratic values, social justice, and human development. Debates on citizenship formation focus on various dimensions, such as human rights and global citizenship with limited focus on how “curriculum transposition” of citizenship education in teacher education has been undertaken. This paper argues that there is a need for citizenship education that advances democratic...

Adolescent pregnancy is the leading cause of maternal mortality among adolescents in developing countries. In order to reduce the unintended pregnancies and devastating consequences such as high maternal mortality, dropping out of school, diminished chances for gainful employment opportunities, and the possibility of experiencing numerous vulnerabilities to poverty, contraceptive use has to be prioritized as an intervention in health and education programs. This study examined the knowledge...

Smallholder farmers constitute a significant proportion of the world’s population that is vulnerable to climate variability. This is because they derive their livelihoods from agriculture, which heavily relies on rainfall as a source of moisture for crops production. Therefore, smallholder farmers are exposed to changes in rainfall patterns, temperature variation and extreme events such as floods and drought that could lead into disasters. Hence adaptation strategies are fundamental to...

Background: Eye care workers comprise of both clinical and non-clinical staff. For effective prevention of blindness and visual impairment the eye care health professionals must work in harmony. Also, the consumer of the eye care servicers must have good knowledge of these categories of workers to prevent financial loss, ocular morbidity from quackery and late hospital presentation. The main aim of this study is to assess the knowledge of students of school of optical dispensing technology,...

IntroductionThe fundamental aim of a learning institution is to provide quality education to its students.This is done by imparting knowledge, skills, attitudes and values.This can be attained through effective instructional leadership role performance by secondary schools' principals.According to Jones (2010), instructional leadership must reside with a team of leaders of which the principal serves as the leader of leaders.The Government of Kenya has thusentrusted school principals with the...

The University of Zambia, Faculty of Education admits students with disabilities including students with visual impairments. The students learn together with others without disabilities under the inclusive education policy and practice. This study established the perceptions of students with visual impairments towards their inclusion in the Faculty of Education at the University of Zambia. Eight (8) students with visual impairments were asked three main questions on how they perceived their...

Smallholder farmers in rural areas need access to institutional support for their effective responses to climate change and related challenges. Rural Local Institutions (RLIs) are very close to farmers and thus have the potential to deliver institutional support and enhance smallholder farmers’ adaptability to climate change and variability. This article responds to two important questions; one, what institutional support that smallholder farmers perceive as relevant in addressing their...

This paper explores teachers’ experiences of providing feedback to accounting learners in a selected rural school in South Africa. In terms of the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) for Accounting, assessment is viewed as an integral part of teaching and learning, with emphasis on continuous provision of feedback. Providing continuous feedback to learners in this manner influences the way in which the subject is taught and assessed. In this paper I adopted a qualitative case...

Social media is a technology, which came into existence out of curiosity for social interaction to connect people but has evolved to become an influential tool for teaching and learning globally. However, despite its usefulness and relevance to learning, the perception, Ease of Use (EoU), Perceived Usefulness (PU), Self-efficacy (Se), and intention to integrate social media into learning by postgraduate students have not been substantially established. Therefore the objectives of this study...

The importance of education in boosting the manpower of an economy cannot be overemphasized. This critical sector has been bastardized, relegated and put in a dust bin position through paltry figures usually allocated to it by the Federal Government of Nigeria. This paper presents a holistic trend of budgetary activities in Nigeria with a particular focus on the allocation to the Education sector using times series approach from 2009-2018. Two research questions were answered using secondary...

This study investigated the impact of lecturer-students relationship on students' academic performance at Benson Idahosa University, Benin City, Edo State.To guide the study, four research questions were raised and three hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 alpha level of significance.This study employed the expost-facto type of correlational research design.The population of the study consisted of all undergraduates in Benson Idahosa University, Benin City, Edo State.The sample of...

In the educational set up, knowledge and skills acquired are not the only pre-requisite for success, but also a combination with mental and attitudinal discipline.The study, therefore, was set out to examine the dilemma of indiscipline in Senior High Schools (SHS) and the role of parents and teachers in curbing it among students in the Bantama Sub-Metropolitan in the Kumasi District of Ghana.A total of 200 students and 40 teachers from three SHS in the sub-metropolis participated in the...

Poor student achievement in science is a global challenge. Sustainable Development Goals 3 and 4 targeting people’s well-being and quality education as well as previous studies linking physical exercises to improved student memory and increased concentration become relevant. This study, therefore, determined the impact of physical fitness activities on students’ Basic Science achievement. The study adopted pretest, posttest, control group quasi-experimental design. Participants included 125...

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 Methods and strategies traditionally used in teaching science have been described by several researchers as being unsatisfactory and ineffective over many years. Hence, this study examined the effect of Mercedes Model with Embedded Assessment Strategy and Technology on Biology students’ learning outcomes. A pretest-post-test control group, quasi experimental design was adopted for the study. Two purposively selected EDs were randomly assigned to experimental and control...