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In 1997 the government of Uganda introduced the policy of Universal Primary Education -UPE whose aim was to improve on school enrolment.Equal opportunity and access to education is a central theme in the political agenda of government of Uganda, indeed universal access to primary education is MDG Goal II, which governments world over are striving to achieve.Research has not established whether inequalities in access to education still exist a decade after UPE was introduced in the...

The aim of the study was to find out the effects of community participation on access to quality secondary education and post-ordinary level education in Tanzania with specific reference to community secondary schools in Bukoba Municipal Council. The study employed both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The survey design, particularly the cross-sectional design was used. The instruments that were used to collect data included questionnaires, interview and documentary review. The...

This paper examines the influence of teachers' attitudes, among other challenges, on the teaching and learning of History and Government in secondary schools based on a study in Wareng District in the North Rift of Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive design, using a population that comprised History and Government teachers of selected secondary schools in the region. Simple and stratified random sampling techniques were used to select a sample of 120 respondents. Questionnaires, interview...

The Zimbabwean government through its different arms has enacted different policies in response to the United Nations initiatives to close the gender gap in social institutions. The question to be asked now is whether teacher education is doing enough in Zimbabwe to prepare teachers to be gender justice and gender equity agents in the education system into which they are going. Are they prepared enough to be agents of social transformation which they should be? This paper argues that...

It is no longer news that the standard of education in the third world countries is fast falling. Nigeria is not an exception. This may not be unconnected with hu man factors, infrastructural decay and government lackadaisical attitude in tackling the problems in the education sector. Many universities especially the recently established ones can boast of very view experienced lecturers. The economic crisis in the country coupled with poor remuneration for teachers has contributed in no...

Within the last five years, governments and education authorities worldwide have developed and implemented approaches to facilitate access to a wide range of quality digital resources and reduce the costs of production. This chapter reports on a study which invited school teachers and university academics in Egypt, as a developing and Arabic-speaking country, to cooperate in establishing a learning object repository to store, locate, and share quality learning objects for class teaching and...

The study was aimed at finding out the opinions of employers of labour on the roles of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) for sustainable development in Nigeria.The sample comprised of 84 indigenous and 72 multinational employers in the North-East Geopolitical Zone of Nigeria.The study was guided by two research questions and two null hypotheses.A duly validated 17-item 5point likert scale questionnaire was used for data collection.Data were analyzed using means and standard...

The study was an analysis of the Effect of climate change on arable crop farmers’ productivity in ibarapa central local government of Oyo state, Nigeria.  Primary data were collected using structured interview guide, administered on 100 arable crop farmers using multistage sampling technique. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency and percentage) and inferential (partial correlation) statistical tools. The result showed that the mean age was 47.6years while 97%...

To determine the prevalence of RHD among primary school pupils in Egor Local Government Area (LGA) of Edo State of Nigeria.A cross sectional studyThe study was carried out among selected primary pupils in three public and six private schools in Egor LGA, (the smallest governmental unit) in mid-Western Nigeria.Using a multistage sampling technique, pupils were selected from public and private primary schools in Egor LGA. They were clinically screened for evidence of RHD by auscultating for...

Studies from Nigeria have documented different reasons for tooth mortality and regular follow-up studies to determine any changes in reasons and pattern among Nigerians appears not to be common. The purpose of this study was to determine the reasons and pattern of tooth mortality among Nigerians and the changes that might have occurred after 38 years of the first report.The case records of patients seen at the Oral Surgery clinic of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital between March...

Due to its geographical position and climatic characteristics, Algeria is highly vulnerable to climate change. Even a small rise in temperature would lead to various socio-economic problems that hinder the development of the country. The models predict that rainfall events are less frequent but more intense, while droughts are more common and longer. The spatial and temporal distribution of rainfall will also change. The analysis of climate data from 1931 to 1990 in northern Algeria reveals...

Due to its geographical position and climatic characteristics, Algeria is highly vulnerable to climate change. Even a small rise in temperature would lead to various socio-economic problems that hinder the development of the country. The models predict that rainfall events are less frequent but more intense, while droughts are more common and longer. The spatial and temporal distribution of rainfall will also change. The analysis of climate data from 1931 to 1990 in northern Algeria reveals...

Due to its geographical position and climatic characteristics, Algeria is highly vulnerable to climate change. Even a small rise in temperature would lead to various socio-economic problems that hinder the development of the country. The models predict that rainfall events are less frequent but more intense, while droughts are more common and longer. The spatial and temporal distribution of rainfall will also change. The analysis of climate data from 1931 to 1990 in northern Algeria reveals...

Due to its geographical position and climatic characteristics, Algeria is highly vulnerable to climate change. Even a small rise in temperature would lead to various socio-economic problems that hinder the development of the country. The models predict that rainfall events are less frequent but more intense, while droughts are more common and longer. The spatial and temporal distribution of rainfall will also change. The analysis of climate data from 1931 to 1990 in northern Algeria reveals...

Due to its geographical position and climatic characteristics, Algeria is highly vulnerable to climate change. Even a small rise in temperature would lead to various socio-economic problems that hinder the development of the country. The models predict that rainfall events are less frequent but more intense, while droughts are more common and longer. The spatial and temporal distribution of rainfall will also change. The analysis of climate data from 1931 to 1990 in northern Algeria reveals...

During speech production, intervening psychological, sociolinguistic and pedagogical factors interfere in the process and cause the EFL teaching/learning process of speaking to be a highly demanding undertaking for both teachers and learners.Previous research has investigated some of these factors and pointed out agents that may affect students' oral performance such as automaticity and feedback.Correspondingly and basing on empirical research, the present article reflects on teachers'...

Climate change is one of the most serious environmental and human threats undermining the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and it has emerged as a major challenge to development in the 21st century. Over the course of the 21st century, climate change has made significant impact on the economy, society and environment of Nigeria, but the political response to this phenomenon is 'mere rhetoric.' (Booth 2004) This paper identifies fundamental issues about climate change...

The paper assesses the Ugandan policy on science education and its implications for girls’ access to higher education. The rationale behind this policy was to build capacity in the field of science in Uganda. Consequently, science subjects were made compulsory in schools, and 75% of the Government scholarships to public universities made science based. We demonstrate that this has created a “glass ceiling”: it has put girls at a disadvantage by reinstating the former status quo, where access...