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The occupational health and safety (OHS) training will facilitate nurses’ understanding of the connection between workplace factors and their injuries and illnesses. Nursing training must keep up with the rapidly changing medical landscape to support the competences of nurses in the areas of critical thinking, problem solving and creativity. Promotion of OHS system through integration of active learning approaches of occupational training into the hospitals' overall training program at...

Nauta, Wiebe.2014.Korean assistance in the field of technical and vocational education and training in Rwanda,Report,Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FASoS) Maastricht University,20

Aim: This survey was designed to first – collect information on the oral self‑care practices and self‑assessment of their dental condition among the dental students and second, to provide a recommendation (if required) to improve their oral health behavior. Materials and Methods: The study design was a cross‑sectional survey using a self‑administered, structured, and close‑ended 25‑item questionnaire. Ninety‑five students completed the study. For the purpose of analysis, the data were...

The research study explored the issues, realities and challenges regarding the provision of special needs education in Zimbabwe.Specific constructs studied were parental involvement, the nature and scope of the curricula and the general strengths of specialist teachers.The study was qualitative in nature though certain aspects of quantitative research were used such as the questionnaire and descriptive statistics.Respondents were drawn from 8 of the 10 provinces in Zimbabwe.They included 65...

This study aimed at providing answers to two key questions: 1) Which subjects are most preferred by students in secondary schools?2) What are the reasons behind the students' interest, or lack thereof, in particular subjects?The study employed qualitative methodology using a multiple case study holistic design.The students in the studied schools served as the unit of analysis.The study involved a sample of 18 secondary schools that were purposefully selected.Data were collected using focus...

This study endeavored to highlight the experiences of the first batch of e-learners under Tele-Education program the courses of which started in September 2009 at former Kigali Institute of Education (KIE). The researcher adopted a descriptive research design whereby recorded views were analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively. In order to attain its objectives, the researcher identified and investigated 17 graduates from the program using structured interview and focus group...

This study intended to investigate into the extent to which computers and Internet that are being availed to schools in Rwanda can be used to enhance teachers’ ICT competency and continuous professional development. In order to attain this ultimate aim, researchers undertook a Problem Solving and Theory Testing Research Design. Such a design enabled researchers to demonstrate how teachers can use computers and Internet resources to address the problems of lack of textbooks, access to updated...

The gist of this paper is to assess the provision and usage of computer and internet facilities at the college of education of the University of Rwanda.The study had three fold objectives: i) determine the level of provision of computer and internet facilities, ii) determine the level of satisfaction in the usage of computer and internet facilities by students and lecturers, iii) highlight the challenges in the use of computer and internet and devise remedial measures.The study was based on...

This paper discusses the prevalence and consequences of bullying at a remote rural secondary school in South Africa. Premised on the qualitative research approach, the study used the case study design to select one school for study. An open ended questionnaire containing questions which sought qualitative narrative responses was completed anonymously by a sample of 31 grade 11 and 12 learners who had anonymously indicated that they had been bullied while at school. For data analysis, common...

The study aims to establish the link between poverty and access to education in different regions of Cameroon. The target is to demonstrate, from the ECAM III Census data of 2007, the influence of monetary and non-monetary variables on access to primary and secondary education according to the sex of children, on the one hand, and the sociodemographic characteristics of the households, on the other. The main results show that the influence of monetary and non-monetary variables on access to...

Technical and vocational education has been looked upon as a catalyst of economic development and social transformation (Republic of Kenya, 1965). It should supply artisan, crafts, technicians required for industrialization of a nation. The training in TIVET need to ensure that there is adequate supply of properly trained human resource to enable industries to perform in line with vision 2030 of acquiring a suitable economic growth (MoEST, 2007).However, parents and employers and other...

This paper presents the findings on teachers’ attitudes towards the use of ICT as a pedagogical tool in secondary schools in Tanzania. Within this broad aim, the paper provides a better understanding of ICT as a pedagogical tool. The development of this study was influenced by various concerns of educational stakeholders about the level of teachers’ competence on the use of ICT as a pedagogical tool. The data collection methods involved questionnaire and interview. A total of 80 teachers,...

Correlational research design was adopted to examine the extent to which psychosocial factors predicted  creativity among secondary school students in Saki, Oyo State, Nigeria. Six hundred and seventy-seven  respondents (female=312; male=365) whose age ranged from 12 to 22 with mean age of 5.17 drawn using multistage sampling technique participated in the study. Three research questions guilded the study. Data collected using Animashaun (2007) was analyzed with Pearson Product Moment...

Student data management in schools seems to be ignored by educational planners in developing countries and needs to be addressed if effective planning is to be attained and the goal of quality education realized. Studies have revealed that educators fear data, and have poor record keeping cultures in institutions of learning which may account greatly to the inability of school principals to plan and administer schools without embarrassment from time to time. There is evidence from existing...

An earthquake of magnitude Ml = 3.04 was detected on the 19 of March 2005 at 11:49:18.31(local time) by seven broadband seismometers located around Cameroon (Central Africa).Its epicenter has been relocated and found to be in Monatele (Cameroon) with latitude 4˚26.34' and longitude 10˚59.62'.The fault-plane solution calculated using double couple fault-plane solutions based on P-wave polarity readings, also taking into consideration the dextral nature of the Sanaga Fault (SF) underlying this...