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The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of institutions of higher learning towards youth entrepreneurship development in South Africa. The study adopted a quantitative research methodology. A sample of 150 university business students was considered. A convenience sampling technique was used to draw the participants. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data in a survey. Descriptive statistics was used to analyse data. Reliability was measured using the...

This chapter discusses the social inequalities in school choice and the racial disparities of college access. Utilizing the theories of social capital and social inclusion, the author provides a conceptual framework for developing a college-going school culture in charter schools. Through this lens, the author considers that the level of school support needs to be equitable to the varying stages of self-efficacy, academic behaviors, and post-secondary aspirations that students enter school...

This article aims to investigate the impact of social media strategies on student satisfaction at Egyptian universities. The research employed four social media strategies (the Predictive Practitioner, Creative Experimenter, Social Media Champion and Social Media Transformer). A survey was posted to students Facebook groups in different universities. 530 students from the universities of Alexandria, Tanta Damanhour, Kafrelsheikh, Damietta, and Suez responded to the survey. It was noted that...

Educational psychology professionals working in highly unequal societies require training that prepares them to resile professionally irrespective of on-going hardship and a lack of policy-level support. Educational psychology professionals who had participated in a school-based intervention study in a remote high school during their training at university-level were sampled to generate retrospective data on their work engagement experiences during the school-based training. A third of the...

BACKGROUND: Anatomy is the branch of medical science that deals with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. It has encroached into so many disciplines and thus its relevance to career choice. This research work is aimed at assessing the perceptions of anatomy as a career choice among students studying human anatomy in Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Simple random sampling technique was used to select 384 participants (168 males and 216...

The reality of climate change and how it will affect the livelihoods of small scale farming communities in agrarian economies is an increasingly growing concern.The realization that climate change is here to stay has compounded the need to understand its occurrence in a bid to devise coping mechanisms among the most affected people.The ability of smallholder farmers to effectively adapt to this new reality requires adequate information as to how they perceive it, what impact it has on their...

This study investigates the relationship between organisational justice and employee commitment of private secondary school teachers in Nigeria using survey design. Twenty (20) private secondary schools were selected in Bayelsa State using simple random sampling. Four hundred and eighty (480) teachers were surveyed. Sample of two hundred and fourteen (214) was determined using Krejcie and Morgan sample size determination table. Two hundred and fourteen (214) copies of questionnaire were...

Extinction of wildlife animals is one of the well-documented problems the world is battling with currently. Africa which harbors a good number of these species is one of the regions most hit by this problem. To a greater extent, this is due to the continuous poaching practices in various African countries. The emergency of Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology has had a number of promising solutions to problems in many areas such as; environmental monitoring, traffic monitoring, smart health,...

AbstrakEthiopia is highly vulnerable to the impact of climate change like drought due to its low adaptive capacity, a higher dependence on rain-fed agriculture, and poor drought mitigation measures. The aims of this research were to analyses the long-term climatic trends, to monitor drought characteristics, to assess people?s perceptions of drought and its mitigation measures, and to recommend better drought mitigation strategies in southern and south-eastern Ethiopia. This research is mixed...

Indoor air pollution is a problem of great concern, estimating to cause around 2 million premature deaths, with 400.000 cases suspected to happen in Sub-Saharan Africa. In this thesis, indoor air pollution emissions associated with the Ethiopian traditional coffee ceremony has been studied as a model for cooking exposure. Coffee preparation is a ceremony which is conducted in almost every Ethiopian home at least twice a day. The purpose of this project is to get a better understanding of the...

The purpose for doing this study was to investigate the challenges for effective learning among open and distance learners from the open university of Tanzania at Kigoma Municipality. The study was guided by three objectives including: to examine the home factors challenging ODL students towards effective learning at the Open University of Tanzania, to examine the work factors challenging ODL students' towards effective learning at the Open University of Tanzania and to examine the...

Vertical Total electron content (VTEC) gradient or rate of change of TEC (ROT) and total electron content (TEC) rate index or rate of change of TEC index (ROTI) can directly be estimated from receiver independent exchange (RINEX) data and can be used to estimate presence and intensity of ionospheric irregularities.In this paper we present results of the variation of ROT and ROTI over Kisumu, Kenya (Geomagnetic coordinates: 9.64°S, 108.59°E;Geographic coordinates: 0.02°S, 34.6°E) for both...

Achieving inclusive and equitable quality Early Childhood Care and Education calls for Caregivers/Teachers change in their attitudes towards inclusive education. The study explores the attitudes of teachers towards inclusion of special need children in the early childhood care education and discusses intensively inclusive education and its significance at the early childhood care education level to include helping the children with special need to associate freely with their able...

Infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are often difficult to manage due to its resistance to multiple antibiotics. This study aimed to determine the nasal carriage of MRSA and its antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among medical students at the Jimma University medical center (JUMC), Southwest Ethiopia.An institution based cross-sectional study was conducted at the JUMC from May to August; 2016. A total of 371 participants were systematically selected....

Objective:Problematic Internet Use (PIU) is a growing problem among adolescents.This study was designed to investigate the prevalence of PIU and to explore the relationship between anxiety, depression ,and PIU among sample of Egyptian university students.Methods:A cross-sectional survey was conducted from February 2017 to January 2018on a random sample of 588 students selected from four faculties in Sohag University.PIU was assessed by the 20-item Young Internet Addiction Test...

The Nigerian society has witnessed chains of ferocious communal conflicts arising from the actions of the herdsmen and the farmers in several host communities where they move about with their cattle in their quest for water and greener pastures. The frosty relationship between these two groups of people have become the topic of most contemporary discourse especially due to its implications on peace, security and development and the environment in general especially in light of the era of...