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This study contributes to the overall debate on education and development, and is concerned with analyzing the effect of educational attainment on households per-capita spending choices, and the reflection of those spending choices on households poverty status in Burkina Faso. In this formulation, a household is said to be experiencing monetary poverty if its annual per-capita consumption spending is less than the poverty line of 130,375 CFA Franc. The study uses the 2009 National Survey on...

Educational and curriculum reforms are most of the time prompted by circumstances, including technical, cultural, ideological, political and economic considerations of the role of education in society. These considerations are often the basis of the reform. From this view, the basic assumption is that, intended curriculum reform has usually an impact in terms of positive changes in the fate of the educational system in which it is implemented. In other words, the curriculum reform, namely...

The diversity of learners in South African schools implies that learners in the Physical Education class may show different levels of gross- and perceptual-motor proficiency, although no research has been reported on gender and ethnical differences in this regard. The purpose of this study was therefore to examine gender and ethnical differences in motor proficiency among Senior Phase learners in a South African city. A total of 239 13- to 14-year-old learners, from eight schools of...

Background: Premature sexual debut increases the likely-hood of having many sexual partners, early pregnancy, unintended pregnancy, abortion and its complications. Moreover, the age at primary sex is affected by numerous of factors and this makes the consequences much more serious. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explore determinants that affect high school female students. Methods: A cross-sectional study was employed from December, 15-19/2015 at huruta senior secondary school. A...

Background: premature sexual debut increases the risk of sexually transmitted infection including HIV/AIDS, having many sexual partners, unintended pregnancy, abortion and its complications.  In addition, the timing of primary sex is affected by a variety of factors and this makes the consequences of female sexuality much more serious. Therefore, the aim of this study is to explore factors that affect high school female students. Methods : School based cross-sectional study was conducted...

Food for Education (FFE) programmes have been implemented in developing countries since the 1960s. This paper examines the impact of the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) school feeding programme on pupils’ attendance and girls’ enrolment rate within primary schools in northern Burkina Faso. Using difference-in-difference (DID) estimation with the data set on the Beoog Biiga programme, we find that take-home rations (THRs) increased school attendance for both boys and girls. Moreover, the...

This research on effects of teaching methods on students’ learning outcomes was motivated by the problem of low quality education provided by higher learning institutions (HLIs) in Rwanda as expressed by various stakeholders. The purpose of the study was to assess the teaching methods used in higher learning institutions in Rwanda and to establish their effect on students’ learning outcomes. The research was conducted in 4 HLIs in Rwanda and involved 12 lecturers and 72 students. To collect...

This research on effects of teaching methods on students’ learning outcomes was motivated by the problem of low quality education provided by higher learning institutions (HLIs) in Rwanda as expressed by various stakeholders. The purpose of the study was to assess the teaching methods used in higher learning institutions in Rwanda and to establish their effect on students’ learning outcomes. The research was conducted in 4 HLIs in Rwanda and involved 12 lecturers and 72 students. To collect...

Background/Objective: Even with the best possible antenatal screening, any delivery can become a complicated one requiring emergency intervention. Generally, health education is always required to improve health situations of vulnerable populations. This study was conducted to find out the impact of health education on the knowledge and access to Delivery Care services among women of childbearing age in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria. Materials and Methods: Using a...

Secondary school students are faced with challenges of navigating safely through their adolescence in a world where the culture of sexual immorality is growing fast. Parents play a key role in socializing their children on social norms; however the extent to which parenting styles predetermine students’ risky behaviors remains obscure. The study investigated parenting styles, as predictors of risky sexual behavior among secondary school students. The study was objective was; to investigate...

The main objective of this study was to assess the demand for and supply of secondary school teachers and academic performance of students in secondary schools in Tanzania. The focus was to examine the teachers demand and the academic performance of students in secondary schools in Tanga City; Muheza and Mkinga districts; to assess the current situation of secondary school teachers’ demand and supply in the area and to examine teachers’-students’ ratio in relation to student’s academic...

Globally, unemployment and underemployment of persons with disabilities is a major concern. A World Bank report shows that 20% of the world�s poor are persons with disabilities, 60% of them living in developing countries, such as Kenya. Lack of inclusion, and not disability, contributes to this poverty. Despite the existence of several disability legislations, unemployment of persons with disabilities still remains a challenge. The objective of the study was to establish the extent to which...

Today's knowledge-based economy requires that nations equip their citizens with appropriate skills, and a demand for university education has continued to soar. In much of Sub-Saharan Africa, however, the rapid increase in university enrollments has not been matched with an expansion of the relevant infrastructure, resulting in among other things, overcrowded classrooms and inadequate libraries. On the other hand, there has been a robust growth in the sector of technology globally. This...

One of the major aspects of the Kenya Vision 2030 is Education. Kenya Vision 2030 states that education and training is an instrument to develop Kenya to be a middle-income economy. Home factors have been pin- pointed as of great importance in moulding the performance of pupils in schools worldwide. This research, therefore, investigates the influence of family relationship on the academic performance of pupils in Kianjiru zone, Mbeere South Sub-county. The interest to pursue this research...

Moral decadence among Nigerian youths and the role of parents and teachers is a search for the role parents and teachers could play in reduction and elimination of moral decadence among youths. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The area of the study is Abakaliki the capital of Ebonyi State. The population of the study is 300 teachers selected out of 845 teachers in the area. Simple random sampling technique was used for selection of the teachers. Structured questionnaire was...