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In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), literature about factors that influence the relationship between attendance and gender gaps in educational achievement is sparse. Using moderated mediation analysis based on monitoring and evaluation data, this study provides a deeper understanding of the mechanisms that sustain girls’ attendance and achievement rates in DRC primary schools. Results show that female teachers who engage in inclusive classroom practices are associated to improved...

Student engagement is a widely researched and utilized concept to enhance student experiences and outcomes. Most research on student engagement, however, focuses on curricular engagement with relatively little emphasis placed on the co-curriculum. This study utilizes Case’s theory of relational engagement to analyse findings from three focus groups conducted at a university in South Africa to better understand how relational engagement is instantiated in the co curriculum and how the...

Oil and gas exploration in Nigeria has contributed to global warming and climate change. The growing global impact of climate change and the need for resilience demand action to reform the impact thereof. This article reviews policy responses to reform climate change and global warming in Nigeria in light of oil exploration and gas flaring in the Niger Delta region. A desktop study of related literature, drawn from repositories such as SCOPUS, Google Scholar, and Web of Science, provided...

The study purposed to provide empirical data on the status of Information Communication Technology (ICT) resources in terms of adequacy and utilization and their influence on academic performance in public secondary schools in Kenya. The concern was the large number of students that perpetually performed dismally in national exams and the wide performance variations between schools in the study locale yet investments and level of utilization of ICT resources as well as how this was...

Health literacy is the ability of individuals to understand health information and to make informed health decisions.We completed a scoping review to consider the question "To what extent does teacher education in sub-Saharan Africa currently include a focus on health literacy?"In this first of two papers, we provide an overview of the methodology we followed and examine the first overarching area: health literacy.Within the area of health literacy, we present multiple themes from the...

Students require adequate exposure to chemistry to enhance achievement in the subject.Academic attainment in chemistry in Kenya Certificate of Secondary education (KCSE) has been relatively low in the years 2013 to 2019.The aim of this study was to look into the influence of Experiential Concept Mapping teaching strategy on achievement of students in Chemistry in Tigania West Sub-County.A Quasi -experimental research design and in particular, the Solomon Four non-corresponding regulator...

Introduction: Carotid web (CW), a rare and probably unknown arterial cause of ischemic stroke (IS), is commonly reported in young black patients, although most of the published cases resided in a non-African country.We describe the features of the first six Senegalese cases diagnosed at the Neurology Department of the Fann Teaching Hospital in Dakar.Patients and Method: It was a preliminary retrospective and prospective study conducted at the Neurology department of Fann teaching hospital...

Drought has become a major challenge in many Sub‐Saharan Africa countries. This study aimed to investigate the precipitation trends and drought incidents in the semi‐closed Raya graben in Ethiopia. Monthly precipitation records of nine meteorological stations for the years 1980–2016 were studied. The spatio‐temporal drought conditions were analysed using Man‐Kendall and Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) techniques. A decreasing trend of precipitation was observed during the spring...

Background: Gender Based Violence refers to acts of sexual or physical violence inflicted on children in and around schools because of their sex or gendere identity.It results in fatal and non-fatal injuries, unintended pregnancies, induced abortions, STIs and mental health problems.Schools are not isolated from traditions, culture, norms, customary laws and governmental policies that exist in the country and the community, nor from individual experiences of students and staff both outside...

This research was conducted to examine the state of climate change vulnerability in urban households using the Livelihood Vulnerability Index (LVI) and LVI-Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change framework model in urban centers of southwest Ethiopia. A mixed study design was applied to quantitative and qualitative data that were collected through a semi-structured questionnaire surveyed from 384 sampled households. The results of the study showed that with varying degrees of impacts, all...

Population-based information on how school-going children spend their daily lives outside of school from their own perspective in African contexts is limited. Using representative data from 2124 four- and six-graders who completed the 2018 International Survey of Children�s Wellbeing in Khomas region, Namibia, this article describes children�s out-of-school activities, the contextual factors that influence patterns of time use and how these patterns of time use affect subjective wellbeing....

Abstract Chronic food insecurity remains a challenge globally, exacerbated by climate change-driven shocks such as droughts and floods. Forecasting food insecurity levels and targeting vulnerable households is apriority for humanitarian programming to ensure timely delivery of assistance. In this study, we propose to harness a machine learning approach trained on high-frequency household survey data to infer the predictors of food insecurity and forecast household level outcomes in near...

Abstract Chronic food insecurity remains a challenge globally, exacerbated by climate change-driven shocks such as droughts and floods. Forecasting food insecurity levels and targeting vulnerable households is apriority for humanitarian programming to ensure timely delivery of assistance. In this study, we propose to harness a machine learning approach trained on high-frequency household survey data to infer the predictors of food insecurity and forecast household level outcomes in near...

Abstract Chronic food insecurity remains a challenge globally, exacerbated by climate change-driven shocks such as droughts and floods. Forecasting food insecurity levels and targeting vulnerable households is apriority for humanitarian programming to ensure timely delivery of assistance. In this study, we propose to harness a machine learning approach trained on high-frequency household survey data to infer the predictors of food insecurity and forecast household level outcomes in near...