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Teachers with intellectual disabilities frequently have cognitive processing or perceptual problems. Visual processing problems interfere with understanding text, illustrations, and written work associated with a social studies lesson. Most social studies textbooks include many maps and graphs. For most teachers, these maps clarify the topics covered and those that should be covered as well; however, teachers with visual-spatial and visual-processing disorders may have difficulty...

People have always struggled to find a lasting solution to the persistent problem of the management and segregation of waste. The amount and variety of waste produced globally has grown exponentially with the ongoing rise in human population. As a result, there have been several studies conducted in this field, some of which have been supported by private organizations, NGOs, and governments. To protect the environment while progressively achieving global sustainable development,...

Individuals with disabilities are among the most disadvantaged in many communities. There are pieces of evidence that individuals with disabilities across the globe face distinctive obstacles when accessing healthcare facilities, and have worse health outcomes than people without disabilities. The purpose of the study was to explore access to healthcare services by students at Savelugu School for the Deaf in the Savelugu Municipality in Northern Region, Ghana. Purposive sampling was used to...

This conceptual paper sought to cross-examine the enactment of governance practices in public higher education institutions. The discussion was guided by qualitative content analysis approach with the view to provide a rich and thick inquiry into the issue. In this context, 60 articles, which met the inclusion conditions were purposively sampled and later on interrogated through content analysis. The discussion noted that governance as a concept had various definitions depending on the...

Support from family and peers may enhance the outcomes of diabetes management. This study reported the preliminary effect of a family-based diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) programme on the perceived support status of people with diabetes and the family's caregiver support behaviour amongst dyads living in Western Ethiopia. A 1:1 two-armed pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) was conducted. A total of 76 dyads were recruited using the convenience sampling method and...

The objective of this study was to examine university students’ technostress as it relates to their academic commitment in South Africa, in accordance with the technostress creators’ model and the adapted organizational commitment model. Through an online survey, a closed-ended questionnaire was employed to collect data from a randomly selected sample of 199 first-year undergraduate students at a South African university of technology. The findings reveal that techno-complexity has a...

This study sought to assess and recommend ways of solving the problem of students’ disruptive behaviour in the classroom in mixed secondary schools in Kisauni Sub-County, Mombasa County, Kenya. The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between classroom layout practices and student disruptive behaviour in the classroom mixed secondary schools in Kisauni sub-County, Mombasa County, Kenya. The data was collected and analysed using a descriptive design, and the study's...

As researchers continue to seek strategies to bring systemic change in schools, many have turned to professional learning communities due to the valuable possibilities that these communities offer in reforming schools. The study aims to analyse how teachers and principals in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District in the North-West Province of South Africa perceive their schools as professional learning communities. A quantitative approach was used to sample 87 schools for this study. Questionnaires...

The purpose of the paper was to advocate for the marketing of library products andservices to increase the level of reading habits among secondary school students in Nigeria. This isimperative to the development of a reading culture among the students in society and is far betterimbibed in them at a very tender age. The study adopted a descriptive survey design and used astructured questionnaire and observation checklist to collect data.

Anaemia surveillance has overlooked school-aged children (SAC), hence information on this age group is scarce. This study examined the spatial variation of anaemia prevalence among SAC (5–14 years) in western Kenya, a region associated with high malaria infection rates. A total of 8051 SAC were examined from 82 schools across eight counties in Western Kenya in February 2022. Haemoglobin (Hb) concentrations were assessed at the school and village level and anaemia defined as Hb<11.5g/dl...

This pilot study aims to investigate the factors that influence the likelihood of adopting immersive technology for teaching and learning STEM-based courses in tertiary institutions in Africa, with a specific focus on the case of Nigeria. Immersive technologies such as virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) have shown promise in enhancing student engagement and understanding of complex STEM concepts. However, the adoption of these technologies in educational settings remains...

Background: Academic stress and parental pressure have been shown to be important factors associated with psychological health. However, the internal mechanism between them is still not clear.
 Aim: This study assessed the joint significant influence of the predictor variables (academic stress and parental pressure) as predictors of psychological health in COVID-19 emergency times among school children with disabilities in Calabar metropolis, Cross River State, Nigeria: The implication...

The main purpose of the study is to find out the factors influencing academic distractions on students’ attitude towards learning in University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Four research questions and hypotheses were formulated based on the variables of the study. The research design of the study was descriptive survey. The study was conducted in University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Simple random technique was used in selecting three hundred (300) undergraduate students from the campus...

The study explored the perceptions of primary school pupils, secondary, and high school students in the Mezam Division of the North West Region of Cameroon. Existing literature points to declining youth interest in agriculture grounded on a largely negative perception of the sector, however, there is scant data on youth perception of agriculture in Cameroon. In the face of rising youth unemployment, there is a need to generate relevant data that can inform policies relating to youth entry...