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Quality assurance guidelines are indispensable elements in quality effectiveness and maintenance. The guidelines put more consideration on strengthening and promoting the quality of the teaching and learning process. This study aimed at assessing the implementation of quality assurance guidelines in promoting the quality of teaching and learning. It was guided by two research objectives; to describe the status of school quality assurance implementation, and to identify the challenges...

Autoimmune polyglandular syndromes (APS) are rare autoimmune endocrinopathies characterized by the coexistence of at least two endocrine gland insufficiencies developed from autoimmune mechanisms. APS may also be associated with non-endocrine immune diseases. In HIV infection, antiretroviral therapy can improve the quality of life to reduce the incidence of opportunistic infections, malignancies, and death. HIV disease may also be associated with complications, such as immune reconstitution...

Future climate predictions and impact assessments are critical in evaluating the potential impacts of climate change on crop production. Crops and climate models under different climate change scenarios are uncertain and challenging to select suitable climate scenarios for climate change impacts assessment. The objectives of the study were to quantify the uncertainty of multi-model projections and the impacts of climate change on wheat and barley yields in central Ethiopia. Calibrated DSSAT...

Background: Alcohol is the most used substance among adolescents in Nigeria. While risk factors for alcohol use among adolescents are well documented in Europe and the US, they have received less attention in the literature on African countries. This study aimed to investigate the factors associated with alcohol experimentation and drunkenness episodes in a national sample of Nigerian adolescents. Methods: A total sample of 4,078 secondary-school students participated in the survey during...

Storm water causes a major contamination for surface and subsurface waters in both urban and rural areas. In Kisii municipality it is observed that the major source of contaminants are non-point source pollution from farms and urban markets/garages. The study is carried in Kisii municipality on two rivers and five spring sampling a total of nine points, springs (4) and rivers (5) between 2019-2020 were identified through water sampling. Water quality parameters (Ammonium, Turbidity, Total...

Premarital sex is penetrative sexual intercourse between couples before formal marriage. In higher institutions, students practiced risky sexual behaviors. These risky sexual behaviors lead them to sexually transmitted diseases and unintended pregnancies, which end in abortion. The study used an institutional-based cross-sectional study design to collect data from July 1 to July 15, 2021. We used a simple random sampling technique to collect the data. The researchers checked the data for...

The combined effect of climate and Land-use/Land-cover (LULC) changes led to accelerated soil erosion. In ketar watershed of Main Ethiopian Rift, soil loss by runoff is a severe and continuous environmental problem. Thus, this study was aimed to assess the impacts of climate and LULC changes on soil erosion. Landsat imageries of Enhanced Thematic Mapper plus (ETM+) during 2000, and 2010; and Operational Land Imagery (OLI) in 2020 were pre-processed, and used for image classification, and...

Teachers do have a common responsibility and/or goal of meeting the diverse learning needs of all students with different readiness levels (current knowledge, skills, or performance) that likely affects their learning. This can be achieved through a differentiated instructional approach due to its potential benefits in promoting learning for all. However, the students’ perceptions towards their teachers’ efforts in differentiated instructional practices remained unknown in Ethiopia,...

Download This Paper Open PDF in Browser Add Paper to My Library Share: Permalink Using these links will ensure access to this page indefinitely Copy URL Africa under a Warming Climate: The Role of Trade Towards Building Resilient Adaptation in Agriculture Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Research Paper No. 2022_56 37 Pages Posted: 22 Jul 2022 See all articles by Jaime de MeloJaime de MeloFondation Pour les Etudes et Recherches Sur le Développement International (FERDI)Henri...

Ponte Academic JournalSep 2022, Volume 78, Issue 9 STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS ON SCHOOL-BASED EXPERIENCE: A CASE OF ONE SOUTH AFRICAN UNIVERSITYAuthor(s): Ntombozuko Memani ,Lungiswa NqomaJ. Ponte - Sep 2022 - Volume 78 - Issue 9 doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2022.9.1 Abstract:The study examined the challenges associated with the School-Based Experience (SBE) programme. It was prompted by the perceptions that Bachelor of Education (BEd) Foundation Phase level 2 students had on the school-based experience...

Background: Many countries face several sexual and reproductive health (SRH) challenges, with HIV/ AIDS being one of them, and young people have been greatly affected by HIV [1,2]. It has been suggested that participation in “life skills” education can help reduce HIV related risk behaviours [3]. There have been increased calls for including life skills as a key component of HIV and AIDS education for children and young people [2]. There is a need to ensure that young people develop the life...

The COVID-19 pandemic and the shift to emergency remote teaching (ERT) and online learning highlighted issues of social justice, pedagogical inclusion and epistemic access in higher education. The research underlying this article analyses the complexities of access to learning and the effects of the shift to ERT and online learning on the social justice agenda in South Africa, using the case study of the University of Johannesburg. The article uses the conceptual frameworks of epistemic...

This study investigated the effect of PowerPoint (PPT) instruction on achievement in two categories of SHSs in Ghana; less endowed and endowed schools, using a pre-test post-test quasi-experimental design. The sample consisted of 80 randomly selected students from two purposively selected government-assisted SHSs. The instruments used for data collection were two similar adopted Pre- and Post-Geometry Achievement Tests (GAT). During treatment, PPT presentations were used to teach both...

ABSTRACT: Whilst most post-apartheid public schools in South Africa remain significantly underfunded, the education budget nevertheless provides a significant injection of jobs and public spending into the provinces–into rural provinces with small economies especially. Based on research in the Eastern Cape and Gauteng provinces, I show how a particular form of clientelist politics has taken root in the post-apartheid school education system–one locally organised around ‘promotional’ posts in...

ABSTRACT: Whilst most post-apartheid public schools in South Africa remain significantly underfunded, the education budget nevertheless provides a significant injection of jobs and public spending into the provinces–into rural provinces with small economies especially. Based on research in the Eastern Cape and Gauteng provinces, I show how a particular form of clientelist politics has taken root in the post-apartheid school education system–one locally organised around ‘promotional’ posts in...

substance use is a major global public health problem. About 5.6% of the global population aged 15-64 years consumed a drug at least once in 2016. The use of substances by youth, especially students in tertiary schools is increasing rapidly worldwide. This rise in substance use is associated with a negative impact on student's health, as well as their professional and social life.in a cross-sectional institution-based survey we recruited 650 students by convenience sampling from 3 randomly...