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This book summarizes studies on climate and ecosystem change adaptation and resilience in Africa (CECAR-Africa), a collaboration with the goal of creating an integrated resilience enhancement strategy

The symbiotic relationship between good ethical disposition and accounting profession is incontestable. Aside from the previous infamous global corporate scandals, the recent fraudulent practices revelation in the Nigerian public life is a serious source of concern. This study examines the impact of ethics education on the potential accountants to establish whether the propriety of their conduct in the future is guaranteed. This necessitates the survey of accounting students based on the...

The purpose of the study was to determine Pre- Service Teachers (PSTs) geometric thinking level in E.P. College of Education, Bimbilla using the Van Hiele’s Model. The study population was 473 level 200 PSTs comprising of science 82 (17.3%) and general programme 391 (82.7%). The sample for the study was level 200 General programme PSTs numbering 351(74.2%) of the population. The female sample was 133 (37.89%) while the male was 218 (62.11%)  Convenient and simple random sampling techniques...

This study sought to examine the extent of contribution of school feeding programmes towards the achievement of the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (FCUBE) policy in countries. Based on a purposive sampling of a deprived rural community in northern Ghana, the study utilised the concurrent mixed method design relying mainly on documentary analysis, questionnaires and interviews as data sources. A sample of 377 participants made up of teachers and parents were drawn for the research....

The purpose of the study, which employed qualitative and quantitative design, was to assess the core roles of supervisors in the Ghana Education Service (GES) and how effective these roles are discharged as well as the effects of the core roles of teachers on pupils’ academic performance. The data was gathered and analysed using one hundred and fifty (150) respondents. This included twenty (20) GES officials, forty (40) teachers, forty (40) parents and fifty (50) pupils in the Sissala East...

Work absence is a critical practice in the world since the consistent presence of workers in the workplace is essential to attaining the aims of any department or institution.As a result, the management might fail to realize its targets.Thus, this paper will enlarge the understanding of the field by checking the matter at the Wa Municipal Education Office as the case analysis.Absenteeism impacts the general work productivity, and, consequently, can be thought of as the antithesis of output...

Work absence is a critical practice in the world since the consistent presence of workers in the workplace is essential to attaining the aims of any department or institution.As a result, the management might fail to realize its targets.Thus, this paper will enlarge the understanding of the field by checking the matter at the Wa Municipal Education Office as the case analysis.Absenteeism impacts the general work productivity, and, consequently, can be thought of as the antithesis of output...

Work absence is a critical practice in the world since the consistent presence of workers in the workplace is essential to attaining the aims of any department or institution.As a result, the management might fail to realize its targets.Thus, this paper will enlarge the understanding of the field by checking the matter at the Wa Municipal Education Office as the case analysis.Absenteeism impacts the general work productivity, and, consequently, can be thought of as the antithesis of output...

The study investigated the impact of instructions on metacognitive learning strategy on narrative essay writing ability of Senior Secondary School students in Sokoto State. The main objective was to find out whether training on metacognitive learning strategy has impact on narrative essay writing of the students. Five research questions and five null hypotheses were formulated to guide the research. One hundred and twenty-eight students from SS II in the State served as sample. A...

This paper explores curricula approaches and competence development for secondary vocational education schools in Palestine. For successful implementation of new curricula approaches that use Competency-Based Approach (CBA), this paper argues that the government must first define the goal of the secondary vocational education to determine whether it is education based or employment oriented and then decide the curricula approach of how to develop the necessary competence. If the goal and the...

Anthropogenic activities such as industrialization in the Humid zone and agricultural practices in the Semi-Arid Zone have been linked to the changes in climate such as desert encroachment, soil degradation and pollution facing these zones in Nigeria. In order to study the extent of these changes, diurnal analysis of decadal changes in meteorological parameters such as air temperature, solar radiation, precipitation and relative humidity were carried out on ten stations covering the...

Climate change is critically affecting agricultural productivity and food security in developed and developing economies of the world. Developing countries like Nigeria often depend on rainwater for crop production. However, Unpredictable changes in the onset of rains in the last 10 years have led to situations where crops planted with the arrival of early rains get smothered in the soil by an unexpected dry spell; resulting in harvest failures in Nigeria and other ecosystems that rely on...

The present study aims to adapt and to standardize the MDRS in the Moroccan population.The Moroccan Dementia Rating Scale was adapted in Arabic and was administered to 192 younger and older individuals without cognitive deficits (96 men and 96 women) whose ages ranged from 18 to 85 years old.To investigate the impact of age and schooling, participants were classified into three levels of education, and three age categories.The results show that age and level of education strongly influenced...

This study investigates the effect of air pollution on rain water in Ado-Ekiti.Air pollution is becoming a global phenomenon and a source of concern to the entire world.Plants, animals, environment and public health are subjected to risks due largely to the earth that is getting warmer, ozone layer getting depleted, acid rain being recorded, all as a results of air pollution.This study was carried out in order to determine the pH level (i.e acidity and alkalinity), Total Dissolve Solids...

This research work aims to study the perceptions of pastoralists and agropastoralists on climate change impacts on mobile herding and the effectiveness of herders' adaptive strategies within Kompienga Province, south-eastern region of Burkina Faso.In order to achieve this aim, survey data were retrieved from 271 respondents and analysed.From respondents' perceptions, climate change is real and is negatively affecting forage availability (in quality and quantity); livestock production and...