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An African proverb states that “until the lion tells his side of the story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter”. This is the case of the historiography of Western education in Africa, which was largely Eurocentric. Unlike many studies that are Eurocentric, the objectives of this article were to examine the history of education in Africa from the African’s point of view; to demonstrate that Africans were not passive recipients, but that they engaged Western education in a...

When turning the other-check fails, many people are at a loss in dealing with conflict (Moore 2012).The consensus strategy (a strategy based upon agreement by the total group), employed by many organizations leaves community leaders ill-prepared to deal with those persons or organizations who refuse to concede without a struggle (Umstot 2008).The potential for conflict exists whenever and wherever people have contact (Barker 2009).As people are organized into groups to seek a common goal,...

In order to improve the quality education in Kenya, Teachers Service Commission (TSC) embraced Result Based Management Approach, which involves Performance contracting for heads of primary and secondary schools. This study sought to establish the effect of school category on attainment of Performance Contracting targets by secondary school principals in Kakamega County. The study used descriptive survey research design. The study population comprised of 358 principals of public secondary...

Corporate governance structures are the systems and regulations created within an organization, to help guide the decision-making processes.This help in determining the respective roles to be played by various stakeholders in the organization.Corporate governance has been shown to have an impact on the performance of state corporations.However, most of these studies concentrate on the board structures and how they affect the financial performance of the organization in respect to Return on...

The 2017 Zambia's Refugee Act (Part IV, no.41, 42, 43) granted refugees with formal educational qualifications that are legally recognized in the country and have work permits, the right to choose a trade, occupation, or profession.In addition, Mantapala refugee settlement was opened in 2018 as a pilot for refugee livelihood integration.Despite these efforts, most refugees remain economically vulnerable.This study, therefore, aimed at assessing the relational implication of education on...

The role of higher education in advancing opportunities for women with disabilities cannot be contested. Education provides substantial, proven benefits for people in terms of individual development and producing appropriate human resource capital that is integral in spurring productivity, which is crucial in the elimination of poverty, disease, and ignorance, thus ultimately improving societal welfare. Observations indicate that access to higher education opportunities for women with...

Globally, extreme temperature occurrences associated with climate change and rise in atmospheric temperature have been observed to be increasing in frequency, duration and intensity. These have negative effects on human health and safety, employee productivity and rate of economic growth. Some organizations have taken steps to address these heat related public health issues. There is however inadequate knowledge on the extent of implementation, effectiveness and acceptability of the existing...

Globally, extreme temperature occurrences associated with climate change and rise in atmospheric temperature have been observed to be increasing in frequency, duration and intensity. These have negative effects on human health and safety, employee productivity and rate of economic growth. Some organizations have taken steps to address these heat related public health issues. There is however inadequate knowledge on the extent of implementation, effectiveness and acceptability of the existing...

Deviant behaviour is seen as a complex social and psychological phenomenon, associated with the way the person interacts with their environment.This would mean that deviant behaviour problem depends on the interaction between the personality and society.Deviant behaviour among teachers is in the rise assuming a global phenomenon.Although studies have been carried on deviant behaviours in school, majority of these researches are about students' deviant behaviours sparing studies specifically...

Globally, deviant behavior is found to be a social challenge which has created different problems in the present society.With respect to school setting, the behavioral deviancy of teachers has attracted considerable attention of researchers and educationalists.This study therefore assessed demographic correlates of deviant behavior among teachers in public secondary schools in Nairobi County, Kenya.The study was guided by Self-determination theory and Transactional Models.The survey research...

Continuous professional development (CPD) is a critical component of a teacher's professional skill.It is regarded as a personal commitment made by teaching professionals to improve their knowledge, abilities, and competencies over the course of their careers.This paper reviews CPD policies, approaches, and implementation strategies in enhancing teacher competencies in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region so as to provide context-based lessons among member countries.The...

The semi-distributed SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tools) model was used in this study to model the sediment yield in the watershed of the Aghien lagoon with an area of 365 km 2 , located in the north of the district of Abidjan (South-East from Côte d'Ivoire).A sensitivity and uncertainty analysis, as well as calibration of the SWAT model, was conducted using the Sequential Uncertainty Adjustment Procedure (SUFI-2) which is one of the programs interfaced with SWAT in the SWAT-Cup package...

This study examined teachers’ experience and motivation as predictors of students’ academic achievement and interest in mathematics in Delta North Senatorial District. Two research questions and two corresponding hypotheses that guided the study were answered and tested, respectively. The study employed the correlational research design. Three research instruments which are the Teachers’ Demographics and Motivational Level Questionnaire, Students’ Interest Questionnaire and Students’...

The purpose of this study was to explore the role of education in mitigating teenage pregnancy among secondary school children in Munali area, Lusaka. The study design was a case study in which interviews were conducted and questionnaires were distributed. This study took a total of 40 participants including 20 school teenage girls who happen to be the main characteristic feature for which this study was undertaken, 10 teachers, and 10 heads of department. In response to the educative...

Clinical nursing education is an important component of the professional development of nursing students. Key informants such as nursing lecturers, nurse managers and clinical placement coordinators play an essential role in clinical education.The purpose of the study was to explore the perspectives of key informants on how the current state of clinical nursing education in Northern Ghana can be improved.The study used an exploratory qualitative design. Sixteen participants were purposively...

This review provides new insights to direct policymakers in the fields of higher education, especially with regard to students' mental health. Despite the current scarcity of published original researches about the COVID-19 impacts on mental health, lessons can be learned. Hopefully findings would help students to embrace the pandemic new experience so that they could engage more in learning and be safer. Specifically, the bottom line is how to balance between prioritizing student safety,...