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Official development assistance plays a vital role in promoting the economic and social development in underdeveloped countries. In the last two decades, because of the continuous North-South gap and pressure from financial crisis, there has never been a greater need to make the aid to be used more effectively than ever. Paris Declaration established the framework for aid effectiveness, which provided direction for education aid activities. Multilateral agencies and researchers reviewed aid...

Teachers' role in improving teaching and learning in schools' performance encompasses the behaviour of teachers in the process of teaching; and it is known to be related to effectiveness of teaching and learning. However, it is said that good development of students depends on the effectiveness of teachers. Thus, it is important to examine the role that could enhance learning and development in school. Many countries have had or currently have prime ministers, premiers or presidents who...

Youth Polytechnics play an important role in training school leavers who do not proceed with higher education. They are trained in relevant skills for either salary or self-employment. This study was set out to investigate the effectiveness of selected Youth Polytechnics in Machakos District in training the youth for employment. The study examined curriculum relevance and its implementation in the Youth Polytechnics to meet the needs of the trainees, the competence of the instructors,...

Education is the most important instrument for human resource development. Education is becoming a universal human right and an important component of women empowerment. Gender inequality in education is a serious problem in Tanzania since independence in 1961. There is still lower enrolment rate for girls and higher dropout rates than their male counterparts in Tanzania. This study explored factors causing gender inequality in education in Korogwe district’s secondary schools. The...

In recent decades, the history of childhood has become a separate discipline, and more than a branch of family history, in Western culture. During the medieval Islamic period several treatises were written on methods of childrearing, and there are indications that Muslim religious men and scholars were interested in children's education. This chapter examines one facet of children's history, namely parental education and childrearing among the Arab middle class. It deals with the public...

There is no doubt that, the rate of pollution in the River Nile, irrigation and drainage canals increase steadily with increasing rates of population activity and the surge of economic and industrial transformation in the country. There are about 550 million tons of wastes, whether liquid or solid, which find their way into water bodies after initially treatment or without treatment, which is reflected on the environment of plant, animal and fish and then on human health. The heavy metals,...

We reported a case of an intravesical foreign body in a 16 years old teenager for abortion attempt.During laparotomy for suspected pelvic appendicitis, we incidentally discovered an intravesical foreign body.From this first observation in our urology division, we reviewed the literature on the nature and circumstance of self introduction in bladder of foreign body and their surgical ablation.We emphasized the importance of endoscopy as a support of diagnosis and therapeutic of intravesical...

BackgroundDiabetes Mellitus (DM) is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by increased blood glucose levels, resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both.Glucose is an important regulator of various pancreatic β-cell processes, including insulin biosynthesis and release.Glucose, over short intervals, stimulates insulin biosynthesis at the level of translation.Glucose thus becomes the final common pathway for the transport of almost all carbohydrates to tissue...

Several big earthquakes have been recorded in the recent years. Nevertheless, there are no sufficient and reliable studies on earthquakes in Sudan. The main subjective of this study is to integrate the geophysical methods for the surface interpretations in addition to, Landsat images supported with gravity data and digital elevation model (DEM) to investigate the possible causes of earthquake that took place in the study area. Remote sensing is useful in mapping and analysing structural...

Agriculture and food security in developing countries particularly in East Africa are key areas for intervention under climate change. Agricultural production in Ethiopia is highly vulnerable to climate change with major implications for food security. Earlier empirical studies conducted in the country merely emphasized on the static dimensions of food insecurity that have not adequately addressed the linkage between climate change and vulnerability to food insecurity. In recent years, there...

Objective: Many studies report high prevalence of risky behaviors among youths of higher educational institutions of Ethiopia. And, life satisfaction is one of the aspects that lead to positive and healthy life style. However, correlation of life satisfaction and risky behaviors remained unstudied. Thus, this study intends to determine correlation between life satisfaction and risky behaviors among students of higher educational institutions. Methods: A cross sectional institution based...

Teacher education needs to be viewed as a continuum that begins with pre-service learning, followed by teacher induction, and then the continuing professional development (CPD) of teachers. To date researchers know much less about teacher induction relative to the other two phases of teacher education, in part because of its informal nature in most schools. Ethiopia is an exception and one of the few countries in the world that has recently introduced an institutionalised and formal...

definitions of wealth, position, and middle-class-ness that they have in their heads – the vision of houses, cars, watches, suits, and everything else they could ever want. To some extent, this vision of the ideal exists because of their lack of connection to individuals who actually live this lifestyle. Something that was commonly referenced by the students was the importance of giving back once they found success. Students expressed a monetary obligation that they felt to multiple outlets:...

Background: In Sub Saharan African countries, fast GDP growth has created a great opportunity to improve developmental indicators including food security but showed only limited improvements. There is scientific consensus on the climate change and expected to have substantial impact on food security significantly. Therefore, it is recommended new advocacy and public health movement to reduce the effect of climate change on food security and malnutrition. So this literature review is used to...

In recent years, the number of African students came to China continues to increase,which posted a tough test on China's universities. African students hold significant features in spite of the similarities as international students. By analyzing the reasons why the number is increasing, this paper figures out the characteristics of African students in the following aspects: culture, recreational and sports activities, safety, psychology, and life and study in China. To follow the national...

This work examined the attitudinal problems toward learning of English language in some secondary schools in Hawul Local Government Area of Borno State. A descriptive survey design was used for the study. Sixty-six (66) respondents comprising of sixty (60) students and six (6) English language teachers were randomly sampled and questionnaires addressing likely Eleven (11) attitudinal problems in learning English Language were administered. The Likert-type scale of four (4) response pattern...