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Background: The re-entry policy was introduced in Zambia in 1997 to allow pregnant girls to continue their education. However, the increase in dropout rates among re-entered adolescents has become a significant concern in schools, so it is necessary to explore and understand the lived experiences of school-going breastfeeding adolescents. The re-entry policy needs to be revised to protect the school-going breastfeeding adolescent (SGBA) from the challenges related to mothering while...

Education is critical for the progress and changes of nations across the world. The purpose of the study was to the influence of instructional supervision on students’ academic performance in public secondary schools in Kenya. The article is an extract from a study done in public secondary schools in the Yatta sub-county, Machakos County, Kenya. The study was guided by the instructional leadership model. The researcher adopted a descriptive research design, survey method. The study was...

Market orientation and performance relationship is an area that is increasingly receiving the attention of many authors in the current decade. There is however no well-established, collectively agreed and acknowledged links between the two, especially in a higher education (HE) context. The present chapter aims to analyse the direct and indirect effects of marketing orientation on the performance of higher learning institutions (HLIs). The chapter adopted a cross-sectional survey design...

Christianity and formal education are two aspects of western civilisation, which contributed to the growing of the church in Africa.Gifford (1999) noted that, among other various Christian denominations that existed in Zambia, the Catholic Church has done a great deal in influencing and shaping Zambia"s Christian education.By 1950 the Catholic church had been established in the country for almost sixty years and a great deal had been achieved by missionaries in provision of education...

Abstract Much empirical literature has focused on investigating the role of government expenditure in promoting long-term economic growth in South Africa. However, few studies in comparison have considered the impact of government spending on literacy level in the country. To this end, this paper examines the impact of government spending on literacy rate in South Africa using an Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model with annual time series data over the period from 1994 to 2021. The...

The objective of this rapid review was to explore the current evidence base for mental health and disability research in Ghana. The PRISMA-ScR (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews) checklist was followed. Online databases were used to identify primary studies, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, rapid reviews, or guidelines published between 2010 and 2020. All relevant published (both peer-reviewed articles and grey literature) on...

It has been established that leading a sedentary lifestyle makes people prone to health problems such as hypertension, diabetes and poor nutrition. In addition, the poor sanitary conditions in schools and places of lodging have resulted in the contraction of urinary tract infections. The main aim of this study was to determine the general health status of the 4th year medical students at Cavendish University Zambia, Lusaka. This was done through the analysis of blood sugar levels, urine...

One of the objectives of education is to promote ethical behaviour among learners. This is emphasized by various commissions and reports on education. Despite the enormous investment in education over the years and the high academic qualification, the level of impunity, corruption and intolerance among graduates and other leavers has become a major concern among educationists and stakeholders. Efforts through reforms and commissions have not yielded much in developing ethics among learners....

This chapter explores teacher education and continuing professional development (CPD) for English language teachers in Tanzania. The authors bring their collective experiences with the education system in Tanzania, including the insights of a leader in the Tanzania English Language Teachers Association (TELTA) as well as those of the co-founder of an education-based non-profit supporting youth in the Kigoma Region. Following an overview of the goals and provision of CPD in the country, the...

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of transactional leadership style on students’ academic performance in public secondary schools in Mwala Sub-county, Kenya. This study used a descriptive survey research design. Target population of the study was all the 72 schools, all the 72 principals, and all the 471 teachers in Mwala Sub-county public secondary schools. Out of the population of 72 schools, 36 were chosen through stratified random sampling technique. All the 36...

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of Democratic leadership style on students’ academic performance in public secondary schools in Mwala Sub-county, Kenya. This study used a descriptive survey research design. Target population of the study was all the 72 schools, all the 72 principals, and all the 471 teachers in Mwala Sub-county public secondary schools. Out of the population of 72 schools, 36 were chosen through stratified random sampling technique. All the 36...

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which principals’ use of transformational leadership style influences students’ academic performance in public secondary schools in Mwala sub-county, Machakos County. This study used descriptive survey research design. It targeted 72 schools, 72 principals and 505 teachers in Mwala Sub-county. The study employed stratified random sampling technique to select 36 principals and simple random sampling technique to include 216 teachers....

The study aimed at establishing how the anti-corruption mechanisms at International, Regional and National levels enhanced the fight against corruption in selected public institutions in Lusaka, Zambia. The study was guided by one objective which was to establish how the anti-corruption mechanisms at International, Regional and National levels enhanced the fight against corruption in selected public institutions in Lusaka, Zambia. The research design that was used for the study was...

Urban greening is important for its contribution to climate change adaptation. However, the governance of urban green spaces as adaptive responses to climate change has received little attention. This study used good governance principles in theorizing and understanding the governance of urban green spaces for climate change adaptation. Four urban greening initiatives in Ghana were sampled as cases to form the basis for analyzing the governance of urban greening. Findings show that urban...