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Abstract The aim of the study was to understand the perspectives of rural women in Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET), in Khotso. Rural women in the area lag behind in knowledge and skills for livelihood. The aim of ABET was to provide the educationally disadvantaged individuals, especially rural women, with knowledge and skills for livelihood in the countryside. Despite this initiative, rural women still lack skills for better living. Without basic education, these rural folks can be...

Background: Malnutrition remains a major public health problem in developing countries.In Oromia region prevalence of child malnutrition indicated that 29.1% with 6.6% severe underweight, 14.1% of the children are wasted (3.5% severe wasting) and 53.6% of the children are stunted with 17.1% severe stunting.Primary school age is a dynamic period of physical and mental development.The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) paid due attention to malnutrition, but still...

This study investigates the role of financial access in modulating the effect of education and lifelong learning on inequality in 48 African countries for the period 1996 to 2014. Lifelong learning is conceived and measured as the combined knowledge gained from primary through tertiary education while the three educational indicators are: primary school enrolment; secondary school enrolment and tertiary school enrolment. Financial development dynamics are measured with financial system...

This study investigates the role of financial access in modulating the effect of education and lifelong learning on inequality in 48 African countries for the period 1996 to 2014. Lifelong learning is conceived and measured as the combined knowledge gained from primary through tertiary education while the three educational indicators are: primary school enrolment; secondary school enrolment and tertiary school enrolment. Financial development dynamics are measured with financial system...

Issues related to children and youths’ access to health and education in Cameroon greatly impact their development. Unfortunately, some if not most contexts of development have excluded children in Cameroon from gaining effective access to resources providing good health and education facilities. Yet they survive and those around them do not even know much about their resilience as they cope with these challenges. A more holistic understanding of children’s health and development is...

Early childhood care and education has been for many years in Ethiopia. However, these experiences were not systematized, reflected up on and, hence, efforts were not made to extract lessons and delineate future directions. This paper has made a modest attempt to bring to light developments registered, gaps noted and future areas of focus both in intervention and research. It examined the past and present of ECCE developments focusing on policies, programmes and curricula as well as...

This study aimed to assess the prevalence of malnutrition and associated factors among school adolescents in Wolaita Sodo town, Southern Ethiopia.A school-based cross-sectional study was conducted from May 18-June 10, 2015. A multistage sampling was used to select a random sample of 690 adolescents from selected schools. Data on sociodemographic information were collected by using an interviewer-administered questionnaire, and anthropometric measurements were made by using a digital Seca...

Background: Despite IST centers reports of programmatic output level results that can be expressed in terms of total number of trained health care workers, and the number of trainings and the training topics covered, there are no empirical evidences that clearly shows the effectiveness of the in-service training program in improving health outcomes, health care workers performance and patient or customer satisfaction. Therefore, it is with this background that TRHB has initiated this rapid...

Laboratory safety involves the prevention of and response to laboratory emergencies.Good prevention is far better than someone getting hurt.Hazard codes, chemical labels, and material safety data sheets are the first sources of information that help us prepare to work safely in the laboratory.The laboratory can be but not necessarily a dangerous place.When intelligent precautions and a proper understanding of techniques are employed, the laboratory is no more dangerous than any other...

This research revealed the relationships between parental education and academic performance of primary school students in Genda Tesfa Elementary School. It aimed at identifying whether there is a relationship between parental education and children’s academic performance. The objective of the study was achieved by using Pearson correlation coefficient, T-test and one way ANOVA. The stratified random sampling was used in order to collect data and as a sequence, 118 male and 84 female...

Human beings, at a larger scale, are still in the hands of climatic influences, where extreme events of floods and droughts keep on claiming many lives all over the world . Rainfall Intensity Duration Frequency curves (IDF curves) are graphical representations of the amount of water that falls within a given period of time.  IDF relationship is an important hydrologic tool which will bridge the gap between the design need and the unavailability of design information especially in planning...

Favorable Human Resource Development Climate (HRDC) is an instrument for the development of human capital. Setting up an effective and quality education provision in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) depends on the prevailing HRDC. Unfortunately, most government, non-government institutions particularly HEIs in Ethiopia as learning institutions, have not so far given considerable attention to the development of the HRDC prevailing in their own institutions. As a result, there are little...

This paper assesses the factors that contribute to infant mortality, with malaria as the central focus, at the Komfao Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Kumasi - Ghana from 2010 to March 2015 using the logistic regression model. Data was taken from the registers at the Research and Department Unity of KATH. The logistic regression model was used to determine the impact of the independent variables; Duration of stay in hospital, Age of Infant, Infant Weight Level and Diagnosis presented...

This paper reports on findings from a recent PhD study that explored how young adults in Lesotho understood and applied their citizenship rights and responsibilities.It aims to inform proposed revisions to the 1995 Lesotho National Youth Policy that highlighted concerns that young adults are caught between the tensions of traditional values and their expectations of human rights that are internationally recognised and to which Lesotho is a signatory.The focus in this paper is on exploring...

Master of Social Science in Psychology. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2018.