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The study investigated teachers’ perception of the use of Library and Information Science virtual classrooms in curriculum delivery in Nigeria in post COVID 19 era. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. Simple random sampling technique was used to draw a sample of 150 (68 male and 82 female) secondary school teachers in Nsukka LGA. Teachers Perception of Use of Library and Information Science virtual classrooms Questionnaire was used to collect data. The reliability of the...

Aims: This study was done to compare the prevalence of hypertension in oil-polluted and non-oil polluted communities in Rivers State Subjects and Methods: A community-based household analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on oil-polluted communities in Ogoni local government areas and nonoil polluted communities in Abua/Odua LGA both in Rivers State. An interviewer-administered structured World Health Organization STEPS instrument/questionnaire for NCD/chronic disease surveillance...

Objective: Conduct a study about the epidemiological, clinical, therapeutic and prognostic aspects of puerperal infections within Gynecology Obstetrics department of CHU-YO during the study period.Patients and Methods: This was a cross-sectional and descriptive study.The study period was from January 1 st to December 31 st , 2019.Data collection was retrospective.The exhaustive sample included all female patients having a puerperal infection.Results: Our study included 65 patients.The...

Objective: Conduct a study on cesarean sections in adolescent girls at the mother-child pool of the CHU-T in order to reduce maternal-fetal morbidity and mortality.Patients and Methods: This was a descriptive and cross-sectional study with a retrospective data collection method from January 1 st , 2018 to December 31 st , 2019.Results: The frequency of caesarean sections in our series was estimated at 59.9% in adolescent girls.68.7% of adolescent girls were married, the average age was...

Globally, the health crisis linked to the coronavirus pandemic forced the closure of schools and universities to prevent the rapid, uncontrolled spread of the disease. COVID 19 has had a disturbing impact on all walks of life. Among these, higher education concerns us. This article analyses the Gambian system for ensuring the continuity during the pandemic at the university.

The study aimed to assess the prevalence and correlates of sexual risk behaviours among adolescents in Mozambique. In the cross-sectional 'Global School-Based Health Survey (GSHS)', 1918 students aged 11-18 years from Mozambique responded to a questionnaire in 2015. More than half (57.4%) of the students ever had sex, 68.4% among boys and 45.8% among girls. Among students who ever had sex, 41.5% had early sexual debut (<14 years), 57.9% had multiple sexual partners, 25.0% had not used a...

Employing an ethnographic research design, this study examined the Maasai students’ experiences with and their perceptions of formal schooling processes in Monduli, Tanzania. The study drew on classroom observations, interviews with four (4) heads of schools, and focus groups with 31 teachers and 70 students. The results demonstrated the predominance of teacher-centred and rote-learning approaches, as well as poor interactions between students and teachers in the classrooms. Equally, the...

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, many universities were in the middle of violent student protests linked to the debate on decolonisation in Higher Education.These protests flared up again in March 2021.Since 2015, which saw the emergence of the Fees Must Fall and Rhodes Must Fall movements in South Africa, decolonisation has been on the national agenda.Unfortunately, much of the meaningful debate around decolonisation was, and continued to be right up until just before the outbreak of the...

The ongoing debates on education decentralization are sparked by multiple factors, including both managerial and financial concerns influencing the delivery of higher education in Africa and globally. Africa experienced colonialism and has education systems, which are progressively influenced by the upsurge of new managerialism rooted in neoliberalistic and neo-conservatist ideologies. This chapter provides an analysis of how higher education in South Africa responds to the sudden...

The origin of the Chimbuya phenomenon is not known for dearth of literature in Zambia.Nevertheless, the "Chimbuya" word was coined by the Bemba and the Ngoni speaking people during the colonial and postcolonial period in the 1900s.Nevertheless, Chimbuya is the social reciprocal relationship premised on jokes and power formally described as traditional cousinship in Zambia.Zambia is a country of 73 ethnic groupings that have coexisted peacefully in their diversity with each other.Central to...

Abstract Livestock rearing is a popular climate change adaptation strategy among farmers in Matobo District, Zimbabwe. In this chapter we reveal how farmers in Matobo District have benefited immensely from rearing small livestock in response to climate change. Although the descriptor “small livestock” generically refers to different types of livestock, in this chapter we limit it to goat and sheep rearing. The purpose of the chapter is (1) to discuss the efficacy of small livestock rearing...

Climate smart agriculture has enhanced the viability and sustainability of smallholder farming in Umguza District of Zimbabwe. This study documents how smallholder farmers in Umguza District have responded to the adverse effects of climate change by venturing into small grains production, conservation farming and small livestock production. This paper discusses the vulnerability of smallholder farmers in Umguza District to climate change induced risks. The vulnerability profile is followed...

In this paper, the emphasis is on teaching the foundation phases of school via the Zoom platform during the Covid-19 pandemic. Fifteen out of the eighteen teachers of a private school in South Africa completed the survey questions, and the questions were then analyzed using the Diffusion of Innovation Theory. Most teachers felt that they were able to use Zoom successfully, although they prefer face-to-face teaching. The paper’s main contribution is the identification of six factors affecting...

The government-funded National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) in South Africa provides financial assistance to low-income university students. Recognising that a just higher education system is one that ensures that a student’s background does not predetermine both their chance of gaining access to, and successfully completing a qualification, we use administrative data to evaluate the extent to which NSFAS has improved higher education participation and affected student performance in...