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Quality education for attainment of sustainable development goals cannot exclude giving attention to students as global citizens. In the context of an ongoing trend of inter-regional and intra-regional student mobility, universities must consider hosting international students as a key attribute of internationalization of education and give attention to the needs of the international students they host. Feedback from students on their satisfaction with their university experiences is...

There have been controversies on the influence of gender on academic performance of students in relation to the teaching method(s) used in the teaching and learning processes.Using discussion method of teaching, the researchers ascertained the effect of the method on male and female students' academic performance in the teaching of accounting.Two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance.Quasi experimental design was adopted for the...

The study investigated conflict management strategies and secondary school teachers’ job effectiveness in Obubra Local Government Area of Cross River State. Six null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted correlational and factorial research designs. Purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample of 222 teachers from a population of 352 secondary school teachers. Conflict Management Strategies Questionnaire (CMSQ) and Secondary School Teachers’ Job...

Noise induced hearing loss is a consequence of undue exposure to noise and it poses a serious auditory challenges to the affected victim.Hence, this study attempted to examine noise awareness and noise prevention as strategies for curtailing the risk of noise induced hearing loss among college students.One hundred and twenty respondents were sampled randomly from Osun State College of Education, Ila-Orangun, Nigeria.The main instrument for data collection was self designed...

Background: Diabetes self-management education (DSME) is a key component of diabetes care aimed at delaying complications. Unlike usual care, DSME is a more structured educational approach provided by trained, certified diabetes educators (CDE). In Kenya, many diabetic patients are yet to receive this integral component of care. At the family medicine clinic of the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Nairobi, the case is no different; most patients lack education by CDE.Aim: This study...

Although teacher-librarians are recognised as crucial to twenty-first century students’ learning and teaching, research focusing exclusively on their preparation is relatively rare. The need for research in this area is stressed by many scholars who agree that programmes which educate teacher-librarians need to be responsive to the needs of both students and the profession. This chapter aims to examine the education and training of teacher-librarians in Botswana, chronologically tracking the...

<ns4:p><ns4:bold>Background: </ns4:bold>Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality globally. However, there are limited data on the prevalence of impaired kidney function in sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to determine the prevalence of CKD and associated factors in a rural Ugandan population.</ns4:p><ns4:p> <ns4:bold>Methods: </ns4:bold>We undertook a<ns4:bold> </ns4:bold>study of a representative sample of the General Population Cohort in South-western...

Adaptation to climate change involves changes in agricultural technologies in particular and management practices in general to reduce its risk and effects. To minimize the losses due to climate change factors, farmers have employed different climate change adaptation strategies. Consequently, this study examines farmer adaptation strategies to climate change in Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State of Ethiopia based on a cross-section data of three representative zones of Assosa, Kamashi zones...

The Tanzania Vision 2025 articulates the country's aspiration of becoming an industrialized and middle-income country by 2025. The education sector, which is the main driving force towards realizing this goal, is expected to bring about the right mix of high-quality skills for the rapid development of quality and adequate human resources. The kind of revolution needed is nevertheless impossible if teachers are not equipped with the necessary skills to bring in the desirable changes. This...

Climate change continues to be a challenge for global food production and agricultural ecosystems. Agriculture is a key component for economic growth and development in Africa. This chapter analyses the present and future climate-related challenges in the communities of Southern and Western Africa, specifically addressing communities in Benin, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It introduces the topic of climate change in different communities in Southern and Western Africa and the challenges it presents...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of human mortality particularly in association with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Nocardia spp. has emerged as an opportunistic infection especially in HIV patients. The high prevalence of TB and HIV coupled with the lack of a definitive laboratory diagnosis for Nocardia spp. could lead to misdiagnosed pulmonary TB. This study determined the prevalence of pulmonary infections due to Nocardia spp. and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum of HIV and...

This paper examines the availability of Internet services in Higher Learning Institutions (HLIs) for developing countries such as Ghana, with respect to the cost and usage. We looked at the source of Internet services and the bandwidth package for some Higher Learning Institutions in Accra, Ghana. One of the key objectives of this study is to design and simulates an efficient Internet bandwidth usage for Higher Learning Intuitions. We examined the cost of bandwidth package offered by the...

All human societies desire growth and development especially the rural-based which are characterized by economic backwardness, the absence of basic social amenities, abject poverty and high level of illiteracy. This gap can be reduced when the people living in rural areas are incorporated in the national development plan. It is pertinent to note that any policy meant to upgrade and develop rural communities must involve agricultural and cottage industries sector as poverty Reduction...

This study was mainly aimed at to assess the hampering factors of instructional leadership execution at colleges of teacher education in Amhararegion, Ethiopia.from the perspective of Hallinger and Murphy (1985) functions.To this end, the research firstly tried it attempted to explore whether there were statistically significant mean difference among instructional leadership function execution and colleges of teacher education in execution and it also tried to see the predictive value of...

Objectives: To investigate the knowledge, awareness, and attitudes of school teachers towards breast cancer in Kaduna metropolis.&#x0D; Methods: A survey of school teachers aged 20 – 65 years was conducted in both public and private schools in Kaduna metropolis. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data.&#x0D; Results: Out of the 997 participants, mean age 40.69 (SD = 12.09) years. Of all the participants, 259 (26.0%) were males, and 738 (74.0%) were females. The role of...