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This article submits that the right to education is a fundamental human right and it notes a plethora of changes and subsequent conventions after the 1948 declaration of human rights, all in attempt to enforce the right to education. Despite all the convections, the right to education continues to be violated as children in most African countries are still paying fees at primary school level. The article also notes contextual narratives that affects the implementation of the right to...

In Kenya, like the other nations of the world, academic achievement is associated with individual and national development. However, poor academic achievement especially in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education has persisted over the years (2015 – 2018). Therefore, this study sought to establish gender differences in learning strategies and academic achievement among form three students in Nairobi County, Kenya. Explanatory sequential mixed methods design was adopted. Purposive,...

Abstract─The study was carried out to assess determinants of farmers' choice of specific adaptation strategies to climate variability and extreme events in selected agro-ecological zones in Kitui County.Descriptive survey design was used.The study area was stratified into four study sites with respect to four different agro-ecological zones and a total of 341 households selected to constitute the sample size. Multivariate probit regression model was run in Stata version 12 to determine the...

A research report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Public Health, School of Public Health in the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2020

This research assessed policy transfer in education curriculum focusing on Zimbabwe’s Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) policy. STEAM is a policy concept borrowed from the developed world. The main objectives of the study are to analyse the theoretical and conceptual issues underpinning the implementation of STEAM in Zimbabwe, to explore why the Government of Zimbabwe adopted STEAM as one of its education policies, to examine what was transferred from USA and to...

The role of higher learning institutions (HLIs) is increasingly becoming important in contributing to socio-economic development in nations year after year.HLIs cannot fully play their roles unless proper strategies are in place.This study explored strategies which can improve the performance of HLIs using 39 respondents who were purposively selected.Data were collected using an interview guide and thematically analyzed with the help of QDA Miner Lite tool for qualitative data.Strategies...

A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Award of the Master of Business Administration in Corporate Management (MBA-CM) of Mzumbe University.

Community participation is a precursor to development, yet, its nurturing calls for enormous efforts and time.It is against this backdrop the government of Tanzania in collaboration with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is rolling out Opportunities and Obstacles to Development project (O and OD) through training of the local government staffs.The study seeks to identify and examine the methodologies employed in O and Od trainings.It focuses on the adults' special needs and the...

Community participation is a precursor to development, yet, its nurturing calls for enormous efforts and time.It is against this backdrop the government of Tanzania in collaboration with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is rolling out Opportunities and Obstacles to Development project (O and OD) through training of the local government staffs.The study seeks to identify and examine the methodologies employed in O and Od trainings.It focuses on the adults' special needs and the...

The article engages the ways in which ethics and morality were upheld and sustained in the Catholic university education community in Zambia. It is informed by insights from an interpretive phenomenological study on the Catholic Church’s provision of university  education in Zambia. Catholic university education was an avenue for teaching what was deemed as good and bad, right and wrong, and upholding these teachings over time. This was facilitated by the teachings, practices and...

This study investigated “factors affecting the quality of education in public secondary schools”. The specific objectives include to identify necessary requirements for a secondary school to provide quality education; to asses on the availability of learning and teaching resources in provision of quality education in secondary schools and to examine the quality of teachers available in provision of quality education in rural public secondary schools. The study employed quantitative and...

Ponte Academic JournalDec 2020, Volume 76, Issue 12 THE TRIUMPH AND PROSPERITY OF EDUCATION IN AFRICAAuthor(s): Tuntufye S. Mwamwenda ,Phindile Lukhele OlorunjuJ. Ponte - Dec 2020 - Volume 76 - Issue 12 doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2020.12.21 Abstract:In view of the importance of education in the development of Africa, the present investigation looked at education at Early Childhood, Primary, Secondary, Tertiary and University levels, in the past thirty years. The investigation also looked at the...

This study was conducted in Rukwa region to assess ICT based support services for rural Open University of Tanzania students. The study specifically focused on exploring the Open University of Tanzania rural students perception on using ICT for their learning and to examine the costs of using ICT for teaching and learning at OUT and ensuring implication. 116 respondents from four districts of Rukwa region were involved in this study. Various data collection methods were employed in gathering...

Human resources training and development has been identified by various scholars to be crucial to an organization. Training activities that focus on creating competitive advantage are important for a bank or any organization operating in a dynamic and competitive business environment. This study explored the impact of human resources training and development on creating competitive advantage in the banking sector in Tanzania. The case bank for the study was Exim Bank Tanzania Limited. Data...

Motor skills development and learning in children increase rapidly between two to six years of age, and parents play a critical role in identifying deficits caused by delayed motor development in these early years especially those with intellectual disability. Therefore, parents constitute an important link in the process of identifying and implementing suitable physical activities to address salient and intractable aspects in the development of their children. This study therefore, aimed at...