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Early warning systems trigger early action and enable better disaster preparedness. People-centered dissemination and communication are pivotal for the effective uptake of early warnings. Current research predominantly focuses on sudden-onset hazards, such as floods, ignoring considerable differences with slow-onset hazards, such as droughts. We identify the essential factors contributing to effective drought dissemination and communication using the people-centered approach advocated in the...

Introduction `Individual consideration requires follower development through guidance, coaching and teaching is a key indicator of factor (Kirkbride, 2006).This is the first factor of transformational leadership style.The individual judgment leaders show high concern for their followers, treating them as individuals, and know well about them and listen to their concerns and ideas (Hoffman, and Frost, 2006).This leadership approach dealing with basic transformational leadership behaviors...

In this paper, we review literature on the financing of primary and secondary education in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with a view to contributing some insights about the extent to which the region can achieve the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4). At the heart of SDG 4 of the UN 2030 Agenda is the desire to achieve equity in education provision to the extent that no one is left behind. Leaving no one behind in this context suggests a pro-poor approach to educational...

Teachers play significant role in the process of implementing inclusive lower primary education, but it is important to note that inclusive education is yet to be fully implemented in Nigeria despite the numerous benefits associated to it. As one of the major implementers of inclusive lower primary, it is imperative to study teachers’ knowledge of inclusive lower primary education in Ifako-Ijaiye, as to provide empirical evidence. Descriptive survey research design was adopted with thirty...

Ерохин Алексей Константинович, кандидат философских наук, доцент кафедры экономики, управления и информационных технологий Владивостокский государственный университет экономики и сервиса, филиал в г

Abstract Background In South Africa (SA), clinics and community health centres are the predominant primary level health care facilities in the public health sector. As part of legislated health governance requirements, clinic committees (referring to those for clinics and community health centres) were established to provide management oversight and bring to bear the perspectives and participation of communities at Primary Health Care (PHC) facilities. Clinic committees need training in...

This paper examines how bank pricing behaviour affects the relationship between financial inclusion and livelihood activities using a sample of households that covers many regions of Ghana. The empirical approach is conducted in two stages: first, we employ a biprobit model to explore the relationship between financial inclusion and individual livelihood activities. Second, we use two-stage least-squares and robust probit methods to assess the effect of inclusive finance on livelihood...

The aim of this paper is to assess the influence of strategic innovation management on the competitiveness of TVET institutions in Kenya.Strategic innovation management has been highly regarded to be essential in leading businesses to success through commitment, effective decision making as well as mobilizing resource required for business operations.TVET institutions on the other hand have been recognized as key economic drivers in both developing and developed countries across the...

Mathematics education has been given a prime place at the basic and post basic levels of education in Nigeria because of its significant contributory role in the social, economic, scientific and technological development of the nation.The national policy on education specified the compulsory teaching and learning of Mathematics at the basic and post basic education levels (Federal Republic of Nigeria (FRN), 2014).The educational policy provided for students to offer the compulsory...

Intestinal parasitic diseases remain an epidemiology a real problem in Chad, but little research has been done in this area. The purpose of the study is to determine the status of intestinal parasites infection among students in a health professional training institution and to assess their level of perception of this health problem. This prospective and descriptive study took place between June and July 2018. A total of 107 stool samples were collected from students in a health professional...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of leadership style on students’ completion rates in secondary schools in Meru Central Sub County, Kenya. The study was guided by the systems and benchmarking theories and adopted the descriptive survey research design. A questionnaire was used to collect relevant data. A sample of 24 principals, 120 teachers and 240 students participated in the study. The study findings revealed that principals’ leadership style influenced completion...

Wrong-time medication administration errors (WTMAEs) can have serious consequences for medication safety.The study was a cross-sectional study that employed a prospective observation technique and was conducted from 4th June to 20th July 2018 at Adult University Teaching Hospital (AUTH) in the Internal Medicine and Surgery departments.A total of 1749 doses were observed being administered to 325 inpatients and the frequency of WTMAEs was 47.8% (n= 836).Further analysis of WTMAEs was...

This study sought to determine the relationship between selected institutional context factors and female students' choice of career in science TVET in Technical Training Institutes in Siaya County, Kenya. The study was guided by Social Cognitive Theory as posited by Bandura (1986) and Holland's Theory of Occupational Choice (1959, revised 2017). The study adopted a descriptive survey design. Reliability was tested using a test-retest method. Cronbach alpha method was also used to test...

Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in its Article 1, defines climate change as 'a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods'.Climate change has a pervasive influence transcending borders and making systems susceptible to perturbations, this makes them vulnerable to both internal and external...

The use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in teaching and learning has become a necessity and an opportunity for improving and enhancing acquisition of knowledge by learners. The integration of ICT in teachers’ pedagogical practices has the potential to transform the teaching and learning process. ICTs have become vital tools for teachers to enhance learning through the teachers’ pedagogical aspect of content preparation in classroom. The purpose of this study was to investigate...

After a realisation that there are scanty studies conducted on university teachers trainees’ sexual experiences and how these experiences are shaped by gender, age and religion, this study set out to conduct survey on final/third year university teacher-trainees in two selected teacher training university colleges, one in Uganda and another in Tanzania, with the purpose of examining the role of gender, age and religion in explaining the variations in age of first sexual experience and number...

The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of use of social network sites among adolescent students in secondary schools. A cross-sectional study design was done and simple random sampling technique was used. Quantitative research methodologies were used in data generation and analysis. Data was collected in April (2019), n=59 students were involved. SPSSv26 and Excel were used in quantitative data analysis. N=59 participants involved; Females (54%) and Males (46%). Aged...

Abstract The present study investigated the psychometric properties of the Scales for Assessing Emotional Disturbance – Third Edition: Rating Scale (SAED‐3 RS), which is designed for use in identifying students with emotional disturbance for special education services. The purposes of this study were to evaluate (a) the measurement invariance of SAED‐3 RS scores between White and African American students and (b) the impact of differential item functioning (DIF) on test scores from the...