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There is a severe healthcare workforce shortage in sub Saharan Africa, which threatens achieving the Millennium Development Goals and attaining an AIDS-free generation. The strength of a healthcare system depends on the skills, competencies, values and availability of its workforce. A well-trained and competent laboratory technologist ensures accurate and reliable results for use in prevention, diagnosis, care and treatment of diseases.An assessment of existing preservice education of five...

There is enough evidence that climate change is taking place at the local level in Nigeria. Assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shows that Nigeria and all the countries within the Sub- Saharan Africa are highly vulnerable to the impact of climate change.The impact of climate change has no border and it directly affects global sustainable development, livelihood and man's ability to co-exist on earth. This study reviews evidence of the impacts of climate...

Estuaries are dynamic and their physical and chemical characteristics can change over a scale of hours to years.Consequently, estuarine fish assemblages often exhibit large temporal variations in abundance and composition related to changes in a range of parameters such as river flow, estuarine mouth phase, habitat availability, temperature, salinity and turbidity, all of which are likely to be highly affected by climate change.Many organisms become more stressed towards their range...

Estuaries are dynamic and their physical and chemical characteristics can change over a scale of hours to years.Consequently, estuarine fish assemblages often exhibit large temporal variations in abundance and composition related to changes in a range of parameters such as river flow, estuarine mouth phase, habitat availability, temperature, salinity and turbidity, all of which are likely to be highly affected by climate change.Many organisms become more stressed towards their range...

Estuaries are dynamic and their physical and chemical characteristics can change over a scale of hours to years.Consequently, estuarine fish assemblages often exhibit large temporal variations in abundance and composition related to changes in a range of parameters such as river flow, estuarine mouth phase, habitat availability, temperature, salinity and turbidity, all of which are likely to be highly affected by climate change.Many organisms become more stressed towards their range...

Estuaries are dynamic and their physical and chemical characteristics can change over a scale of hours to years.Consequently, estuarine fish assemblages often exhibit large temporal variations in abundance and composition related to changes in a range of parameters such as river flow, estuarine mouth phase, habitat availability, temperature, salinity and turbidity, all of which are likely to be highly affected by climate change.Many organisms become more stressed towards their range...

To the Editor: Madzima et al. address a very real issue in current medical and health education - lack of teaching of research skills. They have piloted workshops aiming to fill the void in research skills and statistics for those who want them, and I applaud them for their efforts. This shortcoming is not limited to South Africa; teaching of research technique and skills is also lacking in the undergraduate curriculum in the UK, although statistics teaching is more than adequate.

This article reports on the findings from a quantitative research study on learning resources in Kenya’s secondary schools. The purpose of this study is to investigate the secondary school principals’ perception on the learning resources. The study adopted a quantitative survey design involving 81 secondary principals, selected purposively. Data was collected using a questionnaire (open and closed-ended, rating scale items). Data was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences...

Background . The number of medical schools in Tanzania, and their respective student enrolments, has tripled in the last decade in response to the growing population and healthcare needs. There has, however, not been a corresponding increase in the number of faculty, resulting in a critical shortage of teachers. Objective . To determine the extent of the faculty shortage at the School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences (CUHAS), Bugando, Tanzania. Methods . A...

ABSTRACTThis paper reports on a study that explored ways in which the learning experiences of African learners could be influenced by a culturally relevant science curriculum. A series of science lessons based on selected African practices were taught over a period of four weeks to a grade 11 class. The teaching was designed in such a way that learners could move between indigenous knowledge and school science. The key focus for this paper is the learners' response to the teaching of...

This study attempted to determine the preconceptions of the nature of science held by two groups of grade 11 and 12 secondary school students. The first group consists of 460 randomly selected grade 11 students from Enugu township in eastern Nigeria. The second group consists of 2000 grades 11 and 12 Canadian secondary school students. The preconceptions of both groups were assessed using 15 selected items drawn from the Views-On-Science-Technology Society (VOSTS) instrument developed by...

A diploma in science education (in-service) certification is part of the training offered by the University of Zimbabwe for resource teacher-facilitators for an in-service support system for A'Leve...

ABSTRACTA survey carried out during 1998 in rural Grade 7–12 schools in the Eastern Cape revealed that teachers did not seem to know their problems in teaching science. For example, teachers claim that they do not teach science practically because they do not have apparatus. The survey results suggested that the teachers' problems, such as the inability to teach practically were underpinned by the teacher's lack of understanding of science concepts and processes. The teachers continue to...

The impact of climate change on smallholder agriculture has led to different strategies of adaptation and mitigation intending to reduce the risks and GHG emissions. But what is the adaptation and mitigation practices taking place and what are the cost implications for smallholder farmers in poor countries? This study is an attempt to fill this gap. A total of 142 farmers were selected randomly in the two villages of Kasulu District. There was also a consultation with focus groups and key...

Background. The distribution and accessibility of healthcare professionals as well as the quality of healthcare services are significantly affected by the career choices of medical and other health science graduates. Objective. While much has been reported on the career intentions of medical students, little is known about those of their counterparts in the health sciences. This study describes the career plans of non-medical health science students at three South African health science...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to investigate whether tourism awareness can be created through introducing tourism as a subject in high schools in South Africa. It also explores if studying tourism as a high-school subject has an influence on the travel patterns of students and their parents, and if it stimulates students to pursue a career in the tourism industry. Design/methodology/approach – The study is exploratory in nature. Based on a literature review, a questionnaire was...

Introduction . The ability to communicate across cultures requires a combination of knowledge, skills and attitude. Our current medical school curriculum includes innovative methods of teaching communicative knowledge and skills. Our aim is to encourage students to examine their attitudes toward patients from social groups and cultures other than their own and, ultimately, to interact with empathy in a multicultural society.  Method . An experiential learning technique where students were...

The non-participation of girls in advanced mathematics has become a concern over a number of years. This study sought to find ways of increasing female participation in Mathematics at advanced level based on an understanding of the constraining factors to female participation in mathematics. The descriptive survey research design was adopted in this study in which questionnaires, interviews and observations were used as data collection instruments. Questionnaires were completed by ninety...