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Science is a piece of applied knowledge. It is a subject that has an impact on our daily activities. It can be seen as a tool that is important to both individuals and the nation as a whole to survive and to meet the global economic requirements. Despite the indispensable importance of science in our society, it is sad to note that the performance of students in science courses in higher institutions these days are generally poor, most especially in Colleges of Education in Nigeria. This...

Equity and redress, in and through education, are fundamental commitments of the new South African democratic government that ensued in 1994 after a brutal and protracted history of colonial and apartheid segregation and oppression denied the majority black population the fundamental right to equitable and quality education. A raft of ambitious and far-reaching policies were put in place to achieve these laudable goals. Yet more than 26 years after the ending of colonial and apartheid rule,...

Different reports by the Ministry of Education in Rwanda have confirmed a decrease in student enrolments in Rwandan private universities since 2014, such that there is a need for effective strategies to address this issue. This study was undertaken to explore effective strategies to revamp student enrolments in six selected private tertiary institutions in Rwanda. The study adopted a descriptive survey design and used a sample of 382 participants out of 13914 subjects. The study employed a...

Climate change strongly impacts the agricultural sector in West Africa, threatening food security and nutrition, particularly for populations with the least adaptive capacity. Little is known about national climate change policies in the region. This systematic review identifies and analyses climate change policy documents in all 16 West African countries: (1) What are the existing climate change adaptation policies publicly available? (2) Which topics are addressed? (3) How are agriculture...

The study aimed at investigating the relationship between user education costs and secondary school completion rates in Samburu East Sub-county, Kenya. The descriptive survey research design was adopted. The study was guided by influential theory by Finn (1993). The study targeted a population of 254 Form four students derived from 7 secondary schools in Samburu East Sub-county, Kenya. The sample size of the study was 156 form four students. The 7 schools included in the study were sampled...

Aflatoxins are naturally occurring food toxins known to contaminate cereals with a carry-over effect in milk and meat products from farm animals raised on contaminated feed. In children, continuous consumption of aflatoxin-contaminated food is linked to immune suppression, vaccine interference and growth faltering while in adult populations, carcinogenesis in the liver has been established. We evaluate the main determinants of aflatoxin exposures among children recruited from primary schools...

IntroductionThe idea behind the development of human capital is the formal education system of primary, secondary and tertiary training (Kariyana, Maphosa & Mapuranga, 2012;Lekhetho, 2013).OECD (2019) defines human capital as "the knowledge, skills, competencies and other attributes embodied in individuals or groups of individuals acquired during their life and used to produce goods, services or ideas in market circumstances".Formal education is admittedly a sure approach to achieving...

Language teaching takes place in various ways: it helps learners in order to acquire the diverseskills of the English language under this study. Effective multiple methods and techniques areimplemented to make the teaching-learning process. English language teaching throughliterature is one of the methods which has been in practice nowadays in English as a foreignlanguage classroom (EFL). A descriptive survey research design has been conducted.Moreover, a questionnaire, a focus group...

Adult education and training is a tool for poverty reduction and economic development in Namibia. A young Namibian teacher from Katutura, Windhoek, Wilfried Mbamba, had a dream to make a change in his community. He established an adult education centre in May 2019 called the Hatika Adult Education Centre, thanks to the generous support, by means of a small grant, of the US Embassy in Namibia. Community tourism awareness was introduced in July 2019, as an extra volunteer activity at the...

Tourism has been a long standing major economic activity for many African countries. However, research has shown how factors such as governance and poor planning could hamper the sustainability of the industry. Additionally, in recent years, one of the most significant threats to the integrity of tourism destinations has surfaced: climate variability and change. This chapter therefore reviews the tourism-climate change nexus as it applies to tourism development in the African continent. The...

Vocabulary learning is one of the most important fields in teaching English or any foreign language. One could learn all of the grammatical rules and exceptions that the language contains, but what if our brain did not store the needful amount of words to complete and utter the message that a person want to transmit ? The present research work aimed at promoting the use of Total Physical Response (TPR) method, as a technique to introduce English language vocabulary to EFL beginners. An...

Employability is a set of skills, knowledge and personal attributes that make an individual adapt to changes in the labour market. This study applies ‘Human Capital Theory’ (HCT) and the ‘theory of Interrole Learning Transfer’ (ILT) to examine factors which affect the attitudes, motivations and actions of learners towards their future employability. A qualitative approach enabled in-depth interviews with 36 participants drawn from academics, students, company managers and policymakers. Our...

Several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (3, 16, 17) point to the need to systematically address massive shortages of human resources for health (HRH), build capacity and leverage partnerships to reduce the burden of global illness. Addressing these complex needs remain challenging, as simple increases in absolute numbers of healthcare providers trained is insufficient; substantial investment into long-term high-quality training programs is needed, as are incentives to retain qualified...

Numbers of universities are increasing in developing economies. With a rise on the universities in developing economies, there is a call for more research on the role of universities in developing entrepreneurs. This article aimed at understanding the kind of support, which university students in developing economies need to engage in self-employment. The study recruited 230 students, who were provided with questionnaires during class sessions. Students were allowed to carry questionnaires...

The challenges that confront ESL students in their use of cohesive devices are pervasive. The study employed the sequential exploratory mixed research approach data collecting tool. The research employed the use of questionnaires to collect factual data from the tutors. Also, semi-structured interviews and observation were used as data collection tools. The target population of the study comprised 120 level 200 students of EPCE, Bimbilla. Sixty essays were analyzed using Halliday and Hasan's...

The aim of the study is to explore the effectiveness of distance learning from the viewpoint of high school teachers in the educational process in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Syrian Arab Republic within the Corona pandemic, and study the significance of differences in the effectiveness of distance learning according to the gender variable, specialization and years of experience. To achieve the goals of the study, the researcher prepared a questionnaire to survey the views of...

South Africa’s adopted neoliberalism framework, since democracy, has spearheaded industrial development such as mining and has contributed to eroding civil society formations for environmental justice. Although civil society has acted against mining developments, such actions can be uncoordinated due to neoliberal development influences. Neoliberalism can work to reconfigure the geographies of environmental justice struggles contributing to a fragmented ‘micro-politics’. This paper presents...

Background: The majority of students today are more fascinated by new technology. The most trending digital appliance among students is headphones. The use of earphones has become more and more popular among students this can easily be a vector of possible pathogens that can give rise to serious disease. Objective: This study was conducted to determine the bacterial contamination on earphones and external ear of students and to assess the awareness amongst the students of the importance of...