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Oil exploration and exploitation has been on-going in the Niger Delta region in several decades. This has had disastrous effects on the region’s biodiversity and socio-economic environment. More importantly, the peoples’ sources of livelihood have been greatly affected due to pollution resulting from gas flaring and oil spills from explorative and exploitative activities. In the face of all these, there are existing laws and policies aimed at controlling and preserving the environment from...

South Africa’s higher education landscape mirrors its history of its relentlessly discriminatory past along racial, gender, social, political and class lines. Within this setting teacher education aims to cultivate its teaching and learning toward the fostering of moral persons who are caring towards the other and concerned with social justice and transformation. In this sense we explored the relationship between human rights education and human rights literacies and how these can be called...

This study examined the relationship between occupational incentives and teacher retention in private secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The study formulated four objectives, research questions and hypotheses. The research design was ex-post facto. The population of the study comprised 10,614 teachers and multi-stage sampling method was used to select 784 teachers as sample. Data were gathered using two instruments titled: “Occupational Incentives Questionnaire (OIQ) and Teacher...

This study was conducted in universities found in Amhara regional state. There are 7 public universities in the region. This study focused on all students with sensory (visual & hearing) and physical disability who were attending their education in the selected universities. One university was selected from each generation. Hence, Gondar was selected from 1st generation, Wollo from 2nd generation and Debre Tabor from the third generation universities. Qualitative case study design was used...

The rapid increase in enrolment in public primary schools has strained the facilities, resulting in low standards of sanitation and inadequate physical resources due to the rising population of pupils. The supply of drinking water to pupils is of questionable quality and has been indicated as a possible causal factor to escalating incidences of sickness among children. The combined effect of these factors has been, inconsistent school attendance, low school completion and in extreme cases...

Academic libraries should be accessible to all students and relevant stakeholders. Students with print disabilities are found in many universities worldwide. This article examines the services and tools that are available at the North-West University (NWU) in South Africa. Literature was used to identify how services, signage, and tools that should be included in an academic library to ensure access for all. The study found that the NWU had limitations in terms of material and assistive...

Child marriage is a well-recognized barrier to education, and exposes girls to an increased risk of violence along with other negative health and developmental outcomes. A quantitative survey was conducted with girls selected from 14 communities in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Data from 350 girls (ages 13-14) were analyzed using mixed effects logistic regression models. Findings revealed that child marriage was associated with lower levels of participation in formal...

This paper assessed the effectiveness of programs put in place to curb   absenteeism by learners in public day secondary schools in Kirinyaga County, Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The target population included 79 principals and 317 teachers in public secondary schools in Kirinyaga County. The researcher employed the Gay formula of 20 per cent to select a sample of 16 principals and 63 teachers.  Data was collected by means of a questionnaire administered to...

This study sought to examine the clinical supervision model and investigate its role in the professional development of teachers in Zimbabwe. The investigation employed the qualitative research method utilizing documentary analysis. It used secondary documentary sources to gather data. The study findings reveal that clinical supervision model is a vehicle for teacher professional development and teacher growth, leading to improvement in teaching performance, improvement of classroom...

Practical skills and ability development in the learners are very essential in the teaching/learning of Physics and other related science subjects. This is because they help learners to relate theory to reality, thus, making it easy for them to understand difficult and abstract concepts. Pursuing Physics at high school enables the students to participate in technology related studies in tertiary and higher institutions. The national enrolment at form three show that Physics is the least...

The study assessed opportunities and challenges of new technology integration in high schools in Gweru urban in Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. This study took a quantitative approach particularly employing the descriptive survey. A sample of 114 teachers was selected through random sampling technique. Questionnaires were used to collect the data. Results of the study revealed that computers were the commonly used technology in many schools and teachers had a positive attitude towards the...

Guidance and counselling is an integral component of teacher training and development. Generally, student teachers grapple with personal-social, academic and career-oriented needs or challenges during their training, which, if not effectively addressed or brought to the attention of counsellors, may retard the students’ development. Guidance and counselling services offered in teacher training colleges are ideally meant to empower students to effectively deal with, manage or address their...

This paper evaluates the involvement of faith based clubs in management of discipline among learners in public secondary schools in Kiambu, Murang’a and Kirinyaga Counties, Kenya. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The target population comprised of 351 teachers and 351 principals. The study sampled 10% of the population which comprised 35 teachers and 35 principals using simple random sampling technique. Data was collected by means of a questionnaire administered...

This study investigated the impacts of child labour on school attendance and academic performance of secondary school students in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria. five hypotheses were tested. The descriptive research design was adopted for the study. A total of 300 respondent were selected from six (6) senior secondary school students within Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State using simple random sampling technique. The research instrument used was a four point...

Despite several importance of Physical education to learners, Physical education have not been well implemented in Kenyan schools especially schools in Kisii County therefore, this study aimed at evaluate challenges that hinder execution of Physical Education instruction in public primary schools in Nyamira South Sub-County, Kenya. It examines the impact of teachers’ training on the implementation of the Physical Exercise instruction in schools. The study adopted a descriptive survey...

This study reports on the effectiveness of mentoring practices in the graduate diploma in education (Grad DE) programme at the University of Zimbabwe. Traditionally, the programme was coordinated and supervised solely by university lecturers with school-based personnel playing peripheral roles. However, the university introduced school-based mentoring for student teachers on teaching practice (TP) in 2002. Since then, no attempt has been made to assess the effectiveness of this programme in...