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Research has not been conducted on physical activity in early child education and care (ECEC) settings in low-income, rural communities in South Africa. This study aimed to describe the physical activity environment of these settings and identify child and contextual factors associated with physical activity in these settings. By understanding physical activity in this environment, it will be possible to identify context-specific opportunities, including with teachers, to overcome potential...

PERCEPTIONS AND SATISFACTION OF HIGH SCHOOL LEARNERS AND THEIR TEACHERS ATTENDING OPEN DAY AT A SOUTH AFRICAN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY

People in Bulawayo’s townships in Zimbabwe primarily survive on maize. Even so, the year 2019 has hit them particularly hard, with the drought drying up the supply of grain to the city. Prices of staple foods have gone up.

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a growing public health concern in both developed and developing countries. The successful management of the disease is however dependent on the patients’ abilities to undertake self-care in their daily lives. Patient education is also considered an essential component of achieving this objective. Aim/Objectives: To determine the knowledge, attitude, practice and factors influencing the practice of preventive measures for diabetes mellitus amongst...

Tourism has been identified as a potential source of economic development and diversification in many developing countries. However, many of these countries are unable to fully leverage this potential due to a lack of human resource capacity within the hospitality and tourism industry. This lack of capacity is due in part to inadequate educational programming in the area of hospitality and tourism at secondary and tertiary levels. This study sought to address this problem through an...

Parental involvement in pre-school education still remains questionably low when it comes to promoting pre-school children’s education amidst the diverse family backgrounds in the current generation. Parents have shown mild and inconsistent involvement in their children’s educational activities leading to poor academic achievement. Sikalame zone which is the location of this study has been facing challenges of low community and parental involvement which has contributed to the neglect of...

Higher education institutions in South Africa continue to face uncomfortable positions. These uncomfortable positions started with the #fallist movement – an alter-globalisation movement that argues for the decolonisation of the knowledge spheres in South African higher education to place African knowledge at the centre of learning. With the #fallist movement’s rhetoric forcing university academics to adapt the curriculum, content, methodologies and pedagogies aligned to the African...

A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment for the Award of Masters Degree in the Department of Educational Foundations, School of Education, Kenyatta University, November, 2019

This paper presents an Education Data Mining (EDM) approach and machine learning techniques that were used to identify important features that can predict performance of high schools in South Africa. In order to be able to extract these factors we use interpretable machine learning algorithms to make it easier to translate the predictive power into actionable information that can be used by policymakers. Logistic regression and Light Gradient Boosting (LightGBM) and tree-based algorithms...

Rural households in sub-Saharan Africa earn a substantial part of their living from rain-fed smallholder agriculture, which is highly sensitive to climate change. There is a growing number of multi-level assessments on impacts and adaptation options for African smallholder systems under climate change, yet few studies translate impacts at the individual crop level to vulnerability at the household level, at which other livelihood activities need to be considered. Further, these assessments...

Introduction: Thinness and lack of diversified foods are common nutritional problems among children in developing countries. There is limited evidence on the level of thinness, and dietary among school aged children in Ethiopia. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of thinness and adequate dietary diversity and their predictors among primary schools. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Meskan District of Southern Ethiopia, from October 11 to November...

Lack of trained personnel is a major obstacle to providing the full package of emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmONC) services in Ethiopia and other low-income countries. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether a blended learning approach to in-service EmONC training could be as effective as a conventional learning approach while reducing costs. A quasi-experimental study design assigned providers in need of EmONC training to blended learning (12 days of offsite training followed...

Abstract Prior epidemiologic studies have established that high rates of comorbidity of diabetes and depression is common. The aim of this study is to examine prevalence and correlates of mental health conditions among older African Americans with chronic health conditions The sample (n=1,399) from the first round of the NHATS includes older African Americans living in their community: 60% women, 35% married, 39% less than HS, 57% from the South. A two-way MANCOVA was conducted to determine...

This research work investigates the relationship between occupational self-concept and career interest among senior secondary school students in Suleja education zone of Niger State. This study mainly focused on three occupational environments which constitute the three components of this study. The study employed a correlational research design. The sample size of this study comprised of total number of 310 respondents; out of which 111 respondents were majored in computational occupational...

In this first textbook on international and European disability law and policy, Broderick and Ferri analyse the interaction between different legal systems and sources. Guided by the global legal standards of the CRPD, students are equipped with the necessary background on disability, and are given a comprehensive overview of the legal and policy frameworks on disability. The narrative maintains the balance between theory and practice, focusing on the legal framework and challenges in the...

Achieving gender parity in education and eradicating disparity in gender gap among developing nations especially the Sub-Saharan African countries, particularly Nigeria, has been a major area of interest and concern of global development discourses. Different reports, narratives, and arguments have been advanced to demonstrate that considerable progress has been made in closing the gaps of gender disparities in achieving educational parity. However, some levels...

This research on the institutionalization of human right education at post primary school level was carried out in Hossana town of 4 primary school (2 from private and 2 from public school) namely Alemu W/Hanna public school, Hassana Vision academy private primary School, Wachemo public school and FA private school, Ethiopia. The study sample comprised 345 out of the total 2,500 population using Yeman (1967:886) formula. Two types of research questions and one hypothesis were evolved to...

Activity, Student, Experiment, Improvisation (ASEI) and Plan, Do, See, Improve (PDSI) is a pedagogical strategy advocated by Strengthening of Mathematics and Science Education (SMASE) program since 2010 to refocus the pedagogical practice of mathematics and science teachers and enhance learner achievement. During the life of SMASE, Sabatia, Vihiga, Kisumu West and Gem Sub-Counties neighbouring Emuhaya consistently improved in science (ranging between 55-60%), unlike Emuhaya where performance...