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This paper examines the issue of school dropout in six communities in the Savelugu‐Nanton District in the Northern Region of Ghana. The study focused on 89 children (64 boys and 25 girls) aged 7–16 years, who had dropped out of school. A snowballing sampling method was employed to recruit participants to the study. Two researchers interviewed the children using semi‐structured interview schedules over a period of three weeks. School dropouts were asked to tell their own stories about their...

This chapter examines the insertion of youth into the Egyptian labor market and explores to what extent the school-to-work transition has changed over time (1988–2006). Young people are defined in this study as those aged between 15–29. The analysis of the youth labor market situation is of particular importance. The chapter also uses three comparable labor market surveys, namely the Labor Force Sample Survey 1988 (LFSS 1988), the Egyptian Labor Market Survey 1998 (ELMS 1998), and the very...

Burns are among the most devastating injuries seen in the emergency units. The epidemiology varies from one part of the world to another. This communication is a 3-year report of burns in children in an attempt to provide information on the current epidemiology of burns in this centre. Children admitted into the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar with burns were prospectively studied from February 2005 and January 2008. There were 56 patients (28 males and 28 females). The ages...

This book focuses on educational quality, equality and democracy in the African context, in particular sub-Saharan Africa. Critical issues that impact, directly or indirectly, on education quality are raised in the book. These include low quality of education in sub-Saharan Africa despite meaningful improvements in access to education, gender inequality in education, the need to use the mother tongue in teaching and learning and persistent inequalities between the previously disadvantaged...

As the population of orphans grows in AIDS-affected settings, recent studies describe a heightened risk of HIV and sexual risk behaviours among adolescent orphans compared to their non-orphaned peers. This study explores the role of education in explaining the excess sexual risk previously documented among unmarried female orphans in urban Zimbabwe. School attendance and attainment were assessed by type of orphanhood, and for their association with markers of sexual risk (HIV and/or HSV-2...

Following the attention given by the Jomtien Declaration (1990) to the need for partnerships in the promotion of education, developing countries have initiated partnerships with many international donor agencies. The rationale, design and practice of many partnerships still require systematic investigation in the different country-contexts. This paper examines the framework, construction and practice of partnerships, using the Japan International Cooperation Agency's (JICA) educational...

Writing about HIV/AIDS gives me an opportunity to tell the story of my own experience concerning its venomous impact. I am fortunate or unfortunate or both in that, after my ordination to priesthood, the first appointment I received was to the Rakai district where the first HIV/AlDS case in Uganda appeared. Later, I transferred to the Kokstad Diocese-South Africa, where my appointments have been to the Mzongwana and Lusikisiki communities. Both places have been more affected by HIV/AIDS...

We investigated and analysed the factors that women teachers consider as barriers to their advancement to headship positions in Zimbabwean primary schools. Specifically, we sought to identify the factors perceived by women school heads to be causes of persistent under-representation of women in school headship positions. Data were collected through structured face-to-face interviews and focus group discussions with 13 experienced women school heads. The findings revealed that although the...

Abstract The public reception of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls (OWLA) in South Africa and the United States is a recent example of a historical pattern historians have often called the ‘civilizing mission’ on behalf of girls and women in Africa. One of the greatest missed opportunities by founders (and critics) of such schools, past and the present, has been the glaring omission of highlighting contemporary African women's achievements so the girls can see themselves as...

School clusters have become an international phenomenon, particularly in the developing world, as countries seek ways of addressing the many educational challenges that confront them. However, how those tasked to implement this reform experience and respond to it remains under-researched. There also seems to be a dearth of comparative studies in this area in the Southern African region. This paper reports on two studies, one conducted in Namibia and the other in Zimbabwe, on principals'...

Malawi was the first sub‐Saharan African country to take a bold decision and declare free primary education after the Jomtien conference in 1990. Fourteen years after the policy was first implemented no serious attempt has been made to find out what has happened to the influx of pupils joining the system. Using secondary sources of data, this paper provides evidence of how the trends in enrolment have been changing since independence in Malawi and brings to the fore equity issues, as well as...

With increasing pressures from growing demand and for higher quality on secondary schools, headteachers play a crucial role in creating successful school environments. Within Uganda, and across many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, headteachers are not adequately prepared for their roles, and few professional development opportunities exist to provide them with the skills they need. This article reports on a study that assessed headteachers’ efficacy in the areas of leadership, management,...

This study identifies the major methods used by farmers to adapt to climate change in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia, the factors that affect their choice of method, and the barriers to adaptation. The methods identified include use of different crop varieties, tree planting, soil conservation, early and late planting, and irrigation. Results from the discrete choice model employed indicate that the level of education, gender, age, and wealth of the head of household; access to extension and...

This study identifies the major methods used by farmers to adapt to climate change in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia, the factors that affect their choice of method, and the barriers to adaptation. The methods identified include use of different crop varieties, tree planting, soil conservation, early and late planting, and irrigation. Results from the discrete choice model employed indicate that the level of education, gender, age, and wealth of the head of household; access to extension and...