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Highlighting the importance of concepts of professionalism and work ethics in agricultural education in Botswana before and after the country achieved its independence is crucial in the education system. The purpose of this study is to explore the concept of professionalism and work ethics in the history of teaching and learning of agriculture in Botswana. The paper focuses on using the discussions raised in agricultural education development capturing the period prior to 1966 (Bechuanaland...

Due to the increasingly serious threat of natural disasters, it is crucial to examine the ability of buildings to withstand such catastrophes. The damaged structures observed in the recent Turkey/Syria destructive earthquake on February 6th, 2023, attracted the attention of experts and stirred controversy regarding the main causes of this extensive damage. Since numerical simulation is widely utilized as a powerful tool to investigate the buildings’ seismic response, an efficient simulation...

This study aimed to examine the impact of the duration of semester examinations on academic performance among students in four colleges of education in North Central Nigeria. A stratified sampling technique was applied to select 200 participants from the four Colleges of Education in the North-Central Zone of Nigeria (FCT COE Zuba, FCE Okene, COE Minna, and COE Akwanga). The four colleges of education were stratified based on location, and a proportional number of students were randomly...

This study investigated the effect of the use of interactive or smart whiteboard on student teachers’ academic performance in educational technology. Two objectives, research questions and hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A non-randomized pre-test post- test experimental design was adopted with a total of 110 second year educational technology students as sample. Educational Technology Performance Test (ETPT) with a reliability co-efficient of 0.75 obtained from Kuder...

The regulation of olive cultivar and geographical origin is a requirement for the global extra virgin olive oil market, due to its significant impact on consumer choice. Our work involves obtaining a promising marker parameter for cultivar and geographical origin that can be used to verify declared labels. The effects of these factors on the physicochemical parameters and composition of monovarietal extra virgin olive oil (MEVOO) from Algeria were studied. Thirteen olive fruit varieties were...

Introduction Globally, 3–4 billion people rely on solid fuels for cooking, and 1 billion use kerosene to light their homes. While household air pollution (HAP) emitted from burning these fuels has well-established links to numerous health outcomes, the relationship between active tuberculosis (TB) and HAP exposure remains inconclusive. Methods We explore the association between HAP exposure and TB among adult women in Lilongwe’s high-density suburbs using hospital and community-based health...

School buildings have a significant potential for daylighting to improve school students’ academic performance in terms of rational, behavioral, and physical aspects; of their education and activities. This paper discusses the role of geometry parameters, including building shape, annual sun exposure (ASE), and spatial daylight autonomy (sDA) of single-sided school buildings in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. The daylighting of five shapes was compared through computer simulations using...

This document highlights Tunisia’s strategic approach to sustainable energy and the central role of renewable resources in addressing environmental challenges and advancing sustainable development goals.Over the past two decades, Tunisia has pursued energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources through initiatives such as the National Energy Strategy, the Tunisia Solar Plan (TSP) and legislative reform. However, Tunisia faces a dual challenge: at the national level, growing...

Digital technology can potentially improve the quality of education in rural communities by creating conducive conditions for collaboration among learners, providing interactive learning tools and offering opportunities for personalised learning experiences. The pre-service teachers are a critical human resource in improving the quality of education. Therefore, this study investigated the perceptions of pre-service teachers’ technical, pedagogical, attitudinal and ethical digital competence...

This study focuses on air quality in southern Benin in order to show public authorities what the Beninese populations are exposed to for efficient decision-making. Two sampling campaigns were carried out, one in the wet period and the other in the dry season. The measurements were taken using a monitor called an "Air Quality Monitor". For data processing, the multiple comparison methods of Dun (1961) and the Wilcoxon test were used. To maintain legitimacy, all spatial data were included in...

Following the 16th World Conference in Durban, South Africa, The South African Institute for NDT (SAINT) was mandated to invest the monies made from the WCNDT to establish a professional qualification for NDT personnel. In South Africa, a professional qualification must comply with the national qualification framework (NQF) requirements, which stipulate the rules to assure that qualifications for different occupations are at the same level. For NDT this meant, that the qualifications to ISO...

Factors such as the chronic hunger challenge in Africa, the exponential rise in the number of Africans needing food as a matter of emergency, the COVID-19 pandemic, the impacts of conflicts, and the worsening climate crisis consistently reveal that food availability and accessibility are primary casualties of Africa's livelihoods vulnerability context. Religious institutions and actors are increasingly involved in the fight against hunger to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030. This involvement,...

ABSRACTThis study examined the influence of teachers’ characteristics on academic performance of students in secondary schools in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State. The independent variables examine were; teacher knowledge of subject matter, teacher gender, teacher age and teacher – self concept while dependent variable is students’ academic performance. To achieve the purpose of the study, four research questions and four research hypotheses were posed and formulated...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore and identify effects of Cyclone Freddy on vulnerable learners in the flood prone areas both at primary and secondary school levels. Methodology: This study used a qualitative study method, which depended on mostly secondary data, using online interviews, reviews of online news articles, social media postings and United Nations reports and observations. Data was collected from the most affected areas of Blantyre Urban, Phalombe, Mulanje,...

This research examined the incorporation of play-based learning in Early Childhood Education (ECE) policies across Zambia and twenty other diverse countries. Through document analysis, it uncovers commonalities and disparities in play-based learning principles. While both Zambian and global documents emphasise the significance of play in child development, they differ in scope, regional practices, and emphasis on global advocacy and cultural variations. Zambia’s documents highlight specific...

Although learning takes place throughout life, that which occurs during childhood will never be equaled (UNICEF, 2018). Play is a legitimate right in early childhood (Smith, 2013) and one of the most natural pathways to exploration and learning (Saskatchewan, 2018). However, although play is a legitimate right way of learning in Zambia (MOGE 2013), in practice its implementation varies from school to school (Lungu, 2023). This study explored the play-based pedagogies related to play-based...

Particularly in informal settlements, climate change has done more harm than good to cities in the Global South. Despite an abundance of research on the impact of climate change on informal settlements in Africa, a startlingly small amount of it looks at how political arrangements have developed into essential elements of methods for fostering climate resilience in these settlements. By investigating the degree to which politically-induced patterns of human settlement in Harare's informal...

Indiscipline among secondary school students has received little research attention in relation to their emotional intelligence level. The main objective of this study was to establish the relationship between emotional intelligence and indiscipline among public secondary school students in Kilifi County. The study was informed by Kohlberg’s theory of Moral development. A Correlational research design was adopted. The independent variables in the study were emotional intelligence and...

Purpose: To establish whether there are differences in attitude of regular education teachers, special education teachers, regular student teachers, and special education student teachers toward stuttering and students who stutter (SWS) in some selected primary schools and colleges of education in the Copperbelt, Luapula, Lusaka, and Muchinga provinces of Zambia. It also sought to determine whether attitudes of teachers differed based on gender, geographic location or educational level....