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This study assessing the effect of home-to-school distance on student's dropout rate in Adi-Keyih sub-zone, Southern administrative region, Eritrea. In the current study, correlational method is used to test the significance of home-to-school distance on dropout rate of students. The population of the study embraces all 24 schools in Adi-Keyih sub-zone and their 15,457 students. Out of the total students there were 1215 dropout students (7.9 %) and all of them have been included in the...
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Africa, abundant in natural resources, faces growth challenges due to widespread energy poverty and heightened biofuel use with severe environmental impacts. Recognizing the connection between energy consumption and climate change is crucial for implementing sustainable solutions and establishing guidelines for future energy practices amidst the adverse effects of climate change on the continent's ecosystem. To this effect, the present study examines the effect of energy consumption on...
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This study examined the human resource management challenges faced by heads of departments in managing a multigenerational academic workforce in the South African higher education sector. A qualitative research approach was followed, and a multiple case study research design was applied. A purposive sampling technique was used to select 16 participants. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews, and it was analysed thematically with the aid of Atlas.ti. The study revealed several...
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Online learning remains one of the foremost enablers for enhancing education through inventive advances and pedagogies. In any case, the victory rate of students studying through open and remove learning (ORL) remains low. Subsequently, teaching of higher learning in Namibia ought to ceaselessly build up and evaluate the challenges influencing techniques required to address such challenges. Over the past two decades, e-learning has become a progressively critical field of consideration that...
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This chapter established the relationship between drought and food security in Bukomansimbi district, Uganda. It employed a cross-sectional survey design with mixed methods data approaches. It targeted 1996, and a sample of 322 respondents was determined by Krejcie and Morgan formulae. The researcher used questionnaires, observation, and interviews to collect data, and analyzed using SPSS to generate descriptive and inferential statistics. Qualitative data were transcribed to generate themes...
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The ICT integration in teaching and learning of economics survey indicates that it is only in seven countries that 40 % to 50 % of learners in grades four to twelve were taught by digitally skilful teachers who had minimum access to ICT, with very minimal difficulties to use ICT tools in schools, (EU-LLP, 2020). This contributes largely to learners’ lower academic performance and hinders the effective teaching of economics in South African schools and thus forfeits the objectives of ICT...
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Uganda with its fragile ecosystem, large-scale human activities, and increasing population pressure, all of which combined, make this region increasingly susceptible to climate variation. This study examined the long-term trends of annual, seasonal, and monthly distributions of rainfall and temperature from 2001 to 2021 together with crop-wise agricultural productivity. For the analysis, we obtained CHIRPS-V2.0 (Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station Data version 2.0)...
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This study examines the perceptions of students about SDG localization in Zimbabwean universities. The study uses a mixed methods research design. The results reveal that students perceive the SDGs as significant in university curricula. Only 39% confirm satisfactory or high coverage of SDGs content in their curricula. SDGs familiarity varies per discipline. Various challenges inhibit the localization of SDGs in universities. Lack of resources is the key factor. The study concludes that...
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From the 6th to 7th of February 2023, a storm surge struck Ras El-Bar, Nile Delta coast and attacked the resort facilities, with a wave height and velocity in deep water of 7.2 m and 12.7 m/sec respectively. The wind speed was 12.84 m/s, blowing from the NW and the WSW quadrants. This was an unwitnessed event revealed from the study of similar time interval from 1998 to 2022. Synchronizing with this event on the 6th of February 2023, was Kahramanmaraş Turkey Earthquakes. Consequently, the...
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This paper explores the ways that multilingual children attempt to access the English medium curriculum in Cameroonian primary education. We focus on Francophone Yaoundé where there has been a sharp rise in the number of children from predominantly Francophone multilingual homes attending English medium schools. The paper draws from a child-centred case study and data generated through classroom observations, child-group and individual interviews and recordings of student interactions around...
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Adolescence is a critical time for mental health promotion and prevention and establishing healthy behaviours. Implementing universal, school-based psychosocial interventions can improve short- and long-term health trajectories for adolescents. While these interventions may offer important opportunities for fostering skills and relationships, few school-based interventions have been developed for and tested in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where adolescent mental health needs may...
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The study aimed at finding out the impact of the followed leadership styles and the practiced administrative creativity among private schools' principals in West Bank, on the institutional performance, from the point of view of subordinates. In order to achieve the purpose of this study, the descriptive analytical methodology was employed, as well as, using the questionnaire as the main instrument for data collection. The questionnaire answers were collected from a sample of (393) male and...
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To solve the global challenges of the present society, contemporary scholarship requires that all diverse social groups are included in knowledge production through education. Professionalisation is one way in which diverse social groups can engage in knowledge production in higher education. While all kinds of professionalisation produce citizens who can contribute to the social, political and economic development, the teaching profession is foundational as most people have come through the...