ABSTRACT This study assessed the effect of the Credit with Education scheme on beneficiary household livelihood and food security in the Kassena - Nankana Districts. Primary data was collected by means of administrating semi-structured questionnaires to a sample of fifty beneficiaries. Secondary data was collected from District and Regional Assemblies, MoF A offices, libraries and through the Internet. The results indicates that the CwE scheme has improved beneficiaries household livelihood ...
ABSTRACT Vocabulary is key in the development of language, cognition and academic achievement. Learners, coming from different backgrounds, vary in the amount of vocabulary that they bring to school. Low vocabulary levels may contribute to reading difficulties which, in turn, affect later reading and general school success negatively. Reading is perceived as a major challenge in Namibian schools; therefore, this study investigated the vocabulary levels, as well as the class reading levels, i...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the provision of Inclusive Education in Omusati Region. A quantitative research study was carried out and a random sampling procedure was used to select eleven schools. Twenty two (22) teachers and nineteen (19) education officers participated in this study. Two questionnaires consisting of open and closed ended questions were used to collect data for this study. The quantitative data was analysed using Statistics Package for Social Science (S...
ABSTRACT This school case study was undertaken to investigate the reading difficulties experienced by the Grade 3 learners of English as a Second Language in one primary school in the Khomas Education Region. The learners’ reading problems have been encountered by the researcher throughout her teaching career. The researcher was worried by two key issues: firstly, most of the primary school learners of English as a Second Language in Namibia have a problem in reading it and secondly, those...
ABSRACT The aim of this study was to investigate the Biology teachers’ perceptions of the importance of practical work in selected secondary schools in the Oshana Education Region. The study also sought to find out whether the selected secondary schools in the OER had all the necessary resources needed to conduct meaningful practical lessons in Biology. This study sought to answer the following research questions: 1. What are the Secondary School teachers’ perceptions of the importance o...
ABSTRACT This research study investigated teachers’ use of examiners’ reports in order to improve Biology instruction and the perceptions that teachers hold of these reports. The purpose of the study was to gain insight into teachers’ use of examiners’ comments during Biology instruction especially considering that similar comments seem to be repeated in examiners’ reports year after year. Biology teachers seem to ignore the examiners’ comments and therefore, the same comments as...
ABSTRACT This study investigates the choral compositional techniques, styles and creative interests associated with the choral works of James Tsemafo-Arthur, an African art music composer. The study outlines how this composer utilizes some intrinsic African elements in his compositions, the influence of his cultural and religious background on his composition, as well as his compositional philosophies. The study, apart from serving as a record of another African art music composer, will motiv...
The rapid spread of the Covid-19 around the world following the discovery of a new outbreak in December 2019 has completely paralyzed the lives of all people. The main purpose of this study is to observe the experiences and challenges of international students living at Huzhou University during the epidemic. Qualitative methods in a phenomenological manner have been used in the study through which in-depth research has been conducted and data has been collected through semi-structured intervi...
Maintaining continuity with the education system in Corona is now a big challenge. One of the main aims of this study is to uncover the challenging aspects of online learning during covid-19 in rural areas of Bangladesh. The study used qualitative approaches to deepen the online learning experience and challenging aspects of secondary school students. The result shows that they have all expressed their dissatisfaction, feeling helpless and frustrated, and no well-planned action has been taken...
Nowadays the internet has gained paramount importance in the education arena. The main objective of the study is to identify the impacts of social networking sites (SNS) on growing up adolescent girls in KCC. To identify the nature of browsing the internet, to find out how social sites help to increase the knowledge level, to know the impact of using a social networking site. The study was conducted through a survey research design. For this study, purposive sampling was used. Samples were co...
The basic aim of the research is to pursue the international students‟ perception on learning environment related to learning outcome at Huzhou University to establish the elements of educational culture that contribute learning outcome of international students at Huzhou University. This research has been conducted by a mixed-method design to fertilize realistic illustrations. For quantitative analysis, this research design has been done randomly where 230 international graduate and postgr...
ABSTRACT This study is an exercise in creative ethnomusicology as defined by Nigerian composer and scholar, Akin Euba. Bode Omojola (1995) refers to Euba‟s creative ethnomusicology as the “reinterpretation of stylistic tendencies”. It will engage works where materials collected through ethnomusicological methods are used for composition (e.g. the works of Nigerians Joshua Uzoigwe and Ayo Bankole and Ghanaians J. H. K. Nketia and Kenneth Kafui). A major goal of this work is to capture a ...
Abstract Youth, the World Bank argues, need to become a constituency for reform in developing countries. This case study responds to this challenge by investigating adolescent students' understanding of the relationship between health literacy, HIV/AIDS, and gender in the context of Uganda. The four questions investigated are: (i) What kind of health literacy, HIV/AIDS, and gender-related information is accessible to Ugandan adolescent secondary school students? (ii) In the students' view, w...
REPORT SUMMARY Zujung is located in the Tamale South Constituency and under the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly. It is located in the outskirts and southern part of the Metropolis and shares boundaries with Builpiela to the North-West and Lamashegu to the East. Recently, the incidence of early marriage has been very high in Ghana. The project therefore, was designed to explore the effects of child marriage on the young people and the Zujung community at large and finding ways to reducing the in...
ABSTRACT This study was undertaken to determine the knowledge, practices and attitudes that Home Economics teachers have on the learner-centred methods of teaching. The study addressed the following questions: a) what knowledge do Home Economics teachers have on the learner-centred approach to teaching? b) do Home Economics teachers’ use learner-centred methods of teaching in their classrooms? c) what are the Home Economics teachers' attitudes towards the use of the learner-centred methods...