Abstract/Overview This paper was based on an exploratory study carried out on student leadership in three public universities in Kenya in 2004/2005 academic year. The study was premised on the challenges facing student leadership and the transformative roles student leadership plays in the management of student affairs and overall university management. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire from a sample of 34 student leaders and analyzed through descriptive statisti...
Abstract/Overview The education of females has a profound effect on national development as lack of their education has been linked to poor sanitation and high illiteracy rate. As the world grows even more dependent on technologically driven competencies, girls’ participation in mathematics affects future career and economic opportunities. It is documented that women’s participation in mathematics related fields such as engineering is below 20%. There was therefore need to conduct a s...
Abstract/Overview Provision of primary education for all children has long been seen as of great importance, at least in policy discussions, around the world and in Kenya. Since the introduction of free primary education, the Kenyan government has continued to invest heavily on the program for its sustainability and realization of the UN Millennium Development Goals and the Education for All goals. It is important to understand the extent to which this capitation grant has affected servic...
Abstract Bungoma County has been characterized by variations in terms of school factors, infrastructure, resource allocation, and administrative capacity. Contextually, similar categories of schools are expected to record near-similar mean grades. These variations, as a result, are therefore hypothesized to be the result of other factors, especially school management. Financial management is one key aspect of school management that can contribute to this, hence its interest in the study. The...
Abstract: Research shows that diversity and diversity management are no longer mere topical issues for debate in organisations but are now a reality to be confronted. This is so because the workplace environment has become diverse and multicultural especially in private higher education institutions Private (PHEIs). What particularly ignites debate on issues related to diversity and diversity management practices in private higher education institutions is the now felt desire to create safe,...
Abstract: This study is an investigation of strategies that can be deployed by academic middle managers (AMMs) to support successful planning, implementation and management of curriculum change in higher education. It has been consistently shown in literature that well above half of curriculum improvements which fail to be successfully implemented are due to failure by the improvement sponsors to effectively plan particularly with regards to the identification and deployment of effective cur...
Abstract: The aim of this survey was to evaluate the suitability and acceptability of virtual laboratories as alternatives or supplements to the traditional physical laboratories in the teaching of graduates in laboratory-driven science disciplines in Botswana. Participants were drawn from three universities in Gaborone, Botswana. The majority of respondents (66.7%), were faculty staff members and the rest (33.3%), were postgraduate students or recent graduates (0-5 years) at Masters or PhD ...
Abstract: Literature shows that high incidences of classroom disciplinary problems have a significant impact on the effectiveness of teaching and learning.Use of classroom management strategies to manage the behaviour of students is therefore critical in mitigating behavioural problems and in achieving positive educational outcomes in the classrooms. The importance of classroom management in creating a positive classroom climate within which effective teaching and learning can occur is v...
Abstract: This paper examined the role of academic middle managers (AMMs) in the planning and implementation of curriculum change in private higher education institutions (PHEIs) in Botswana. Drawing from various sources of literature and theoretical underpinnings, the study described how AMMs enact their role in curriculum change. A quantitative approach that used a structured questionnaire for data collection was used in the study. Results of the study showed that AMMs face numerous challe...
This study investigated the teachers’ commitment as determinants of secondary school students academic achievement in Awka South LGA of Anambra State. The design adopted for this study was descriptive survey design. The population of the study consisted of 950 secondary school teachers in the 18 secondary school in Awka South LGA, Anambra State. The sample for the study comprises of 150 selected teachers from the 950 population in the 18 secondary schools in Awka South LGA, Anambra State. T...
The education profile describes current trends in Nigerian tertiary education system and student mobility, adapted from World Education News Review (WENR) and other internet research data. This 5minutes presentation consists of 4 slides, and reveals an UpToDate statistical information.