ABSTRACT The introduction of the distance education programme at UCC has over the years widened access to higher education to many, especially those who hitherto would not have had the chance in the conventional education system. Student numbers have grown tremendously to about 30,000 in the 2012/2013 academic year. To ensure the effectiveness of the teaching and learning process, some student support services are being operated. Common support services for students include a face-to-face tu...
ABSTRACT The Education for All Action Plan (2002), Millennium Development Goal Report (2008), National Development Plan 4 (2012) and the Ministry of Education Strategic Plan (2012) acknowledge the need for resource mobilisation strategies to help finance adult education. Studies on Namibia resource mobilisation highlight the lack of infrastructural, financial and human resources in adult education but the studies do not mention strategies to mobilise these resources. Fourteen regions exist in...
ABSTRACT High teacher turnover is a common problem in the Ministry of Education in all schools around Namibia, specifically in the Omusati Education Region. This research sought to highlight factors that influence teacher attrition in secondary schools in the Omusati Education Region. The research revealed that though hundreds of teachers were graduating from universities and colleges around the country each year, schools have never had enough qualified teachers. A high teacher turnover is a...
ABSTRACT At independence, Namibia was confronted with a skewed land tenure system where the minority-owned vast productive land (Juach et al., 2013). To avoid losing land to dominant locals and rich occupants the government established the Ministry of Lands and Resettlement to be responsible for the process of land reform and resettlement. As a result, the resettlement programme was established to assist in addressing social injustices and to improve the lives of those who are encircled by p...
ABSTRACT The Basic Education Teachers’ Diploma (BETD) is a teacher training programme offered at the four colleges of education in Namibia. One of the major goals of the programme is to facilitate reflective practice in pre- and in-service teachers, who are or will be teaching in grades one to ten. One of the components that specifically aim at the practical development of reflective practitioners is the School-Based Studies (SBS) component of the programme. As stated in the BETD Broad Cur...
Abstract This study investigated the perceptions of the graduates and beneficiaries of the adult education programmes aimed at livelihood improvement in informal settlements of Windhoek. The adult education programmes that were looked at are the National Literacy Programme in Namibia (NLPN), Adult Upper Primary Education (AUPE) and Adult Skills Development for Self Employment (ASDSE). Evaluations on the implementation of these programmes have been carried out, and the findings show successe...
ABSTRACT This study discusses the influences of gender on managerial efficiency of academic librarians in Nigeria. The rationale for the study was to investigate if gender grouping has an influence on the managerial competence of librarians in Nigeria. The total enumeration sampling technique with a questionnaire instrument was used to collect data from 105 respondents and 89 questionnaires were found usable for the data analysis. The questionnaire was analyzed using SPSS. The study reveale...
ABSTRACT Optimum performance of the university system is dependent on decision-making, teamwork, planning, control, coordination and communication system, which are measures of effectiveness of the administrators. There are evidences that administrators‟ work schedule in the Nigerian university system had been hampered by internal and external interferences; a trend that had raised concerns among stakeholders. Previous studies have focused on the effects of financial, environmental, institu...
ABSTRACT The Ondo State government established two programmes in 1999 under two different ministries with the view of providing the people with entrepreneurial and vocational skills that would engender creativity, innovativeness and productivity. Extant literature on the effectiveness and success of these programmes has been self-reporting without any empirical validation. This study, therefore, was carried out on the impact evaluation of the skill acquisition (SATP) and entrepreneurial devel...
ABSTRACT To many people, literacy appears to be an issue among adults or adult learners, but little do they realise that many of the adolescents in schools and out of schools are also infested with the virus called illiteracy, whereas they very first objective of primary education as stipulated in the National Educatio~Pl olicy is literacy in the 3Rs. It is very sad to report here that in spite of the persistent efforts made by the Federal Govenmlent to educate all by the year 2000, through t...
Abstract The study was conducted in 2009 in the Oshikoto and Khomas Regions of Namibia. The aim of the study was to document indigenous knowledge of the use of the Dwarf Sage plant in Namibia. The objectives of this study were: (a) to conduct a systematic recording of the body of indigenous knowledge of the Dwarf Sage, (b) to record and document the use of the Dwarf Sage, and (c) to document the types of diseases that can be treated with the Dwarf Sage. Qualitative research approach was used...
ABSTRACT The research is on retirement preparation of Ordained Ministers of Presbyterian Church of Ghana. The purpose of the study was to explore issues on retirement preparation of Ordained Ministers of Presbyterian Church of Ghana. The fundamental objective of this study was to examine retirement preparation among Ordained Ministers of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana. The population of Ordained Ministers in the Presbyterian Church who were in Active Service and have Ten (10) years or less ...
ABSTRACT This is a report of an investigation into the recruitment and retention of academic staff in the private university colleges in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Basically the study aimed at:(1) determining the sources from where academic staffs are recruited into the Private University Colleges, and (2) their background characteristics.(3), find out the reasons individuals have for deciding to enter academic employment in the PUCs;(4) determine the effectiveness of the process by w...
Abstract The National constitution of Uganda clearly underscores the fact that education is a right of every Ugandan. The same document also stipulates the role of the Government and other stakeholders in providing education. It is from this mother document that also the other key providers of education services derive their mandate. In Uganda providers of education are either private or public. In some cases the government takes over the management and day today running of some schools whos...
ABSTRACT Effective young pupil’s learning requires friendly, engaging and enjoyable teaching and learning methods such as storytelling. Due to this fact, this study was designed to assess the practice and constrains of using storytelling as a teaching and learning method in public pre-primary schools. The study deployed descriptive crosssectional design pre-dominantly informed by qualitative approach. The study involved 64 informants (10 pre-primary teachers and 54pre-primary school pupil)...