Single motherhood and it’s struggles.
In 2006 studies revealed that 12.9million families in the US were headed by a single parent of which an estimated 80% was headed by females. The birth rate for unmarried women was 41 births per 1,000 between the ages of 15-44 in 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Data was obtained from most recent Demographic […]
The need for better health care systems.
The goal of a healthcare system is to enhance the health of the population in the most effective manner possible in light of a society’s available resources and competing needs.( Encyclopedia.com). Farida was a frail child from birth, she had always suffered health complications from birth owing to the fact that her mum hadn’t taken […]
Nigeria: ‘Save Edo Tertiary Institutions’
By Washington Osifo and Urowayino JeremiahThe most important benefit of education is to produce people with skills and high level of logical thinking to proffer solutions to societal problems. But in our society, education, particularly, higher education is an escape route from poverty. That again underscores the importance. It is the responsibility of government to […]
Tanzania: Joy As 3,000 Teachers Listed For Promotion In Dar.
Over 3,000 teachers in Kinondoni and Ubungo Municipal councils are lined up for promotion after meeting all criteria under the Teachers Service Commission Act No.25 of 2015 and government procedures. According to Teachers Service Commission (TSC), Kinondoni Municipal Council is in final touches to issue official letters for promotion. The Kinondoni District Assistant TSC Secretary, […]
Relationship between man and technology.
Man and technology have been intertwined since time in memorial, as man evolved so did technology, man and technology grew hand in hand till the present. With the introduction of robotics, technology is said to soon be independent of man. For the first man technology was when he discovered that striking two stones against each […]
Mental health awareness month.
Maria stopped talking all of a sudden at age 12, there was no symptom of a health condition that would be responsible for such, or a case of an underlying long time health complication that had manifested with time and developed into a speech problem. It just started one Monday morning in school when she had tried speaking to answer the quiz questions […]
Why African board games should be introduced into the classroom
When most of us think about learning, we imagine a teacher and a classroom. In reality most of the things we know, and a great number of the skills we acquire as children and adults, are learned outside the classroom – in conversations with peers, engaging in community service, on the playground. Educators and researchers […]
Poverty Alleviation.
Femi’s family had been feeding from hand to mouth for as long as he could remember. All he knew was hunger and lack. The only reason he could attend school was because it was government funded and even at that, he had to still find ways to get notebooks and other school essentials. His dresses […]
Balanced diet and food insecurity in rural communities
Nala had recently noticed weight loss among her twin boys and she was worried about its implications. She had visited the Health care center in town to find out what was the cause of such rapid weight loss, after routine check ups had been run on the kids, Nala was advised to be more intentional […]
The repetition rate of Neuchâtel’s students as seen by the pedagogue Claude-Alain Kleiner
Are Neuchâtel students worse than elsewhere (here, a class in Germany)? “Decades of work to get here!” This is the cry from the heart of the pioneers of the 1970s and beyond, when they heard of the disgraceful ranking of the canton of Neuchâtel in terms of the repetition rate of pupils. These elders who […]