scholarly journals The Development of an Integrated Student Support Programme in Universities’ Guidance and Counselling to Facilitate Student Completion of Academic Programmes.

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (04) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Caroline Ayuma ◽  
Dr. Lelei K. Kiboiy
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Student Support ◽  
Baseline Survey ◽  
Support Providers ◽  
Support Programme ◽  
Big 4 ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Support Programmes ◽  
Student Completion

Sustainable development goals, the constitution of Kenya 2010 and Vision 2030 underscore the importance of education in ensuring relevant social and human capital for sustainable development. The BIG 4 Agenda has development of the Manufacturing Sector as one of its objectives and this can be achieved if students are able to attend to and complete their educational programmes in Universities and Colleges. The University of Eldoret’s mission is to provide high quality education and training, in Science, Agriculture and Technology that promotes networking, partnership and linkages with other institutions and industry. This study’s aim was to developing an Integrated Student Support Programme (ISSP) in Universities’ guidance and counselling with view of facilitating student completion of academic programmes in Kenya. Specifically, the study endeavoured to find out the existence of support programmes, assess their adequacy and effectiveness in facilitating student completion of academic programmes in Universities and finally find out if it is necessary to develop an integrated complimentary support programme in order to facilitate student completion of academic programmes in Universities. Using a baseline survey carried out on support providers and students in Universities in Uasin Gishu to determine the existing situation the findings were analysed using inferential and descriptive statistics in order to facilitate the development of the Integrated Student Support Programme (ISSP). Though the study was done in Uasin Gishu, the findings will be instrumental in improving standards of education Nation-wide.

Livelihood Support Programmes for Sustainable Development Goals in Rural Nigeria

2019 ◽  
pp. 155-168
Author(s):  
John Adebayo Oyedepo ◽  
Oluwakemi Titilayo Irekhore ◽  
Kazeem Olajide Bello ◽  
Olalekan Jacob Olaoye ◽  
Adebukunola O. Lala ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Rural Nigeria ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Support Programmes

The fallacy of the water "sector" in water resources management

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Herron
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Safety Zone ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Support Programme ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Water Community

Water resources are central to the achievement of all the Sustainable Development Goals, and should be viewed as a crosscutting connector - not a sector. The water community should do more to get outside its safety zone and work with all water-related sectors. The SDG 6 IWRM Support Programme is assisting countries to use water as a connector between their SDG targets.

scholarly journals Developing Mindsets: A Qualitative Study among First-Year South African University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-216
Author(s):  
Hettie Terblanche ◽  
Henry D. Mason ◽  
Barend van Wyk
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
South African ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Student Support ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Support Programme ◽  
Support Programmes

This article reports on a qualitative study that evaluated first-year students’ lived experiences of attending a 12-week student support programme focused on fostering mindsets. Participants included 545 first year Engineering students enrolled for academic studies at a South African university. All participants completed qualitative narrative sketches depicting their experiences. A random sample of 300 students’ narrative sketches was included as data in the qualitative study. The data were analysed using thematic analysis, and Dweck’s theory on mindsets served as the theoretical lens through which the data were interpreted. The results indicate that the majority of students experienced significant personal growth from attending the student support programme. Additionally, the findings point to the relevance and importance of offering student support programmes focused on exploring mindsets to first-year students. The results of this exploratory study suggest that mindset theory should be considered as an essential component when advising first-year South African Engineering students. Furthermore, we make a case for the relevance of positive psychology-based development programmes for first-year students.

scholarly journals GREEN ACCOUNTING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: CASE STUDY OF INDONESIA’S MANUFACTURING SECTOR

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Rifda Nabila
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Environmental Disclosure ◽  
Green Accounting ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Positive Effect

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of Green Accounting and Environmental Performance on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with Environmental Disclosure as an intervening variable. The population in this study is a manufacturing company listed on the  Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) and participated in PROPER in the year 2015-2019. The research sample is 27 companies, with purposive sampling method of data collection. Types of data used is secondary. The analysis data technique and hypothesis testing using SmartPLS software. The results showed that the Green Accounting significantly positive effect on Environmental Disclosure and Environmental Disclosure significantly positive effect on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, the test results showed that, Environmental Performance does not significantly positive effect on Environmental Disclosure and Environmental Disclosure is not able to mediate the effect of Green Accounting and Environmental Performance on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

India will struggle to meet environmental challenges

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Environmental Policies ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Environmental Challenges ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Energy Mix ◽  
Environmental Guidelines ◽  
Development Goals

Significance The country has expressed its commitment to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, it is coming under growing pressure over its environmental policies. Impacts Coal will dominate India’s energy mix in the medium term. India could become an EV manufacturing hub. The manufacturing sector will have few incentives to adhere to environmental guidelines and little scope to invest in doing so.

scholarly journals Business Life Expectancy of Manufacturing Sector from Monteria, Córdoba - Colombia

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 244
Author(s):  
Juan Angel Chica Urzola ◽  
Ciro Alfonso Serna Mendoza
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Great Relevance ◽  
The City ◽  
A Company ◽  
Official Data

The Sustainable Development (SD) of a community is intimately linked to business. This topic turns out to be of great relevance for the economy and sustainability of a certain territory. Companies provide solutions to different factors that take shape within the company, but its origin and consequences are in all dimensions of the SD. The importance of companies in the SD has been recognized by the UN by making them co-responsible 11 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, at least - SDGs (UN, 2015). For a company, life expectancy is determined by the different factors that affect it positively or negatively. This is fundamental. What factors influence the duration of the companies? This document presents the results of an investigation to establish the life expectancy of the manufacturing companies of the city of Monteria, Colombia under the period 2013-2018, based on the analysis of the official data contrasted with a hypothesis and interviews with the actors to determine possible causes and relationships.Keywords: Business sustainability, Manufacturing, Business lifetime expectancy

scholarly journals Interlinkages between Indicators of Sustainable Development Goals: Evidence from Seven Low Income and Lower Middle-Income Countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. p58
Author(s):  
Suyu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Global Indicator

In 2015, 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by member states of United Nations as a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. Up to date, the global indicator of framework of SDGs has 247 indicators (including repetitive indicators), which monitor progress of achieving the SDGs. The interlinkages and integration of SDG indicators have attracted attention from scholars and practitioners, however, there is limited existing knowledge of the interlinkages and interactions between SDG indicators in low income and lower middle-income countries. This article therefore uses data from seven low income and lower middle-income countries to analyze the interlinkages between SDG indicators 9.2.1 and 9.4.1, which monitors the level of industrialization and energy efficiency in manufacturing sector respectively. It is widely believed that higher level industrialization will reduce energy emission per manufacturing value added. However, the results suggest that beyond traditional knowledge, in the seven selected countries, SDG indicators 9.2.1 and 9.4.1 are positively associated with each other. A possible reason of this unconventional finding is the country context, as in low income and lower middle-income countries the manufacturing industries are usually not energy-extensive, although not technology-intensive either. This article also calls for holistic and integrated approaches to use and interpret SDG indicators in line with the national and regional context.

Restructuring Educational Systems and Promoting Social Justice for Young People Involved in Drug Trafficking in Brazil

2019 ◽  
Vol 227 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Sandro Gomes Pessoa ◽  
Linda Liebenberg ◽  
Dorothy Bottrell ◽  
Silvia Helena Koller
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Young People ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Drug Trafficking ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Development Goals

Abstract. Economic changes in the context of globalization have left adolescents from Latin American contexts with few opportunities to make satisfactory transitions into adulthood. Recent studies indicate that there is a protracted period between the end of schooling and entering into formal working activities. While in this “limbo,” illicit activities, such as drug trafficking may emerge as an alternative for young people to ensure their social participation. This article aims to deepen the understanding of Brazilian youth’s involvement in drug trafficking and its intersection with their schooling, work, and aspirations, connecting with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 4 and 16 as proposed in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the United Nations in 2015 .

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