Role of In-service teacher training as a tool for the student’s performance in selected public secondary schools in Kisoro District

In-service training is very important in the life of a learner and general performance of the school. Student achievement is linked to numerous factors, but quality teachers are one of the most important components of student success. If school teachers do not have the tools they need to teach students effectively, their students will not get quality education. The major purpose of the study was to assess the role of teacher In-service training as a tool for the student’s performance in selected public schools in Kisoro district. The study applied a mixed methods research design which involved both quantitative and qualitative methods to collect and analyze data. Quantitative data were collected using questionnaire while qualitative data, in-depth interviews. Study sample included the district inspector of schools and District Education Officer and 238 teachers in Kisoro district. It also positively contributes to teacher’s performance. Importantly also, in-service teacher training according to the findings motivates teachers for better results. To teach effectively, teachers need access to ongoing teacher professional development. This professional development enables teachers to improve their own education through seminars, workshops, and classes among others. The study therefore recommends that teachers should frequently be afforded study leaves or time off to do training. During this period, the school can hire part-time teachers so that normal learning is not disrupted. It’s important to appreciate that continual professional development gives teacher’s time to learn and implement new strategies.

Students’ Attitude towards Virtual Learning during Covid-19 in Chitwan

The COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly accelerating the learning process. As a result, there has been a shift from face- to- face to virtual learning. The major purpose of this research was to identify the interest and attitude of students towards virtual learning during covid-19 pandemic. The study was to determine whether students are interested in virtual learning or not. This survey is based on primary data collected from students who are currently pursuing their degrees. Google form structured questionnaire was distributed via Messenger app to the students of Chitwan district colleges where virtual learning is going on using random sampling method. The result revealed that students are interested in virtual learning. The majority of students found it as an important means of making knowledge widerand bringing social changes despite hindrances (p= 0.001). Virtual learning is a powerful tool for teaching replacing face to face learning in any level as a quick solution to the crisis. However, successful implementation of virtual learning into curriculum requires a well thought-out strategy and equal access of all.

Digital Distractions, Mindfulness, and Academic Performance With Undergraduate College Students

This study examined the relationship between digital distractions, mindfulness, and academic performance with undergraduate college students. A total of 199 students completed surveys that examined digital distractions and the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (Baer et al., 2006). The results indicated that 96.5% of participants had a digital device near them when studying, and 94.0% used a digital device to help them study. The major purpose for using a digital device in the classroom was to check the time on their phone (91.0%) and text someone (88.9%). Some reasons for using a digital device for non-classroom purposes included to fight boredom (39.2%) and to stay connected with others (25.1%). Participants who had fewer digital distractions tended to be more mindful and a significant positive relationship (r = .192, p <; .05) was obtained between overall mindfulness and academic performance.

Can Science be a Political Agent without a Race for Power?

The article is an attempt to answer the question on the political subjectivity of modern science. It is hardly possible to speak of the specific political subjectivity of science and scientists as a conscious participation in the struggle for power. First, the race for power itself is not a major purpose for them: scientists concentrate on studying the world and creating new technologies. Second, even if they participate in such a race, they are not different from other social groups which protect their interests in political process. Changing the point of view on the political subjectivity of science enables to see its specific position in the space of the political. During discipline power and biopower formation and governmentality development, science became a basic element of public administration and politics. It forms the ideas of the objects managed, possible ways of interaction with them and creates the space of the political and management decisions implemented. In this case, social sciences and humanities obtain special political subjectivity. This also applies in a specific way to natural science and technical sciences. New scientific theories and technological solutions become representatives of non-human actors in the human world. They result in changing our ideas on “Nature”, a “scene” for history and political actions. The emergence of new non-human actors can cause the technological revolution which can influence the ways of political action implementation and provide new opportunities to execute political projects. This is an important element of the political subjectivity of science.

Provision of Library and Information Resources and Services on Suicide: Nigerian Libraries Perspective

This paper seeks to highlight the services and resources provided by Nigerian libraries on the prevalent incidents of suicide. The library is a hub of activities and its major purpose is to provide necessary and needed information to its teeming users. Library and information resources are those materials provided by the library both in printed and electronic formats which include the provision of information on suicide. These resources aid the provision of various information services such as current awareness service, selective dissemination of information, reader advisory service, and lots more. The diverse information services can be provided in collaboration with NGOs to create public awareness, provide signages on suicide and also train librarians on how to interact with users who are likely to possess such traits with the aid of the available resources that would help in suicide prevention, and also provide direction on how to get psychological help. From the literature review, very little is written on suicide by authors in Nigeria and it is a fact that Nigerian libraries do not give special attention to the provision of resources on suicide, especially the preventive aspect of it; therefore, a recommendation for a special corner in the library for such resources was proffered.

Relevancy and Effectiveness of In-Service Training with Professional Needs of University Teachers in Curriculum Development and Instruction

The major purpose of the study was to critically analyze the relevancy and effectiveness of the training contents and process of the workshop, to assess the training needs of university teachers in terms of conceptualizing new meaning and scope of curriculum development. The population of the study consisted of thirty-nine teachers from different departments of the Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology Rahim Yar Khan and resource person. Pre and Post tests were developed as a research tool. A pre-test was to be delivered to the trainees for assessing their previous knowledge about curriculum development. At the end of the workshop, a post-test was conducted to evaluate the outcomes of the workshop. Researchers also observed the resource persons’ role, participants’ performance, and instructional material, time management, venue, and refreshment. The collected data through pre-test and post-test was filtered and analyzed critically. In the light of the analysis of the research study, it was found that trainees of the workshop gained enough knowledge about the concepts, models, roles, global trends in the 21st century, principles, and main factors of curriculum development. It was concluded that the workshop was effective and healthy practice for the participants in the perspectives of curriculum development at the university level.

Assessing the Extent of Application of Competency Based Education and Training Approach in Classroom Instruction in Technical and Vocational Education Training Institutions in Kenya

Aims: The major purpose of this study was to assess the extent of application of CBET approach in classroom instruction Study Design: The study utilized the descriptive survey research design. Place and Duration of Study: The study was undertaken in TVET institutions in the North Rift Region, Kenyabetween March 2021 to June 2021. Methodology: Purposive, stratified and simple random sampling was used to sample 280 respondents.The study included 280 respondents of which 152 were males and 128 females with an age range of 35 – 56 years. Results: This study targeted Principals, 6 Industrial Liaisons Officers (ILO), 285 trainers’ and 18 Industrial Supervisors who were associated with either TVET institution or industry. Fromitheitotalisampleisize of 285, 98.2% representing 280 questionnaires for trainers were positively responded to the case request. Findings showed that application of classroom instruction has a moderate positive and significant influence on integration of CBET approach in TVET institutions (r = .476, P< 0.001). Conclusion: The present study rejected the null hypothesis and concludes that the relationship is statistically significant. The sample data support the notion that the relationship between the independent variable and dependent variable exists in the population of TVET institutions in the North Rift. Thus the hypothesis (Ho1) was rejected. This implies that application of classroom instruction influences integration of CBET approach in TVET institutions.

Improved Classification Accuracy for Identification of Cervical Cancer

The major purpose of this research is to forecast cervical cancer, compare which algorithms perform well, and then choose the best algorithm to predict cervical cancer at an early stage. Cervical cancer classification can be automated using a machine learning system. This study evaluates multiple machine learning techniques for cervical cancer classification. For this classification, algorithms such as Decision Tree, Naive Bayes, KNN, SVM, and MLP are proposed and evaluated. The cervical cancer Dataset, which was retrieved from the UCI machine learning data repository, was used to test these methods. With the help of Sciklit-learn, the algorithms' results were compared in terms of Accuracy, Sensitivity, and Specificity. Sciklit-learn is a Python-based machine learning package that is available for free. Finally, the best model for predicting cervical cancer is developed.

Water retention measures in the urban landscape and their impact on microclimate change

Water management in cities and villages is fraught with difficulties. Infrastructure systems that have been in use for a long time are deteriorating. In an urbanised landscape, appropriate rainwater management or blue green infrastructure (RWM or BGI) is the solution. The quality of water management is influenced significantly by urbanization. The higher the influence on the area’s hydrological cycle as an urbanised landscape develops without proper RWM, the greater the impact on the area’s hydrological cycle. The hydrology of the site reflects the changing environment of the area, as trees, meadows, and agricultural land, which captured and absorbed precipitation and created depressions in the area that temporarily held water, are being replaced by urbanised areas on a uniform slope with impermeable areas. Because the goal until recently was to drain rainwater from the urbanised area as rapidly as possible, the altered sites present the prospect of rapid conversion of rainwater into surface runoff of rainwater. The capabilities of currently utilised technical solutions in metropolitan areas, as well as the possibilities of their application, are discussed in this article. The paper focuses on the available literature on rainwater management by Slovak and foreign authors to get insight into the execution of measures in urban settings. The article’s major purpose is to provide appropriate rainwater management measures in the urbanised landscape based on characteristics deriving from the conditions in the study area and current understanding about rainwater management options.

Using HDFS to Load, Search, and Retrieve Data from Local Data Nodes

By utilizing the Hadoop environment, data may be loaded and searched from local data nodes. Because the dataset's capacity may be vast, loading and finding data using a query is often more difficult. We suggest a method for dealing with data in local nodes that does not overlap with data acquired by script. The query's major purpose is to store information in a distributed environment and look for it quickly. In this section, we define the script to eliminate duplicate data redundancy when searching and loading data in a dynamic manner. In addition, the Hadoop file system is available in a distributed environment. Keywords: HDFS; Hadoop distributed file system; replica; local; distributed; capacity; SQL; redundancy