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This paper presents the importance of professional development for teachers in Al-Buraq School for Basic Education and to what extent it plays a vital role in improving their teaching and performance. Studying this topic is a way to figure out teachers’ attitudes towards professional development and the change it might cause to affect their behaviors and beliefs about gaining new skills, methods, strategies of effective teaching. “Teacher development is a professional growth a teacher achieves as a result of gaining increased experience and examining his or his teaching systematically” (Glathorn, 1995). To do this project we found ourselves totally surrounded with different types of teachers: teachers who are highly motivated, passionate and strongly enthusiastic to the work, teachers who lack motivation, and teachers who are relatively motivated to the teaching profession in different ways. A questionnaire was used to collect data about this subject. Teachers participated fully in answering the required information within the limited time. Accordingly, the questionnaires have been analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) program version 19. The results are shown in the tables below and it showed that teachers have really positive attitudes towards continuing their professional development. In addition, we came up with great evidences of the necessity of top management supports for training courses. It also emphasizes that there is a real significant relationship between professional development courses and learners’ outcomes.

Background: Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has become one of the driving forces in facilitation of learning in most colleges. The ability to effectively harness the technology varies from institution to institution globally. However, ICT has not been extensive in education systems worldwide as found in other fields, such as business and engineering. Reasons for the low adoption or absence of ICT in education systems also vary significantly depending on the prevailing circumstances. To improve on this, the study was aimed at investigating the extent to which lecturers’ personal and institutional attributes influence their utilization of information communication technology. Method: The study was a descriptive cross sectional survey conducted at the Kenya Medical Training College. The study population includes all lecturers employed by KMTC Nairobi campus; on permanent basis, those on secondment by the Ministry of Medical Services and all the external lectures who are contracted in all the faculties totaling 295.A sample size of 155 lecturers was selected using a table of random numbers. A stratified sampling was followed so as to get equal proportions basing on gender and depending on the number of lecturers in each faculty. A self administered and coded questionnaire was given to the lecturers to fill. Data from questionnaires were analyzed in frequencies and percentages using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 19, this was reliable tool for quantitative data analysis. Results: Of the 155 respondents, 93 (60%) of the respondents were males while 62 (40%). The results obtained showed that institutional support by provision of resources for ICT related training such as internet, computers, laptops and projectors had moderate impact on use of ICT. Statistically significant associations were observed on the use of ICT (p=0.000), institutional attributes with ICT use (p=0.049) and use of ICT with its policies (p=0.013. However, there was no significant different on the use of ICT with individual attributes (p=0.661). Conclusion: The study concluded that institutional attributes and ICT policy were keys to utilization of ICT to facilitate learning by the lecturers at KMTC. The study observed that institutional support especially in provision of resources to fast track ICT utilization was critical in facilitating the use of ICT, need for a mandatory policy on use of ICT by lecturers to facilitate learning. However, in order to achieve ICT policies that support facilitation of learning in collages, a mechanism should be put in place to make the use of ICT in teaching and learning mandatory.

Nurses are health care professionals whose duty it is to protect patients from acquiring infections while hospitalized or while in a health care setup. By maintaining an infection-free environment, the patient’s recovery will be promoted and high-quality nursing care will be delivered. Aims and Objectives: The aim of the study was to determine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of nurses regarding infection prevention and control. Material and Methods: A quantitative descriptive study was conducted at a tertiary hospital in Multan. Stratified random sampling was performed. Result and Conclusion: A total of n= 196 nurses of all categories were recruited in the study. Most of the participants were female; 84.7% (n= 166) while 15.3 % (n= 30) were male. The majority of participants had good knowledge of infection prevention and control with the mean score of 83.21. The attitude towards infection prevention and control was good with a mean score of 81.37. The practice in infection prevention and control was poor with a mean score of 48.88. Based on the findings of the current study, it can be concluded that, despite performing well in knowledge and showing a positive attitude towards infection prevention and control, nurses had unsatisfactory practice levels regarding infection prevention and control, exposing the pat1ients to infection-related diseases.

Background: Adolescents constitute a significant proportion of India’s population, yet they are highly vulnerable to issues related to sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Lack of accurate knowledge and poor attitudes can result in unsafe practices, early pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections, and long-term consequences. Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of an Information, Education and Communication (IEC) programme on knowledge and attitude regarding SRH among adolescent girls in selected high schools at Bangalore. Methods: A pre-experimental one-group pre-test post-test design was adopted. A total of 500 adolescent girls studying in 9th and 10th standards were selected using purposive sampling. A structured knowledge questionnaire and a 5-point Likert scale on attitude were administered before and after the IEC programme. Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The mean pre-test knowledge score was 12.4 (SD=3.5), which improved significantly to 22.8 (SD=4.1) in the post-test (t=32.46, p<0.001). Similarly, the mean attitude score improved from 45.3 (SD=6.7) to 56.9 (SD=7.2), showing a statistically significant difference (t=28.14, p<0.001). A positive correlation was observed between knowledge and attitude scores (r=0.61, p<0.01). Socio-demographic variables such as type of school and class of study were significantly associated with post-test knowledge scores (p<0.05). Conclusion: The IEC programme was highly effective in improving knowledge and fostering positive attitudes toward SRH among adolescent girls. Implementing such programmes in schools can play a vital role in enhancing adolescent health outcomes.