Academic accessibility is important for ensuring equitable participation in secondary education, yet students may encounter institutional, socioeconomic, instructional, and resource-related barriers. This study examined common barriers to academic accessibility for students as pe...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i93316
Hands-on STEM resources are increasingly used to connect abstract scientific and mathematical ideas with observable and manipulable learning experiences, yet classroom evidence from Grade 9 students in the Indian context remains limited. This study evaluated a curriculum-aligned...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i93317
Aims: This study explored, described, and interpreted the lived experiences of early-career teachers with one to five years of teaching experience in a private basic education institution, focusing on the personal, professional, and organisational factors influencing their decisi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i93309
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has unsettled a central premise of higher-education assessment: that the quality of a submitted artefact is a sufficiently trustworthy proxy for the competence of the named student. This problem is acute in engineering, where text, code,...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i93311
Low academic performance in Samtse Dzongkhag may reflect interconnected challenges related to teachers, resources, parental engagement, learner characteristics, and language. This cross-sectional descriptive-correlational survey examined teachers’ perceptions of factors associate...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i93312
Aims: To investigate urban traffic noise levels at four strategic locations in Jakarta and evaluate the efficacy of a field-based learning approach for teaching sound-wave concepts to physics education students. Study Design: A mixed-methods design involving a cohort of 12 physic...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i93313
Open educational resources (OER) have become strategically important to India because they offer a route to widening educational access while permitting educational materials to be reused, adapted and redistributed. India has also built an unusually large public digital-education...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i93306
B. R. Ambedkar's political, educational, and economic writings are often examined as separate strands, although his democratic thought treated social hierarchy, political representation, education, and material inequality as interdependent problems. This critical narrative review...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i93307
Digital language laboratories have re-emerged in Indian school-education discussions as networked environments for listening, speaking, pronunciation, multimedia practice, formative feedback and digitally mediated interaction. Their educational value, however, cannot be inferred...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i93308
Aims: This study investigates the relative effectiveness of Multiple Methods of Teaching (MMT), compared with traditional lecture-based instruction, in improving student performance and conceptual understanding in high-school geography in Goa, India. Study Design: A mixed-methods...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i93302