Some suggested that on-site PD would be the most helpful, in order for the PD to be more customized to the uniqueness of the school environments and curricula.
Many are struggling with the cultural shift from early childhood environments where children thrived with caring and nurturing relationships with their educators, to the school environments where there is a culture of suspicion and mistrust of educators.
Lupien et al. (2001) found a similar result and justify that the SES differences could be due to the school environments and also to the neighborhood environments in which children are exposed as a function of SES.
Thus, short-term solutions should focus on improving the school environments by regarding the PE session as a central part of the student's wellbeing.
The German National Committee for UNICEF has provided major funds for these activities, and UNICEF Angola is helping the government turn the school environments into child-friendly spaces.
In some of the schools, however, the facilitative tools for health practices such as functioning boreholes within the school environments and communities lacked water, thus defeating the purpose of enhancing health practices.
