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Article History

Received: 6 April 2022

Accepted: 16 November 2022

First Online: 10 December 2022

Competing interests

: The authors declare no competing interests.

: Ethical clearance and approval were sought and granted by the Research and Ethics committee at the corresponding authors’ university. Thus, all procedures involving human participants were respected and were streamlined following the ethical standards of the University’s Directorate of research and ethics committee. Subsequent permission was sought and granted by the Ministry of Education and Sports, the district education officers, and finally the headteachers of sampled secondary schools.

: All participants were informed and clearly explained to the purpose of the study. They were assured of confidentiality and, anonymity before they willingly signed the informed written consent form. The questionnaires were administered to the respondents during school working hours without interfering with the school-set timetable. Participants who opted not to participate in this research even after the distribution of questionnaires were allowed to withdraw. In addition, the consent form included the contact (s) of the principal researcher for further inquiries.