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The informal training model of construction tradesmen in Nigeria is performing poorly. This has resulted in the shortages of operatives needed for construction works and slowed down infrastructure delivery. The present stock of tradesmen is largely ageing and have no new apprentices to mentor. Consequently, knowledge transfer is made difficult and this poses a great danger of extinction of the informal training and and the supply operatives needed for construction. This study therefore...
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The main purpose of this review on published information on reading in Botswana schools is to seek ways of providing instruction and assessment that result in children becoming proficient readers. Botswana has made impressive progress in literacy growth since independence. However, a lot still needs to be done if literacy is to become all that it needs to be in the lives of the youth. One conclusion from this review is that there is an urgent need in Botswana to teach reading in ways that...
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The question about what art and craft from Black individuals in South Africa should look like as well as how and for what purposes it could be created was of prominent importance within the contact zone of educational institutions from the 1930s onwards. Art teachers of mostly European origin established provisional art educational venues for African students first, within the curricula of mission schools and then as workshops and art schools in their own right. They transferred modernistic...
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The purpose of the study was to investigate perceptions of teachers on the ban of corporal punishment in pre-primary institutions.The objectives of the study were to investigate teachers' attitudes towards corporal punishment ban in pre-schools and to establish whether the level of education of teachers had an influence on the use of corporal punishment.A descriptive survey design was used.Stratified sampling was used to select the pre-schools; simple random sampling was applied to select...
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The article focuses on challenges faced by persons with disabilities (PWDs) in accessing employment in Uganda. Topics discussed include policies implemented by the Ugandan government in reducing disability discrimination in the workplace and providing equal opportunities, the challenges of social and economic development faced by PWDs in Uganda, and issues dealing with the lack of unemployment benefits in Uganda. It mentions United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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Objectives. To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among grade 1 learners, taking into account age, gender, race and school socioeconomic profile. Methods. The study is based on the baseline prevalence of overweight and obesity as part of the ongoing 6-year longitudinal NW Child Health Integrated Learning and Development (NW-CHILD) study. Stratified random sampling was used to identify 20 schools from four educational districts across all five quintiles of schools in the North...
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This paper sets out to study the views of key stakeholders on the issue of cloud information security within institutions of Higher Education. A specific focus is on understanding trust and the adoption of cloud computing in context of the unique operational requirements of South African universities. Contributions are made on both a methodological and theoretical level. Methodologically the study contributes by employing an Interpretivist approach and using Thematic Analysis in a topic area...
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The increasing food and water demands of East Africa's growing population are stressing the region's inconsistent water resources and rain-fed agriculture. As recently as in 2011 part of this region underwent one of the worst famine events in its history. Timely and skillful drought forecasts at seasonal scale for this region can inform better water and agro-pastoral management decisions, support optimal allocation of the region's water resources, and mitigate socio-economic losses incurred...
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The increasing food and water demands of East Africa's growing population are stressing the region's inconsistent water resources and rain-fed agriculture. As recently as in 2011 part of this region underwent one of the worst famine events in its history. Timely and skillful drought forecasts at seasonal scale for this region can inform better water and agro-pastoral management decisions, support optimal allocation of the region's water resources, and mitigate socio-economic losses incurred...
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Pollution is one of the most recent environmental phenomena, and this phenomenon has received great attention from scientists, as the person is directly responsible for it because of the increase in activity and expansion, and what he has achieved from the development of industrial, technological, scientific, cultural, and civilizational especially in modern times. All of which affected the prevailing pattern of living and introduced a lot of renewal on the old city and its general plan and...
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Literature states that entrepreneurial awareness is required in countries where entrepreneurship is neither publicized nor acclaimed, which is currently the situation in South Africa. Entrepreneurial skills include the ability to market one’s product by means of a sales poster while problem-based learning is viewed as fundamental to entrepreneurial education. The research question arises “How may academics use problem-based learning to stimulate entrepreneurial awareness among senior African...
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Hibbert and van der Walt's collection of essays on the strategies that some South African universities and higher education institutions utilize to promote multilingualism is a timely publication i...
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School-based induction programmes largely focus on informing beginner teachers about the school culture and infrastructure, yet, the core business of education is teaching and learning. A consensus is, however, growing among educators and researchers that despite the positive experiences novice teachers experience during school-based induction programmes, they also experience challenges which affect their perceptions of school-based induction. Despite those challenges in the education...
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This article examines the role of Uganda Christian University (UCU) in devising strategies for the sustenance of Christian faith in one's career for the betterment of the society despite its social ills. The current theme of UCU is “A Complete Education for a Complete Person.” As a Christian university, UCU seeks to provide a positive educational experience and a strong biblical foundation for all that God will call upon its graduates to do in the years that follow. A biblical worldview...