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Abstract On 12 September 2003, Minister of Education, Kader Asmal, presented to Parliament South Africa's new national policy on religion and education. Breaking with the confessional religious instruction of the past, the policy established a new educational agenda for teaching and learning about religion, religions, and religious diversity in South African schools. Although this policy was the focus of many years of educational debate and religious controversy, it was also part of broader...
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The study was carried out in Minna Metropolis, between August and December, 2005, with a total of 387 school children interviewed and 217 urine samples analysed. This research employs the use of questionnaires, validation of questionnaires by urinalysis and the microscopic examination of the urine samples. The research is aimed at appreciating prevalent level of urinary schistosomiasis in Minna metropolis. The overall prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis, as confirmed by the presence of egg...
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This paper investigates the factors that affect the use of mobile internet among the South African students. This is done by using the uses and gratifications (UG (2) there are inhibiting factors which affect the use of mobile internet; (3) mobile internet may be the preferred and in some cases, the only, means of internet access.
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The print literacy competencies of many South African teachers and the learners they teach are inadequate. Evidence from local and international evaluations and research attests to this. Based on the understanding that a teacher, whose literacy level is less than adequate, is in a weak position to teach others how to read and write, the imperative to systematically address the issue of poor teacher and learner literacy levels, provided the impetus for a careful investigation of the...
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Author: James Chilufya Supervisor: Prof. Heikki Lyytinen Master’s thesis of Psychology University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Psychology June 2008 39 pages, 4 appendices The most effective method of acquiring reading skills is based on learning letter-sound correspondences. The problem of acquiring reading skills mainly hinges on deficiencies in phonological awareness, alphabetical mapping, and phonological decoding. These problems cut across languages and cultural boundaries. Research has...
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The paper looks at the reasons prompting academic librarians to embrace e-learning and the benefits that can be derived from using electronic information services. The authors came up with some suggestions that academic librarians can positively participate in e-learning by providing and advocating for the use of electronic books and journals, promoting the open access initiative, imparting information literacy skills, providing selective dissemination of information and document delivery...
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A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) In the Department of Library and Information Science at the University of Zululand, 2008.
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Background: Malaria accounts for 1 million deaths among children under five annually. It has been shown that improving home treatment and preventing delays in seeking treatment, by teaching women to respond promptly when their children have fever, can decrease malaria related complications and mortality. This study looks at the impact of health education on knowledge of malaria: its recognition, treatment and prevention among caregivers of children under five in Jengre, North Central...
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This article argues that it is one thing to pronounce language-in-education policy statements and yet another to implement such pronounced policies. In the context of Malawi, the language policy has remained fragmented since 1996 when five indigenous languages were elevated to the status of official languages alongside the existing official languages of ciCewa and English. KiNgonde was co-opted much later as another official indigenous language. The policy remains fragmented, and suffers...