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In the context of low-income countries, the role of donors in public policymaking is of great importance. Donors use a combination of lending and non-lending instruments as pathways of influence to shape policy directions in aid-recipient countries. This paper reports some findings from a doctoral study on the role of the World Bank in the recent higher education (HE) policy reform process in Ethiopia. It focuses on the nature and impact of non-lending assistance by the Bank to the Ethiopian...
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This study investigated attitude and knowledge of secondary students with hearing impairment towards entrepreneurship.The main goal was to know the depth of their knowledge and attitude in becoming entrepreneurial in line with millennium development goals.A sample of 124 students with hearing impairment was selected through purposive sampling from Ijokodo High School and Methodist Grammar School in Ibadan.Three research questions and one hypothesis were raised and tested.A questionnaire...
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As rising unemployment levels continually erode job opportunities in South Africa, it is sensible to assume that entrepreneurship would be considered as the next-best career option; however, university graduates show very little interest in becoming entrepreneurs. Having observed this disinterest, South African economic policies have put in place initiatives encouraging youth entrepreneurship; however, these have failed to significantly affect the willingness to engage in entrepreneurial...
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Entrepreneurship is becoming an increasingly important source of employment for women in many countries. Policymakers and other stakeholders typically fail to differentiate between the needs of different SMME sectors when designing support programmes. Using survey data obtained from SMME owner managers in the Western Cape, this article attempts to identify whether the level of education and gender has an impact on business growth. A survey instrument in the form of a questionnaire was...
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Abstract This article presents the findings of a research process undertaken by Child Frontiers to map and assess the child protection systems of five West African countries. It highlights that the primary obstacle to the effective functioning of these systems is the lack of congruence between formal strategies, actual state capabilities and resources, and community values and priorities. The findings are discussed within the context of the emerging global debate about child protection...
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Academic interest in homeschooling has increased over the last decade, as what was once perceived as a marginal development, has, in fact, turned into a significant and growing phenomenon. There has been, in recent years, a noticeable surge in African American involvement in the homeschooling movement as well. However, there continues to be a general paucity of research on the motivations of homeschooling Black parents. It is the purpose of this essay (a) to present empirical evidence...
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Globalization, enhanced by the devices of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has greatly challenged the quality education of university. The use of ICT in education lends itself to more student-centred learning settings and often this creates some tensions for some teachers and students. But with the world moving rapidly into digital media and information, the role of ICT in education is becoming more and more important and this importance will continue to grow and develop in the...
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International Journal of Current Research in Life Sciences Available online at http:// /www.wrpjournals.com/journals/V/IJCRLS Vol. 1, No.7, pp. 023-028, 29th July, 2013 © 2013 World Research Publications
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Against the Odds: Health & Hope in South Africa. The story of Medical Education for Blacks in South Africa (MESAB). By Herb Kaiser and Joy Kaiser. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013. ISBN: 978-148-189-6467.
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This study examines the relationships between mindfulness, alcohol use, social desirability, daily spiritual experiences, and religion in African-American college students at an Historically Black College or University. Significant positive correlations were found between mindfulness and religion as well as between spirituality and meditative practices. Results suggest that participants who reported being religious were more likely to have higher emotional intelligence and better verbal...
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Purpose: Recent conceptualisations of community based rehabilitation include empowerment of persons with disabilities as a key activity. This article reports on a study which explored the training of mid-level CBR workers in South Africa, with a specific focus on the ability of the course participants to address the oppression and empowerment of persons with disabilities.Method: Over a three-year period, one cycle of action research was conducted in a non-government organisation that...
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The study assessed the perceived benefits of Farmer Field School graduate farmers as a result of their participation in FFS training.The specific objectives were to: describe the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents, identify major cocoa farmers' perceived benefit items; determine the level of benefit; compare cocoa FFS farmers performance in terms of benefits/costs with non-FFS cocoa farmers.A multi-stage sampling procedure was used in composing 77 FFS graduate farmers and 76...
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The study focused on the linkage between climate change and food security of rural households in Cross River state.The specific objectives are to ascertain the level of food security of rural households and impacts of climate change factors on the food security of rural households.Cross River State is located within Latitude 05°13' 26'' North and longitude 08° 17' 44'' East with an estimated population of 2.888,966 persons.The state is a coastal area usually affected by climate events...
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Since 2007 a portfolio of learning has become a requirement for assessment of postgraduate family medicine training by the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa. A uniform portfolio of learning has been developed and content validity established among the eight postgraduate programmes. The aim of this study was to investigate the portfolio's acceptability, educational impact, and perceived usefulness for assessment of competence.Two structured questionnaires of 35 closed and open-ended...