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Climate changes have had marked impacts on the natural systems. However its impact will be significant with the hydrological cycle. It is agreed that climate change have adverse impacts on socio-economic development of all nations. But, it is expected that its impact will hit developing countries the worst. The objective of this thesis is to assess the impact of climate change on Gilgel Abay River. Gilgel Abay River is the largest tributary to Lake Tana basin. Lake Tana basin is located in...
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Explorations of secondary education globally are influenced deeply by the larger developmental, cultural, social, historical, and political contexts within which these formal learning environments are created. However, such explorations too often ignore two issues. The first is the way that access to formal and informal preschool and primary education provides the sheer possibility of access and entrance to upper levels, including secondary education. Second is the way that transformative...
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This study focuses on female students’ academic achievement in SNNPR. It assumed that the individual and combined results of family, student and school characteristics on academic achievement of secondary schools female students in the South Nations Nationalities and Peoples Regional State context of Ethiopia. The study consists of 53 participants from educational institutions and educational managers of the Region. The study was focus on female students’ academic achievement with reference...
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While there is ample research theorizing reasons for so-called “achievement gaps” between African American and White students on standardized tests, few studies explore African Americans’ perceptions of the impact these tests have on overall education. Through interviews with six current students attending Hillsborough County public high schools, one recent graduate of a Hillsborough County high school, and two parents of students in Hillsborough County public schools, this research study...
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The Technical and Vocational Teacher Education Program of the University of Education, Winneba in Ghana, includes a compulsory supervised industrial attachment (SIA). This gives student teachers the opportunity to relate theory to practice and to be well prepared upon completion to prepare their students for success in further education and the workplace. This paper which is part of a larger study that assessed the SIA program focuses on the attainment of program objectives and program...
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The technical and vocational teacher education program of the University of Education, Winneba in Ghana, includes a compulsory supervised industrial attachment. This gives student teachers the opportunity to relate theory to practice and to enable them go out to prepare their students for success in further education and the workplace. This paper which is part of a larger study that assessed the supervised industrial attachment focuses on organisational issues and the program's challenges....
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The research reported in this paper investigated the engagement of students who arrived in Australian secondary schools as refugees from Africa. Enrolment of large cohorts of refugees from Africa is a relatively new phenomenon in the English-speaking West. The literature provides evidence that emotional engagement with the promises of schooling is strong for many of the young African refugees. Students envision successful professional careers as doctors, engineers, lawyers, and IT experts;...
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Many of the urban poor in Africa face growing problems of severe flooding. Increased storm frequency and intensity related to climate change are exacerbated by such local factors as the growing occupation of floodplains, increased runoff from hard surfaces, inadequate waste management and silted-up drainage. One can distinguish four types of flooding in urban areas: localized flooding due to inadequate drainage; flooding from small streams within the built-up area; flooding from major...
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This study into female students’ attributions for academic achievement in secondary schools in Papua New Guinea (PNG) examined the factors that inhibited school leavers from gaining access to and/or completing secondary education and their academic achievement. It also examined the factors which facilitated the academic achievement of Grade 12 female students. Hence, academic achievement in the context of this study is defined as access to and completion of secondary school grades and...
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The interdependencies of health, education and poverty that are common knowledge to individuals are also present at the aggregate levels of countries and internationally. The assessment of these interdependencies is the central task of this research but based on the Demographic Health Surveys (DHS) of Egypt, Morocco and Turkey. The results attained through dependency tests and probit models, confirm the existence of major interdependencies at the levels of households. These findings support...