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The augmentation of easily accessible and affordable information and communication technology (ICT) for instructional purposes was the key objective which made the study reported on relevant to most financially constrained higher education institutions (HEIs). The aim of the study was to investigate the feasibility of augmenting the entrenched face-to-face instructional modes at a resource-constrained peri-urban satellite campus of the University of Namibia with some of the latest but...
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Secondary school students are reportedly deficient in English language reading comprehension, and this partly accounts for the poor results recorded in English language at public examinations. Studies indicate that some students really have low interest in reading, just as a number of researchers have queried availability of reading materials for students’ poor achievement in reading comprehension. The argument is that availability and use of appropriate instructional resources will tend to...
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An urgent need exists to improve and maintain intrapartum skills of providers in sub-Saharan Africa. Peer-assisted learning may address this need, but few rigorous evaluations have been conducted in real-world settings. A pragmatic, cluster-randomized trial in 12 Ugandan districts provided facility-based, team training for prevention and management of postpartum hemorrhage and birth asphyxia at 125 facilities. Three approaches to facilitating simulation-based, peer assisted learning were...
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Smallholder farming in Zambia has been negatively affected by low agricultural productivity due to declining soil fertility and land degradation caused by unsustainable agricultural practices and the adverse impacts of climate change and variability. In recognition of these challenges, the government and other stake-holders in Zambia have been putting up measures to address these problems by investing more in sustainable agriculture and Climate-Smart Agriculture practices such as...
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The commitment by countries to meet international targets on gender equity in education and fulfil the right to education for adolescent mothers, has led to the introduction of education policies in many countries especially in Sub Saharan Africa. Coupled with the domestication of many United Nations treaties on education, one would expect more girls to be in school. With plenty of literature on girls’ education, this study focuses on an area that has not been covered much, which is factors...
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Cette these visait a analyser les pratiques et les conceptions des enseignants burundais accueillant des eleves en situation de handicap (ESH). Le questionnement empirique qui a oriente ce travail s’inscrit au coeur des debats institutionnels et scientifiques relatifs a la question de l’education pour tous et des pratiques d’enseignement associees. Deux etudes complementaire s ont ete menees. La premiere etude visait a identifier les ressources et les obstacles a la mise en œuvre des...
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This study investigates the way hearing and Deaf students communicate and develop working and social relationships at the University of the Free State. Centred on the cultural identities of the Deaf subculture and the hearing culture, the authors explore how these two groups interact and how they perceive each other in the context of intercultural communication. The study was able to reach saturation with a total number of eleven participants from the Deaf (n=3) and hearing (n=9) culture....
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Despite discrimination, isolation and marginalization, many African University students with disabilities engage in sexual relationships. Some of these relationships involve only those with disability and others are between those with and those without disability. This paper discusses the opportunities, experiences, challenges and strategies that University students with hearing, physical and visual disabilities have to start and maintain sexual relationships at Kyambogo University, Uganda....
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Young persons with disability are a highly marginalised and vulnerable group in most societies, especially in contexts of long standing poverty and inequality, such as the North West Region in Cameroon. For this reason, it is not uncommon that young persons with disability have significant difficulties in achieving the fulfilment of their rights. Young persons with disability, as people with disability in general, have the opportunity to fight for their rights by participating in political...
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Persons with disabilities (PWDs) generally face strong discrimination and exclusion, especially with regard to their sexual and reproductive health. There is a prevailing social myth in Ghana that women with disabilities are asexual and cannot experience a positive motherhood experience. Although the World Health Organization recommends that research is conducted in this regard, community attitudes towards pregnant women living with disabilities remain largely unexplored. The purpose of this...
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Blended learning as a modern innovation in instruction has come to stay due to the multifarious problems associated with conventional instruction. In every class, the need of the three categories of students should not be taken with levity. Hence, this research looked at how blended learning can be used to improve the performance of the fast, average and slow learners. A quasi-experimental research design was used. The population consists of all Upper-Basic School Students in Ogbomoso while...
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Abstract: Training and development play a crucial role in organizations in this era of competition due to the fact that organizations need to survive, excel, develop and diversify. This can be achieved by investing on employee’s training and development. Human capital differentiates between successful organization and unsuccessful organization, and organization that invest on training and development for human resource achieves both short and long run advantages. Thus, for organization to...