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In order to address the problems in financing,graduates quality,social services and teachers, the Nigerian central government has mainly adopted measures of sharing expenditures,enhancing universities' relevance to society,improving teaching staff and building the system of quality insurance.This article presents the difficulties faced by Nigerian university education and the innovations to deal with the difficulties.It also analyses the nature of the innovations.
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In Nigeria, the last two decades have witnessed an alarming rate of increase in incidents of examination misconduct especially at secondary school level. Evidences abound of increasing incidents of examination malpractice by students, teachers and parents. Examination malpractice has become so widespread that there is virtually no examination anywhere at all levels and even outside the formal school system that there is no one form of sharp practice or the other. Every examination season...
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Returning to school for an advanced degree in nursing is a major lifetime decision and a new phase in life, whether you set an academic, career or professional goal. As in any new experience some degree of anxiety is to be expected and could result in frustration and uncertainty. For some African American students navigating the application process can be a challenging experience. However by following a few practical tips and using a variety of resources, your experience can be an...
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Community libraries in developing countries can be important sites of knowledge exchange and acquisition for women with little or no formal education living in communities characterized by extreme poverty and gender inequities.As locally managed and operated institutions, specific needs identified by community members shape their mandates, activities, and types of resources.Community libraries also offer a "neutral" space where women can safely gather and independently or collectively pursue...
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Arguments for increasing access to knowledge have generally been concerned with rights. In the developing context, increased access to knowledge also has strong economic and developmental benefits. An emergent access to learning materials movement in South Africa has the opportunity to make use of both kinds of argument. The South African education system is currently deficient in several ways, and some of these deficiencies arise from lack of access to appropriate learning materials. This...
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This article makes an argument for a system of higher education governance that allows the university some freedom but one that manages to offer a critical examination of the lived circumstances of people and their worldview. This proposal for higher education autonomy on the continent is in tandem with Africa's experiences as well as giving space for universities to be globally competitive in the knowledge economy. The article proposes to do this firstly by examining how questions of...
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Most of the climate change models for South Africa predict a reduction in freshwater availability by 2050, which implies that water availability for sectoral production activities is expected to decline. This decline has an impact on sectoral output, value added and households’ welfare. Using a computable general equilibrium approach, this study investigates the possible impact of global change on households’ welfare. The simulation results show that water scarcity due to global change can...