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The study examined the influence of parent-school partnership on pupils’ academic performance of lower primary school in Southwestern Nigeria. It also investigated the influence of community-school partnership on pupils’ academic performance in lower primary schools in the region and finally investigated the joint influence of parent-school and school-community partnership on their academic performance. These were with a view to provide information on the roles of parent-school and...
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In developed countries, currently more than 80% of children with cancer survive and they are considered as cured.However, the survivors are at high risk of medical and social late effects.In Morocco, childhood cancer accounts for 3% of all cancers.The purpose of this study was to look for factors related to education in Moroccan childhood cancer survivors.This was a cross-sectional study conducted among childhood cancer survivors treated between 1978 and 2004 at the Pediatric Oncology Unit...
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This study explores differences in students’ reading comprehension of International Financial Reporting Standards in a South African financial reporting class with a heterogeneous student cohort. Statistically significant differences were identified for prior academic performance, language of instruction, first language and enrolment in the Thuthuka programme. Where students, in a heterogeneous financial reporting class, require additional interventions to develop their reading...
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The study assessed the factors associated with job stress among secondary schools vocational technical teachers in the North-east sub-region of Nigeria. Literatures were reviewed based on the objectives of the study. The design of the study was a survey; a structured questionnaire consisting of 30 items was used for data collection. 160 respondents were randomly sampled from 18 vocational secondary schools (three schools from each of the six states of the zone). The data for the study were...
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Despite the Kenya government re-introducing free primary education, some school age children are still locked out of school whereas dropout and repetition continue to be pervasive. The study found out that retention rates in public primary schools in central zone of Malindi sub-county, Kenya had declined and the dropout rate was on the increase. The most prominent causes of the declining rates of access and retention of pupils in public primary schools in the zone were, illiteracy, poverty,...
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Globally the field of doctoral education is changing, with a move towards more internationalisation and away from traditional education. More PhD educational programmes use blended and e-learning elements and have an increasing number of working professionals enrolled in a PhD, or PhD students with jobs engaged in writing a dissertation. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the PhD scene reflects this change. Yet, not much is known about PhD capacity in Africa. While in terms of scientific output the...
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Owing to its effect on teacher performance, absenteeism, retention, and turnover, organizational commitment has received great attention over the past three decades.The concept offers an explanation for employees' anxiety, inefficiency, and carelessness during work.This study has focused on Sadat educational primary public school directory, in Menoufia, Egypt to determine the main factors affecting the level of teachers' affective, continuance, and normative commitment by conducting...
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The best Brazilian universities are public, free of charge, and highly selective. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, many public universities began to earmark spots in all courses for underrepresented groups. The targets of these affirmative action policies were usually students coming from public schools, African-Brazilians, and Natives. This article introduces data on Brazil’s higher education system since its early beginnings: its expansion, segmentation between public and...
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This paper discusses the extent to which topical planning issues of informality and illegality are incorporated into the educational curricula in Nigerian planning schools. Given the scale and enormity of informal and illegal settlements in Nigeria and other African cities, these issues should be emphasized in the education and training of planning professionals. Yet, few curricula in Nigerian planning schools, including the Nigerian Town Planners Registration Council’s professional...
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The study investigated the Assessment of perceived academic and incentiveneeds of senior secondary school biology teachers in Kwara State, Nigeria.Stratified random sampling technique was used to select two hundred and fifty(250) biology teachers from the three senatorial district of Kwara State. Aquestionnaire was prepared, validated and used for collection of data from thebiology teachers. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0package was used for data analysis. Rank...