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College students are often interested in information about sexual health topics. A study of 149 college students and their use of the Internet for sexual health information was conducted. The study findings indicated that African American college students, as compared to White college students, and women, as compared to men, had greater odds for searching on the Internet for birth control information. Among male college students, a higher internal locus of control was associated with lower...
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The paper examined family background factors that affect students' academic achievement in institutions of higher learning in Nigeria. With the use of structured questionnaire, data were collected from 110 first-degree final year students using random sampling and analysed through multiple linear regression techniques. It was found that student's academic performance was positively influenced by student's parental level of education, maternal income level, age, income of the student and...
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Port cities are some of the oldest, largest and most cosmopolitan urban centres in the world. This is true of Douala with some three million inhabitants from all ethnic entities of Cameroon and foreigners from all parts of the world who have become part and parcel of this sprawling inclusive city. The dynamic indigenous Duala fishermen created this port as their exclusive settlement around the fifteenth century. It became prominent and inclusive through the role it played in the Atlantic...
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The focus in this issue on transformation in higher education follows directly from the work of the Ministerial Committee on transformation and social cohesion and the elimination of discrimination in public higher education institutions and its Report (Department of Education 2008). The articles presented here are the response by researchers in higher education to the issues raised by the Committee and set out in its report.
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In 2003, about 50 countries including Ghana participated in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). This is the first time that Ghana has participated in an international mathematics assessment that has provided the reliable data to examine equity and the quality of mathematics education within schools in Ghana. In the TIMSS assessment, the average Ghanaian student scored 276 compared to the international average of 466. This paper employed a multilevel framework...
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Water is a vital element for the development of all sectors in Palestine. Currently, the estimated average per capita use is around 50 l per day, which is half of the minimum recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). Water demand in the West Bank is expected to increase substantially in the future. This is due to improved standards of living and increased population growth rate. For example, the estimated domestic water demand for the West Bank in the year 2000 is around 98 million...
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The importance of information security cannot be denied. It has increasingly become an integral part of our everyday lives. In line with some of the key issues relating to the construction of a South African education and training system for the 21st century, this paper argues that information security is both ‘a social and economic need’ and ‘an intellectual and professional challenge’ and should therefore be regarded as a critical cross-field outcome. This could help narrow the evident...
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This paper is an examination of the challenges faced in implementing Kenya’s language-ineducation policy, which advocates mother tongue-based learning. This policy has the potential to make primary education contextually located and locally accessible, particularly to ethnic minorities and marginalised groups, improving the reach and quality of education. It is however not widely practiced. Using a literature review, ethnographic studies, research findings and interviews with linguists and...