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Little is known in developing country environments about how a child's cognitive skills manifested in the first years of schooling are related to later educational success, because the panel data needed to analyze this question have been lacking. This study takes advantage of a unique data set from Senegal that combines test score data for children from the second grade with information on their subsequent school progression from a follow-up survey conducted seven years later. Measures of...
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The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission has become a model for other societies seeking to rebuild their ethical order, to reckon with the past, and to balance peace and justice. Despite the many differences between apartheid South Africa and the Israeli military regime in the Palestinian Occupied Territories, there are enough similarities which could suggest hope for change by constructfing a political context within which the testimonies of victims and their assailants could...
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Despite being an active player in national politics, university students in Malawi are not well represented in history literature on the country’s political development. In most cases, they are mentioned in passing and sometimes as a footnote. The current study accords this youth group the attention it deserves by discussing the multiple roles the group has played in Malawi politics in half a century. Largely, such is achieved through tailoring together fragments of the varsity students’...
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The anthropogenic effect on faecal and chemical pollution at Bahir Dar Gulf of Lake Tana, Ethiopia was investigated in the period of October 2006 to February 2007. Faecal and physicochemical pollution levels were significantly increased and clearly discernible in the Bahir Dar Gulf locations as compared to presumptively anthropogenic uninfluenced reference locations near the outlet of the Blue Nile River of Lake Tana. One directly sewage influenced lake site at Bahir Dar Gulf was found to be...
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During August 2002, at a primary school in Kwa-Dukuza, KwaZulu-Natal, 27 children who had been well when they left their homes collapsed at school, displaying tremors and shivers throughout their bodies. Many of the children also presented with abdominal cramps and nausea. Almost all the children experienced a feeling of tightness in their chests as well as hyperventilation, which was then followed by fainting. This hysteria spread by line of sight (that is, other children seeing this also...
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The Reception Year (Grade R) classroom is the educational setting for lifelong learning to take place. The Reception Year teacher is primarily involved in equipping the young child with care and education. Quality education calls for trained teachers with diverse, intense training; teachers who would use their knowledge, skills and attitudes to lead the child to ultimately reach his/her full potential in the classroom setting through the curriculum. This study investigates what constitutes...
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Background In situations of conflict, individuals with disabilities are often the least visible and sustain disproportionately higher rates of morbidity and mortality than do those who are not disabled. The long-term conflict in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) is a major factor affecting the health and quality of life of Palestinians, especially those who are disabled. A developmental approach was used to create a rehabilitation programme in the oPt. Traditionally, people with...