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A model case-study for imparting knowledge of the principles of emergency medical referrals to medical students is described. The case-study, which is undertaken by small syndicate groups of students, effectively combines the advantages of group interraction with those inherent in a problem-solving approach. It has helped not only to stimulate student interest in a subject which many have found rather boring and theoretical, as with most other subjects related to organization of health...
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Abstract Questionnaires defining alcohol practices and reasons for alcohol use were administered to 300 secondary school students in Odighi village, a rural area of Benin District in Nigeria. Results showed that 71% of the students used alcohol, 18% of whom could be classified as alcohol abusers. The use and abuse of alcohol among the students is more for social than psychological reasons.
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The predominantly siliclastic Eze-Aku Formation (Turonian) located in the southeastern Nigerian Basin contains scattered lenses and layers of bioclastic limestone which show three distinct facies: Facies 1 — Beds (0.2-1 m thick) of sparite-cemented grainstones grading laterally into cross-bedded medium sandstones, Facies 2 — Lenses (1–2 m thick, 0.1–2 km wide) of grainstones and wackestones within fine bioturbated silty sandstones. Facies 3 — Tabular units (1–2 m thick, 2–6 km wide) of...
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This account is based on personal experience and on information supplied by others in the field. Background planning factors are considered with reference to development so far, and the nature of national development is described with particular reference to libraries. Special attention is paid to problems arising from the attempt to make modifications when using foreign models with regard to programmes, curricula and teaching methods. The importance of the staffing factor is stressed....
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The new education syllabus in Papua New Guinea is facing problems as most of the teachers are not happy with the format, and would have preferred it be in the form of a teaching kit. The benefit of a common syllabus in the teachers' colleges to provide adequate teacher training is discussed.
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The semiarid regions of Africa experienced a number of extreme rainfall fluctuations in the present century, most notable of which are the “wet” 1950's and the drought 1968–75. Thirty-seven century-long regional rainfall departure series evidence the continental scale and marked coherence of these anomalies and illustrate important climatic teleconnections. A comparison of sub-Saharan droughts and wetter years suggests that a northward displacement of the Intertropical Convergence Zone...
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Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsEducation in Ethiopia: Prospect and Retrospect. Teshome G. Wagaw Antoine NteziryayoAntoine Nteziryayo Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Comparative Education Review Volume 25, Number 3Oct., 1981 Sponsored by the Comparative and International Education Society Article...
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Journal Article AFRICA IN THE SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY CURRICULUM, 1820–1970 Get access DAVID R. WRIGHT DAVID R. WRIGHT David R. Wright is a lecturer in education at the University of East Anglia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 80, Issue 321, October 1981, Pages 551–557, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a097366 Published: 01 October 1981
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This paper is an attempt to describe the nature and scope of educational provision in Tanzania since 1967. It focusses on the implications of educational policy for the development of manpower which would be suited to the satisfaction of basic needs in rural areas. Tanzania since 1967 is reportedly attempting to implement what amounts to a basic needs strategy of development in line with the declared socialist objectives of the Government. This strategy is essentially a mixture of poverty...
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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsDavid AradeonDavid Aradeon is Professor of Architecture and Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Design, Lagos University, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria.
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The launching of the Universal Primary Education (UPE) programme in 1976 marked a new era in the history of education in Nigeria. In an attempt to provide free primary education for all school age children irrespective of the economic or social conditions of their birth, education was formally recognized as the right rather than the privilege of six-year-olds.
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An experiment being conducted on a pilot basis in a Seychelles school to smooth the transition between school and the world of work.