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Institutional barriers remain a constraint to efficient adaptation to climate change in many countries. Therefore, there is much to be desired regarding knowledge on the capacity and roles of local institutions in responding to climate change across sectors and locales. Drawing evidence from randomly selected chiefs and local government actors, and purposively selected officials of the Municipal Assembly, we examined how partnership between local government actors and informal institutions...
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The present work develops an integrated rapid loss assessment model aiming to quickly estimate the expected damages and their spatial distribution for the Algerian urban heritage context. It predicts the expected damages for a given earthquake scenario, i.e. an historic event or a reference scenario. Furthermore, in the immediate aftermath of an earthquake, the model updates the damages according to the seismic signals either recorded in the zone of interest or derived quickly from the GMPE...
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The impromptu launch of the 2015 to 2022 Zimbabwean social studies curriculum invited vilifications and public outcries from parents, teachers and other key stakeholders professing numerous challenges. In this article, we report on the teachers’ representation of the mitigation strategies to abate the aforesaid challenges. This interpretive case study engrained in the qualitative approach, was drawn from interviews and focus group discussion (FGD) to establish the teachers’ representation of...
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School-based peer groups have been identified as a popular and effective method of providing health education and psychosocial support in schools. Children in developing countries as well as some of the poorest children in developing countries like South Africa face daily risks related to poverty, street crime and violence, poor health, lack or low-quality housing, inadequate and ineffective schools. These children and their families live in crisis which render them vulnerable. Thus, this...
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This study sought to establish how tutors at Komenda College of Education engaged students in virtual classroom during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study employed a qualitative approach through the descriptive design. Data was 462 conversations between tutors and students through the WhatsApp messaging application. To ensure anonymity and confidentiality, all personal names and other details were removed. The study established that while tutors posted more messages than students, messages of...
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Inclusive education, as an educational reform to achieve education for all is referred to as educating students with special education needs in regular schools. This relatively new concept in Mauritius seems to be facing a number of challenges. Given the worldwide interest for IE, unfavourable attitudes would be a major hurdle in the implementation of IE in Mauritius. A positive attitude of education stakeholders in Mauritius is vitally important to complement inclusive efforts. The study...
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The study area is characterized by low rainfall and a significant outcrop of salt formations, which significantly compromises the use of water for consumption and other purposes (agriculture and industry).Groundwater contamination affects both water quality and human health.Hence it is essential for continuous monitoring of the quality of groundwater so that contamination can be minimized.Application of pollution index of groundwater (PIG) to the problem of estimating groundwater...
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The dynamic nature of youth extremism in Northern Nigeria has been attributed to the low level of education in the region.Research indicates the need for the development of clinical models to address radicalisation and de-radicalisation.Poverty, lack of education, isolation, exclusion, and religion are the key variables that intersect when addressing social issues that contribute to the spread of ideologies and the recruitment of youth into extremist groups.The World Bank Group (WBG) is...
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Water is an essential natural resource for human life. It is the engine for economic, social, and cultural development. While its availability is influenced by population increase and climate change, its sustainable management is mainly a function of behavioural and technological factors. This paper assesses sustainable indoor water management in Mkwawa University College of Education, Tanzania. It involved a cross-sectional research approach, where the data were collected using...
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Over the past seven years, archaeological outreach activities and participatory research have increasingly been incorporated into different archaeological projects in Sudan even as sites have faced growing threats from economic activities, mining, and climate change. To respond to such disciplinary shift and needs, a training course on collaborative archaeology and heritage management planning was designed and offered to Sudanese archaeologists and students at Old Dongola in early 2021. This...
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Drought is regarded as a natural phenomenon and its impacts accumulate slowly over a long period. It is considered to be insufficient precipitation that leads to water scarcity, as triggered by meteorological parameters, such as temperature, precipitation and humidity. However, drought mitigation has mostly been reactive, but this has been challenged by extreme events globally. Many countries and regions around the world have made efforts in mitigating drought impacts, including Nigeria....
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keeping pace with global developments is inevitable, so the Ministry of the commandment in Algeria to ensure the adoption of integrated education, investment in human resources, through the provision of all the requirements of technology, and Internet access, and teachers want to be proficient in the use of the latest technological techniques sound ways, and this in order to benefit from all the advantages offered by this type of education to avoid the shortcomings of the traditional and electronic education together.
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The purpose of the study was to assess the ICT support for the students living with disabilities at The University of Namibia. A qualitative methodology was used through the use of an in-depth face to face in interview which was administered to 12 participants who were lectures and disabled students from the University of Namibia disability Unity. The participants in the study were selected through the use of the purposeful strategy. The study findings unveiled that PCs cell phones and...