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This paper examined the fact that many special/gifted children are left to roam the street without any form of education.The schools have no place for such children, because even the normal children have not been properly catered for as regards spaces.The UBE is intended to ensure, that all children irrespective of their status are given spaces in schools in order to acquire some form of skills or knowledge to be able to sustain their lives later in future.Most public schools where these...
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Violence is a worrisome phenomenon in every social setting including schools where it particularly has a negative impact on learning processes, as it largely affects victims' mental, psychological and physical dispositions.It is often more rewarding to tackle violence from its root and work to entrench a lasting culture of peace.Dealing with violent menace however requires a cutting-edge approach which infrastructure for peace represents.This is important in view of the failure of the...
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To engage students, improve learning and become a cutting edge educator, it becomes necessary to combine traditional classroom instruction with online or mobile learning activities through the technological world which moves so fast and changes so rapidly.The objective of this study was to build an evidencebased framework that explains the challenge of the developing countries' students in respect of maximizing the full potentials of the computer for educational activities.Questionnaires were administered to 213 students of the
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Schistosomiasis is a major public health problem in Gezira State, Sudan.The statewide prevalence survey among school children showed that the prevalence reached up to 82% in some districts and the reported mean intensity reached up to 223 eggs/gm of stool for S. mansoni and 28 eggs/10 ml of urine for S. haematobium.Based on this, a plan was established to control schistosomiasis.A teacher-centered distribution of praziquantel was organized in 22 districts targeting school pupils only.This...
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In two decades, climate change has gained increased traction on the international scene. The proposed thirteenth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG13) invites the world ‘to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts,’ while recognizing that the UNFCCC is the primary forum for negotiating a global response to climate change. This SDG13 offers an opportunity to combine multi-leveled actions toward climate change with development objectives. Climate change impacts spare no...
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The primary objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between preschooling and the academic performance of pre-schooled lower primary school pupils in a rural Zambian setting of Zambezi district.The study also assessed the socioeconomic status (SES) of parents, pupils' sex, age and their academic performance.This study employed a quantitative cross sectional design and used Chi-square test of independence, Phi and Cramer's V test, Independent sample t-test and Pearson...
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Abstract. The change from consensual decision-making arrangements into centralized hierarchical chieftaincy schemes through colonization disrupted many rural conflict resolution mechanisms in Africa. In addition, climate change impacts on land use have introduced additional socio-ecological factors that complicate rural conflict dynamics. Despite the current urgent need for conflict-sensitive adaptation, resolution efficiency of these fused rural institutions has hardly been documented. In...
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The crux of this paper was to have a pedagogical insight in the teaching of Public Administration in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria.It is a credo that the supra discipline Public Administration hold the sway for anchoring the policy and programmes of both federal, States and local government.It is in this breath, that curriculum planners included Public Administration as a course of study, either as elective or full discipline in our universities, polytechnics and colleges of education...
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African Journal of EcologyVolume 54, Issue 3 p. 392-397 Short Communication Protected African rainforest mammals and climate change Jesús Olivero, Jesús Olivero Grupo de Biogeografía, Diversidad y Conservación, Departamento de Biología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, 29071 Málaga, SpainSearch for more papers by this authorJulia E. Fa, Corresponding Author Julia E. Fa jfa949@gmail.com Division of Biology and Conservation Ecology, School of Science...
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The paper examines the attributes considered by parents for school choice enrolment for their children and wards.Four classes of school alternatives with twelve attributes were considered in this work.A survey was randomly carried out in the three Local government areas in Benin City.The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was adopted
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As the global population increases, demand for food, most especially protein will increase. Production from fisheries is crucial for food security in the face of current population increase. Despite the reliability on fisheries and aquaculture to supply the animal protein needed by the world population, climate change has significantly reduced production and increase instability in the sector. In order to achieve food security and fisheries development goal, climate smart aquaculture which...
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Background: Malnutrition is a complication in chronic kidney disease (CKD) known to affect quality of life and prognosis although not often diagnosed.It is associated with rapid progression to end stage renal disease (ESRD) and mortality.Early identification and treatment will slow down progression to ESRD and mortality.Objective: To determine the prevalence and pattern of malnutrition in pre-dialysis CKD patients in Southern Nigeria.Methods: One hundred and twenty consecutive pre-dialysis...