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Genetically transmitted disorders, which lead to disability, make a larger percentage as those caused by environmental factors. However, knowledge and awareness of the genes that cause such disorders can help reduce on the prevalence of genetically transmitted disorders. This requires availability of genetic testing and counselling services in hospitals. In Zambia, there is scarcity of information on the available services and even knowledge of genetic testing and counselling. This study was...
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Ghana has designated special schools with the mandate of training and equipping persons with intellectual disabilities with social functioning and vocational skills needed to promote their social inclusion. This study investigates the nature and extent of healthcare provision for persons with intellectual disabilities in their respective special schools. This research adopted a qualitative, but participatory approach to collect data from respective stakeholders. The findings reveal that some...
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Climate change discussion has primarily focused on the physical manifestation, mitigation, adaptation and finance issues. However, little attention is given to the social consequences of climate change impact especially its relationship with terrorism. Specifically, little or no research has been focused on the relationship between climate change and terrorism especially in developing societies. This study examined the impact of climate change on terrorist activities in Northeast Nigeria....
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Communication is an important tool within the world of project management. This study exploring communication management on successful implementation of Free Senior High School (FSHS) Project in the Ashanti Region, Ghana. The study is based on the theories of communication as the researcher examines the communication factors constraining the achievement of FSHS objectives. In an attempt to contribute to literature, the present study relied on a sample size of eighty-three (83) employees from...
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Quantifying water contents of the lithospheric mantle is key for our understanding of global geodynamics, mantle composition and related physical properties. Most of the mantle lithologies contain little water, but some heterogeneities like pyroxenites, likely contain more water, and by their mineralogical assemblage melt at lower temperatures. The quantification of their water content brings new information about water distribution in the mantle. This study focuses on two continental...
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This study investigated the difference in attitudes towards the teaching profession male and female teachers under training in North Rift region, Kenya. The study was guided by and Wenger and Functionalist theory of attitudes (FAT) proposed by Daniel Katz. The study was an empirical research based on Mixed Methods research design comprising Ex post facto and Descriptive survey designs......
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It has been widely reported that as students with disabilities climb the academic ladder, it becomes more difficult to implement inclusive education for vulnerable students, such as those with disabilities. In the Ghanaian context, there are few studies on the intentions of teachers towards practicing inclusive education in secondary schools for students with disabilities. Using Ajzen’s theory of planned behaviour as a theoretical framework, the aim of this study was to develop a deeper...
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While there are many factors involved in delivering quality basic education, language is clearly the key to communication and understanding in the classroom. It is also a linguistic and societal reality that many developing countries are characterised by individual as well as societal multilingualism, yet a majority of multilingual societies in Africa continue to experience and even propagate a paradoxical situation in which a single foreign language is allowed to dominate in the education...
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Efforts to improve education should not neglect to provide the rich play opportunities that benefit children in so many ways.
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HIV has transformed from a serious acute illness with high rates of morbidity and mortality to a fairly easily managed chronic disease. However, children and adolescents living with HIV are yet to achieve similar improvement in their HIV care outcomes compared to adults. There have been a number of studies assessing the reasons for slower improvement in these age categories, mainly focusing on health systems, drug- and family- related barriers to ART adherence in children. We sought to...
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South African democracy was born in 1994 after years of oppression and dehumanisation. Through the implementation of Child Safeguarding Policies from 2012, deep unhappiness in schools was uncovered and the use of corporal punishment which was abolished in 1996 became apparent. Teachers were adamant that corporal punishment was the only means of discipline that worked and most school discipline processes were punitive, leading to a breakdown in relationships. Faced with this challenge, the...
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HIV and AIDS has developed as one of the urgent problems affecting many youths in Africa. Yet many of the knowledge and awareness programmes aimed at young people do not target high schools where the majority of young people are found. As a result, many youths do not have accurate information on HIV and AIDS that they can use to protect themselves from the disease. The objectives of this study were to determine the knowledge and awareness of Sixth Form students regarding the spread of HIV...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has renewed concerns about how shocks may affect religious and other private schools in low-income countries, especially when they do not benefit from state support. By reducing parental incomes, shocks – not only epidemics but also natural disasters and conflicts, reduce overall enrollment in school. But they may also lead to a shift from private to public schools with potentially differentiated effects by type of private school depending on context. In addition,...
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In this article, we explore how comprehensive sexuality education (‘CSE’) is being translated across different sites in Ethiopia and Kenya. The comprehensive approach to sexuality education is seen as both a tool for implementing numerous internationally established rights around sexuality and reproduction and it is also increasingly recognised as a human right on its own alongside the right to health and education. However, it is strongly contested by various actors and on multiple sites in...