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Non-formal education often represents a last chance for adolescent girls who do not attend school to receive some education to improve their health before they become mothers. This paper describes the development of a literacy and health education curriculum for adolescent girls in southern Malawi who will never enter formal schooling. The curriculum was redefined in the light of participants' feedback and providers' observations. The health messages could effect change but would have had...

When vulnerable population groups are numerically small — as is often the case — obtaining representative welfare estimates from non-purposive sample surveys becomes an issue. Building on a method developed by Elbers et al., it is shown how, for census years, estimates of consumption poverty for small vulnerable populations can be derived by combining sample survey and population census information. The approach is illustrated for Uganda, for which poverty amongst households with disabled heads is determined.

When vulnerable population groups are numerically small — as is often the case — obtaining representative welfare estimates from non-purposive sample surveys becomes an issue. Building on a method developed by Elbers et al., it is shown how, for census years, estimates of consumption poverty for small vulnerable populations can be derived by combining sample survey and population census information. The approach is illustrated for Uganda, for which poverty amongst households with disabled heads is determined.

When vulnerable population groups are numerically small — as is often the case — obtaining representative welfare estimates from non-purposive sample surveys becomes an issue. Building on a method developed by Elbers et al., it is shown how, for census years, estimates of consumption poverty for small vulnerable populations can be derived by combining sample survey and population census information. The approach is illustrated for Uganda, for which poverty amongst households with disabled heads is determined.

When vulnerable population groups are numerically small — as is often the case — obtaining representative welfare estimates from non-purposive sample surveys becomes an issue. Building on a method developed by Elbers et al., it is shown how, for census years, estimates of consumption poverty for small vulnerable populations can be derived by combining sample survey and population census information. The approach is illustrated for Uganda, for which poverty amongst households with disabled heads is determined.

The menarchial age of 859 secondary school girls consisting of 508 from urban and 351 from rural area of Rivers State, Nigeria were determined, using questionnaires and interview method. Data collation revealed that 69.2% (243) of the rural population were menstruating, while 70.1% (356) of the urban population were menstruating. Mean ages of menarche were 13.19±1.32 years and 14.22±1.47 years for urban and rural areas respectively .A statistically significant lower mean menarchial age was...

Gender-based violence has received increased international focus since after the International Conference on Population and Devlopment in Cairo 1994 and the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. This paper reports the activities and outcome of a Christian women group initiative to eliminate dehumanising widowhood practices, a prevalent type of gender-based violence among the Igbos in Eastern Nigeria. Through in-depth interviews, group discussions, participant observations and...

1. To describe obesity status and body satisfaction among African Americans college students; 2. To identify weight loss strategies used by African Americans college students.

This article (part of a series of articles on the training of subtitlers in South Africa) investigates existing subtitler training programmes in developed countries as a point of departure in attempting to determine the challenges that face South Africa as a developing country in this regard. In order to position subtitler training meaningfully in terms of outcomes, existing courses are plotted on a continuum with vocational training at one extreme and academic-theoretical education at the...

Die voorsiening van handboeke / leermateriaal aan hoerskole in Swaziland Die doel van hierdie studie is om vas te stel of daar enigsins 'n regeringsbeleid bestaan vir die voorsiening van handboeke en skryfbehoeftes aan hoerskoolleerlinge in Swaziland; om te bepaal wie verantwoordelik is vir die voorsiening van handboeke en skryfbehoeftes aan hoerskoolleerlinge in Swaziland en om te bepaal watter stelsel deur hoerskole gebruik word om leerlinge toegang tot handboeke en skryfbehoeftes te...

This thesis addresses the role that hypermedia can play in an ethnographic study of the introduction of distance education in Swaziland. The thesis itself comprises a mixed-genre hypermedia ethnography. It is a re-presentation of a portion of the world populated with many voices and stories speaking to us about the introduction of distance education at the University of Swaziland (UNISWA) during 1996 to 1998. It re-presents the multitude of inter-connected lived realities during this period...

The article discusses the influence of the Bible in Africa, with special reference to homes, schools and churches. The author finds strong biblical influences in African literature, referring specifically to Ngugi wa Thiong'o. The Bible has deeply influenced many cultures and peoples in Africa. Bible reading in Africa can be called a mass movement The Bible functions in Africa also as a motivation for personal and national well-being, to the extent that it gave rise to creative approaches to...

Early agricultural engineering services required on Nigerian farms were provided by civil engineers and agronomists some of who later retrained to form the first crops of Nigerian agricultural engineers. Agricultural engineering training was substantially done overseas until about the early 1960s when local opportunities started to be available. Agricultural engineering education started with training in farm mechanization laying emphasis on tractorization in the colleges of agriculture and...

A Project Report Submitted In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education, Kenyatta University,August 2005.

Purpose This paper seeks to report the findings of a study focusing on the state of teacher appraisal in Kenyan secondary schools and to argue for an improved (facilitating) model of teacher appraisal. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted a qualitatively‐oriented case study using multiple cases and drawing on multiple methods of data collection. Findings The findings indicate that teacher appraisal policies and practices in Kenyan secondary schools exhibit weaknesses, which need to...

Religion plays a significant role in the life of individuals in any society. Its role as a moral builder has been variously acknowledged. This study examines the role of religion in adolescent sexual attitudes and behaviour in Nigeria. The study was conducted in two national universities in Nigeria with student population of more than 40,000. The institutions are located in the eastern and western parts of the country. Data for the study were collected from a representative sample of...

The imported models of technical and vocational education, which were developed in a context of economic growth, proved incapable of supplying skilled labour that met the highly varied requirements of Eritrean production systems. The TVET policies followed by the independent Eritrea are aimed at providing the managers and skilled labour, which Eritrea need to support the growth of the modern economy. The government of Eritrea has realized the shortcomings of education and decided to make...

Project submitted to the School of Business in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Masters in Business Administration (MBA)