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This survey research studied the number of meals that children consume in a day and their school attendance. The study is a correlation study employing a survey method with a sample of 390 children whose parents participated in the study. The main objective of the study was to establish the number of meals that pre-school age going children in Kenya consume in a day. The study is conducted in five Kenyan divisions. The researcher utilized a questionnaire to parents of pre-school age going...
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This study sought to determine the relationship between wasting and children’s participation in pre-school education. The sample size for this study was 390 children. The findings indicate that statistically there is a significant relationship between nutritional status in terms of wasting and participation in pre-school (p= 0.000< 0.05). This means that more of the children who were wasted did not attend pre-school. The study recommends that children be fed with adequate food that is balanced and served in the right propotions.
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Oral diseases are the most common form of chronic disease and are important public health problem because of their high prevalence, their Impact on individual and society, and expense of treatment. Toothache leads to school absenteeism, which is a ready indicator of children's health. A study to assess the oral health practices of junior secondary school students would reveal how far the nation has gone in promoting oral health using the WHO common risk factor approach. This work is thus,...
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Students with Hearing Impairment experience learning problems in most institutions of Higher Learning in Zimbabwe. Access to college and university facilities is often limited and hence their needs are not catered for. Those learning through distance education are the most affected since they have to endure these problems alone. Thus for an institution like the Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU), where Open Distance Learning (ODL) is the mode of instruction, there is need to develop learning...
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The form two-form three transition period is important for Kenyan secondary school students who wish to pursue Physics at senior secondary school. The subject enables the students to participate in technology related studies in tertiary institutions. Many students opt out of physics at the end form two. The national enrollment at form three show that Physics is least studied science subject at this level. The number of girls pursuing the subject is even smaller. It has continued to dwindle...
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The study sought to determine: (a) the perceptions of students with disabilities, their teachers, caregivers and parents about what constitutes child abuse of children with disabilities; and (b) how these stakeholders view the school’s efforts to help children with disabilities avoid abuse and cope with instances of abuse. A purposive sample of 14 children with various disabilities, 7 teachers who taught and counselled these children and 2 caregivers who looked after the children in their...
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Human-induced climate change has adverse effects on life and socio-economic development. The global community is called upon to work cooperatively to address the challenges of climate change. Drawing on various relevant literature, this article argues that Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) play a significant role in mitigating the adverse effects of climate change. This can be done when ICT is used to promote less energy consuming technology, offer systematic awareness...
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The paper focuses on integration and networking among faculties of education in West Africa through internationalization of teacher education. Internationalisation of teacher education in a context of a global trend was explained and the rationale for such was given. The overall goal of internationalisation of teacher education to produce teachers with global perspective needed to meet the challenges of education in the era of globalisation was discussed. The curricular and teaching demands...
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What factors lead to the implementation and success of corporate sustainability programs and policies in public Further Education and Training Colleges (FET)? To find out, one may examine FET institutions' self-reported corporate sustainability initiatives. Data were collected through surveys and interviews with council members and college principals at colleges in Gauteng Province of South Africa. 128 council members participated in the survey. Eight principals at eight FET education...
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Effective strategic planning is crucial for FET colleges. This is more so considering that the colleges are operating in complex and turbulent world of vocational education. This article provides a summary of the results of an empirical survey which was conducted to explore irregularity of strategic management of FET colleges in South Africa. The paper reveals the strategic planning, strategic implementation, and strategic monitoring, evaluation and control processes. The research focused on...
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Two introductory courses to statistics were taught to first year mathematics and statistics students as part of an initiative to introduce them to computers. The courses were offered using a blended approach which included both an eLearning and a face-to-face component. To introduce the students to the learning platform, they first had an “Orientation to Moodle” course. The statistics content of the courses used problem based learning as the instructional approach and the materials were...
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This paper will attempt to define a philosophy of adult education for the purpose of workforce development in Southern Africa. The different influences such as Ubuntu and communalism, indigenous education, diversity western philosophy, globalization and technology are explored in the context of the Southern African region.
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Despite the explosive growth in the number of people receiving disability bene…ts in South Africa, very little is known about the labour supply eects of the bene…ts. This study aims at estimating the impact of the Disability Grant Programme (DGP) on labour force participation. Consideration is given to potential bias that may arise from unobserved confounding factors. We use data drawn from the 2007 wave of the General Household Survey (GHS) and implement a three-step methodology in a...