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In many African countries, the provision of education services is handicapped by the discrepancy between broad educational policy objectives and the economic planning and management of limited resources. A serious weakness in the implementation of policy advice is the relation between planning and budgeting, including how budgets are made. This paper examines this problem with particular reference to Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and proposes some solutions. The first section of the paper...
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The widespread prevalence of marital separation and divorce in American society demands that more definitive answers be provided for questions related to their influence on children. It is also critical that we attempt to better understand the impact of these life events on the developmental patterns of late adolescents and young adults because it is during this period that the shaping of an individual's early adult roles occurs and his or her values and beliefs emerge (Lopez, 1987, 1991)....
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The widespread prevalence of marital separation and divorce in American society demands that more definitive answers be provided for questions related to their influence on children. It is also critical that we attempt to better understand the impact of these life events on the developmental patterns of late adolescents and young adults because it is during this period that the shaping of an individual's early adult roles occurs and his or her values and beliefs emerge (Lopez, 1987, 1991)....
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Abstract In Papua New Guinea, responsibility for managing components of different education sectors falls variously to national and provincial government and to communities. In all but vocational training, control of the core curriculum remains with national government. Associated with the diversity of cultures, it is claimed that the paths to development adopted by provincial governments require locally specific skills in their labour forces. Local control of the vocational training...
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Surgical extraction of Guinea worm prior to eruption through the skin has long been performed by traditional healers in India. Using modern aseptic techniques under local anesthesia, unerupted worms can be completely and painlessly removed in several minutes. As a result, the average number of working days lost due to a single worm is reduced from three weeks or more to three days. In the field, the procedure results not only in a dramatic decrease in Guinea worm associated disability, but...
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Comprehensive educational planning has been adopted in Sudan since independence in 1956. The inadequate projection of resources for the plans' implementation has bedevilled the full achievement of their targets and led to frustration with the planning process. Relevant cost data for unit costs analysis, which gives a quantified framework within which it is possible to estimate in advance the financial and economic implications of structural changes and educational programmes and projects at...
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Likely to go down in history as the drought of the century, one can only hope that nothing like this will recur during the remaining eight years. Even the oldest inhabitants reckon it was the worst in living memory and perhaps since official recording started in 1889, when the first Protectorate was declared over the Shire Highlands and adjacent territories. Climatic Background It was not long after that date that the first tea was established by the pioneer, Henry Brown, who had arrived a...