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This paper examined the historical analysis of the economic effect of drought on tropical forest management in Northern Nigeria, causes and effect of drought and recommended solutions to curb the menace of drought in the affected regions in Northern Nigeria. Literatures on concept of drought, causes, effect and tropical forest management in Nigeria were discussed. The adopted a historical review of literatures using secondary data such as internet articles, textbooks, journals and magazines...
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The purpose of this study was to examine and compare the contribution of Mopani and Konkola Copper Mining Companies in enhancing corporate social responsibility in education in Zambia. While the provision of education is the duty of the government, it was of the considered view that the mining companies needed to take part as they were among the beneficiaries of the trained human resource produced by the government from various educational institutions. Hence the study strived to examine the...
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This paper investigates the causal relationship between women's education and fertility by exploiting variation generated by the removal of school fees in Ethiopia. The increase in schooling caused by this reform is identified using both geographic variation in the intensity of the reform's impact and the temporal variation generated by the implementation of the reform. The model finds that the removal of school fees in Ethiopia led to an increase of over 1.5 years of schooling for women...
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This paper investigates the causal relationship between women's schooling and fertility by exploiting variation generated by the removal of school fees in Ethiopia. The increase in schooling caused by the reform is identified using both geographic variation in the intensity of its impact and temporal variation generated by the timing of the implementation. The model finds that the removal of school fees led to an increase in schooling for Ethiopian women, and that each additional year of...
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Increasing enrollment in primary education has been at the center of international education policy for well over a decade. In developing parts of the world, significant increases in primary enrollment are often generated by large national level programs, which can simultaneously promote overcrowding and reductions in education quality. However, to analyze the trade-off between increased enrollment and potential reductions in quality one must first identify and evaluate the impact of the...
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In developing regions, significant increases in primary school enrollment are often generated by large national level programs, which could simultaneously promote overcrowding and reductions in education quality. In a difference-in-differences framework, this paper exploits geographic variation in pre-reform levels of schooling and the timing of the policy changes in Ethiopia to examine the impact of both removing school fees and introducing mother tongue instruction in the early 1990s. The...
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The main focus of this paper is an analysis of heads' perception of their supervisory roles in the context of rural day secondary schools. A survey research design was used to describe the variables. Heads are seen as head teachers, heads of departments, deputy head teachers and senior teachers who are involved in supervision. The paper argues that supervisors in day secondary schools are usually relatively young and overburdened with work. There is role conflict between teaching and...
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A research report submitted to the Faculty of Humanities University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters In Applied Language and Literacy Education November 2016
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Oral language is essential for phonemic and phonological development and critical for pupils’ academic success in initial literacy learning. Recent studies have validated the assertion that hard of hearing pupils benefit developmentally, educationally and socially from modern oralist teaching methodologies like the Auditory-Oral method. There is also evidence of poor phonemic and phonological skills in hard of hearing pupils. It is not known why the hard of hearing pupils perform poorly on...
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Though schools are supposed to be safe places for caring for pupils, most often they are not, because of sexual harassment, especially of female pupils. Sexual harassment is a global phenomenon recorded across various settings all over the world including Zambia. Sexual harassment may include remarks, gestures or actions that are sexual in nature by the perpetrator towards the victim. The purpose of this study was to investigate the persistence of sexual harassment of girls by male teachers,...
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Many adolescents lack adequate health education coupled with low contraceptive use. As a result of this, they may experience the negative health consequences of early, unprotected sexual activity as well as its social and economic implications.To determine the level of knowledge of contraceptives and its use among senior secondary schools students in Ojo military barracks, Lagos.A cross-sectional study of 400 senior secondary schools students in Ojo military barracks, Lagos, selected using...
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This paper evaluates the climate change impacts and adaptation actions in Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia. The impact of climate change is the common phenomenon of the worldwide even though its vulnerability varies in place and time. Thus, Ethiopia has been considered as one of the countries highly susceptible to climate change. Because of the country’s economy heavily depends on traditional rain-fed agriculture within a fragile highland ecosystem, which has been threatened by population...
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Research report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of Masters Degree in the School of Education, Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, 2016
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of secondary schools strategic planning on pupils' academic performance in selected schools of Lundazi District. In Eastern Province of Zambia, schools have formulated smart mission statements and have three year strategic plans which are guiding the prioritisation of school projects, programs and directing the available resources towards priority targets. District Education Board Secretaries' offices in the province, Lundazi District...