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In Egypt, teachers of Arabic do not study the computer in the syllabus of their preparation in Faculties of Education. Moreover, they do not use it in studying any of the syllabi until they graduate as teachers. This issue seems to have been lost between the extreme simplification of technicians from one side, and the sharp overlook of linguistics from the other side. The issue is inevitably difficult and interrelated so that simple solutions or tricks will not do. It is also so important...
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The study aimed to establish the validity of simple screening test conducted by readily available non-ophthalmic personnel (such as teachers rather than ophthalmologists who may be regarded as the gold standard) to detect cases of common eye problems in school children. Trained school teachers conducted screening using a simple pen torch eye examination to recognise common eye conditions like red eyes, squint, corneal scar and Bitot's spots. A total of 1585 students from a government owned...
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The study was conducted to establish the ability of simple screening tests conducted by readily available non-ophthalmic personnel (such as teachers rather than ophthalmologists, the gold standard) to detect cases of reduced visual acuity in school children. Trained schoolteachers assessed the ability of pupils to read the E-chart at the 6/12 line. A total of 1618 students comprising 525 pupils from one government owned public primary school (mixed boys and girls) and 1093 from another...
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The relegation of the indigenous cultures of the colonial state was of major significance in the depersonalization of the colonized psyche. Whatever was connected with the colonial African was considered heathenish and undeserving of consideration. So it was that the language of colonial Africa assumed a `vernacular' status not to be taught or spoken by even its rightful owners. However, there were some quite heroic attempts, both blatant and surreptitious, to sustain the indigenous...
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Librarianship is a relatively new profession in Africa. It is certainly less than 100 years old. Most of the countries in Africa, having being colonised by the British and the French, imported librarianship into the continent wholesale from their colonial masters. For Anglophone Africans, their first contact with librarianship was when British officials set up libraries in the various colonies. To a large, extent, librarianship, can be said to be alien to the culture of Anglophone Africans....
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This study explored the problem of sexual coercion from the perspectives of 77 young people aged 14-21 in Ibadan, Nigeria, the behaviours they perceive to be sexually coercive and the contexts in which these occur through four narrative workshops. Participants were drawn from two secondary schools and 15 apprentice workshops. All four groups identified similar coercive behaviours and developed narratives of the events that typically lead up to them. Behaviours included rape, unwanted...