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After an Eritrea nationalist movement gained Eritrea's independence from Ethiopia in 1991, the newly formed government introduced a national educational policy based on the use of mother languages as the medium of instruction in all public schools. The stated purpose of the policy was to foster national unity, identity, and development while respecting cultural diversity. Nine different languages are spoken in Eritrea, among a population that consists equally of Christians and Muslims. The...

The Africa Region's Indigenous Knowledge for Development Program promotes client/staff action learning through cross regional exchanges to learn about the impact of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) systems in development. The first such exchange and learning tour was organized in September-October 2002 between three East African countries (Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda) and two South Asian countries (Sri Lanka and India). The exchange involved several innovative features which are highlighted here....

Background: Use of information technology in information acquisition, especially MEDLINE on CD-ROM and online, has been evaluated in several localities and regions, especially in the advanced countries.Use of MEDLINE on CD-ROM is still very poor among the medical students of the University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria, due to lack of awareness, insufficient personal computers, nonperiodic training, and the high cost of using the facility.Due to financial constraints, MEDLINE online and...

This paper examined the management of conflicts in the administration of secondary schools in Osun State, Nigeria. It also identified, discussed and analysed the causes as well as the various ways conflicts manifested in the administration of secondary schools in the state. The effects of conflicts on school administration were equally examined. Quantitative and qualitative data were generated from both primary and secondary sources. The paper showed that administration of secondary schools...

Two active mud volcanoes on the Atlantic continental margin of Morocco were sampled during a 1999 expedition on the R/V Professor Logachev. The active mud volcanoes (named Yuma and Ginsburg) are each about 4 km in diameter, rise 150–250 m above the seafloor and are the first active methane-related mud volcanoes identified in this region. Gravity cores from the crest of the active mud volcanoes recovered methane hydrates (clathrates). Thirty-five pore water samples were extracted and analyzed...

During the flights of the University of Washington's Convair‐580 in the Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000) in southern Africa, a phenomenon was observed that has not been reported previously. This was the occurrence of thin layers of remarkably clean air, sandwiched between heavily polluted air, which persisted for many hours during the day. Photographs are shown of these clean air slots (CAS), and particle concentrations and light scattering coefficients in and...

Abstract. A 5 weeks experiment (1 June to 5 July 2000) took place at a mountain site, Mt Cimone (44°11' N, 10°42' E, 2165 m a.s.l.), that is representative of Southern Europe background conditions. During this field campaign, a comprehensive characterisation of trace gases and radicals, involved in the production and destruction of O3, as well as of chemical, physical and optical properties of the aerosol was done. Atmospheric gases and aerosols were measured continuously over the 5 weeks...

Abstract This paper examines the merits and demerits of web-based delivery of distance learning in comparison to traditional distance education methods drawing examples from South Africa. The discussion draws largely on literature that is available on web-based resources. The paper also highlights issues that are still unresolved with regard to pedagogical questions related to web-based distance education. ********** Web-based distance education delivery is a desirable alternative for...

<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>Over the last decade there has been an augmenting shift away from the conventional teaching and learning to modes where the Internet now plays a key role. E-learning is increasingly forming an integral part of course delivery and instruction, and is reshaping traditional learning world wide. </span></p> <p><span>This paper outlines the shift from...

A continuing medical education is an essential activity in the search for doctors' performance, provided it is adapted to the specificity of their medical practice. The objective of this work is to identify the needs of general practitioners in relation to continuing medical education. It is a structural descriptive and transversal survey of about 112 general practitioners among the 140 doctors in the Sousse region in 2000. Data have been collected through a questionnaire that develops the...

This paper provides a brief overview of the maritime cultural heritage of South Africa and some of the constraints that have characterized the development of maritime archaeology in the country. From this more general frame of reference, attention will focus on one specific geographical region. For thousands of years, the Table Bay area has been a meeting point for indigenous people, but during the last 500 years also for others. Besides that, the development of maritime archaeological...

This work aims to decrease the sulfur content of the Egyptian coal by using column flotation technology to be suitable for various applications. In this study, the column flotation parameters as air flow-rate, wash water,frother dosage and feed rate with its solid percent were studied. A clean coal was obtained containing 1.01% total sulfur with a yield of 82%, from Maghara coal (Sinai-Egypt) which contains 3.3% total sulfur as raw coal.

The case of Africa, in terms of development and democratic prospects, encounters a number of stubborn hurdles, and are increasingly more difficult to overcome. This paper, while agreeing with a number of leading Africanists, who are calling for the efficient repair of Africa's political systems, without which other components of the national and continental enterprises may not function effectively, calls for the establishment of citizenship education programs that must strengthen Africa's...

Globalization has become a conspicuous phenomenon of our time and has attracted the attention of many. This paper examines the place of Africa in the global village by showing what the African continent stands to gain in the,global community, whether globalization portends any threat to African education and values and how best to make African education, cultures, and values functional and relevant in the new modernity.