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There are two vaccines for cervical cancer and both are available in South Africa. Both these vaccines are currently being considered for a national vaccination programme. The successful implementation of a vaccination programme will largely depend on how future clinicians are oriented regarding these vaccines. The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge, attitude and beliefs of medical students in South Africa concerning vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV)....
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The study sought to establish whether or not the way Universal Primary Education (UPE) is funded in Uganda is equitable among the different socioeconomic groups, gender, religions and disability. This was based on the view that if the expenditure on education is to benefit the entire society, it must be equitably distributed. Furthermore, specific groups have special requirements that need specific attention. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey design and was majorly qualitative. Key...
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This study was conducted to examine the association between cognitive styles (Field dependence/Independence) and scientific achievement in Male and Female student of Biology and Integrated science Department of Zamfara State College of Education Maru, the is correlational. A population of 700 students were used, in which 150 were randomly selected using simple random sampling technique. The instrument used in this study is Latent Patterns which was developed by Witkin etal., the reliability...
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Background: Worldwide, an estimated one in three women are sexually abused and one in five experienced rape or attempted rape in their lifetime. Sexual violence is not only affecting women’s health but it is also a serious violation of women’s human right. The severity of the problem and scarcity of the information in this area among female university students have prompted the undertaking of the study. Methods: An institutional based cross-sectional study supplemented by qualitative method...
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Given the known positive and negative effects of uncontrolled social networking among secondary school students worldwide, it is necessary to establish the relationship between social network sites and academic performances among secondary school students. This study, therefore, aimed at establishing the relationship between secondary school students’ access to and use of social network sites at an Open Learning Centre in Kenya. The centre was located about 30km South West of Nairobi, the...
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This study uses a postcolonial sociocultural theoretical framework to investigate the influence of teachers’ and learners’ attitudes towards the national language-in-education policy of using English as medium of instruction on language use in primary classrooms in Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe national language-in-education policy requires use of learners’ mother tongue as medium of instruction in the first three years of primary education (grades 1-3) with English being taught as a subject. From...
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This study investigated teachers’ and Pupils’ attitudes towards the double shift system of education in primary schools in Kinondoni Municipality in Tanzania. The specific objectives are, to assess the impact of the implementation of double shift schooling on teaching load, class size and time expenses by teacher, assess the attitudes towards double-shift system with and without incentives, and assess pupils’ attitudes towards double-shift system. To achieve the desired results,...
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Craniofacial encephaloceles are commonly seen birth defects. The incidence is 1 in every 100, 000 live births. Six patients with craniofacial encephaloceles are treated by a combined craniofacial approach. The corrective measure allows reduction of the herniated encephalocele and correction of the craniofacial deformity in the same operation procedure. All cases admitted from May 2013 until June 13, 2014 to Bethel Teaching General Hospital were identified, and data were collected...
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Objective: To determine the prevalence of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) among primary school students in Shashemene town of Oromia regional state of Ethiopia. Method: Using a cross sectional study design and a multistage sampling technique, pupils were selected from public and private primary schools in Shashemene town. They were clinically screened for evidence of RHD by auscultating for significant murmurs. The students with significant murmurs then had echocardiographic evaluation to...
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This study assesses the psychometric properties of the Stakeholders Inputs (SI) scale which is designed for the South African occupational learning context. A quantitative, non-experimental cross-sectional survey design was used and data were collected from a sample of 652 respondents. Data were analysed using SPSS and Winsteps software. The findings reveal that the SI scale is a psychometrically robust instrument suitable for application in the South African occupational learning context....
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The purpose of this study was to establish whether or not the English language teacher education curriculum at the University of Zambia had the relevant knowledge and skills for teaching English language in Zambian secondary schools and can produce a quality teacher of English language despite curriculum designers not conducting a job analysis as the starting point of the curriculum designing process. Ten lecturers who taught subject content courses from the School Humanities and Social...