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The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between the body composition characteristics, body mass index (BMI), sum of skinfolds (SSF), % body fat (%BF), fat-free mass (FFM) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and nine physical fitness items in undernourished rural primary school children in Ellisras, South Africa.A cross-sectional study.The study consisted of 462 boys and 393 girls who were aged 7-14 y.Five body composition measures were assessed: BMI, SSF, %BF, FFM and WHR....

No person in the United States shall, on the grounds or race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participating in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance, or be so treated on the basis of sex under most education programs or activities receiving Federal assistance. No otherwise qualified individual with disabilities in the United States shall, solely by reason of his disability, be excluded...

This paper examines the corporate and institutional responses to the challenge of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. The circumstances of South Africa have demonstrated the need for new ways of governance if businesses and society are to be sustainable. A confluence of historical, political and social factors in the 21st century, has produced the circumstances for new corporate principles, practices and reporting. The paper investigates the impact of institutional initiatives on corporate practices....

African indigenous knowledge systems (AIKSs) are historically linked to indigenous African languages. Yet efforts to spearhead the infiltration by AIKS into the discursive domain of the South African (higher) education system are often based on the assumption that this can be achieved without challenging the dominance of colonial languages in the education sector. This assumption is indebted to an implicit conception of the nature of language and its relation to knowledge, culture and...

Principals, especially in the rural areas of South Africa, ignore African indigenous knowledge (AIK) and the two appear to be like proverbial ships passing in the night. Principals are aware of the value of AIK, yet do not use it. Principalship involves leadership; organisational, human resource and financial management; planning; evaluation; team-building; problem solving; and decision making. Today, principals need to be more than organisational executives, humanistic facilitators...

This paper explores some of the key elements or focal areas in the discourse(s) of transformation in South African higher education, most significantly the Africanisation project and indigenous knowledge systems. The debate around indigenous knowledge, which is located within postcolonialist and anti-discrimination discourse, is unfortunately riddled with serious errors, logical and epistemological. While the present article is sympathetic to the basic concerns expressed in this debate, it...

Higher and tertiary education institutions have come to be recognised as centers of academic excellence charged with the social responsibility of generating knowledge that can be used to circumvent the challenges confronting society. The western oriented education system characterising higher and tertiary institutions in modern Zimbabwe has failed to meet this premium because it lacks an appreciation of locally produced philosophies and thought systems. This article exposes those...

In this article I would like to indicate that there is an inherent conflict between the underlying values portrayed by the policy document entitled 'National Plan for Higher Education in South Africa' and the values embodied in the discourse about the African Renaissance and the promotion of African indigenous knowledge systems (IKSs) in South Africa. This article will attempt to analyse the dominant values of the National Plan for Higher Education in South Africa as well as the...

The Higgs-Parker debate on the meaning and place of African philosophy in the construction of a new South African philosophy of education raises more questions than answers. In an attempt to answer some of the questions raised the present author also raises fresh questions. One of the arguments advanced by the present author is that both Higgs and Parker appear to take the meaning of key terms such as Africa, philosophy, African Renaissancel/Ig for granted. An analysis of the meaning...

African indigenous knowledge has considerable value in a modern global economy once commercial benefits arise from the utilisation of indigenous knowledge, but its value also extends beyond economic considerations. As it is linked to the ways of life of various peoples, it supports and maintains identity formation. An important way in which to incorporate indigenous knowledge into mainstream society is to integrate indigenous knowledge into the formal education system at all levels....

Curriculum development is one of the central features in the process of transforming higher education in South Africa. With the colonial and neo-colonial traditions still being the pervading influences in university/technikon corridors, it is time the issue of African indigenous knowledge systems (AIKSs) was brought to the fore and its relevance to the education system explored. There are certain approaches that curriculum developers in South African institutions of higher learning can...

This article argues that one can speak of an African philosophy of education in the same way in which one refers to an Indian, Western, Chinese or Islamic philosophy of education. An African philosophy of education is a scientific enterprise which has three constitutive aspects: firstly, to be reasonable in one's articulations; secondly, to demonstrate moral maturity; and thirdly, to be attuned to deliberation. In this essay I argue that the efficacy of teaching and learning could be...

This article examines the qualities that mark an educated person with special reference to the Akan conception of an educated person. This list of qualities for defining the notion of being educated originates from a traditional African conception of what the training of the youth for the living of life entails. In discussing such a definition of an educated person, it is hoped that the present attempt to elicit an African conception of education from a conceptual analysis based on...

Philosophical inquiry aims to explain, clarify and rationally justify higher education discourse. In this article we shall explore what an African philosophy of higher education could mean. We begin by offering a conceptual account of constitutive meanings of higher education discourse in South Africa with the aim to identify gaps. Thereafter we attempt to reconstruct a notion of African higher education, in particular how notions of lIgubuntul/Ig and community guide practices such as...

This article presents a qualitative study of conflict over crucial resources in drought-prone rural communities in north-eastern Nigeria and shows how these conflicts are mitigated to sustain social order. The article argues that, at a time of increased agitation for local control, this study of conflict generation and conflict management presents a model for understanding governance practices and capacity at local levels and shows how they cohere to sustain the community. The article...

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