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Teaching and learning ICT courses in higher learning institutions (HLIs) in Tanzania is facing various challenges. This study, examined challenges facing teaching and learning of ICT courses in HLIs in Tanzania. Variables including limited access of ICT hardware and software, weak government policies, poor ICT infrastructure, lack of competent ICT staff, poor institutions’ coordination and curriculum variation, high cost imposed on ICT tools, little government funding, reluctance to use...
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African urban population is developing with a growth rate of 3.2 % per year on average, the highest in the world. Almost all Africa’s cities with one million inhabitants or more are currently located in areas exposed to at least one natural hazard. Inevitably, natural disasters in African urban areas are more likely to occur as expanding cities place an increasing number of people in the path of extreme natural events, often those in vulnerable accommodation, reliant on poor infrastructure...
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Climate change will challenge the resilience of both agriculture-based livelihoods and natural resource management regimes in East Africa in myriad ways. A major challenge is to reduce the vulnerability of people and climate-sensitive sectors, including water, agriculture, and energy, to today?s climate variability and to ensure that future development activities are appropriate to future climate contexts. Through an Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) research approach this project will help...
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L'ouverture croissante de l'Afrique du Sud sur l'Afrique francophone implique que les enseignants de FLE puissent renouveler les programmes d'enseignement de francais afin de trouver une articulation plus etroite entre les enseignements offerts et les besoins des etudiants. Le but de cet article est de presenter la maniere dont la section de francais a l'Universite de Pretoria a tente de relever ce defi en enrichissant les programmes de deuxieme annee par l'exploitation de la chanson...
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Background: The Berlin and Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) are simple, validated, and widely used questionnaires designed to assess symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) a common but often unrecognized cause of morbidity and mortality. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 2,639 college students to examine the extent to which symptoms of OSAS are associated with the odds of common mental disorders (CMDs). The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) was used to...
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A Project Report by Winnie Ruto Submitted to the Chandaria School of Business in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement for the Degree of Masters in Business Administration (MBA)
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Guidance and Counseling programme in Kenya has become increasingly important in recent years because the country is faced with new psychological and social challenges that require guidance and counseling (Mutie & Ndambuki, 1999). The Government of Kenya has reinforced guidance and counseling services by encouraging teachers to take specialized courses in guidance and counseling (GoK, 2009). This service should be offered in all learning institutions and especially in secondary schools to...
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This paper solely investigated the status of the syntactico-semantic proficiency of written English language for the undergraduate students in Tanzania, with a particular focus on students doing linguistics. The data from which I drew the inferences were obtained from two (2) different public universities: the University of Dodoma and Mkwawa University College of Education (the Constituent College of the University of Dar es Salaam). The University of Dodoma was purposively selected because...
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In January 2011, Egypt followed Tunisia in its Uprisal against the ruling oppressive regimes in search for democracy, freedom and better living conditions. The movement, later known as the Arab Spring, had implications on the country's economic and political systems. Hence, the need to adopt Sustainable Development strategies and that in order to ensure all people well being, and the implementation of their human rights. This would only be realized when the built environment would become...
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The main aim of the study is to explore the potential role of organisational culture on learning styles in Libyan Universities. In so doing the research has embarked on a search for a suitable literature relating to both the learning styles and organisational culture. The study has learnt that cognitive learning styles should be treated as the process of mental activities, learning and problem solving and being independent of subject content; and are perceptual, intellectual, personality and...
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Catalase activity in liver of Kafue lechwe inhabiting the Kafue flats was measured. Research has shown that the Kafue flats have been exposed to heavy metals and pesticides posing a potential destruction to the inhabitants of the area. Studies on catalase activity in fish from the Kafue river have shown the potential of catalase activity as a biomarker of oxidative damage. However it is unclear how these findings apply on land and semi-aquatic Kafue lechwe within the flats. This study...
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Ezekiel's imagery of the four living creatures being all eye proved to be a useful metaphor for such diverse characters as the desert fathers, the ascetics of Gaza, Pseudo-Dionysius, and Gregory Palamas. This study interposes between these thinkers the Neoplatonist philosopher Plotinus who used the similar metaphor of all face in his sixth Ennead. In the case of the figures not greatly influenced by Plotinus the metaphor often took on connotations of supersensible glory, dispassion, and...