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This study examined the effect of staff training programs on employee performance in the public sector in Uganda taking a case study of the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCIC). While the DCIC engaged in staff training programs especially during the past ten years, employee performance remains wanting. The unsatisfactory performance at the DCIC is majorly characterized by long customer queues, delayed service delivery and continued customer complaints. The study...
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This study investigated the reading interest and use of school library resources in selected secondary schools in Ijebu-Remo zone of Ogun- State. Survey research design was adopted, while random sampling technique was used to sample 330 students from the five schools surveyed. A self-designed questionnaire was used as data collection instrument. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics. Findings revealed that the students surveyed were very interested in books that are...
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There is very little research exploring the factors that affect minority, more specifically African American, students’ intent to study abroad. Furthermore, most research concerning study abroad participation focuses on higher education institutions. There is a gap in current literature on high school students of color participating in global education. This study seeks to provide an explanation and understanding of how early exposure to international education travel may impact...
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Background: Political crisis and worsening security situation in Egypt in late 2013 resulted in Malaysian students who were pursuing their dental education in Egypt being recalled home to Malaysia. The Ministry of Higher Education in Malaysia took steps to integrate these students into public and private universities in Malaysia. Methods: We used a questionnaire and informal interviews to learn from students returning from Egypt about their experiences transitioning from dental schools in...
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The University of Canberra and the Playground Ideas organization in Australia, and the Pacific Adventist University and Koiari Park Adventist Primary School in Papua New Guinea, partnered to create a demonstration playground and research site in Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea. The long-term goal of this collaborative partnership was to promote playgrounds built of locally sourced materials as safe and stimulating play and learning environments for children and also to serve as...
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This study aimed at establishing factors that contribute to poor performance of Grade 12 learners in the national examination of Literature in English in secondary schools in Kafue District. A sample of 124 respondents selected from three Secondary Schools in Kafue town were used in this study. The objectives of the study were to establish classroom pedagogical practices that were common practices by teachers of literature in English, suitability of teachers’ training to teach the subject,...
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In the last five years, higher education teaching and learning in South Africa has experienced a significant shift as focus has turned inwards to teaching, learning and research practice of individual institutions. A specific area of interest has been on teacher education as South Africa struggles to train enough teachers to meet its high demand. A need for increased postgraduate throughput has forced higher education institutions to focus on research capacity building in the areas of...
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Masters in Pharmacy Practice in Clinical Pharmacy. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2016.
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Primary school dropout in the area of pastoralists is a complex issue in Ethiopia particularly in Oromia Region, Bale Zone.However, the problem has not been addressed yet.Thus, this study is conducted with the aim to assess the prevalence of primary school dropout in Bale Zone of Oromia Region, Southeastern Ethiopia.Cross-sectional research design was used to attain the objective of the research.School principals, supervisors, members of parent teacher association and Kebele education and...
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This article analyzes climate change vulnerability of farm households in Dabat and West Belesa Districts of North Gondar, Ethiopia. A total of 790 households surveyed to collect data on Socio-Demographic Profile, Livelihood Strategies, Social Networks, Health, Food, Water, and Natural Disasters and Climate Variability. Two Livelihood Vulnerability Index (LVI) approaches were employed to analyze the data collected. The first approach was the composite index approach which is used to analyze...
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1 Abstract: Meaningful and emancipatory education which empowers citizens as democrats is the ideal education which can propel the socio-economic and political fibre of nay nation-state. After independence, Botswana aligned her education sys- tem with the envisioned development process. The sad thing about this ambitious approach in Botswana is that it sought to produce citizens who would pragmatically be engaged in the development of a democratic nation-state yet the pedagogically...
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This article analyses the teaching and learning of South Sudan history from 1955–2005 in secondary schools in South Sudan with a specific focus on national unity. The article draws on two periods of focused ethnography, from September to December 2014 and July to September 2015, including classroom observation and interviews with teachers, student teachers and students in two geographical locations. Additionally, 69 written essays from secondary school students of History have been...
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Delayed presentation of children with cancer is a significant barrier to improving the survival from children's cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Botswana, a country of approximately 2 million people in southern Africa, has only 1 pediatric cancer treatment program, based at Princess Marina Hospital (PMH) in the capital of Gaborone. A pediatric cancer recognition training program was developed that reached 50% of the government hospitals in Botswana teaching 362 health care...