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The skills’ crisis in South Africa is a growing problem, exacerbated by the lack of adequate structures to study and assess the gap between the skills offered by young graduates and those required in the labor market. The purpose of this paper is to verify whether the achieved competencies of graduates are comparable with the expectation from the employers. This raises the awareness of the need for training institutions to train students on new areas of knowledge, skills, and attitudes...
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This paper focuses on the impact of climate change on the lives of rural farmers in the Pwalugu and Balungu communities of the Upper East Region of Ghana since farmers all over the country have been exposed to various adaptation strategies to climate change.From the study which was conducted in 2017, it was revealed that climate change affected respondents negatively resulting in reduced income level, inability to afford three square meals daily, inability to meet their health needs,...
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South Africa is plagued by protests, including teachers’ strikes. This study sets out to examine the impact of teachers’ strikes on the quality of education students receive and the subsequent choice of university and programme. A sample of 112 social work students is randomly selected and a semi-structured questionnaire is administered. The findings show that the impact of teachers’ strikes on students’ quality of education and academic performance has been enormous. This has been gauged...
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Climate change, migration and food security are serious sustainable development challenges of global proportions. However, there is a dearth of research on the interrelationships among these three factors. This study examines the trichotomous relationship of climate change, migration and food security in the Coastal, Forest, Transition and Savannah agro-ecological zones of Ghana. The study adopted mixed research methods, using data from household surveys, focus group discussions (FGDs),...
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Zimbabwe is a semi-arid country reliant on regular rains (November-April). Mean annual rainfall is low, and many rivers in the drier parts of the country are not perennial. In the small-scale horticultural sector, irrigation becomes handy. Rainfall exhibits spatial and temporal variability. This scenario is characterized by shifts in the onset of rains, increases in frequency and intensity of heavy rainfall events, increases in the proportion of low rainfall years, decreases in low-intensity...
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We are living in a new age in which Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become a key motivating force in almost all aspects of teaching and learning. The aim of this study was to ascertain the challenges faced by lecturers in the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the teaching of Chemistry at Polytechnics in Zimbabwe. The challenges faced by lecturers in teaching Chemistry were found to be extrinsic barriers such as inaccessibility of ICT resources,...
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John Wanis Tapura explored how business studies teachers in Papua New Guinea (PNG) perceive and enact the national curriculum goals, policies, and resources in terms of place-based education aspirations. John found that teachers based their curriculum aims and practices on their lived experiences in and out of school, rather than the intentions of the national curriculum. In terms of translating curriculum policy, teachers were unfamiliar with the national curriculum statement and framework,...
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Nigeria's guinea savanna produces the bulk of the food consumed in the country and climate change is adversely affecting agriculture in the area.Farmers in the area respond differently to climate change based on their perception.Yet, studies that systematically link farmers' perception on climate change to scientific data from meteorological stations are rare in Nigeria's guinea savanna.Much rarer are studies that consider the simultaneity in the adaptation decisions of the farmers.This...
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Bronchial asthma is a serious chronic inflammatory disease of the respiratory system. Aerosol inhalation as a route of drug delivery has become well-known in therapy of asthma. This study was designed to evaluate if the use of 2Tone helps patients maintain the correct inhalation technique after training and can improve the clinical benefit. 125 Libyan adult asthmatic patients were recruited. At the first clinical visit; 38, 44 and 43 patients were included as C, VT and 2T groups,...