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Considering the importance of digital skills in university education, this article reports on a study which examined access to technology among first year students at a rural South African university. The study focused on the digital readiness of students prior to their admission to the university, since many universities provide access to computers and the internet. The survey of 156 first year students revealed that 73 per cent of the students had no access to computers at their high...
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This study investigated facilitators and challenges to designing, implementing and evaluating school-based sexual health education in sub-Saharan Africa, using interviews with intervention designers and researchers. At the pre-planning and planning stages, participants reported that facilitating factors included addressing the reproductive health needs of participants, contextual (culture, religion, economic and social) considerations and the adoption of holistic approach to sexuality...
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The objective of this study is to evaluate, according to the opinions of teachers, the problems faced by the children of Syrian families who have taken refuge in Turkey since 2011 with regard to their linguistic and communication skills, as well as their reading and writing process in Turkish as a foreign language. The research group is composed of seven teachers working in the first class of public primary schools attended by Syrian children. The study, which is based on the statements and...
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Background: Staphylococcus aureus is the causative agent of a wide variety of infections in humans including diseases of the skin and soft tissues.It causes disease like skin pustules, impetigo and also form part of microbial community in wounds which can also lead to serious infections such as bacteremia. Objective:The objective of the study was to determine the relative proportion of S. aureus among the microbial community of open wound.Methods: A total of 264 open wound samples were used...
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The study explored the impact of e-waste pollution in Africa, especially on child health. Concepts of electrical and electronic waste, contamination by e-waste, e-waste and health risks, sources of child exposure at home and surroundings routes to e-wastes pollution, dangers attached to e-waste pollution and the challenges of tackling e-waste were discussed. The paper advocated the critical need for the intervention of government and non-governmental organizations. Keywords: E-waste...
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Although South Africa is a multilingual country with 11 official languages, English dominates as the language of teaching and instruction in almost all schools. In addition to this, the Natural Sciences teachers at the school of study were cautioned not to use code-switching because the school policy states that the medium of instruction should be exclusively English. Recently, students at this school complained about teachers who had been code-switching between one or more indigenous...
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Many studies have positively linked learner achievements to teacher quality. However, there has been an outcry in many African countries on low achievement of primary school pupils despite heavy investments in the sector. This has been largely attributed to poor quality of teachers as a result of the traditional concurrent content-based model of training that is structurally fragmented and conceptually impoverished and thus does not provide pre-service teachers with an opportunity to...
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Background Providing evidence for institution of school-based oral health promotion programs is paramount in developing countries, due to increasing unmet dental needs impacting on quality of life of children. Aim To evaluate oral health knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of pupils in a country lacking formal school oral health promotion. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1,297 pupils in randomly selected primary schools in one city. Information on oral health KAP were...
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The indigenous African languages in South Africa have always been taught in isolation from one another, following a long history of linguistic separation that characterized Apartheid South Africa. Whereas current research is replete with the findings that schools’ monolingual practices contradict the sociocultural milieus in which these languages are spoken, there has been a paucity of studies that have reported on the use of alternative approaches that valorize plural, versatile and fluid...
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Background . Modern people live increasingly longer lives owing to advances in medicine and medical technology. This has raised many ethical questions regarding the prolongation of life, the right to die and euthanasia. Objective . To determine the opinions of medical students at the University of the Free State (UFS), South Africa (SA), regarding end-of-life practices: terminal pain management, withholding/withdrawing potentially life-sustaining treatment, advance directives and assisted...
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This research investigates the uses and gratifications obtained from Facebook by Kenyan University Students in relation to the demographics of age, gender, religion and year of study. This study was carried out for five days and accommodated both online and self-administered questionnaires in a survey that included 600 students of whom 547 fully responded. The results show that entertainment is the most important use of Facebook while sociability is the most important satisfaction. Key...
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Kenya like other sub-Saharan African countries face uncertainty and potential risks of climate change and have been integrating climate considerations into various legal and governance instruments.Progress has been made in planning and implementing policies, projects and programs in key economic sectors in order to enhance coping strategies and participation of marginalized groups in policy making.The research assessed the climate change response measures in Meru County and focused on 20...
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Irrespective of whether a country’s economy is prospering or experiencing a downturn, employers can benefit from a skilled workforce able to respond to changing economic circumstances. Training their workers is one means of building such a workforce. But what influences the decisions by employers to train their workers is the heart of this study and the reason as to why employees pursue further studyThe purpose of the study was to establish the varying factors influencing employee’s...