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The school library is perceived as an import ant aspect of Sierra Leone's educational system, but unfortunately the general school library situation is Sierra Leone is far from satisfactory. Many school libraries exhibit serious shortcomings, or are virtually nonexistent. There is no single aspect of Sierra Leone's national educational policy in more urgent need of development that the school library. Since the 1960s when Sierra Leone gained independence, efforts have been made to include...
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This paper reviews the historical development of agricultural education and training in Ethiopian institutions of higher learning. The review reveals that high level training in agriculture, which began in the early 1950s, has grown over the years. Today, the country has seven institutions of higher learning which train students in agriculture and related fields. The study shows that a host of factors, however, have put a stranglehold on the training process and the professional competence...
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Imagine yourself as the vice-chancellor of one of the most distinguished universities in Africa. Your institution has survived many government changes and civil war. Now, financial support from the government is being reduced. To make matters worse, your country needs trained manpower and the demand for university places is rising dramatically. What do you do?
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Agricultural extension services have been availed to Swazi Nation Land (SNL) farmers for seven decades now. However, increasing concern that the services have not contributed significantly to the improvement of the conditions and wellbeing of farmers points to a mounting credibility problem. The paper reflects on various studies that have been undertaken in the country and argues that the threat to the credibility of agricultural extension lies in: myths associated with extension behaviour;...
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The association of parental discipline and monitoring with the early conduct problems of 123 boys and girls was assessed in a highly disadvantaged, African American sample. Prospective analyses indicated that, after earlier conduct problems were controlled for, coercive parent discipline and poor parental monitoring at age 4 1/2 were independent, reliable predictors of age 6 conduct problems for both boys and girls. The association of parental monitoring with later child conduct problems was...
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The association of parental discipline and monitoring with the early conduct problems of 123 boys and girls was assessed in a highly disadvantaged, African American sample. Prospective analyses indicated that, after earlier conduct problems were controlled for, coercive parent discipline and poor parental monitoring at age 4 1/2 were independent, reliable predictors of age 6 conduct problems for both boys and girls. The association of parental monitoring with later child conduct problems was...
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The world environmental crisis has ed to a growing international concern to promote sustainable development. Environmental education is being heralded as one of the foremost responses to the promotion of sustainable development The Southern African Development Community Environment and Land Management Sector initiated a programme to support environmental education in the region. Among other things, this programme offers various forms of training for environmental educators in an attempt to...