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Human rights education is one of the new courses introduced into the school curriculum.It improves the quality of learning achievement by promoting pupil-centered and participatory teaching and learning practices and processes, as well as new function for our noble profession.It helps in no small measure towards the contribution of social cohesion and conflict prevention by enhancing the social and emotional development of the child and by introducing democratic values.It helps learners to...
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Administration of corporal punishment in secondary schools tends to be cruel, inhuman and could result in child abuse. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the use of corporal punishment on the disciplinary control of secondary education students in Calabar Metropolis of Nigeria. The study was designed to provide baseline information for micro policy management on education in order to enhance disciplined behaviour of students at secondary education level. Two...
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The aim of the study was to determine knowledge and utilization of post exposure prophylaxis (PEP), to assess the relationship between knowledge and utilization of PEP, and also to examine the relationship between other variables and knowledge and utilization of PEP among student nurses at Ndola School of Nursing This study was conducted among students in all the three (3) academic years. A purposive sampling method was used to select study units and a sample of 118 was selected. Data were...
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This paper investigated management information system as a tool in the administration of secondary schools in Aba Education Zone, South East Nigeria. It was a descriptive survey to determine the extent secondary school administrator used MIS as a tool in administration. A sample of 44 principals and 210 teachers representing 44 and 10 percent of principals and teachers was selected from 100 principles and 2,100 teachers was selected through stratified random sampling representation. A...
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Objective : To determine the willingness to accept HIV testing among caretakers who bring a child to the University Teaching Hospital Paediatric department. Design : This was a descriptive cross-sectional study that was conducted over a period of two months from September 2009 to October 2009 in the Paediatrics Department admission ward of the University Teaching Hospital. Main outcomes : The number of caregivers willing to accept HIV testing. Measures : The variables measured in the study...
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Nyamuragira volcano is one of the most active African volcanoes. Eruptions have been occurring every 3–4 years throughout the last century. Here, we analyse satellite infrared data, collected by MODIS sensor to estimate the volcanic radiative power (VRP, in W) and energy (VRE; in J) released during the 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006–2007, 2010 and 2011–2012 eruptions. Based on the statistical distribution of VRP measurements, we found that thermal emissions at Nyamuragira fall into three distinct...
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Rwanda is a small central African nation that has been more than adversely affected by major political, economic and ethnic upheaval. In particular, the country has faced the challenge of ensuring recovery, rehabilitation, reconstruction and reconciliation after the horrific genocide of 1994 that resulted in the loss of nearly a million lives and the displacement of over two million people. In 2000, the government of Rwanda proposed Vision 2020 (Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning,...
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Background Mining operations contaminate the environment by emitting sizable quantities of dust particles or chemical emissions into the air which singly or in combination cause respiratory impairment if inhaled at adequate concentrations and over a long enough period of time. Studies in African countries, like Zambia, have shown that precautionary measures against dust inhalation at mineral extraction sites are generally poor or nonexistent. In Zambia, mining regulations do not have...
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This study examines the management of school infrastructure in the context of the “no-fee schools” policy introduced in the South African education delivery system. Focusing on four rural schools, the study applied a qualitative method, which involved observation of infrastructure conditions prevailing at four selected schools and in-depth interviews held with their principals. The study has found that though the no-fee policy has come to relieve poor parents of the burden of paying school...
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This paper attempts to critically examine the approaches that were employed by Africans in their knowledge, skills and attitudes acquisition before, after and during colonialisation of the continent.The paper looks at three distinctive epochs from which the perfect understanding of how learning in Africa transformed could be concluded.It is notable that there was a period before Africa got colonised, which was followed by the period during colonisation, before the independence of the...
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The cost of students' loans defaulting has lead to a serious discussion among participants.Substantial attention has been made on the students' loans and its impact on higher education finances while researches on students' loans defaults have not been taken for more than a decade.Therefore this study examines the influence of students' loans borrowers' characteristics on default rate in Tanzania by taking into consideration the background characteristics termed as pre-college measures,...
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Low-income African American students face a number of barriers to achieving academic success. When compared to other low-income students, the challenges facing low-income African American students are unique as they must overcome both economic and racialized barriers. Viewed through the lens of education debt (Ladson-Billings, 2006), which considers the effects of long-term social disparities, this thesis addresses two questions: 1) How do students and teachers describe the barriers to...