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Computing environment in the higher learning institutions networks is unique and very complex. In developing countries like Tanzania, the challenge is more intense due to many socio-economical problems and the low level of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) use. The facility management problems associated with enrollment surge in Tanzanian higher learning institutes are defined and discussed. Chinese campus smartcard based facility management model is proposed for adoption. The...
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The goal of any meaningful education is to develop the cognitive skills of learners (Bruner, 1960) and make them think critically. According to Dewey (1966), schools as learning institutions should seek to develop the learners’ abilities to think. This can be achieved by placing thinking at the core of the educational process (Fisher, 1998). The school curriculum and other educational materials should aim at fostering problem solving and inquiry skills in learners. However, most materials...
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This article examines the historical distaste for secular education within the Muslim communities of Ghana and the growing enthusiasm of Ghana’s Ministry of Education in transforming Qur’anic schools to integrate secular subjects. The popularity of the Qur’anic schools has remained as places—either under trees, at courtyards, or at street corners—where pupils simply recited the Qur’an, relevant only because it is fundamentally religious. The article argues that the contemporary philosophical...
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This study examines the gender differences among Ghanaian adolescent students' beliefs about aggression and its association with their reported level of aggression. A total of 800 students selected from eight same-sex senior high schools participated in the study. It was hypothesized that male and female students will score high on the instrumental and expressive beliefs of aggression respectively. Instrumental belief will be positively related to reported level of aggression while...
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Patients with pre-eclampsia and eclampsia constitute a special high risk group for future hypertension. They require a long term follow up to be able to detect and treat emerging hypertension early enough to prevent complications. Unfortunately, this is not so. This study was undertaken to find out the incidence of history of pre-eclamptic toxaemia (PET) in our female hypertensive patients attending cardiac clinic and to also determine the incidence of complications of hypertension in those...
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Climate change is currently an emerging problem in Nigeria. The Niger Delta region presents some vulnerability due to activities of some oil companies. This study provides an assessment of farm households’ perception of climate change and vulnerability in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The data were obtained form 381 households that were randomly selected from 3 States in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The descriptive and Probit regression analytical methods were used. Results showed...
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Until very recently, the conventional wisdom was that the return to education was very high in Africa. However, some recent analysis point to low average returns to education in some African countries including Nigeria. Given these low returns to education, a relevant question is what causes low returns or what can cause changes in returns to education? In this paper, I examine the hypothesis that economic and political reforms can lead to increased returns to schooling using the case of...
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SPEP (Support to Palestinian Education Programme) is a project funded by the Italian Cooperation, managed by UNDP United Nations Development Programmeand involving the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE), 24 public schools with different grades, 4 local Universities (3 in West Bank and 1 in Gaza Strip) and relative Districts and the University of Bologna. Its aim is to support the capacity of the school for self-improvement developing a process where the school...
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Simulated present-day ranges of 281 African mammal species were produced using climate-envelope models. This modeling approach was robust and was therefore used to simulate potential future ranges of 281 African mammals in response to nine future climate change scenarios (three general circulation models for 2020, 2050 and 2080). The size of species' ranges were projected to decrease only slightly (-4.41%) on average by 2080. Species' future ranges were projected to overlap current ranges by...
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This study provides an overview of the timing, appropriateness and efficacy of interventions in response to the drought that affected the pastoral lowlands of Ethiopia in 2005/2006. It identifies mechanisms to initiate more timely and appropriate interventions to protect and support pastoral livelihoods and explores donor interest in resourcing these changes. It is argued that the problems pastoralists face are structural ones. The authors argue that protecting, building and rebuilding the...
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Aims: The aims of this study were: (i) to describe the nature of and the extent to which community-based organizations (CBOs) in Cape Town provide services to people who have alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems; (ii) to examine the relationship between CBOs’ attitudes towards individuals with AOD problems and the types of services provided; and (iii) to compare CBOs’ attitudes towards alcohol- and drug-using clients. Method: A cross-sectional survey of 51 health and social welfare CBOs in...