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Education is universally recognized and accepted as a human right. The fulfillment of this right is a challenge to many governments, in spite of the numerous local, regional, continental and international commitments towards this end. In this context, governance is seen to influence education policy direction and practices. The current state of affairs in Tanzania reveals that in most cases, girls at primary level have not reached their full potential in the provision of quality education,...
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Summary Context : Cheloid scars are common in black African. Treatment is not adequately codified and chronicity of these cheloid scars is responsible for frequent recurrences. Objective: To assess treatment of cheloid scars for their codification Material and methods This study has been conducted in the dermatology unit. It is a therapeutic and prognostic study over one year. All the patients bearing cheloid scars and who agree to take part in this study were included. Results : Average age...
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Background : Protection of children has been identified as a priority in South Africa. Despite a commitment to uphold children's rights, much still needs to be done for the safety of mentally impaired children. Method : This is a record review of attendees at the Sinawe Centre from 2001 to 2005. It is the only centre in the Mthatha area that provides care for sexually assaulted persons and it is affiliated to the Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital. All mentally impaired victims of sexual...
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For more than a decade South African education has been characterised by desegregation in an effort to accommodate the diverse nature of society. This article discusses the issues and problems related to the handling of diversity in education. Many variables have influenced the response of schools to learner diversity. These responses played out in several approaches and models. It is also argued that the decentralisation of education provided racially defined communities the legal means to...
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This article investigates budget monitoring and control in township schools in South Africa. The enactment of the Schools Act 1996 revolutionized school financial management in South Africa, making it part of the drive for democratic school governance. School governing bodies had to be established, whose responsibility it became to manage finances at school. Schools were allowed to raise funds over and above the departmental allocations, which to township schools were increased in order to...
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Initiatives in many countries to transform teachers' instructional practices have been described as largely unsuccessful (Ottenvanger, van de Akker, & de Feiter, 2007; Stoffels, 2005). One of the reasons put forward to explain this has been lack of alignment or coherence in the policy documents. The view that researchers hold is that curriculum coherence marks the beginning of quality in any educational system. In South Africa beyond 1994, much has been done to understand the dilemmas faced...
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The Quelo-Luanda aquifer system, which underlies Luanda (Angola), has a maximum depth of 500 m and comprises detrital formations of Middle Miocene to Pleistocene age. Mean annual precipitation is 370 mm and highly variable. Recharge is estimated to be 250 mm per decade. The aquifer system is characterised by deep water levels (60-70 m below ground), low hydraulic gradients (0.001-0.005) and high salinity (800-6000 μS·cm -1 ). The Quelo-Luanda aquifer system is productive but further...
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What are some of the issues relevant to distance education in sub-Saharan Africa? Some of these issues relate to the ‘push’ factors of distance education in sub-Saharan Africa, which include overcrowded tertiary institutions, the need for training in a globalised high-technology world, and the problem of government funding. These ‘push’ factors seem to match the alleged advantages of distance education such as its nonrequirement of residential facilities and its ability to accommodate a...