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(2012). Quality Education for Social Development in Africa. Africa Education Review: Vol. 9, Quality Education for Social Development, pp. S1-S6.
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CURRENT CONDITIONS Zambia’s climate is characterized by a dry period, which runs from May to October, and a wet period that runs from November to April. Because most of the country’s agriculture is rainfed, rainfall variability poses challenges for food security and planning. Agriculture accounts for about 20 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), with maize as the dominant crop (the other main crops are wheat, sorghum, cassava, rice, millet, groundnuts, soybeans, mixed beans, peanuts,...
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The burden of disability is more severe among children in low income countries. Moreover, the number of children with disabilities (CWDs) in sub-Saharan Africa is predicted to increase with reduction in child mortality. Although the issue on CWDs is important in sub-Saharan Africa, there are few researches on risk factors of disabilities. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the risk factors of neurological impairment (NI) among children in western Kenya. The present study was conducted...
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CURRENT CONDITIONS The agricultural sector employs 77 percent of Senegal’s workforce. Rice is the country’s staple crop, but millet is the most widely grown crop, largely because of low rainfall in most of the country. The severe drought in the late 1960s and early 1970s contributed to migration into cities. The share of GDP from agriculture has been declining since the mid-1980s, despite noticeable improvements over the last decade, reflecting the growing dominance of the service sector....
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This study outlines the current and recent ‘state of play’ in Israeli and Palestinian schools concerning the education of students about ‘the Other’. This is seen to be far from satisfactory. An examination of the complexities involved in learning about ‘the Other’ and of education programmes in other countries that have been afflicted by internal conflict show the need for a properly developed peace education programme to be developed in Israel and Palestine if real peace in the region is to be promoted.
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The study sought to investigate the role played by the government in enhancing equity in Gweru Urban Schools. A qualitative interpretive research methodology was adopted. The sample constituted nine schools from which nine school heads and twenty- six teachers participated. Five education officers were also included in the sample to make a total of forty respondents. Data were collected using face to face interviews and questionnaires. The study established that the government was playing a...
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This study investigated the effectiveness of inquiry teaching method on senior secondary one students' achievement in algebra. One intact class each from four schools was selected out of 32 secondary schools in Onitsha Education Zone of Anambra State. These schools were stratified according to gender. One male and one female school were selected by balloting for each group. The sample for the study comprised of 123 senior secondary one students. The design used was quasi-experimental. The...
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The Harrat Ash Shaam volcanic province (HASV) is the largest volcanic field in the Arabian plate. It developed during the Cenozoic close to the southern part of Dead Sea fault system and has been linked to the tectonic evolution of the Red Sea rifting since the early Oligocene. The HASV is an ideal environment to study volcanism adjacent to a strike–slip fault (the Dead Sea fault system) and constrain the development of regional deformation along such lithospheric structures. We here present...
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This study evaluates the practice of conservation agriculture (CA) in the May Zeg-zeg catchment (MZZ; 187 ha) in the North Ethiopian Highlands as a soil management technique for reducing soil loss and runoff, and assesses the consequences of future large-scale implementation on soil and hydrology at catchment-level. The study of such practice is important especially under conditions of climate change, since EdGCM (Educational Global Climate Model) simulation predicts by 2040 an increase in...
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Addressing the impact of the HIV and AIDS epidemic remains a global concern and requires a concerted effort from all. It is now almost 12 years since the XIIIth International AIDS Conference 'Breaking the silence' held in Durban in July 2000, and there is no doubt that the field of HIV and AIDS has changed since then. However, the number of new infections in South Africa is still a cause for great concern, placing South Africa at risk of remaining a country that is simply unable to stem the epidemic.
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Sleep is an important physiological process for humans. University students in most resource limited countries often report poor sleep quality due to changing social opportunities and increasing academic demands. However, sleep quality among university students has not been studied in Ethiopia. Thus, this study assessed sleep quality and its demographic and psychological correlates among university students.A cross-sectional survey was conducted in two universities in Ethiopia. Multistage...
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This article reports on case-study research into the emotional intelligence of secondary school History teachers of the Lejweleputswa District of the Free State Province of South Africa. It reflects on how the emotional intelligence of these teachers can be understood through investigating their experiences and attitudes towards History teaching in the modern South African classroom and reveals why they regard History as particularly challenging to teach. The article also explores how...