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AbstractThis paper confronts the education system of South Africa, indicating that all official languages must be treated equally, and not only on paper but most importantly in practice. For this reason, the country needs to understand the value of mother-tongue education, which is now supported by the Incremental Introduction of African Languages (IIAL) policy (Department of Basic Education (DBE) 2013). Unfortunately, the intention and implementation do not always work hand in hand. Being...
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Childhood disabilities are conditions that affect or are likely to influence the development of children into adulthood. Childhood disabilities are common in both high-income as well as low-income countries. UNICEF estimated that the number of children with disabilities below the age of 18 years was about 150 million. In low-income countries, the prevalence of childhood disability ranged between 0.4 and 12.7%. According to Census 2001, the prevalence of childhood disability in South Africa...
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Youths are more likely to engage in sexual risky behaviours, such as unsafe sexual practices and substance abuse. Despite this, youths are not considered a health priority because of their lower morbidity and mortality rates relative to older and younger age groups. This quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study explored factors influencing sexual risk behaviours among youths in selected secondary schools in Ethiopia. Data were collected from 275 secondary school students using...
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Mineralogical, chemical and geochronological studies constrained the origin of sapphires from Mayo Kila, Northwest Cameroon. The sapphires are mostly blue, with sizes ranging from 2 to 5 mm. The pale blue grains are transparent, whereas, other corundums are transparent to translucent and/or opaque. The sapphires are dominantly euhedral to sub-hedral with few polished lustrous grains, acquired features during moderate to short distance transport from a proximal source rock. Solid inclusions...
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Medical literature has demonstrated that referral hospitals often receive inadequate information about the care and medications their patients received from referring hospitals.This study aimed to assess the completeness of referral letters, especially the medication history, for patient presenting at the children emergency room of a teaching hospital in Lagos, Nigeria.A pro forma form was developed to obtain from the referral letters the demographic information of children referred to the...
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Employee engagement refers to what takes place when people are interested in a positive way and when they are excited about their jobs, exercise discretionary behaviour and are motivated to achieve high levels of performance. The present research therefore examined employee engagement of the academic staff in the Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges in South Africa. A quantitative design was used. In total, 2 054 academic staff completed the questionnaire. A...
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A dissertation submitted to the Dept. of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, University of Botswana in partial fulfillment of the degree of Masters of Education in Educational Management. Citation: Mothoteng, O. (2016) The extent to which students participate in school governance at two senior secondary schools in the Kgalagadi and Southern regions of Botswana.
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Objective: The study set out to assess the psychosocial impact of dental aesthetics among a sample of patients seeking orthodontic treatment at Medunsa Oral Health Centre (MOHC), Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU). Methods: One hundred and fifty patients (100 females and 50 males, aged 13-29 years) presenting for orthodontic treatment were prospectively enrolled. Following comprehensive orthodontic clinical examination, patients were requested to complete the Psychosocial...
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A research thesis submitted to the department of educational foundations in partial fulfilment for the award of the degree of master of education in philosophy of education of Kenyatta University, June 2016
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A Thesis Submitted In Fulfillment for the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Mathematics Education) in the School of Education of Kenyatta University June, 2016
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Abstract Onshore mud volcanoes are rare geological phenomena, which in Nigeria were reported for the first time few years ago in the Upper Benue Trough. In this study a detail geological mapping of the area of mud volcanoes occurrence was carried out, with the primary aim of defining their relationship, if any, to the structural geology there. The systematic field reconnaissance included field observations of the structural features, as well as analysis of the location and distribution of...
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A doctoral thesis submitted in the department of educational administration, curriculum and teaching school of education University of Eastern Africa, Baraton in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of the degree of doctor of philosophy in education
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The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of various socio-demographic factors on leisure attitude among undergraduate students. A survey questionnaire was used to collect data from a sample of 430 undergraduate students enrolled at a South African university during the first semester of 2014. Leisure attitude was measured using the Leisure Attitude Scale by Ragheb and Beard (1982). Descriptive statistics and a binary logistic regression were used to analyse the data. Results showed...
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This study analyzed socio-economic factors that influence farmers’ adaptation to climate change in agriculture. Perceptions regarding long-term changes in climate variables and the rate of occurrence of weather extremes were also investigated. Additionally, farmers’ perceived barriers to the use of adaptation practices were identified and ranked. A total of 100 farm-households were randomly selected from four communities in the Lawra district of Ghana and data were collected through...