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A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF LEARNING AND LEADERSHIPDEVELOPMENT OF UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION TEACHERS ANDTHE RESULTING IMPACT ON THE TANZANIAN EDUCATION SYSTEMSR. MARY AUXILIA MTUYABSTRACTThis study investigates Learning and Leadership Development (LLD) activities ofUniversal Primary Education (UPE) teachers in Tanzania. The primary research wascentered on how the UPE teacher recruitment and training program within theKilimanjaro region has impacted the rest of the educational system in...
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Unlike many other African countries, which either exclude socio-economic rights from their constitutions or include them in the Preamble or the section on Directive Principles of State Policy, the South African Constitution is well known for its inclusion of this category of rights in its Bill of Rights. For example, while the right to health care services is specifically provided for in the South African Constitution, the Ugandan Constitution merely requires the state to 'take all practical...
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This study examined the relationship between self-concept and students’ academic performance in math and English for high school students in Kenya. Participants included 1990 students from two same sex boarding schools-one for boys and the other for girls. Results showed there were sex and grade differences in academic performance and most aspects of self-concept. Specifically, girls did better in math. Performance in English was not significantly different. Grade level differences showed a...
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Climate related shocks are among the leading cause of production and efficiency losses in smallholder crop and livestock production in rural Africa. Consequently, the identification of tools to help manage the risks associated with climactic extremities is increasingly considered to be amongst the key pillars of any agenda to enhance agricultural growth and welfare in rural Africa. This paper describes the application of a promising innovation in insurance design – index‐based insurance –...
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More than 25 years, researchers have observed that an insufficient understanding and mastering of related concepts to leadership and lifelong learning has not much contributed to the much-desired development in higher education. This chapter discusses the way in which past reforms of higher education in Democratic Republic of Congo have been conducted, and how its development was jeopardized by deep misunderstanding of the concept and principles of leadership and lifelong learning....
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Communication Studies A research project submitted to the Institute of Anthropology, Gender and African studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Master of Arts in Gender and Development Studies of the University of Nairobi
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The aim of this study is to gain understanding of students’ experiences of assessment and the study strategies they adopt in the context of Higher Education in Rwanda. The study is governed by ques ...
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The number of young people living in Africa is expected to be at its peak over the next few decades. This may either climax into a dramatic social transformation or explode into a disaster; depending on how well (or badly) the society prepares itself and its young people. This paper focuses on the situation of young people with disabilities and examines the transitional opportunities available to them in Kenyan society, considering three principal areas: education, employment and social...
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The number of young people living in Africa is expected to be at its peak over the next few decades. This may either climax into a dramatic social transformation or explode into a disaster; depending on how well (or badly) the society prepares itself and its young people. This paper focuses on the situation of young people with disabilities and examines the transitional opportunities available to them in Kenyan society, considering three principal areas: education, employment and social...
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One key target set during the Dakar World Forum on Education for All (2000) was to ensure that by 2015 all children, particularly girls, children in difficult circumstances and children of ethnic minorities, have access to and complete free and compulsory primary education of good quality. However, one clear challenge that Kenya faces is the education of children in the arid districts, inhabited by nomadic and pastoralist communities. This paper analyzes the progress made in enhancing access...
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To identify children with irreversible blindness in a district of northern Nigeria for enrolment into an inclusive education pilot project.Using key informants (KIs) working and residing within the communities, children with blindness and visual impairment in Gwadabawa local government area (LGA) were identified and then examined by a team of ophthalmologists/optometrists. Data analysis was performed manually using simple percentages and proportions.Sixty children were reported with visual...
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This case study demonstrates that the consequence of climate change impacts on water resources is indeed an economic issue when it comes to meeting projected water demand and ensuring access to basic water supplies. In order to meet the same water demand under climate change conditions as compared with normal climate conditions the investment cost quadruples over the 30 year period. This in turn results in an increase in the average annual unit selling price of the water increasing by 25%. A...