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A Research Report Presented To The Institute Of Open And Distance Learning Of Kampala International University In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirement For The Award Of The Degree Of Bachelor Of Education In Arts (Primary)
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Nigeria is among the group of developing countries that have adopted the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) blueprint as a veritable vehicle for poverty eradication, economic growth and sustainable development. However, the pollution of its surface water from discharges from domestic, industrial and agricultural waste degrading the quality of fresh water available to human needs and poor environmental sanitation cast serious doubt on Nigeria’s ability to meet the United Nations’ (UN) MDGs...
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The paper was based on the contention that teacher absenteeism is costly, which could lead to wastage in the school system. Hence, the paper analyzed the cost of un-authorized teacher absenteeism in Nigerian secondary schools between 1997 and 1999, i.e. two academic sessions of 1997/98 - 98/99. The analysis revealed that the cost of absenteeism was relatively high when the dwindling financial allocation to education is put in mind. The analysis showed that the total cost of absenteeism for...
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This paper investigates the mode of entry as a predictor of success in final year bachelor of education degree examinations in universities in Ekiti and Ondo States, Nigeria. As an ex‐post facto and correlational research, the study population comprised all the 1810 final year 400 level students in the two universities offering education courses, namely, the University of Ado‐Ekiti in Ekiti State and Adekunle Ajasin University in Ondo State, Nigeria. Out of this population, 760 final year...
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Use of farmers as extension agents to disseminate new technologies to others is increasingly being adapted in smallholder farming systems. This paper examined technical efficiency (TE) of farmer teachers in the uptake and dissemination of a ‘push–pull’ technology (PPT) for control of Striga weed and stemborers in Western Kenya. A total sample of 112 farmer teachers (FTs) and 560 follower farmers (FFs) who had adopted the PPT were randomly selected and interviewed between July and August...
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Abstract In Africa, as in many countries of the South, democratization is sometimes perceived as a process modeled upon outside – and specifically Northern – experience. Formal civic education programs in those countries arguably reflect the same bias and have not always been notably successful. Yet there are rich patterns of civic involvement and democratic process in African culture and in the myriad ways in which it has adapted to development challenges, often more successfully reflected...
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Current carbon accounting methodologies do not accommodate activities that involve emissions reductions from both land-use change and energy production. This paper analyzes the climate change mitigation potential of charcoal production in East Africa by examining the impact of changing both land management and technology. Current production in a major charcoal producing region of Kenya where charcoal is made as a by-product of land clearance for commercial grain production is modeled as the...
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Research Article| November 01, 2009 Multiple inflation and deflation events at Kenyan volcanoes, East African Rift J. Biggs; J. Biggs 1Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33149, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar E.Y. Anthony; E.Y. Anthony 2Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968-0555, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar C.J. Ebinger...
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Africa is the most vulnerable continent to future climate change. Profound changes are projected for southwestern Africa with increased drying, notably with delayed onset of the rainy season in September-November, and temperature increases in all seasons. The projected climate changes combined with land-use changes are thought to constitute the main threats to biodiversity in the 21st century. To be able to predict the potential impact on biodiversity, it is crucial to achieve a better...
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Biomarkers of aquatic algae and compound‐specific carbon isotopes are used to examine past variations in algal community composition and primary productivity in Lake Malawi. We note major changes at the Pleistocene‐Holocene boundary. From the Last Glacial Maximum until ~11.8 calendar years before present (kyr B.P.), Lake Malawi was characterized by either low rates of primary productivity or algal productivity that was dominated by a group other than diatoms. At the onset of the Holocene,...
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It is now generally accepted that to enable developing countries to compete in the global economy and be in control of their own destiny, the development of higher education (HE) should be a vital part of policy. The Kenyan economy is at a tipping point where skilled graduates are required but a lack of funding for HE means that only a small number of students are entering university each year. The aspirations of increasing numbers of qualified students are not being met. Without exploiting...
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ISEE-0728 Background and Objective: In southern Africa where AIDS is “hyper-endemic”, AIDS-related morbidity and mortality undermines livelihoods with negative outcomes for food and nutrition security. In turn, food insecurity places individuals at greater risk of being exposed to HIV, exacerbates the socio-economic impacts of AIDS, and worsens HIV-related illnesses. These serious interactions do not exist in isolation. Multiple shocks and stresses–social, economic, political, environmental,...
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To evaluate the effectiveness of a strategy for teaching neonatal resuscitation on the cognitive knowledge of health professionals who attend deliveries in Ghana, West Africa.Train-the-trainer model was used to train health professionals at 2-3 day workshops from 2003 to 2007. Obstetric Anticipatory Care and Basic Neonatal Care modules were taught as part of Neonatal Resuscitation Training package. American Neonatal Resuscitation Program was adapted to the clinical role of participants and...