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Libya is a unitary state, with the central government in the capital Tripoli.The legal framework in Libya delegates a huge number of expenditure areas to the municipalities, but in reality the municipalities do not offer this huge number of public services to the people due to capacity deficits in local administration, fiscal deficits (low volume of revenues as well as unpredictable revenue flows) and a lack of political willpower.For this reason, the paper provides six detailed...
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Childhood obesity is a critical global public health issue due to its association with psychological, social, economic and health problems. This study explored the potency of using teachers in managing childhood obesity among primary school pupils in a Ghanaian Metropolis, Cape Coast. Structured questionnaire were used for data collection. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 133 teachers as respondents for the study. Analyses were done using descriptive statistics...
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The purpose of this research is to explore the complications of the expansion of School Choice Programs (SCP) and the integration of an African-centered curriculum, education, thought, and schools into American public schools and school choice programs. The complications deal with the issues of the Zero Tolerance Policy (ZTP), No Excuses Model, School to Prison Pipeline (STPP), and discriminatory practices that impact students of color at a higher rate than whites such as racial and economic...
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African American male (AAM) college students with learning disabilities confront a number of obstacles while matriculating. Data indicates that a growing percentage of college students of color are enrolling in post-secondary institutions to pursue a higher education, but there still remains a graduation gap and retention issues between Black and White students, with the graduation rates of Black males still looming behind those of other groups. Of this student population, AAM's with...
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Public schools are vested with the responsibility of meeting the needs of all students. However, the literature continues to evolve demonstrating patterns of disparities within predominately African American school communities and challenges with school and home partnerships. Students who have been identified with special education needs are at an even greater risk of failure because of ineffective services that are often the result of parents or caretakers who lack the capital, knowledge,...
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Noise pollution is unwanted, unpleasant and dangerous to health and well being of people and communities. Road traffic is a major source of environmental noise exposure in cities across the world. This study assesses traffic noise pollution in residential neighbourhood of Alimosho local government Lagos, Nigeria. The study measured traffic noise and conducted volumetric analysis of traffic flow and survey on effect of traffic noise on residents health. The result of volumetric analysis...
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Introduction: risky sexual behavior is one of the major problems among adolescents in Ethiopia currently that results in adverse sexual and reproductive health, such as undesirable pregnancies, unsafe abortion and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), like HIV/AIDS. This study aimed to assess the risk factors associated with risky sexual behavior among high school adolescents in the North Shewa zone, Oromia region.