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This article deals, in a comparative manner, with the protection of the right to sexual orientation in South Africa and Uganda. It shows that the South African Constitution provides adequate protection of the right to freedom of sexual orientation. In Uganda, on the other hand, not only does the Ugandan Constitution expressly prohibit same sex marriages, but the Uganda Penal Code also criminalises homosexuality under the so-called offences against the order of nature. Moreover, in the recent...
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This study looked at how a group of South African secondary school mathematics teachers regarded the concept of gradient (slope). Results are reported from nine free-response items on a paper-and-pencil test administered to practising teachers who were pursuing qualifications to teach Grades 10-12 mathematics through an Advanced Certificate in Education (ACE) programme. The findings suggest that teachers' understanding of gradient varies greatly. A number of teachers in the study...
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The study explored the experiences of international students at a South African university. A purposeful sample of seven international students were the participants (males = 3, females = 4, age range = 22 to 28 years). Content analysis of the responses showed that international students experienced both academic and social challenges. The students reported using personal and environmentally focused control strategies to cope with adjustment problems.
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The use of mother tongue as a medium of instruction debate has been on the cards fora long time now in Zimbabwe but has never had any genuine implementation commitment from the policy makers. The study focuses on language use and challenges teachers and pupils face in the classroom in their attempt to use mother tongue in the teaching and learning of mathematics at junior primary level. The study sample comprised 32 teachers from Masvingo urban primary schools, 32 of their lessons were...
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The growth of information and communication technologies (ICT) in recent years has transformed all aspects of life in the world. Although ICT is still in its infancy in Africa, it has the potential to contribute to the continents’ political, social, and economic development. ICT should offer new possibilities to transform education in terms of making it more accessible, equitable, and efficient. Education is a human right (UNESCO 1990), and therefore governments have the obligation to make...
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A poster on disaffected and delinquent male youth in Rwanda, and the role of rehabilitation and vocational skills training
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the institutional and pupils' background factors affecting transition from primary school to secondary schools in Limuru district, Kenya. The objectives of the study were to establish the effect of the availability of secondary schools on transition from primary to secondary, determining the extent to which amount of school fees charged affect access to secondary school education and investigate the effects of child labour on transition to...
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This study investigated the effectiveness of mechanisms and guidelines which were put in place by the Ministry of Education Sports and Culture, to facilitate the implementation of the Aids Action Programme in Zimbabwe schools. The sample consisted of twelve school heads and twenty-four teachers, drawn from the twelve secondary schools in Gweru district of Zimbabwe. Questionnaires were administered to teachers while the school heads were interviewed. The study found out that the mechanisms...
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To estimate the prevalence of low vision and blindness, identify the causes, and suggest policies for an effective eye care program based on 2005 data from Sokoto State, Nigeria.A stratified two-stage cluster sampling method was used to quantify the prevalence of blindness and the causes from 4 health zones in Sokoto State. Subjects were evaluated using a magnifying loupe, direct ophthalmoscope and torchlight. Data were collected based on the World Health Organization prevention of blindness...
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This article draws on qualitative data from observations, interviews, and focus-group discussions at seven secondary schools in the Wakiso district of the central region of Uganda. It shows that constructions of gender within the school environment include both overt and covert discourses on the interaction of sexual and gendered identities and behaviors that create a climate in which students are constructed simultaneously as “learners free of gendered and sexual identities” and as...