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Increasing school resources has often shown disappointing effects on school quality in developing countries, a lack of impact which may be due to student, parent or teacher behavioral responses. We test the short-term impact of an increase in school resources under parental control using an experimental school grant program in Niger.

Die arbeidsregte van opvoeders in Suid-Afrika en Duitsland en kwaliteitonderwys : 'n verkennende vergelyking Die aandrang op toegang tot onderwys vir almal soos vergestalt in die Education for All-beweging van die 1990s het deur die jare verander in 'n aandrang op toegang vir almal tot kwaliteit basiese onderwys soos beoog in die Dakar Framework for Action Education for All: Meeting Our Collective Commitments. Wereldwyd was daar al etlike pogings om kwaliteitonderwys te definieer en dit word...

Though there has been a tendency to understand the relationship between the Global North and the Global South as one wherein the transmission of ideas has been unilateral, such a premise invites interrogation in several ways.

Background: Palmaris longus muscle has received a growing interest for its role in constructive surgery. Since the agenesis of Palmaris longus shows a strong racial variation, it is important to investigate its distribution on the Ethiopian students and compare the results with others. Methods: a cross sectional descriptive study was conducted in 712 subjects comprising of 504 males and 208 females to assess the distribution of Palmaris longus in the freshman students of Gondar College of...

The recent group-based training approaches such as Farmer Field School (FFS) and Common Interest Group (CIG) have been promoted in Kenya to accelerate dissemination of new technologies among farmers. The acceleration of technology adoption is, in turn, expected to have positive impacts on yield, income and adoption of pest management practices. Yet, no conclusive evidence exists to confirm that this might be the case. Using a data from random sample of 495 FFS, CIG and individual farmers...

Conflict is an ever-present situation in an organization and needs to be handled with care before it escalates into something that will bring down the image of an organization or a team. The objectives of this research is to assess the causes of conflict among identifiable student groups in Koforidua Polytechnic, determine how these conflicts are addressed  to improve the performance of the groups towards the achievement of their goals. During the research questionnaires were administered to...

This research examines community contribution in promoting basic education at the Akorley District Assembly (D/A) basic school in the Yilo Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The specific objectives of the study were; to identify the contribution of the community towards the improvement in teaching and learning, to identify the challenges that confront the community with regards to the improvement of the school, to investigate the strategies designed to improve on the...

The subject Social Studies in the Senior High Schools (SHS) curricula (3 & 4 year policy) in Ghana is taught mostly by graduate teachers from the country’s two teacher preparation universities-University of Cape Coast and University of Education (i.e. UCC and UEW) and graduates from other universities. Documentary analysis of their programmes reveals differences in how the subject is structured to prepare teachers to teach it at the SHS level. Qualitatively, an interpretative design was...

Social Studies, as a subject in the SHS curricula in Ghana, is taught mostly by graduate teachers from the country’s two teacher preparation universities-University of Cape Coast and University of Education, Winneba (i.e. UCC and UEW) and graduates from other universities. Analysis of their programmes reveals differences in how the subject is structured to prepare teachers to teach it at the SHS level. A sequential mixed method design was used. Data from questionnaire was triangulated with...

Practitioners of Social Studies believe that its introduction in schools is inextricably link with national development if students are imbued with the ideals of society. As a subject in the SHS curriculum in Ghana, it is mostly taught by graduate teachers from the country’s two public teacher preparation universities: University of Cape Coast and University of Education, Winneba (i.e. UCC and UEW) and graduates from other universities. Analysis of their programmes reveals differences in...

Internal assessment is an integral part of teaching and learning in Social Studies in the Colleges of Education in Ghana and is beneficial to both students and tutors if use formatively. It is therefore important for teachers to be abreast with formative assessment techniques and how to use them in their classroom activities in order to win back public confidence. This could be achieved if, tutors try to follow the laid down procedures in administering formative assessment in their colleges....

Obesity has reached epidemic proportion in both developed and developing countries in the world. Physical inactivity is a contributing factor for obesity epidemic. Studies have done to investigate the independent effect of aerobic and resistance exercise training on obesity. However, there are no sufficient evidences to explain the combined effect of aerobic and resistance exercise in a workout on obesity. The aim was to assess the effect of combined aerobic and resistance exercise training...

The main intent of this article was to explore the procedures of curriculum designing and delivery practices in higher education institutions (HEIs) and its implication to the provision of quality education. The study took Bahir Dar University as a case in order to explore the issue via qualitative research. Data were secured through interview, personal reflection and observation. Thirteen interviewees (10 teachers and 3 students), who have deep and relevant information about the problem...

A moderate earthquake with moment magnitude Mw=5.5 hit the Subbibanique region in the East of Algeria at the locality of Beni-Ilmène on 14/05/2010 at 12h29mn(GMT).The earthquake was located by the CRAAG at latitude 35.99°N and longitude 4.19°E, the depth was 6 km.The Focal Mechanism(FM) of the seismic source obtained by waveform modeling (near-field) shows left-lateral strike-slip for the nodal plane oriented N345° and right-lateral strike-slip for the second nodal plane oriented N254°. A...

Although a few studies have examined occupational identity statuses of adolescents at upper high schools in foreign countries, no study has yet been documented with regards to career identity status and factors related to it in the Ethiopian context. Hence, the main purpose of this study is to assess adolescents’ vocational identity statuses and factors related to career choice of preparatory school students in the context of Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia. To this end, this study clearly examined...