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In 1899 seventeen-year old Ahmad Lutfī al-Sayyid (1872–1963) nearly entered the Cairo School of Engineering instead of the School of Law. 1 Had he done so, he might never have climbed to fame as a writer, educator, and cabinet minister. An occasional engineer did reach national prominence in Egypt during the first half of the twentieth century, but it was the lawyers who ran the show. Upon entering law school in the fall of 1889, Lutfī had as colleagues three future prime ministers (Ismā'īl...
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In representative series of Sout African Black, Indian and White High School pupils of 18 years, data were secured on weight, height and triceps skinfold. Values among Black boys were significantly lower than those among White boys. Yet, obesity was far commoner among Black compared with White girls. Among Indian pupils, there were no significant differences in mean anthropometric values between groups relatively affluent and relatively poor. Values on Indian boys were similar to those of...
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Three quarters of deliveries in Ghana are still attended by untrained personnel, including traditional birth attendants (TBA's), and maternal mortality remains high. The Ministry of Health is exploring ways of improving this situation. Recently, training traditional birth attendants to improve maternal and child health practices and promote family planning has been considered. Most TBA's in rural Ghana are elderly illiterate farmers. The Danfa Project has identified and trained 57 of these...
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With respect to investment in education, two important questions need to be examined. The first is concerned with the amount to be invested in primary and secondary schools, and the institutions of higher learning, and the second relates to the distribution of total costs among the state, private institutions, and those who receive education. This short article first evaluates the existing formal educational system in Sierra Leone with the help of the cost-benefit technique. In order to...
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With respect to investment in education, two important questions need to be examined. The first is concerned with the amount to be invested in primary and secondary schools, and the institutions of higher learning, and the second relates to the distribution of total costs among the state, private institutions, and those who receive education. This short article first evaluates the existing formal educational system in Sierra Leone with the help of the cost-benefit technique. In order to...
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Though the culture of Evaluation boasts of hyperdimensional forms concerning international and national organizations, which are occupied with education programs for the Third World, yet the empirico-theoretical examinations of norms, hypotheses, effects of transfer and social byproducts of educational work, are in fact nonexistent1 for the general theme-complex and for the evaluation of African school reform. The present study2 claims to present a comprehensive evaluation of school reform...
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In this article we show that there are two more or less distinct orientations toward the citizenship role — one which stresses traditional notions of patriotism and another which emphasises more critical, active participation in the political process. These two orientations seem central since how one rates the citizenship requirements relates to both self‐identification and perceptions of social power. Our results shed light on national identity within a sample consisting largely of...
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A prospective clinical study into acute upper gastro-intestinal bleeding has been done and the first 60 consecutive cases analysed. It was found that contrary to the prevailing clinical impression but in agreement with published work, the commonest associated aetiological factor was chronic duodenal ulcer (33 of 60 cases). Next came acute drug or alcohol induced gastric erosions, with oesophageal varices a poor third. The unreliability of clinical impressions is confirmed.
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The purposes of this study are to describe the past and the present system of secondary education in Western Nigeria; to examine the goals, achievements, and failures with special consideration for three distinct periods: (1) prior to the arrival of the British people in Western Nigeria, (2) between 1842 and 1960, and (3) between 1960 and 1976; to formulate generalizations about secondary schools, and to offer suggestions for the improvement of the secondary educational system in Western...
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Oxford Bulletin of Economics and StatisticsVolume 39, Issue 2 p. 109-126 EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT PROBABILITIES AND RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION IN TANZANIA† H. N. BARNUM, H. N. BARNUMSearch for more papers by this authorR. H. SABOT, R. H. SABOTSearch for more papers by this author H. N. BARNUM, H. N. BARNUMSearch for more papers by this authorR. H. SABOT, R. H. SABOTSearch for more papers by this author First published: May 1977 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.1977.mp39002002.xCitations: 17 † 1We...
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The generally held belief that education is instrumental in creating the conditions for sustained progress goes back to the Enlightenment and still has a powerful influence on national and international policy-making bodies today. The rapid scientific and technological developments in industrial societies since the Second World War have had deep implications for sustained growth and modernisation. Simultaneously, the emergence of the so-called 'underdeveloped' or 'developing' new nations in...
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Previous articleNext article No AccessBook SectionAn African Dilemma: University Students, Development and Politics in Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda. Joel D. Barkan Conflict in Africa: Concepts and Realities. Adda Bozeman Coups and Army Rule in Africa: Studies in Military Style. Samuel Decalo Edmond J. KellerEdmond J. Keller Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail...
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(1977). PEDAGOGICS IN SOUTH AFRICA: THE MYSTIFICATION OF EDUCATION? Philosophical Papers: Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 31-56.
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To find out more about the health handicap caused by schistosomiasis the most meaningful approach lies in comparing populations with and without the infection. Several studies on appropriately matched groups of South African Black children have failed to reveal clear-cut disadvantages in the infected. Limited studies on White children have shown impairment in the infected. Among Black adults, the very few studies made have shown reduction of working capacity to be slight. Obviously, further...