Your search

This study investigated the extent to which the print media, and particularly the newspapers, faced the challenge of informing, educating and championing the rights of the people in rural development and environmental education in 2006.It analyzed five leading national newspapers for a period of twelve months to ascertain their level of coverage and reportage of environmental and rural development information and specialty events.Rural development news coverage was highest (31.48%) in the...

The purpose of this study was to identify the attitudes and concerns of teachers toward the inclusion of students with disabilities in the general classroom. The findings indicate that teachers in Botswana have somewhat negative attitudes with some concern about inclusive education. Significant correlation was observed between attitudes and concerns ( r = .323). The results also reveal that many regular teachers feel unprepared and fearful to work with learners with disabilities in regular...

The purpose of this study was to identify the attitudes and concerns of teachers toward the inclusion of students with disabilities in the general classroom. The findings indicate that teachers in Botswana have somewhat negative attitudes with some concern about inclusive education. Significant correlation was observed between attitudes and concerns ( r = .323). The results also reveal that many regular teachers feel unprepared and fearful to work with learners with disabilities in regular...

The purpose of this study was to identify the attitudes and concerns of teachers toward the inclusion of students with disabilities in the general classroom. The findings indicate that teachers in Botswana have somewhat negative attitudes with some concern about inclusive education. Significant correlation was observed between attitudes and concerns ( r = .323). The results also reveal that many regular teachers feel unprepared and fearful to work with learners with disabilities in regular...

The purpose of this study was to identify the attitudes and concerns of teachers toward the inclusion of students with disabilities in the general classroom. The findings indicate that teachers in Botswana have somewhat negative attitudes with some concern about inclusive education. Significant correlation was observed between attitudes and concerns ( r = .323). The results also reveal that many regular teachers feel unprepared and fearful to work with learners with disabilities in regular...

The purpose of this study was to identify the attitudes and concerns of teachers toward the inclusion of students with disabilities in the general classroom. The findings indicate that teachers in Botswana have somewhat negative attitudes with some concern about inclusive education. Significant correlation was observed between attitudes and concerns ( r = .323). The results also reveal that many regular teachers feel unprepared and fearful to work with learners with disabilities in regular...

The purpose of this study was to identify the attitudes and concerns of teachers toward the inclusion of students with disabilities in the general classroom. The findings indicate that teachers in Botswana have somewhat negative attitudes with some concern about inclusive education. Significant correlation was observed between attitudes and concerns ( r = .323). The results also reveal that many regular teachers feel unprepared and fearful to work with learners with disabilities in regular...

To eradicate the inequalities of the apartheid education system the outcomes-based education (OBE) master plan, Curriculum 2005 (C2005), was launched in 1997 and implemented in 1998. In 2000, C2005 was revised and renamed the Revised National Curriculum Statement (RNCS) which gradually became known as the National Curriculum Statement (NCS). Within the new education system, a new Learning Area called Life Orientation (LO) was introduced. Life Orientation presents five learningoutcomes of...

Liberal arts or general education provides students with knowledge, skills andvalues that enhance their ability to use their minds effectively and to participate in society with critical discretion. In many jurisdictions, however,paraprofessional education has not included any significant component ofgeneral education; programmes are, for the most part, focused on technical‘know-how’, despite increasing complexities in the roles of library techniciansbrought about by the evolving knowledge...

Effective malaria control requires information on both the geographical distribution of malaria risk and the effectiveness of malaria interventions. The current standard for estimating malaria infection and impact indicators are household cluster surveys, but their complexity and expense preclude frequent and decentralized monitoring. This paper reviews the historical experience and current rationale for the use of schools and school children as a complementary, inexpensive framework for...

M.P.H.(Occupational Hygiene), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 2009

Prospects for future economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa will depend in significant measure on the continent's capacity to cultivate the higher order skills and expertise needed to acquire knowledge and utilize it to advance economic and social development. Recognition of this reality is leading policy makers and politicians across the region to renew their attention to the role that tertiary education can play in undergirding knowledge-based strategies for growth and competitiveness. As...

To examine prevalence of drug use in adolescent students in a rural South African community, and to measure the association between drug taking and deviant behaviour.Cross-sectional survey using self-administered questionnaires.Seven middle and secondary schools in Moretele District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.A random sample of 357 rural students comprising 193 (54.1%) females and 164 (45.9%) males, aged 11.7 to 19.9 years (mean age = 15.8; SD = 21.99).Self-reported use of drugs. The...

To determine the pattern of vaccine uptake by hospital personnel in a specifically designed pioneer hepatitis B vaccination programme and to highlight major lessons for ensuring success in future programmes.A review of vaccination and employment records for a forty four-month period and comparative analysis on the basis of professional grouping and work units.Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.A total of 2,548 employees of the teaching hospital that have...

Objective: To ascertain the number, types and frequencies of ocular surgeries done at Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital (EBSUTH), Abakaliki, with a view to improving the overall surgical uptake.Methods: A retrospective review of ocular surgeries done at EBSUTH between January 2003 and April 2008 was carried out.Surgical records of all the eye surgeries done and all the surgical diagnoses made were retrieved from the eye operations register in the theatre and the eye clinic register...

Background: There is hardly any information regarding oral health status of handicapped primary school pupils in Tanzania.Determination of their oral health status could help in planning sustainable intervention programmes for this disadvantaged group.Objectives: To determine caries and periodontal status and treatment needs of handicapped primary school pupils in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study. Setting: Uhuru Mchanganyiko and Buguruni special schools,...