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In the case of Kenyan academic institutions such as public secondary schools, the fruit of institutional capacity is the academic achievement of the students as reflected in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results at the end of the four year course. Keeping in view all of the variables discussed by different other researchers, the researcher chose only those variables that are recognizable in the Kenyan educational system. This study was particularly keen on the...
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Disparities in performance have continued to be noticed as one of the many challenges facing education and had raised a lot of concern. The KCSE results had been poor in the recent years and as a result many students who went through public secondary schools in Usigu division could not compete favorably for national opportunities. This research aimed at investigating influences academic performance of students in public secondary schools, to establish the extent to which physical facilities...
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Every country is interested in ensuring that its citizens make a good contribution to its development. This is especially true in less developed countries where it is assumed that a higher competitive advantage may come from a knowledge-based economy. This could be achieved through ensuring good academic performance in learning institutions. The education system in Kenya is largely examination oriented. The quality of education tends to be evaluated in terms of students passing national...
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RiA Recht in Afrika | Law in Africa | Droit en Afrique , Seite 17 - 39
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The response time has a significant role on the sports performance, particularly during speed tests. An initial maximum exercise could affect this response time and therefore the performance. to study the influence of a maximum test on the response time at Tunisian sporting pupils. 70 sports students participated in the study (16 years ±1.12, sex ratio = 1.5). They carried out a triangular Stress Test on ergometric bicycle according to the Wasserman protocol. We measured simple response time...
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Education managers and graduates of educational administration had in time entangled with their inability to keep proper books of account and records, distinguish between school income and e xpenditur e. This has incapacitated them in the actualization of self reliance in business. This is because the valuable skills needed by the managers are leant through trial and error, which can be eliminated by education. Therefore, this paper defines entrepreneurship education as that conscious effort...
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This project is carried out by employing an empiric al method through questionnaire design and administ ration and tapped the perceptions and knowledge of the tar get elements of this study. The research frame was about Ghana Education Service office workers within the Accra Metropolis including higher education institut ions. A qualitative data analysis is presented more in the literature review to support in conclusions for the purpose of this project work. More importantly, the backbone...
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The total irrigated area in Sudan is about 1.7 Million ha. Half of it is in the great Gezira scheme, which is taken as an example to discuss the effect of climate change on irrigation. Climate change is a reality. The increase in global temperature as a direct result of the increase in CO2 is evident. The increase in temperature leads to a 5% increase in crop water requirements which amounts to 800 million m³ in Gezira scheme. Which reduce the area irrigated by 100 thousand ha,. Less clear...
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The paper focuses on the determinants of education expenditure in Nigeria. The variables for the study which spans the period 1980-2012 include government expenditure on education (GEE) as dependent variable while oil revenue (ORV), non oil revenue (NOR) and openness (OPEN) as independent variables. The study employs co-integration and VAR methods. The findings revealed that oil revenue was the most important determinant in funding education expenditure both in the short and the long run in...
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This article summarises a meeting that was held in London to discuss ways in which the UK medical community, working through existing networks and/or the medical Royal Colleges, can continue to support medical education in South Sudan. In particular, the meeting focussed on the potential for the use of e-learning to enable continuing support during the current difficulties that are reducing the options for direct input.
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine registered nurses' perception of continuing formal education (CFE).Methods: A quota sampling was used to recruit 100 registered nurses who attended a mandatory continuing professional development programs in two different locations (Minna and New Bussa) in Niger state, Nigeria.Results:The findings from the study reveal that the participants' major reasons for undertaking continuing formal education were to be current in their specialty...
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Nigerians have always realized that education is the singular factor that brings about national development. The central goal of university education is to prepare one for productive employment. Such employment can be a paid one or a self-employed one. This paper examines the problem militating against university education, its implications for economic development and its products in terms of suitability for the changing environment. The world is changing as a result of technological and...
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This study sought to find out the constraints of implementing free secondary education (FSE) in secondary schools in Mandera West Sub-County, Mandera County, Kenya. The study is based on the theory of constraints as the researcher examines the factors constraining the achievement of FSE objectives. The study used the survey design. The main research instrument was the questionnaire. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire was determined before being used for data collection. The...
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No one including undergraduate students can be healthy in the absence of mental health. We need to begin to address the relative neglect of students' mental health. The study determined the prevalence of general psychiatric morbidity among undergraduate students of University of Benin, Nigeria and socio-demographic factors that may put students at its risk. Four hundred and eighty two students completed an instrument that consisted of socio-demographic characteristics and the 28-item version...