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This article evaluates a program that constructed high quality “girl-friendly†primary schools in Burkina Faso. After 2.5 years, the program increased enrollment by 19 percentage points and increased test scores by 0.41 standard deviations. Girls’ enrollment increased by 5 percentage points more than boys’ enrollment, but test scores were the same for boys and girls.
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Folklore is not only a national culture of the important ways;it also has the function of social education.The production of folk activities of the Egyptian youth completed the occupation education;the construction of the Pyramid,temples and other large-scale labor-intensive projects,the Egyptian youth learn to unity and cooperation,build the collective spirit of the Egyptians;life folk custom to Egyptian youth to form the correct outlook on women,moral values;cultural and sports activities...
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In this study, large-scale atmospheric output variables from CGCM3.1 global circulation model and the regional model REMO are downscaled statistically to meteorological variables at the point scale in a daily resolution to assess future climatic variables under climate changes. The area of study is Baro-Akobo river basin in Ethiopia, which contributes to the White Nile in Sudan. The minimum and maximum temperature and precipitation variables were selected, and future time scenarios of these...
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Low health literacy (LHL) is reported globally as a barrier to achieving quality of life of patients with epilepsy. In South Africa, despite reports that epilepsy is poorly managed and understood, little attention has been paid to promote health literacy of patients suffering from the condition and those providing their care. We used observation to gain a picture of interactions between patients with epilepsy and health care providers in a chronic illness clinic serving the marginalized...
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Staphylococcus aureus infections are increasingly reported from both health institutions and communities around the world. In particular, infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains have been detected worldwide. If MRSA becomes the most common form of S. aureus in a community, it makes the treatment of common infections much more difficult. But, report on the current status of community acquired MRSA in the study area is scanty.Community-based cross sectional...
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Disability is a universally difficult concept to define and assess for social assistance and social insurance purposes and these benefits have proven difficult to administer internationally because of ambiguities present in the process of determining the employability of people with physical impairments.In post-apartheid South Africa, disability grants (DGs) have proved especially difficult to regulate because of the added complexities of high levels of structural unemployment and poverty,...
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Women in the Tswapong Region of Botswana depend on natural resources for their livelihood. These resources are seasonal and are often affected by unreliable rainfall patterns. Botswana government policies create sustainable, natural resource management opportunities. This article is based on research investigating how women in rural communities, and in the specific context of the Kgetsi-ya-Tsie (a community trust), who are dependent on arable agriculture and on natural resources are making...
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Women in the Tswapong Region of Botswana depend on natural resources for their livelihood. These resources are seasonal and are often affected by unreliable rainfall patterns. Botswana government policies create sustainable, natural resource management opportunities. This article is based on research investigating how women in rural communities, and in the specific context of the Kgetsi-ya-Tsie (a community trust), who are dependent on arable agriculture and on natural resources are making...
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Women in the Tswapong Region of Botswana depend on natural resources for their livelihood. These resources are seasonal and are often affected by unreliable rainfall patterns. Botswana government policies create sustainable, natural resource management opportunities. This article is based on research investigating how women in rural communities, and in the specific context of the Kgetsi-ya-Tsie (a community trust), who are dependent on arable agriculture and on natural resources are making...
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Kenya re-implemented Free Primary Education (FPE) in January, 2003 leading to an increase in student enrolment in some classes more than in others. This could have had far reaching implications on the quality of education of children. Consequently, this study aimed at establishing the influence of increased student enrolment on the techniques used to teach science in upper primary schools. The study employed descriptive survey research design. The sample size was 108 questionnaire...
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The article presents a challenge to the History high schools’ curriculum by depicting that among the secondary concepts currently used in the understanding of History in high schools in South Africa the socio-environmental concept has been ignored which poses a question of whether or not the high school History curriculum is complete. According to Jared Diamond, societies collapse due to diverse reasons but environment is key.2 Hence D Woster,3 W Cronon4 and N Jacobs argue that the...