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Background: In developing countries, the awareness about hearing impairment is low. This has led to unavailability of early screening program. Objective: To document the conditions associated with the auditory functions in children at schools for the deaf in a senatorial district of Osun state. Design: A cross-sectional descriptive epidemiological survey. One hundred children who were attending the six special schools were studied. Medical histories were obtained through questionnaire....
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We analyse the impact of a junior farmer field school project in Northern Uganda on students’ agricultural knowledge and practices. We also test for the presence of inter-generational learning spillover within households. We use differences-in-differences estimators with ex-ante matching. We find that the program had positive effects on students’ agricultural knowledge and adoption of good practices and that it produced some spillover effects in terms of improvements of household...
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Evaluating well-being in non-Western populations has been hampered by the fact that most psychometric instruments are not culturally sensitive. One possible way to remove cultural biases is by eliminating the verbal content from the assessment. The Well-Being Picture Scale (WPS) is a ten item conceptual assessment that has been used to evaluate well-being in a variety of populations. The purpose of this study was to examine its utility in a sample of nursing students and staff from the...
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Teacher retention is a global challenge, and many developed and developing countries are struggling to staff and retain teachers in schools, particularly in low-performing, remote, and less desirab ...
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Individuals with severe communication disabilities and who are victims of crime, experience many access and opportunity barriers in the criminal justice system. The aim of this research was to identify the barriers experienced by this population in the South African Criminal Justice System as perceived by experts in the field. A qualitative research method, with 56 expert professionals in the criminal justice system divided into two different sequential data sources, was employed. The first...
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A Thesis submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the award of Degree of Master of Environmental Science in the School of Environmental Studies of Kenyatta University January, 2016
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The capitalization of the farming techniques for food security in Benin has been studied. The effects of climate change and the rainfall changeablenesses have modified not only the dates of seedling but also the abandonment of some speculations. In order to ensure their food security, the populations have revisioned their farming techniques. The climate data which were used for this work are obtained with the ASECNA and those socio-economic were collected near 300 producers. As a matter of...
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“Science has assumed an important role in the contemporary economy”, especially in the 21st century (Watters and Watters 2007). It also is a well-known fact that the quality of teaching and the teachers teaching science have a significant impact on the quality of learning. Science is a challenging subject; therefore the work of the educators and teachers involved in science education can also be very challenging, taking into account the varieties of knowledge required for teaching complex...
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The complex challenges occasioned by transformation and other changes in higher education in South Africa impose significant intellectual demands on managers. This paper reports the results of an investigation into the intellectual wellness levels of managers at two South African universities. The purpose of the study was to determine whether managers at higher education institutions in South Africa engage in activities and behaviour that stimulate intellectual development and growth. A...
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In South Africa the context in which school decisions are made has become more complex. The Ministry of Education is increasingly calling on school leaders to take on more responsibility in the decentralised management of their respective schools. In addition, gender issues in education have become an increasingly important factor worldwide. As a result, the contribution of both male and female school leaders to ensure more effective schools is more important than ever. The concept of...
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While every Revolution is unique, the Tunisian Revolution was the first cry from the Arab World against autocracy. Tunisians expressed their rage against poverty, unemployment, deprivation, and discrimination. On December 17, 2010, in a small southern town called Sidi Bouzid, Mohamed Bouazizi, a produce-seller, spun the wheels of history when a police woman stepped in to seize his products.