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Poor nutritional status during adolescence is an important determinant of health outcomes at a later stage of life.Therefore, attention should be given to adolescent health and nutrition.The aim of the present study was to investigate the protein-energy intakes and nutritional status of in-school adolescents in Baham, Central sub-division of the upper plateau division of the western Region of Cameroon.A total of 770 in-school adolescents of Baham aged between 10 and 18 years were recruited...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate factors influencing school management committee members’ effectiveness in teachers motivation in public primary schools in Mavindi Division, Makueni County, Kenya. The study sought to determine the influence of educational level, exposure to training, professional status and working experience of SMC members on teachers motivation in public primary schools in Mavindi Division, Makueni County. The study used descriptive research design to collect...
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This article situates food at the heart of the fundamentals of student development, based on qualitative case study research. Food acquisition and food-related struggles in the context of the South African university are examined. Three overarching themes emerged from the analysis of the data, and are discussed in detail: depletion of food funds, acquiring food on campus, and awareness of others’ food struggles. The findings suggest that students struggling to acquire food are dominated by...
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The purposes of this research were to study the problems and needs of learning and teaching English in Keta Business College, Ghana. The samples were eight board of directors, forty-six English teachers, three hundred and two students and two hundred and seventy parents obtained through non random procedure sample size table from Krejcie and Morgan. The research instruments were 4 questionnaires with five levels rating scale and an interview conducted to collect the data from the informants....
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The study objective was to identify and document the effectiveness of the play-based approach in promoting menstrual hygiene management (MHM) in schools and share lessons learned. The study used a mix of study approaches including qualitative and quantitative techniques. The writer carried out an exploratory evaluation on the promotion of MHM activities as part of WASH in Schools programmes in 120 public schools in Ghana. Comparison was drawn between 60 schools currently using the play-based...
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The study objective was to identify and document the effectiveness of the play-based approach in promoting menstrual hygiene management (MHM) in schools and share lessons learned. The study used a mix of approaches including qualitative and quantitative techniques. The author carried out an exploratory evaluation on the promotion of MHM activities as part of WASH in Schools programmes in 120 public schools in Ghana. Comparison was drawn between 60 schools currently using the play-based...
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This study aims at assessing the effect of government spending in education on economic growth in Cameroon over the period 1980-2012 using a vector error correction model. The estimated results show that these expenditures had a significant and positive impact on economic growth both in short and long run. The estimated error correction model shows that an increase of 1% of the growth rate of private gross fixed capital formation and government education spending led to increases of 5.03%...
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This paper presents the results from an analysis of the annual financial statements of public ordinary secondary schools in the Tshwane North District, South Africa. The analysis was done to assess the quality of these annual financial statements as well as the apparent usefulness thereof for the parents of the learners in the school. These users are probably most concerned with the quality and usefulness of information presented to them for providing the necessary assurance that the funds...
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Large first-year class sizes have resulted in many lecturers adopting coping strategies consisting of direct-transmission mode teaching, reduced practical time, and assessment. Recently several strategies have been implemented in an attempt to improve student participation and active learning; however, these changes have to be facilitated and fostered by faculty and administrators. Consequently, we present the implementation, results, and feedback of a new Biology first-year course run for...
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This thesis explores how the different levels of parents education and literacy skills influence their primary six children s academic attainment. The interest in this area was derived from endemic poor literacy abilities among universal primary school children in rural Uganda leading to persistent poor school achievement. The study reviews pertinent literature related to parental education and literacy skill practices in the home setting. The focus is on the nature and quality of support...
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The RPAS industry, is a new exciting sector not only worldwide, but also in South Africa. To feed this growing market, it was necessary to put proper professional training facilities in place to provide world-class pilots for this new industry. In this paper, the focus will be on the structure of these RPAS academies and the required curriculum that has to be completed by a prospective RPAS pilot. Both the theoretical and practical side will be covered in detail, as well as the necessity to...
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The South African classroom music curriculum has changed in the twenty years since the transition from apartheid to democracy in 1994. The broad imperative for the main music education policy shifts is a political agenda of social transformation and reconciliation. Policy aims are to include many more learners in the music classroom by promoting the study of diverse musics that were previously marginalised and by providing a framework for music education that allows learners to progress at...
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A seven-year randomized evaluation suggests education subsidies reduce adolescent girls’ dropout, pregnancy, and marriage but not sexually transmitted infection (STI). The government’s HIV curriculum, which stresses abstinence until marriage, does not reduce pregnancy or STI. Both programs combined reduce STI more, but cut dropout and pregnancy less, than education subsidies alone. These results are inconsistent with a model of schooling and sexual behavior in which both pregnancy and STI...