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This article discusses the combined use of top-down and participatory learning approaches during the course of a 42-month organic conservation agriculture project that is being implemented in eight districts of Mashonaland East Province in Zimbabwe. The initial 18-month project was extended by a further 24 months in order to build on what had been achieved by deepening organic conservation agriculture practices, by increasing the understanding of, and access to, markets, and by expanding...
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The purpose of this research study was to determine the geospatial and temporal characteristics of the drought years in Zimbabwe for the period between 1940 and 1999.Using time series analysis, spatial analysis and the Kruskal-Wallis test, the study established that there has been a gradual increase in the frequency of 'drought years' in the recent past, suggesting that some parts of the country might be experiencing climate change.The study concludes that the nature of government initiated...
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Many employees do not have the basic skills necessary to make good financial decisions and employers are beginning to realize that when they are experiencing poor personal financial management it carries over to the work place. This is why the main objective of this study focuses on an evaluation of employees’ financial knowledge and their financial well being. This implies that, employees’ personal financial well being could be ensured by putting in place sound personal finance management...
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This paper presents the findings of a needs assessment of medical equipment maintenance and management personnel in Zambia, performed by a biomedical engineer on behalf of the Zambian Ministry of Health (MoH) and Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET)’s Zambia program. Six hospitals that represented all three levels of services in both rural and urban settings were visited. The following areas were assessed: medical equipment maintenance departments; equipment planning and budgeting;...
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Society for International Development -SID-(2004) defines inequality as the extent to which the benefits of economic welfare producedin an economy varies from that of equal shares among the population. In reference to education, inequality is the extent at which supply of education as a good, and the benefits that accrue from it favour certain individual (s), group, generation, race, region e.t.c. In this context, access has to do with enabling the admittance of a broader range of learners...
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Background: -Khat is a large green shrub that grows at high altitude in the region extending from eastern to southern Africa, as well as on the Arabian Peninsula.Khat is widely consumed among the youth of Ethiopia; especially among high school, College and University students.Khat chewing is the risk of frequently absenteeism from class and poor academic performance of the students.Moreover, it has serious health, social and economic consequence.However, information on prevalence and its...
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In the age of massification, ensuring education quality presents a formidable policy challenge. The recently enacted higher education law in Kenya—the Universities Act 2012—seeks to level the playing field in quality enforcement between public universities, which have operated as self-regulating entities, and private universities, which have been subject to strict regulatory control. The new law is an acknowledgment that, while private universities have come of age, public ones have begun...
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This study sought to document the schooling experiences and perceptions of African American students who attended segregated schools in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Through counter-narratives the participants provided insight into education in Edgecombe County during the 1960s. Findings suggested that schools were social and academic environments where education was valued. Additionally, findings suggested that participants had a deep connection to their segregated schools and therefore...
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The purpose of the study was to establish the perceptions of in-service teachers towards the learning of Citizenship Education. A case study research design was adopted for the study. A total of sixty (60) participants were involved in the study. Purposive sampling was employed to select the participants. Questionnaires and an interview guide were enlisted to solicit information from the respondents. The study established that the respondents were initially skeptical about the course,...