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The Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement or CAPS (which is the modified extension of the National Curriculum Statement policy), Music learning area, gives an option for Music learners to follow the Indigenous African Music (IAM) stream. This caters for them to be examined in African instruments. Currently, there are no available prescribed instrumental curricula in any IAM instrumental practices that learners can follow should they choose the IAM stream. Therefore, this research was...
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ABSTRACT Despite the availability of psychotherapy and support in relation to mental health problems among young people has improved relatively few young people use the support available when they experience stress or impaired mental health. Research has examined various explanations for this, and attitudes to psychotherapy and mental health problems affecting young people's willingness to seek help.The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge and attitudes toward psychotherapy...
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Women with disabilities in Ghana have limited access to micro-credit and other social services. They are confronted with challenges ranging from societal discrimination, low level of self esteem, limited mobility, high dependency and poverty, limited access to education, health and employment among others. They have difficulty in getting life partners as compared to men with disabilities. However, like any other women, they are primary care givers and the first agent of socialization. The...
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This study was about the management of crises in Tanzanian secondary schools. The purpose of this study was to examining the management of crises in Tanzanian secondary schools. Its objectives were to identify types of crises, causes, managing mechanisms, crisis effects and to provide suggestions on the ways for effective management of crises in Tanzanian secondary schools. The study was carried out at Azania, Tambaza, Jangwani, Kibasila and Pugu secondary schools in Dar es Salaam. The...
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Addressing injury and its associated effects is a multi-dimensional and ongoing challenge.This includes recognizing that injury is a significant public health problem capable of affecting the health and wellbeing of all populations over short and longer terms, albeit in varied ways and intensities.That recognition has drawn attention to the need to take actions to avert its rate of occurrence particularly in developed nations.While in low-income countries, despite the growing burden of...
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The prevalence and intensities of intestinal helminthes among school children were determined in urban and semi - urban communities in Rivers state, Nigeria. Stool samples were collected from 300 hundred consented children attending Universi ty Demonstration Nursery & Primary School (UD N PS) , Choba and Community Primary School (CPS), Rumuolumeni. The stool samples were analyzed for helminthes eggs and larvae u sing standard method s . Other inf ormation was collected using a Performa...
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Urbanisation and has resulted into the mushrooming of informal settlement in Uganda’s capital city Kampala. Several housing projects termed as “low-cost” for low-income households have been overseen by government; however most have been occupied by higher income groups since the houses are usually smaller prototypes of higher income houses. The houses constructed by the low-income households in the informal settlement are contributing to urban sprawl in Kampala since they are predominantly...
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Aim: To ascertain the level, sources of knowledge and practice of mentorship in family medicine residency training programme in Nigeria. Method: A cross sectional descriptive and inferential study at a national workshop in June 2011. Result: The mean age of respondents was (mean±SD) 34.35±4.5 years, while the mean ±SD year in residency programme was 3.14±1.655 years. The most frequent source of information about mentoring was personal reading (64 of 172 or 37.2%). Fewer respondents (46.5%)...
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This study was carried out for the purpose of investigating the factors that contribute to employees’ turnover at Private Education Institute in Tanzania where Eckernforde Education Institute found in Tanga region was a case study. The population for the study was 171 employees of the Eckernforde Education Institute. However, the sample size was 72 employees of whom 69 respondents were involved which is equal to 96% of the targeted employees. This study employed a case study research design,...
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This is a review of the Constitutional provisions on freedom of religion in Ghana and to determine whether the Constitution offers to religious bodies the use of public buildings and schools as places of worship.This study consisted of literature and documentary review of cases, the 1992 Constitution and legal writings from Ghana and other jurisdictions on the issue of separation of Church and State.The legal framework for freedom of religion does not include the commingling of public asset...
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This paper discusses the importance of sound policies for achieving social development and social justice in provision of education, training and health services in Sudan. Different from Sudanese literature, we provide new contributions by explaining the low commitment to the standardized international equity criterion related to the supply-demand sides and provision of education, training and health services in Sudan. We fill an important gap in Sudanese literature by explaining that...
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Data about the fitness status of children on Uganda is scanty yet this is important in predicting the health status. This study examined low-back flexibility and abdominal muscular strength/endurance of 1929 pupils in central Uganda using a sit-and-reach test and a one-minute sit-up test respectively. AAHPERD (1980) percentiles were used to determine the status of the pupils. The results showed that 79% of the pupils had poor low-back flexibility. Although there were no significant...