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The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the training programmes which are provided to women groups in Chinsali District. The study was necessitated by the fact that despite government providing training programmes to women’s groups, little was known about how effective these training programmes were in empowering the women. The following were the research objectives: (1) to establish whether or not training programmes addressed the womens’ felt needs; (2) determine the...
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Physical education and sport are an integral part of education.Its major components in the education system are clearly defined.Objectives express an identity of integral education of the child.However, certain principles in the development of physical and sports education objectives allow the definition of the capabilities in the school environment and the effectiveness of teaching.In our research we have noticed that the number of participants in the course of physical education and sports...
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This study assesses the impact of livestock transfer and associated training on women’s empowerment in Zambia. Women’s empowerment is measured with women’s ‘decision making power’ on different farm household activities and resources. Using a two-period panel data from a field experiment in the Copperbelt Province, first, we demonstrate empirically that women’s empowerment serves as a key driver of economic wellbeing; it has positive effects on consumption expenditures and dietary diversity....
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This study assesses the impact of livestock transfer and associated training on women’s empowerment in Zambia. Women’s empowerment is measured with women’s ‘decision making power’ on different farm household activities and resources. Using a two-period panel data from a field experiment in the Copperbelt Province, first, we demonstrate empirically that women’s empowerment serves as a key driver of economic wellbeing; it has positive effects on consumption expenditures and dietary diversity....
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Available in print form, East Africana Collection, Dr.Wilbert Chagula Library, (THS EAF QA14.T34K33)
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Uveal coloboma is a rare eye malformation caused by failure of the optic fissure to close during the fifth to seventh weeks of foetal life. The risk of retinal detachment increases with age in colobomatous eyes. Preventive measures such as early detection of the retinal break , prophylactic laser photocoagulation along the coloboma margin, confer a significant benefit in reducing this risk of retinal detachment. Difficulties linked to the diagnosis and management of uveal colobomas in...
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BACKGROUND As life expectancy increases,most women spent a larger part of their lives in the post-menopausal state,with part of this during the peak of their career for working class women. Perception, attitude and experience of the menopause and its transitional period may differ from one female population to the other. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine the perception and experience of menopause among a group of educated Nigerian career women, and how menopausal...
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Conference Theme: Equity in and through education: Changing contexts, consequences, and contestations
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We estimate the production function for agricultural output in Eastern Africa incorporating climate variables disaggregated into growing and non-growing seasons. We find a substantial negative effect of within growing season variance of precipitation. We simulate predicted climate change for the region and find a resulting output reduction of between 1.2% and 4.5%. Our simulation also demonstrates substantial potential for economic benefits from mitigating the effects of within growing...
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CITATION: Kahyana, D. S. 2016. Depiction of African indigenous education in Akiki Nyabongo’s Africa answers back (1936). Alternation, 18:241-254.
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This chapter firstly briefly considers the history of teacher training worldwide. It then goes on to specifically look into the status of mathematics teacher training in East Africa by reviewing the pathways to becoming a mathematics teacher; the entry criteria and guidelines; the structure and curriculum in mathematics teacher preparation; the profile of tutors who prepare the mathematics teachers; and finally, the professional development programmes for both mathematics teachers and...
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Tanzania, along with Kenya, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda, belongs to the East African community, a regional intergovernmental organization that aspires to lead the five countries into a political federation (East African community website). Although Kiswahili is widely spoken in all these East African member states, it is only in Tanzania that the language has been given the status of both the national language and that of the medium of instruction in all basic education institutions.