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Since the early 1990s there has been a global trend towards a greater understanding on the relevance of civic education for the creation of responsible and competent citizens that nurture and support a democratic order. Currently Ethiopia finds itself at important cross roads in terms of fully entrenching democratic order. It is imperative that both public and private institutions have a shared commitment to such an important task. Civic education programs have become an integral part of...
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A basic principle of effective training is that the facilitator has a good understanding of the subject material and resources at hand. However, knowing the background and needs of the audience can be equally important. Knowledge of your audience is one of the key aspects of the train-the-trainer workshops, providing future facilitators with the subject knowledge and materials to adapt to their respective audiences. This case study looks at the adaptation and application of information...
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The rapid increase in the proportion of sexually active adolescents is exposing large numbers of youths to the risk of unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS. Promotion and strengthening of reproductive health education and services, especially among adolescents requires access to current baseline data on knowledge, attitude and practice of contraception among adolescents, including secondary school students. This data is very scanty for Tanzania. The aim...
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Institutions all over the world are faced with change forces, impacting on their reputation and even threatening provision of quality services to students in all regards. Quality is still defined in various ways, and there are also perceptions that existing quality mechanisms which are in place are sufficient. There is a range of concerns and barriers that are evidently impacting on the establishment of a culture of quality in higher education. Among the most crucial links in the chain of...
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There is a growing concern over access to dry season grazing pasture and water in the arid and drought prone areas of North-western Kenya, where pastoralist communities are constrained by poor access to basic services. This is being exacerbated by the effects of climate variability and climate change which have contributed to depletion of livestock-based livelihoods resulting to reduced mobility of livestock and thus disrupting the process of adjustment that maintains the balance between...
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Climate risk studies have largely neglected household coping and adaptation strategies. In this paper we analyze drought impacts, drought risk management, and resulting drought resilience in Awash River Basin of Ethiopia based on socio-economic data collected from 43 randomly selected Peasant Associations. We find that severe drought periods have led to a significant depression of crop yields and to widespread death of livestock in the past. Drought periods have drastically increased the...