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Background: Health impacts related to climate change are potentially an increasing problem in Cameroon, especially during hot seasons when there are no means for protective and adaptive actions. Objective: To describe environmental conditions in schools and to evaluate the impact of heat on schoolchildren’s health during school days in the Cameroon cities of Yaounde´ and Douala. Methods: Schoolchildren (N285) aged 1216 years from public secondary schools completed a questionnaire about their...
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This paper undertakes a historical and empirical study of the costing systems of private higher education institutions (hereafter referred to as PHI’s) in South Africa from 1990 to 2005. PHI’s have changed their costing systems, greatly since 1997. This was due to the changes in the Higher Education Act of 1997, which made their registration compulsory and subjected them to further conditions. A further complication was the merger of public institutions which created mega-universities,...
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The success of any organisation solely depends upon the quality and efficiency of its staff personnel ,who perform the functions necessary for the fulfilment of stated goals and objectives. Theseassumptions is as applicable to the school system as it is to any organisation involving human efforts.The extent to which the quality of education succeeds will depend strictly upon the quality of thepersonnel engaged in the educational process, and upon the effectiveness with which they carry...
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The idea of universal Education was first mooted in 1955 when the universal primary educationscheme was inaugurated by the government of Western Nigeria. The Eastern Nigeria governmentlaunched its own universal primary education in 1957. In Northern Nigeria, education was providedfree by government in a bid to make children attend school (Adeyemi, 2007). Thus, at its onset, theuniversal primary education scheme had been undertaken by regional government. There was noFederal Government...
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Communication system in any organisation like the school is very vital to the survival and smoothrunning of the organisation. It is a universal activity in one form or another between people at all times intheir lives with the exception of a few religious orders. Within an organisation it is formalised as socialinteraction and is measured by its total amount, its frequency, which initiates it, the degree ofreciprocity and its directions, upwards, downwards or sideways, among the members. In...
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This paper examines the character of school mathematics education in Uganda. It focuses on its successes, failures and its history. The methodology involved analyzing Ugandan curriculum documents and teaching resources. The analysis is through a comparative and post-colonial approach. The analysis reveals that Ugandan mathematics education is largely not influenced by recent international reforms; it purely essentialist; and it focuses on the gifted and students. To be sure this study is...
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This article examines the social and physical causes of obstetric fistulas, as well as resulting social and psychological consequences. Preventative strategies are addressed using Niger as a microcosm for this devastating condition that affects two million women worldwide.
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This study examines acceptance and integration of people with intellectual and physical disabilities in the United States and Kenya and the involvement of the three sectors. The literature review revealed that significant progress has been made over the past century in the United States, and the past decade in Kenya in treatment of people with disabilities, but there are still insufficiencies. Respondents to the survey reported that their clients struggle with acceptance and integration in...
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This study sought to determine the effect of socialization with specific reference to the allocation of domestic chores on the academic achievement of boys and girls in mixed day secondary schools in Mosocho Division of Kisii Centr al Dist rict, Kenya. The research was ex-post facto with the specif ic use of the co- relational research design. Data was collected in the months of September and October 2007 from 119 boys and 100 girls in Form Three, randomly selected from 14 mixed day...