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The reason why historians analyze the development of education models is that they are interested in understanding at what extent it influences the quality of life of a given population.I decided to analyze the relationship between political models and education models in Tanzania and Kenya, looking at the results achieved by these two countries above all in adult literation, to see what kind of relation exists between their different political choices and their school policies.I discovered...
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Background Despite the availability of highly effective methods of contraception, many pregnancies are unplanned and unwanted.These pregnancies carry a higher risk of morbidity and mortality, often due to unsafe abortion.Many of these unplanned pregnancies can be avoided using emergency contraception.Literature reveals that there is existence of knowledge, attitude and practice gaps on emergency contraception in the world including Ethiopia.Thus this study aimed to fill these gaps.Objective:...
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The study was conducted to assess the magnitude and associated factors of unmet need for family planning among women of reproductive age group with disabilities who are members of disabled associations in Bahir Dar town.Institution based cross-sectional study was carried out.A total of 337 women of reproductive age group with disabilities were included in the study with simple random sampling.Data were collected through face-to-face interview, coded, cleaned and entered by Epi info 2002 and...
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This study examines the impact of Farmer Field School (FFS) training program on technical efficiency of smallholder farmers. The FFS program was sponsored by the Ethiopian government and launched in 2010 to scale-up best agricultural practices in the country. The study aims to compare changes in the technical efficiency of those FFS graduate and non-FFS graduate maize farmers in Ethiopia. For this, panel data were collected in two rounds from 446 randomly selected households from three...
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Although environmental change represents a global developmental challenge (Foresight, 2011; Piguet, 2013), there is enough evidence to suggest that climate change/variability particularly affects people living in poor and drier regions of Africa (Odada et al., 2008; Mertz et al., 2009). Farmers in Africa are particularly affected by changes in temperature and rainfall patterns because they depend on rain-fed agriculture (Van der Geest, 2011; Yaro et al., 2014). Additional constraints, such...
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This paper analyses the determinants of the probability of being employed under the framework of a reduced form survival model. We estimated a Cox's proportional hazard model accounting for unobserved heterogeneity and duration dependence using data from the 2009 Follow-up of Moroccan Vocational Training Graduates – Class of 2006 –. Our estimations reveal the presence of spurious negative duration dependence, that becomes positive after controlling for unobserved heterogeneity. Concerning...
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This research study undertook to find out the perceptions of Bachelor of Education in Physical Education students who are enrolled by the Zimbabwe Open University about their study programme in as far as it empowers them to become effective P.E. practitioners. Its intention was to investigate how these students viewed the ways in which these students can strengthen community and sporting associations in which they are involved. According to the University regulations for the programme,...
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One of the main linguistic characteristics of nursery schools in Bujumbura is multilingualism. Children come to those schools with various mother tongues, and suddenly, they see themselves compelled to speak only one language, French, a European language not commonly used in the streets of Bujumbura. Some linguistic adjustments come as a result of this. An analysis of the results from a questionnaire sent to nursery school teachers, from observations and type-recorded material led to the...
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The study examines the factors that influence National University of Lesotho (NUL) students’ satisfaction with the services they receive from mobile telecommunications industry. Customer satisfaction is important in that satisfied customers form the foundation of a successful service provider because it leads to repeat purchases, brand loyalty, as well as positive word of mouth that may further improve financial performance of the preferred service provider. A self-administered, structured...
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In South Africa where, according to Statistics South Africa (2013), some 25 languages are used on a daily basis, the need for a language policy for managing language diversity became evident after the first democratically elected government took office in 1994. The new government was committed to the promotion of constitutional multilingualism and the protection of language rights as a vehicle to push for social transformation.
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With mornings filled with presentations on cutting edge research and new technology, the afternoons will be filled with not-to-be-missed adventures, including visits to wineries, townships, historic sites, and evening dinners under the stars.
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The purpose of the study in which this paper is derived was to identify challenges encountered by teachers in managing inclusive classrooms in Swaziland. The literature review shed light on the various aspects of inclusive education from the classroom to the outside environment to the teachers involved in inclusive education. The study employed qualitative methods in which Focus Group Discussions were utilized and Thirty five (N=35) teachers were purposively sampled from primary schools in...
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The study examined the Motivational Strategies of Principals in the Management of selected secondary Schools in Fako Division of the Southwest Region of Cameroon. The study was guided by three research objectives and three research questions. The descriptive survey design was used to collect data from a representative sample of the population using questionnaires for teachers and principals. The data was analyzed using means and standard deviation and presented on tables and histograms. The...