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The purpose of this paper is to explore, from an empirical point of view, the state of entrepreneurship education in Sudan. It examines the existence and scope of entrepreneurship education in the Sudanese higher education public institutions. Data were collected from a sample comprising five public universities by examining their curricula and surveying the opinion of a selected sample from these universities. Respondents were asked 25 questions in order to assess their perceptions about...
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Climatic models for Uganda indicate that its climate is highly variable with frequent occurrence of extreme weather events such as flood, drought and intense rainfall, which will affect agricultural production and small-scale farmers’ livelihoods and adaptive capacity. Adaptation to climate change is panacea to address the adverse effects of climate change and varies from one area to another and farm to farm. Given the level of adverse effects and high amount of vulnerability of the...
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Tooth loss is a common dental problem usually managed with fixed or removable dentures. Recently, because of better aesthetic and functional comfort, missing teeth are replaced more often with implant supported dentures. The purpose of this study was to assess the trend in prosthetic rehabilitation of partially edentulous patients in a Nigerian teaching Hospital and to assess factor that influence the choice of treatment.Records of patients who had prosthetic replacement of their missing...
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Commercial Advancement Training Scheme (CATS) Graduation Ceremony (9th: 2015 Sep. 24: Windhoek, Namibia)
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Botswana since pre-independence days prides itself with decades of experience in development planning supported by structural frameworks comprising networks of institutions at central government and village levels responsible for leadership and coordination of affairs. Unfortunately when problems arise, development planners focus on the structural frameworks alone disregarding the leadership powering development planning at different structural levels and diverse stakeholder dynamics at...
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This year, The Journal of Negro Education issued a Call for Papers for a special issue to advance scholarship focused on understanding health, family, environmental, and social determinants of academic success among school-age African American students. The purpose of this special issue is to explore out-of-school time experiences and conditions that impact academic success among African American students.The available statistics about Black students reveal pervasive challenges related to...
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A conceptual analysis of the moderation of assessment exposed different and contested theoretical understandings and practical applications of the phenomenon in an international context. International literature also reveals that there is very strong support for a moderation system of continuous, social and consensus seeking moderation involving communities of moderation practice. In turn, a subsequent comparative document analysis of relevant South African national policy and guideline...
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In Northern Benin, maize is the most important staple food, but its productivity is negatively affected by low inherent soil fertility, soil degradation, and by recurrent droughts exacerbated by climate variability and change. In this study, we combined mineral fertilizer and organic manure to evaluate cropping adaptation options to climate variability in Northern Benin.
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Information and communication technologies (ICT) have become commonplace in all aspects of life. Across the past twenty years, the use of computers has fundamentally changed the practices and procedures of nearly all forms of endeavor within business and governance. Education is socially-oriented activity and quality education has traditionally been associated with strong teachers having high degrees of personal contact with learners (pupils and students). The use of ICT in education lends...
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Climate variability and change are affecting rural livelihoods in Mali today and present a growing challenge in the region, as in many other parts of the African continent. We used a database of long-term (from 1965 to 2005) weather records and crop yields of a field experiment conducted from 1965 to 1993 at the N'Tarla in southern Mali to quantify possible historical changes of climate and their impact on yields of cotton, sorghum, and groundnut. Series of future climate data coupled with...