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This paper examines leadership styles of secondary school principals in Cameroon, in terms of transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership styles. This paper discusses the leadership styles in Cameroon and puts forward ideas for continuous improvement. A qualitative approach, using a semistructured interview, was adopted. It was conducted on ten principals, ten teachers, and ten students. Majority of respondents from schools described their principals as transformational...
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This paper examines the role of cross-border distance education institutions in providing access to quality postgraduate education in Ethiopia, using the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) as a case study.It draws on the development of distance education and it further explores the potential of a distance education programme delivery system in an Ethiopian context.In addition, the study explores the policy gap between conventional and distance education in relation to...
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This paper aims to highlight the significance, in terms of household food and nutrition security, of such longstanding but yet neglected traditional method of irrigation system, more particularly for socially inclusive homestead-level fruit production across the dryland parts of Ethiopia. In so doing, attempts were made to review relevant findings and experiences elsewhere in world and recount their implications with achievements of the local interventions carried out in some dryland...
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Background: Although the number of higher learning institutions increase in number and size in Ethiopia, the HIV risk perception and behaviors among undergraduate students have become an indispensible part of the national HIV prevention and control program. These undergraduate students are particularly vulnerable to HIV/AIDS due to their age group which constitutes the peak period for sexual activity, inclination towards sexual networking and consequent risk of HIV infection of African...
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It has been generally accepted in the field of education and psychology that maximizing the potential and performance of students to the expected level strictly requires the full involvement of parents both at home and school (Desforges & Abouchaar, 2003). Large number of research conducted in the past several decades showed a strong association of parental involvement and students’ academic achievement; students whose parents involved actively in their education perform much better in their...
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<title>Abstract</title> This chapter will present the impacts of farm-level adaptation strategies on farm household income and food security under the changing climate in Northern region of Ghana using a bio-economic modelling approach. The modeling approach captures the heterogeneity of important resources of farm households such as access to credits, irrigation and non-farm income sources under the context of climatic change.
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This paper reviews the impact of climate change on crop production in Ethiopia. The rainfall variability has significant and negative impact on outputs of crop agriculture in Ethiopia. When the annual rainfall diverges from its mean (both upward and downward), the level of production of all crop types diminished significantly. When there is extreme rainfall, the impact of fertilizer to boost productivity has diminished. This paper also reviews recent literature concerning a wide range of...
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This study was conducted with the objective of analyzing and identifying the demographic factors that influence saving and investment decision of high school teachers. In order to meet this objective, primary data was collected fromthe sample of 88 high school teachers in Dangila Woreda. Linear regression model was used to analyze the effect of explanatory variables on the dependent variable (saving and investment). A total of 8 explanatory variables were included in the regression. Out ...
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The general conclusion arrived at in the literature is that the South African National Senior Certificate (NSC) is not a reliable predictor of academic success at traditional universities. By sharing research undertaken at a South African University of Technology (UoT) on the impact of individual cognitive factors and NSC results on study success, this paper shows that this conclusion is not necessarily true for South African UoT Engineering students. To assess this impact and determine the...
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This paper provides an overview of the various datasets pertaining to education in South Africa that are informing or could inform policy making in education. The paper serves as an inventory for anyone interested in understanding what data is available, how it may be accessed, what the quality of the data is and in what formats it may be accessed. The paper is divided into three parts. The first part provides a description of existing education datasets and the basic data elements contained...
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Working students registered for a professional degree, who are also employed in public service, have some interesting hurdles to overcome with finding time for studies (from attending classes, and completing assignments to writing exams). Central to this study is using theories of Critical Temporalities around working university students and the time they have for studies, at home or in the workplace. Critical Temporalities is a way of understanding and describing the time, timing and...