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Epilepsy is a widespread neurological disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures; it contributes to 1% of the global burden of diseases and can end in cognitive impairment.To assess the magnitude and associated factors of cognitive impairment among patients with epilepsy.The study utilized an institution-based cross-sectional study design. All patients with epilepsy whose ages were above 18 years were the source population. The authors performed bivariate and multivariate...
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Globalization and the internationalization of higher education have resulted in greater cross-border student mobility and increased international integration. These developments have influenced the social relations between the locals and the internationals at universities. The article engages with the foundational texts of leading postcolonial writers. These publications are used to analyze recent films, highlighting the basic tenets of postcolonialism and the lived experiences of...
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Climate-related variability in crop production and market price variability affect food and income security of Uganda’s rural households. We used household surveys from two contrasting sites in Uganda to quantify the relationships between crop production variability, adaptation strategies and household resource characteristics. Variability of production was large for all crops with almost doubling of yields under good conditions and halving of yields in bad years. Ex-post adaptation...
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This dissertation considers two factors that are considered critical to disrupting an existing culture of inefficiency in the production of learning in South Africa, namely school leadership and teachers’ unions.This first part of the dissertation positions itself within a growing discourse in the economics literature, and in local policy circles, on the importance of harnessing the role of school principals as a route to educational progress. Using a unique dataset constructed by matching...
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Public financing of early childhood care and education (ECCE) in South Africa follows a supply subsidisation model where finance flows to the provider of services. This paper considers whether there could be merits to an alternative demand-side approach to public financing of ECCE in South Africa where finance follows those benefitting from these services such as parents or caregivers. We identify key arguments for and against demand-side subsidisation from the existing international...
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Polygamy is considered both in developing and developed countries as a determinant of child schooling performance. Empirical findings from developed countries consistently confirm that the trade-off between reduced parental involvement and education exerts negative pressure on academic performance. The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of parental involvement in polygamous families on the academic performance of public primary pupils in the Township Ward of Turkana Central Sub...
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Radical advances in emergency medical care education in South Africa have resulted in both advancements and suppression. After short-course vocational training, the emergency care provider could seek employment in an emergency service. With the realignment of emergency medical care programmes to the National Qualifications Framework (NQF), these short vocational courses were phased out by 2018. Although necessary for educational advancement, these changes prevented vocationally trained...
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Ethiopia is frequently known by a high degree of vulnerability to climate induced shocks in which adaptation options are highly imperative. The overall objective of this study was to assess climate change vulnerability and its adaptation strategies in Gonder Zuria District. It is to identify the varieties of climate change adaptation strategies practiced in the study area. A cross-sectional and primary data collection method was used in this study to address its main objective. Based on...
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Higher education in general has historically been the domain of national policy processes with minimal influences from regional and global processes. The growing phenomena associated with globalisation and internationalisation have, however, been pushing higher education policy to not only go beyond national jurisdictions but also to converge at regional levels. Globalisation has accelerated the growth of interdependence of variances, which in turn have forged integration, cooperation and...
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In the past 30 years, since c. 1990, a higher education revolution has taken place in all parts of the world. This has been a costly exercise, and while the global higher education revolution can boast an enrolment explosion and has opened the doors of higher education to many, it has taken place within the parameters of the neoliberal economics, meaning that the imperatives of social justice and equity have not been adequately responded to. The pivot between this contextual force of...
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Introduction: Out of the 20 million people living with disabilities in Nigeria, 1.3 million are children, and merely 14% of this demographic are currently enrolled in schools. The Schools for special needs are specifically designed, resourced and staffed to cater to children with learning difficulties, physical disabilities, and intellectual problems. To achieve this, matching type of disability with the type of educational resources available at the school of special needs is important. The...