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This article provides a review of the school library development in Ghana against the background of a new educational system that was put in place a decade ago. Although the government and the Ministry of Education have for a long time recognized the role of school libraries in education, little has been done to ensure that facilities are properly put in place for libraries to play this role.
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Since attaining independence in 1966, Botswana has made vast strides in its development. However, its library services, especially to education, have not kept pace with this general development. Some factors hindering the development of school library services include lack of qualified staff, low funding levels, and divided administrative responsibility for libraries. There is reason for optimism, however, in the support for libraries and for resource-based learning in the 1994 Revised...
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It has been argued that targeting delivery of anthelmintics to school-children by taking advantage of the existing education infrastructure and administrative system can be one of the most cost-effective approaches in minimizing the intensity of infections with both schistosomiasis and major intestinal nematodes in many developing countries. The study was conducted in January 1997, shortly after the completion of the drug intervention programme. This paper provides an analysis of the costs...
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Environmental Counsil of Zambia (ECZ), Water Pollution Unit and Norwegian State Pollution Control Authority
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ABSTRACT. The post-apartheid South African economy is now responding, as elsewhere in Africa, to the fiscal/monetary exigencies of Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs) as stipulated by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). A cardinal principle of SAPs is the reduction of expenditure on public education and other areas of social development. With that financial reality in place now, this paper examines women's education and related issues in the new South Africa. The...
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nineteenth century. It was a continuation of an earlier effort made by pious scholars in different areas to reform the practice of Islam with the view to establishing a govern ment based on Islamic principles. Thus, by the second half of the eighteenth century, a number of factors coalesced to make cUthman b. Fodiye's movement a reality. In the caliphate that was established, the jihad leaders attempted to put into practice the ideals they cherished. During the nineteenth century, the class...
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In focusing on the direct and indirect effects of certain school learning variables on the academic achievement of African American 10th graders, a model was proposed. The model considered those variables associated with student background characteristics (i.e., gender and socioeconomic status); the school (i.e., students' perceptions of the school environment, teachers, and teaching); the family (i.e., parental expectations and involvement); and students (i.e., student educational...