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PROJECT SUMMARY This particular project examines the poor academic performance of students at the basic school level. Examinations of all kinds including the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BEC E) are seen to be compulsory and also been used as a basic entry requirement into the Senior High School (SHS) level. However, there is generally... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction The study was about the role of NGOs towards the youth employment in Uganda a case study of Manafwa district 1.1 Background of NGOs The term non-governmental organization or NGOs was not in general currency before it was formed to cooperate with each other. When 132 international NGOs formed in 1910, they did so under... Continue Reading

Training is important in building and improving skills and knowledge of people. In the US, 40% of adult are functionally illiterate, and experts have defined literate as individuals who have acquired a sixth grade education or level (Bihlander, et al: 2001). According to Sierra & Rico (1996), performance of primary school teachers in Spain who... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study “Vulnerable Groups and Socio-Economic Development of Kasese” was carried out with specific objectives to; find out the different vulnerable groups; to examine the relationship between vulnerability and socio-economic development and to suggest possible” The researcher reviewed literature from various scholars on the major... Continue Reading

Contents DECLARATI( N APPROVAL DEDICATIOI ACKNOWLEE )GEMENT iv ACRONYMS TABLES OF ( ONTENTS ABSTRACT ix CHAPTER O~E 1 INTRODUCI ION 1 1.0 Introductio 1.1 Backgrounl of the study 1 .1.1 Historica perspective 1.1.2 Theoretic ii perspective 3 1.1 .3 Conceptu ii perspective 5 1.1.4 Contextual perspective 7 1.2 Problem st~ tement 10 1.3 The purpos of... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study assessed the influence of climate variability on household food security in Masisi, North Kivu Province, DR.Congo. The following objectives guided the study: i) to assess the impact of climate variability on the food availability of the households in Masisi, DRC; ii) to evaluate the impact of climate variability on food... Continue Reading

TABLE OF CONTENT DECLARATION APPROVAL DEDICATION iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT v ABSTRACT ix CHAPTER ONE: TNTRODUCTION 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background 1.1.1 Historical Background 1 1.1.2 Conceptual Background 3 1.1.3 Theoretical Background 3 1.1.4 Contextual Background 4 1.2. Statement of the problem 5 1.3 Objectives of the study 5 1.3.1 General Objectives 5... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study aims to research on the use of Indigenous Knowledge Systems employed in child health care with a case study of Mutare so as to reduce child mortality. The study also discusses the leading causes of child mortality in Mutare and the factors that contribute to increased child mortality like religious beliefs and cultures that do... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The study aimed to ascertain the extent to which gender differences impact staff turnover in SMEs in Enugu Urban, compare the factors responsible for staff turnover, compare the staff welfare packages, and ascertain whether the rate of staff turnover affects the performance in male and female-headed SMEs in Enugu Urban. The questionnaire... Continue Reading

REPORT SUMMARY The main purpose of this project was to address the incidence of in-school adolescent pregnancy among students in the Tolon District of the Northern Region of Ghana. The project adopted the Action Research Design to achieve its goals and objectives. The purposive sampling strategy was employed to select 60 participants from five... Continue Reading

Abstract This study evaluates the community care in Nigeria intervention in OVC, a case study of three communities in Anambra state. The objective of the study among others is to determine the sustainability and what difference the SHP programme has made in enhancing access to basic needs/welfare among beneficiaries, evaluate to what extent this... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The study aimed at establishing the relationship between poverty and child mortality in Kanungu district. The objectives of the study were, to determine the effects of poverty in Kanungu district, to examine the factors influencing child motility in Kanungu district and to identify the relationship between poverty and child motility in... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study on the effect of collective community participation on household income a case study of Bugulumbya sub ounty ,kamuli, sought to determine whether the introduction of collective community participation in Bugulumbya sub county has influenced any processes of resource mobilization and realization of household income amongst the... Continue Reading

TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION APPROVAL . ii DEDICATION iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS v LIST OF FIGURES ix LIST OF TABLES X ABSTRACT xi CHAPTER ONE I INTRODUCTION 1 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 Background of the study 1 1.2 Statement of the Problem 4 1.3 Purpose of the study 5 1.4 Objectives of the study 5 1.4.1 General objective 6... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The research carried out on “The impact of Agricultural modernization on economic development” aimed at establishing the relationship between agricultural modernization and economic development in Uganda. The focus of the research also analyzed the modernization techniques in agriculture and how this would enhance and improve the... Continue Reading

Abstract Urbanisation and climate change are likely to induce more floods in African cities. Nonetheless, studies on public and private adaptation to floods that centre on the urban poor in Africa are scanty. Studies in this area largely reflect the structuralist conception of adaptation. This study departs from this top-down approach as it... Continue Reading

TABLE OF CONTENT DECLARATION APPROVAL DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv ABBREVIATIONS v TABLE OF CONTENT vi LISTOF TABLES x LIST OF FIGURES xi ABSTRACT CHAPTER ONE: 1INTRODUCTION 1 1.0. Introduction 1 1.1. Background to the Study 1 1.2. Historical Perspective 1.3. Contextual Perspective 5 1.4. Conceptual Perspective 6 1.5. Statement of the Problem 7... Continue Reading

TABLE OF CONTENTS Page DECLARATION APPROVAL ii DEDICATION iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv LIST OF ACRYNOMS v TABLE OF CONTENTS vi LIST OF TABLES x ABSTRACT xi CFIAPTER ONE 12 INTRODUCTION 12 1.0 Introduction 12 Background of the study 12 1 .1 .1 Historical perspective 12 1 .1.2 Theoretical perspective 14 1 .1.3 Conceptual perspective 16 1.1 .4 Contextual... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The analysis of food insecurity and coping strategies of rural people during food insecurity in Endebess division , Tranzoia district was examined between May and October 2012. The ultimate objectives ofthe study were to: (i) Examine the causes of food shortages in rural households of Endebess division (ii) document the coping strategies... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Recognising the need for everyone to sleep under a long-lasting insecticide-treated net (LLINs), th Roll-Back-Malaria (RBM) and African Heads of states, in April 2000, established the “Abuja targets,” which includes LLIN use by at least 60% of pregnant women and under-fives in Africa by 2005. These targets and those of the Millennium... Continue Reading

TABLE OF CONTENTS DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT DECLARATION APPROVAL . iv LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF TABLES ix ABSTRACT CHAPTER ONE •. i 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 Background ofthe Study i 1.2. Statement ofProblem 4 1.3 Purpose of the study 4 1.4 Objectives of the study 4 1.5 Research questions 4 1.6.2 Content Scope 1.6.3Timescope 1.7. Significance of the... Continue Reading

TABLE OF CONTENrFS DECLARATION APPROVAL DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS V ABSTRACT x CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION I 1 .0 Introduction 1 .1 .0 Background to the Study 1.1.1 FIistori~aI Perspective 1.1.2 Context Perspective I 1.1.3 Theoretical perspective 6 1.2 Stalement of the Problem 6 1.3 General objective of the Study 7 1.4... Continue Reading

ABSRACT  HIV /AIDS has been a major problem in Zimbabwe and mostly affecting women such that of the infected people in Sub Saharan Africa women constituted 60% . This growing evidence led to the introduction of the female condom in 1997. In Chikomba district despite the introduction of the female condom its uptake is significantly low. The theory... Continue Reading

TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION .1 APPROVAL DEDICATION AKNOWLEDGEMENT iv TABLE OF CONTENTS v LIST OF TABLES vW LIST OF FIGURES ABSTRACT CHAPTER ONE 1 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 Background of the study 1 1.2 Statement of the problem 3 1 .3 Objectives of the study 3 1.3.1 General objective 3 1.3.2 Specific objectives 4 1 .4 Research questions 4 1.5 Scope... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study was to investigate the problems of transforming pastoralist societies into modem agricultural societies in the Amudat district. The research objectives were to find out the ways of transforming a pastoralist society into a modem society in the Amudat district, to establish ways of transforming the pastoralist lifestyle of... Continue Reading