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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"rural secondary schools"”.
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Innovative communication protocols for teaching in rural secondary schools
… the enormous digital divide between urban and rural areas has escalated with its negative effect on the schools. Most rural schools remain underdeveloped with a huge deficit in teaching and learning resources, while technological progressions continue at an unprecedented speed. These …
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Parental supervision and learners' academic achievement in rural Secondary Schools
This study is about rural parents who are expected to participate in some of the activities and programmes of rural secondary schools. This is a questionable expectation because rural parents are mostly illiterate, i.e. they cannot read and write. This study revealed that the Department of …
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An investigation into sources of teacher stress in rural secondary schools
… the incidence and sources of teacher stress in rural, secondary schools in the Northern Province. Data has been collected through forty-two interviews with individual teachers (each interview schedule containing ten semi-structured question items); and a fifty-five item self-report questionnaire …
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Discipline in schooling: a study of rural secondary schools in KwaZulu-Natal
… problems experienced by educators in rural secondary schools in KwaZulu-Natal. Educators regard discipline as a problem which they have to endure everyday. Teaching and learning have become difficult in some schools, and impossible in others, because some educators do not understand …
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Impact of Obesity on Learner Academic Performance in Rural Secondary Schools in Vhembe District
… of obesity on learner academic performance in rural secondary schools in Mvudi circuit of Vhembe district. This study used Convergent Parallel Mixed Method Design in collecting data through questionnaires and in-depth face-to-face interviews and observations. Simple random sampling procedure …
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Effects of teacher stress on learner academic performance in rural secondary schools in the Vhembe district
… reports of academic results consistently poor in rural schools and teachers leaving the profession each day. Stress in general has always been a concern in many schools. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of teacher stress on learner academic performance in rural secondary …
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Effects of social worker services in rural secondary schools on learner academic performance in Vhembe district
… find out the effect of social worker services in rural secondary schools on learner academic performance in the Vhembe District in Limpopo. The investigation was conducted using the mixed methods approach which was driven by both quantitative and qualitative approaches. A sample of 130 …
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The Quality of Teachers and School Performance in Urban and Rural Secondary Schools in Monduli District, Arusha, Tanzania
… recognizing the presence of poor performance in secondary schools, the study sought to investigate the extent to which quality of teachers contributed to secondary school performance in urban and rural secondary schools. More specifically, the study aimed at investigating the qualities of …
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Factors Influencing School Management Team Practices on Life Sciences teaching affecting learner performance in rural secondary schools of the Vhembe East district
… has not been satisfactory in some of the rural secondary schools of the Vhembe East District in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. This prompted me to explore factors influencing the School Management Team (SMT) practices on Life Sciences teaching in the area. This study was underpinned …
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Exploring the effects of post provisioning norm policy on learners’ academic performance in rural secondary schools: a case of uMshwathi, Kwazulu-Natal
… on the academic performance of learners in rural secondary schools. This study utilized both face to face interviews and observation on focus groups to get participant’s views and opinions about the impact of the Post Provisioning Norms on the academic performance of learners in rural …
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Community involvement in the implementation of comprehensive sexuality education in rural areas: a case of selected secondary schools in Chibombo district of Central province, Zambia.
… of Comprehensive Sexuality Education in rural areas particularly in selected secondary schools of Chibombo district of Zambia. The objectives of the study included: to determine the major community stakeholders involved in the implementation of CSE in selected secondary schools in …
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Educational redesign in rural Kansas secondary schools to promote postsecondary credential attainment
… relies upon education, specifically postsecondary training which is fundamental to students' upward mobility in a thriving and progressive economic culture (Hanushek & Kimko, 2000; Haunshek & Woessmann, 2012; Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2013; Bailey, Jaggars, & Jenkins, 2015). At least …
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The phasing out of commercial subjects in rural Limpopo Secondary Schools in Vhembe West District, South africa
… subjects that is being phased out by some of the schools in Vhembe West District. The removal of this subject by schools has a negative impact on learners who wish to pursue a career in commerce, business and accounting, and deprives learners of the knowledge and skills that are covered in those …
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Effectiveness of rural-based secondary School Governing Bodies in Limpopo Province of South Africa: Implication for rural development
… (SGBs) were introduced through the South African Schools Act (SASA) 84 of 1996. A SGB is composed of democratically elected members, viz. Principal who serves in an ex officio capacity, teacher representatives, learner representatives in secondary schools, and parent representatives. The parent …
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The Perceptions of Teachers Regarding the Instructional Practices and School Leadership Supports that Contributed to High Pass Rates in Algebra I for Minority Students in Rural Schools
… practices of teachers and leadership supports in rural secondary schools with a high pass rate among African American and Latino students in Algebra I. This study was used to determine the instructional and leadership supports that influenced three high schools with a high pass rate in Algebra I …
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Rural Homes and Secondary School Integration
After twenty years of experience in Catholic rural institutions of learning the writer has concluded that a false philosophy has been taught in the rural secondary schools. The ideas that labor is "degrading and disgraceful" and that money is the end of education have been the bane of educators. It …
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School traditional leadership partnership in Alfred Nzo East Education District: a case study of three secondary schools notorious for school violence
… role in muting the idea of the construction of schools in their communities are finally placed at the periphery in school governance by the School Management Teams and School Governing Bodies in South Africa. Most relevant literature studies on partnership with traditional leaders have been done …
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The effect of household poverty trap on learners’ performance in secondary schools in Nongoma in the Zululand district.
… of learners living in ab-ject poverty in the rural area of Nongoma. The study examine how poverty trap limit the academic performance of learners in the rural secondary schools of Nongoma. Also, it identifies various poli-cies and programme designed to alleviate the negative effect of poverty …
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Exploring novice teachers’ experiences in teaching of natural sciences to grade 8 and 9 within Pietermaritzburg secondary schools
… to Grade 8 and 9, within Pietermaritzburg secondary schools. Qualitative methods were used in this study, specifically semi-structured interviews were used for data collection. The purposive sampling technique was used to select the participants, principals of secondary schools, sciences …
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Physical punishment in Nigerian secondary school: a children's rights perspective
… and has prohibited physical punishment in schools in domestic law. Despite these instruments, Nigerian children still experience these practices due to cultural and religious acceptance of it as an effective means of child upbringing and discipline. Many Nigerians, and indeed many countries …
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