The main road blocks were identified as weak external oversight institutions, poor school governance, a dysfunctional curriculum with irrelevant and overcrowded content and modes of assessment with a bias on knowledge at the expense of skills.Of...
In the Southern African region, the threat of terrorism and its associated financing continues to be of strategic importance to tackle, while support related counter-measures and efforts of national forces and the international community is needed.It...
Who am I, where am I and what time is it? One wonders if prehistoric man began their days in this frantic fashion? Presumably we would identify who we were in nanoseconds but were the club wielding hunters and berry gatherers as time obsessed as we...
Symptoms include breathing difficulty, cough, mucus (sputum) production and wheezing. It's typically caused by long-term exposure to irritating gases or particulate matter, most often from cigarette smoke. People with COPD are at increased risk...
AnonymousDear Anonymous,I can feel what you are going through. I have one been in a similar position. I got to learn that wherever we are positioned it is where the universe places us. We are never less or much but rather adequate for such amount of...
When you start seeing memos heavily-laced with words like ‘load management’, just know that we are treading into that treacherous path of load shedding. Semantics and such smart, almost-deceptive words are usually used by cunning PR teams to...
Although the service will be marketed under the name Myfarm, it continues to give farmers access to agricultural information, marketplaces, and short-term financing – providing much-needed support to smallholder farmers in Cameroon. Brastorne...
Yes, there are still 2,520 more Premier League minutes to play for Francistown’s sole representative, but each point counts.But why concern Eleven Angels out of the 16 teams that make up the Premier League? As is stands, Francistown is Eleven...
Not being home was difficult for obvious reasons and everything was out of routine. I missed the daily madness, but I was lucky to make time within the hectic schedule to see the boys, even had them spend a night with me.The opportunity to curate...
The reason is that I would like to give well deserved flowers (while he is alive) to one of my ever effervescent and inspiring former teacher of history, Odirile Gabasiane.Judging from his early professional demeanour and disposition, the signs were...
The CPC National Congress re-elected President Xi Jinping to lead the world’s most populous nation and the second biggest economy.The 20th Congress was themed holding high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics, fully...
The biology induced flicker of light lifted the heavy eyelids.And as the powerful sunlight attacked the unsuspecting pupils, the miracle of human physiology jump-started the cranial apparatus. The crimson river within its confined pathway silently...
Heart diseases include:• Blood vessel disease, such as coronary artery disease• Irregular heartbeats (arrhythmias)• Heart problems you're born with (congenital heart defects)• Disease of the heart muscle• Heart valve...
Dear Anonymous Gender based violence is generally defined as violence directed at a person based on their gender.Domestic violence which is also a form of gender-based violence includes physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional or psychological abuse...
I too bandwagoned and decided on selling pies to the hungry masses. I was also emboldened when the VP started talking about how SMMEs are important to the economy.When eminent people like the VP start talking like that, you have to adjust your...
It is the second consecutive league season without a title sponsor with little hopes of grants for clubs.Critics argue more could have been done to attract sponsors, but how easy is it go get financial partners? From the armchair, it is easy to...
What does a perfect day mean in terms of science? Science has always surrounded my life like an ocean does an island.Scientific laws are propositions that explain or forecast a variety of natural events and are based on repeated experiments or...
The one factor is internal while the other is external. Undoubtedly, the two factors influence teaching and learning and student achievement levels albeit in varying degrees.There is therefore, a continuing debate on what carries more weight between...
Behaviors can include physical activity, inactivity, dietary patterns, medication use, and other exposures.Additional contributing factors include the food and physical activity environment, education and skills, and food marketing and promotion....
Dear Anonymous From the rendition of your story, it is evident that you were parentified in your teenage years. Parentification/emotional incest is where the child ‘parents’ the parent; the roles here are reversed, the parent becomes the child...
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