THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A HIGHER EDUCATION OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR DECISION MAKERS IN KENYA By Magdallen N. J (PhD) African Virtual University (HQ) P. O. Box xxxxxxxxx Nairobi - Kenya Tel: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fax: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Presented to United Nations Educational Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO) TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Introduction…………………………………………………………..………………3 Study
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Parental Involvement in Education Lisa Vasas Pennsylvania Highlands Community College Abstract This paper was about the benefits of parents being more involved in their children’s educations‚ researchers have noticed that if more parents were involved in their children’s educations‚ they would have a more positive outlook on life. They have also found that more children would go on to furthering their education. Peters‚ Seeds‚ Goldstein and Coleman performed many research tests on this in
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of organized education. The Gurukul system of education is one of the oldest on earth but before that the guru shishya system was extant‚ in which students were taught orally and the data would be passed from one generation to the next. Now everything has changed. New method of education has taken the Indians to the next level. Thus it improved the knowledge and innovative ideas has come up in the minds of the Indians. II. Types of Education There are different types of education in India. Every
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OF EDUCATION IN NIGERIA COURSE OUTLINE 1. Concept and Rationale of History of education 2. A Brief History of Education in Ancient Greek and Roman Empire 3. African Indigenous System of Education/African Traditional Education 4. Islamic Education in Nigeria 5. Christian Missionary/Western Education in Nigeria 6. Nigerian Education Since 1960 THE CONCEPT OF EDUCATION There seems to be no universally accepted definition of the word ‘education’. But this is not peculiar with education alone
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MANAGEMENT EDUCATION IN INDIA - TRENDS‚ ISSUES AND CHALLENGES Beena John Dr.N. Panchanatham Abstract Economic development of a country is correlated with the development of higher education. 21st century India witnessed enormous transformation in its management education system. Globalization transformed the conventional approach of the system with a more efficient professional approach; it also resulted in introduction of new age management courses which have more economic value in today
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Impact of an online education The premium of a college education at this day and age is enormous. The forecast for unemployment among those that hold advanced degrees will be significantly lower than that of non-degree workers. Living in a globalized society we need to have flexible access to higher education; it brings us to the realization of the important an online education. The future is clear that those without specialized degrees or training will struggle to find
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Education System in Pakistan In Human development Report Pakistan is placed at 136th position for having just 49.9% educated population. In addition to that‚ Pakistan is ranked at 113th out of 120 registered UN members according to the research conducted by UNESCO et. all. Some of the very basic flaws of the education system in Pakistan contribute to the economic‚ ethnic and sociopolitical crisis within the country. Flaws of Education System in Pakistan Firstly‚ the education system of Pakistan is
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CHAPTER IV SCIENCE EDUCATION HISTORICAL BACKGROUND W ith a long and chequered history of education and training in pure and applied sciences dating back to over 2‚600 years‚ India has had flourishing tradition of scientific research and technological development. Taxila (6th century BC) one of the earliest universities in the world‚ attracted students from across the continents. Major fields of study at Taxila included mathematics‚ astronomy‚ medicine‚ surgery and metallurgy. Unfortunately‚ most
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appropriate for me to seize this opportunity to speak a couple of words on the need to expand Technical Education in the country. In Sri Lanka‚ technical education began in the 1890s with the establishment of the Colombo Technical College‚ which‚ as Government Department‚ functioned to cater to certain requirements of such Government Departments as Public Works‚ Railways and Irrigation. Technical Education‚ because of this limited focus‚ did not expand in the colonial period; it was after independence an
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Econ 385 Final Paper Education is a process of acquiring knowledge. We attain education to help us grow as a society and develop as people. Learning allows us to gain basic skills in life but at the same time allows us to know who we are and what we want to become. Education in the USA is broken down into four stages: preschool‚ primary school‚ secondary school and then college. Every stage of education is mandatory except for college‚ which people take if they want to further educate themselves
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