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Youth agricultural entrepreneurship as a vehicle for employment creation in Nigeria: A capability approach
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Nigeria is indisputably blessed with both human and material resources. With 74 million
hectares of arable land, the country has enormous potential to meet its rising food demand
while tackling the challenge of youth ...
Social investment in education a South African case study
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)
Although South Africa has made progress in the last decade with regard to
political transition, the economic landscape still carries the element of social
stratification. This is evident from the continued widening of ...
Ethical leadership: an assessment of the level of moral reasoning of managers in a South African short-term insurance company
(University of Western Cape, 2013)
Against the background of major corporate scandals internationally and in South Africa, questions are being asked about the level of morality of leaders in organisations. This study assessed the level of moral reasoning ...
Factors that could facilitate a successful transition from high school to post- school education: the case of high school X in Phillipi
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This study investigated the factors that could influence Grade 12 learners from low socio-economic backgrounds and their decision-making process with regard to accessing post-school education. The aims of the study were ...
An analysis of university policy responses in the Western Cape to government policy on the recognition of prior learning
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
The South African government plays a direct and active role in facilitation the development of a skilled workforce. The effective mobilisation, development and utilisation of South Africa's human resource capacity are ...
The integration of technology in mathematics at secondary schools in the Western Cape to enhance learner performance: an evaluation of the Khanya Project
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)
There is a dire need to transform Mathematics education in the schooling system in South Africa as this is evident by the poor learner performance in the Mathematics examination results. There is a high failure rate in ...
Investment in secondary and tertiary education for economic growth: lessons for Rwanda from selected less developed countries
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
This research explored two interrelated issues in development economics. FIrstly, it investigated the importance of secondary and tertiary education for long-run growth of low-income economics. Secondly, it examined possible ...
Management education via the internet: factors facilitating and inhibiting the adoption of WEBCT at a faculty in a higher education institution
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
The emergence of the Internet and the World Wide Web in particular, impact increasingly on the activities of commerce and industry and in the process also change the manner in which courses are delivered in higher education. ...
The utilisation of formative and summative electronic assessments in historically disadvantaged institutions (HDI) in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
In this thesis, I explore the benefit of electronic formative assessment on learner achievement. Studies had revealed the connection between throughput and assessment. There is great discrepancy between the throughput rate ...
The expected effects of the National School Nutrition Programme: Evidence from a case study in Cape Town, Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
School feeding programmes have become a worldwide poverty reduction strategy that are designed to enhance human capital, i.e. nutrition and education. In South Africa, the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) began ...