Browsing Faculty of Engineering and Technology by Subject "Gaborone"
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Nair, S.; Vokolkova, V.; Abadjieva, T. (University of Botswana, NaN, 2000)[more][less]
Abstract: The percentage of students, especially women in engineering, is very low in Botswana and the country is still heavily dependent upon foreign human resources. The objective of this research has been to study the gender differences in education, which might have caused the current poor representation of women in engineering.The secondary school results of 749 students were statistically analyzed per gender. Three main factors were identified by factor analysis: the science ability, the general aptitude and the memory ability factor.As to the general-aptitude and memory ability factor, it was found that no statistically significant difference between boys and girls exists. However, there is a difference in the science-ability factor. To strengthen this factor for girls, it requires to make the studies of Mathematics and Science courses attractive to girls at early stage so that they are not limited in their options at the level of secondary education and thus in their career choice. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10311/624 Files in this item: 1
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Bolaane, B. (University of Botswana, NaN, 2006)[more][less]
Abstract: Public support for source separation schemes in developing countries is still subject to continuing debate and limited work has been directed at understanding its manifestations. The purpose of this survey was to assess existing and potential levels of household participation in waste source separation as well as establishing the role they could play in future source separation schemes in Gaborone. Questionnaire based surveys were used to elicity information from households about their awareness of recycling and recycling initiatives, attitudes and willingness to participate in source separation schemes. The survey involved 17 households who participated in a pilot source separation scheme and 284 households who did not. The results showed that the majority of households are aware of recycling and recycling initiatives, but this awareness does not necessarily translate into participation in recycling activities in the absence of incentives and visible systems. It was also found that the majority of households are willing to participate in future source separation schemes, however, such willingness was primarily limited to separating materials that at the time had known available markets and were easy to separate. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10311/678 Files in this item: 1
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