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... originating from the cultural background of the day before yesterday, who built the background of the day before yesterday, who built the structures of yesterday and who will not be there in the structures ... customers and our business. Our customer is in the focus of our attention. We are aware, that our customers (internal and external) expect and pay for solutions - and not the explanation of their ... the future there will be two types of companies: In the future there will be two types of companies: The flexible ones and the dead. The flexible ones and the dead. (John Naisbitt) (John Naisbitt) We...

... sense the slow rotation of the sphere, carrying the stars across your field of view from east to west, and slinging them underneath you on the other side of the Earth. The apparent daily movement of ... of the sky is, of course, due to the rotation of the Earth, not the sky, and we know that the stars are not all at the same distance, as they would be if they were fixed to the inner surface of ... Alkaid, the last star of the handle away from the dipper cup, lies about twice as far away as Dubhe, the uppermost of the two stars in the outer edge of the cup. In the mind’s eye, we see the stars...

... The health of our educators xvi Executive฀summary xvii The DoE฀in the various฀provinces฀assigned฀co-ordinators฀who฀ensured฀that฀schools฀were฀ informed฀about the study. The district฀officers of the DoE฀and฀labour฀unions฀assisted฀ the HSRC฀co-ordinators,฀who฀consisted of MA฀and฀Phd฀research฀interns,฀in฀making฀ appointments฀at฀schools฀and/or฀accompanying฀co-ordinators฀to฀schools฀to฀address฀ educators.฀Officials฀from฀labour฀unions฀helped฀with฀advocacy฀for the study฀and the nature฀ of the study,฀which฀increased฀participation. The field฀teams฀were฀supported฀by฀a฀national฀ field฀manager,฀and฀a฀separate฀project฀manager฀who฀tracked฀progress of the study.฀Visiting฀ times฀to฀schools฀were฀adapted฀to฀minimise฀possible฀disruption of teaching฀time. Findings Demographic฀and฀socio-economic฀characteristics of the ELRC฀study฀sample The demographic฀and฀socio-economic฀profile฀analysis of educators฀in the sample฀revealed฀ that฀68% of the sample of educators฀consisted of females. The majority of the educators฀ were฀married.฀Over฀three-quarters of the sample฀were฀Africans฀(77%)฀while฀less฀than฀5%฀ of the sample฀were฀Asians,฀which฀is฀a฀reflection of the demographic฀characteristics of South฀Africa.฀Self-reported฀socio-economic฀status฀and฀income฀distribution฀suggest฀that฀ educators฀were฀generally฀well฀qualified,฀with฀a฀first฀degree฀or฀higher,฀and฀had฀many฀years฀ of teaching฀experience,฀with฀70% of educators฀teaching฀for฀at฀least฀ten฀years฀or฀longer.฀ About฀94% of educators฀reported฀that the DoE฀employed฀them฀with the rest฀(6%)฀being฀ School฀Governing฀Body฀(SGB)฀appointments. Only฀27% of educators฀in the sample฀said฀they฀had฀a฀housing฀subsidy฀and฀67.8% of the educators฀reported฀they฀were฀members of a฀medical฀aid฀fund. The majority of educators฀(89%)฀were฀members of a฀trade฀union.฀There฀were฀disparities฀in฀some of the demographic฀and฀socio-economic฀profiles of educators฀by฀race฀and฀province. The findings฀showed฀that฀there฀were฀proportionately฀more฀female฀and฀male฀African฀educators฀ in the low-income฀category฀compared฀with฀educators฀in฀other฀race฀groups.฀On the other฀hand฀there฀were฀proportionately฀less฀male฀white฀educators฀in the medium-income฀ category฀than฀male฀educators฀in฀other฀race฀groups. Prevalence of HIV The results฀showed฀that฀12.7% of educators฀who฀gave฀a฀specimen฀for฀HIV฀testing฀were฀ HIV฀positive.฀This฀percentage฀includes฀educators฀in฀all฀provinces,฀and฀educators of all฀ ages,฀sex฀and฀racial฀groups.฀ In฀this฀study,฀without฀considering฀age฀and฀race฀differences, the HIV฀prevalence฀was฀ the same฀for the male฀and฀female฀educators. The results฀in฀this฀study฀showed฀that฀HIV฀ prevalence฀among฀educators฀was฀highest฀for฀those฀aged฀25–34฀years฀(21.4%)฀followed฀ by฀those฀aged฀35–44฀(12.8%).฀Older฀educators฀(55฀years฀and฀older)฀had the lowest฀HIV฀ prevalence฀(3.1%).฀However,฀differences฀were฀observed฀when the analysis฀was฀restricted฀ to฀women฀and฀men฀aged฀25–34฀years,฀with฀women฀having฀higher฀HIV฀prevalence.฀ Women฀were฀generally฀more฀vulnerable฀to฀HIV฀infection฀because of their฀biological฀ makeup฀as฀well฀as฀their฀low฀socio-economic฀status.฀ ... the purpose of the project and the project itself, the ethics of sensitivities to asking questions on human sexuality as well as the threats to the validity of the study and how to manage them, ... The health of our educators xvi Executive฀summary xvii The DoE฀in the various฀provinces฀assigned฀co-ordinators฀who฀ensured฀that฀schools฀were฀ informed฀about the study. The district฀officers of the DoE฀and฀labour฀unions฀assisted฀ the HSRC฀co-ordinators,฀who฀consisted of MA฀and฀Phd฀research฀interns,฀in฀making฀ appointments฀at฀schools฀and/or฀accompanying฀co-ordinators฀to฀schools฀to฀address฀ educators.฀Officials฀from฀labour฀unions฀helped฀with฀advocacy฀for the study฀and the nature฀ of the study,฀which฀increased฀participation. The field฀teams฀were฀supported฀by฀a฀national฀ field฀manager,฀and฀a฀separate฀project฀manager฀who฀tracked฀progress of the study.฀Visiting฀ times฀to฀schools฀were฀adapted฀to฀minimise฀possible฀disruption of teaching฀time. Findings Demographic฀and฀socio-economic฀characteristics of the ELRC฀study฀sample The demographic฀and฀socio-economic฀profile฀analysis of educators฀in the sample฀revealed฀ that฀68% of the sample of educators฀consisted of females. The majority of the educators฀ were฀married.฀Over฀three-quarters of the sample฀were฀Africans฀(77%)฀while฀less฀than฀5%฀ of the sample฀were฀Asians,฀which฀is฀a฀reflection of the demographic฀characteristics of South฀Africa.฀Self-reported฀socio-economic฀status฀and฀income฀distribution฀suggest฀that฀ educators฀were฀generally฀well฀qualified,฀with฀a฀first฀degree฀or฀higher,฀and฀had฀many฀years฀ of teaching฀experience,฀with฀70% of educators฀teaching฀for฀at฀least฀ten฀years฀or฀longer.฀ About฀94% of educators฀reported฀that the DoE฀employed฀them฀with the rest฀(6%)฀being฀ School฀Governing฀Body฀(SGB)฀appointments. Only฀27% of educators฀in the sample฀said฀they฀had฀a฀housing฀subsidy฀and฀67.8% of the educators฀reported฀they฀were฀members of a฀medical฀aid฀fund. The majority of educators฀(89%)฀were฀members of a฀trade฀union.฀There฀were฀disparities฀in฀some of the demographic฀and฀socio-economic฀profiles of educators฀by฀race฀and฀province. The findings฀showed฀that฀there฀were฀proportionately฀more฀female฀and฀male฀African฀educators฀ in the low-income฀category฀compared฀with฀educators฀in฀other฀race฀groups.฀On the other฀hand฀there฀were฀proportionately฀less฀male฀white฀educators฀in the medium-income฀ category฀than฀male฀educators฀in฀other฀race฀groups. Prevalence of HIV The results฀showed฀that฀12.7% of educators฀who฀gave฀a฀specimen฀for฀HIV฀testing฀were฀ HIV฀positive.฀This฀percentage฀includes฀educators฀in฀all฀provinces,฀and฀educators of all฀ ages,฀sex฀and฀racial฀groups.฀ In฀this฀study,฀without฀considering฀age฀and฀race฀differences, the HIV฀prevalence฀was฀ the same฀for the male฀and฀female฀educators. The results฀in฀this฀study฀showed฀that฀HIV฀ prevalence฀among฀educators฀was฀highest฀for฀those฀aged฀25–34฀years฀(21.4%)฀followed฀ by฀those฀aged฀35–44฀(12.8%).฀Older฀educators฀(55฀years฀and฀older)฀had the lowest฀HIV฀ prevalence฀(3.1%).฀However,฀differences฀were฀observed฀when the analysis฀was฀restricted฀ to฀women฀and฀men฀aged฀25–34฀years,฀with฀women฀having฀higher฀HIV฀prevalence.฀ Women฀were฀generally฀more฀vulnerable฀to฀HIV฀infection฀because of their฀biological฀ makeup฀as฀well฀as฀their฀low฀socio-economic฀status.฀ ...

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