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Accepted: 30 December 2024

First Online: 13 January 2025

Declarations

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: The author has no conflict of interest to report.

: All individuals including parents and students who participated in the research investigation received, sighted, and signed an informed consent form in Tetum language, explaining details about the research activity, the use of data for future publications, anonymity of participants, and secure data storage. Researchers’ contact details and an information sheet were provided in case of follow up queries.

: All participants gave written consent for the publication of material reported on in this article.

: The research investigation presented in this thesis has received the ethical approval of Charles Darwin University Human Research Ethics Committee in a statement that the research investigation meets the requirements of the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (National Health and Medical Research Council & Australian Research Council, 2023). It also received approval by the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias e Tecnologia (The National Institute of Science and Technology of Timor-Leste) under the condition that a final report is provided to the Institute at the conclusion of the project (Ref No. 098/Pres. Exec/INCT/V/2022). In addition, local authority (village or neighborhood chiefs) permitted collection of data from the classes.