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Heroic Efforts to Keep Education Alive in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean author Petina Gappah journeys back to schools she once attended and finds out what happened to education in a country that once set the standard for Africa.
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The Challenges Facing Education in Nigeria
Award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie focuses her attention on branding, charity, and class in Nigerian schools.
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South Africa: Shortchanging the Youth
According to a recent diagnostic overview, the overall gross enrolment ratio in South Africa is 92%, but not all learners manage to stay enrolled and complete schooling.
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South Sudan Sets Out to Improve Tertiary Education
The country's education system has been fraught with challenges but government plans to revitalise tertiary education with an ambitious policy. (Photo courtesy Albert González Farran/UN Photo)
Rwanda: Using Cricket to Raise HIV/Aids Awareness
Playing cricket. These children are some of the over 2,000 children who have been coached in the game, in only two weeks, by volunteers from Cricket Without Boundaries. (Photo courtesy New Times)
Uganda: Govt to Probe Ongoing Students' Strike
Parliamentary speaker meets students. The government has asked the social services committee to investigate the causes of the strikes. (Photo courtesy New Vision)
Uganda: An Eye for the Blind
Nabuguzi takes his class through a session. Nabuguzi, who is partially blind himself, teaches his students how to read with braille. (Photo courtesy New Vision)
Extra Year to Boost School Performance
Students in Sierra Leone, where just over a third of adults are literate. The country has begun to institute major educational reforms. (Photo courtesy Manoocher Deghati/IRIN)
South Africa: Writing Country's History - Only for the Brave
Producing definitive accounts of South Africa's history is not a job for the faint-hearted, especially because such accounts will inevitably be contested. (Photo courtesy Bruce Sutherland)
Africa: Women Scientists Face Tough Career Choices
Rufaro Madakadze (right), a horticultural scientist with the Alliance for a Green Revolution. Women scientists are often forced to chose between their careers and their families. (Photo courtesy Jeff Haskins/Burness Communications)
Refugee Children Find Solace in School
(file photo) One of the many challenges the UN faces in dealing with those who have crossed the Sudan/Ethiopia border is providing for the educational needs of children. (Photo courtesy UNESCO/M. Hofer)
Rwanda: Focus on Vocational Training
(file photo) The government of Rwanda has unveiled plans aimed at increasing the number of students enrolled in vocational and technical schools. (Photo courtesy Boakai M.Fofana/AllAfrica)
Nigeria: Gunmen Attack Four Schools in North
(file photo) At least 5,000 school children have been forced to stay at home after a powerful explosive rocked a primary school in Maiduguri. (Photo courtesy Leadership)
Burkina Faso Agrees to Research, Innovation Fund
A fund has been set up in Burkina Faso to foster research and innovation in order to help meet the country's development needs. (Photo courtesy UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe)
Education and the Death of Creativity
There is no doubt that more needs to be done to nurture our children's creativity. However, creativity cannot happen when the freedom to be yourself is denied. (Photo courtesy Joseph Kany)
Africa: Wikipedia to Be Free on Mobiles
Millions of people in Africa and the Middle East will be able to benefit from free, unlimited access to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia through their mobile phone. (Photo courtesy UN Foundation)
Kenya: Tablets to Enhance Public E-Services
The Kenyan government plans to deploy computer tablets to ease operations in the education and health sectors. (Photo courtesy France 24)
Social Accountability Project Piloted
To address the low levels of community and parental awareness and engagement in education, an EU-funded project is to focus on capacity building. (Photo courtesy Joseph Kanyi)
Liberia: Children's Book Promotes Ethnic Unity
Liberian-owned children's book publisher One Moore Book has partnered with ONE Liberia for a workbook to promote ethnic unification among Liberian youth. (Photo courtesy allAfrica)
Early Childhood Programs Help Children Thrive
(File Photo) Children in rural Mozambique, who attended preschool programs run by the international humanitarian group Save the Children, were 24 percent more likely to enroll in primary school. (Photo courtesy WFP)
Refugee Children Miss Out on School
(file photo) While the quality of education available in refugee camps varies, the difficulties of accessing education in urban settings are generally greater. (Photo courtesy UNESCO/M. Hofer)
Kenya: Major Changes in Education
Kenya will have four different types of secondary schools if new proposals on education reforms are adopted. (Photo courtesy Jared Nyataya)
Uganda: Gender Equality Still a Challenge
Although much emphasis has been put on provision of education, little has been done to address causes of gender inequality, a new report has showed. (Photo courtesy Michael Kakumirizi)
South Africa: Oprah Greets First Graduates
A visibly excited Oprah Winfrey has personally congratulated the first graduates of her South African school, founded five years ago to turn a handful of girls into elite leaders. (Photo courtesy University of the Free State)
InFocus: Education
The One Laptop Per Child project is looking forward to acquiring 100,000 more laptops in a bid to ensure that all the schools benefit from the programme. Read more »
President Goodluck Jonathan and the academic community are paying tribute to the late Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Professor Adetokunbo Babatunde Sofoluwe. Read more »
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- Nigeria: 435 Sacked Teachers in Kaduna to Be Reinstated (Daily Trust)
- Rwanda: 300 English Teachers to Arrive This Month (New Times)
- Africa: Continent's Schools Dominate Global Education Competition (School Enterprise Challenge)
- Kenya: Silibwet and Kitany to Contest for Ball Title (The Star)
- Kenya: Aspirant's Plea On Pay for Teachers (The Star)
- South Africa: Setting Sail for a Better Future (Biz-Community)
- Kenya: Teachers, Parents in Nyanza Clash Over Performance Contracts (The Star)
- Kenya: More Girls Than Boys Now Getting Education (The Star)
- Kenya: German Bank Funds Kisumu Model Schools (The Star)
- Uganda: Over 30 Privately-Owned Kanungu Schools Closed (New Vision)
- Uganda: Worst Performing Schools Receive Books (New Vision)
- Ghana: Teach Students to Apply Knowledge Acquired (Accra Mail)
- Namibia: Poly Hosts HIV/Aids Awareness Campaign (New Era)
- Namibia: Tuition Hike Angers Parents (New Era)
- Ghana: The Cost of Poor Educational Policies in Country (Ghanaian Chronicle)
- Zimbabwe: Visiting Iranian Professor Calls for Priority in Educating Women (The Herald)
- Nigeria: Kaduna Bizman Tasks Private Sector On Education Devt (Daily Trust)
- Gambia: NSIC Enlightens GSSS On Importance of Insurance Club (Daily Observer)
- Liberia: 0ver 150 Girls Receive Scholarships (New Dawn)
- Namibia: Professionals Here to Stay, Shows Survey (Namibian)
- Ghana: Minister Worried Over Educational Standards (Ghanaian Chronicle)
- Nigeria: Osun - Reforming the Education Policy and Its Standard (Vanguard)
- Rwanda: ICPAR Introduces Professional Accounting Courses (New Times)
- Eritrea: Endeavors Being Exerted By Elementary School in Shaka to Enhance Student Registration (Shabait)
- Eritrea: Student Festival Conducted By Junior and Secondary School in Foro (Shabait)
- South Africa: Govt Formalises Graduate Recruitment Scheme (BuaNews)
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