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Last month, the International Monetary Fund and the African Export-Import Bank made $800-million in credit available to Zimbabwe. This initiative is meant to help the country restore its ravaged economy.
ALL state-owned tertiary education institutions in the country are understaffed with the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) and the Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) being the hardest hit, a report by the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education has shown.
Minister of Labour and Productivity, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode, has charged Nigeria Students to be studious and morally upright in the pursuit of their career and future endeavors.Prince Kayode made the remarks while presenting learning materials to four secondary schools in Ikaram, Akoko, Ondo State. He commended MTN for partnering with the government to improve the standard of education by laying ...
Forty-five employees of AngloGold Ashanti's were conferred with various degrees at a colourful congregation at Ghana the Institute of Management and Public Administration at Greenhill in Accra last Saturday, after successful course at the institute. They undertook courses in bachelor and postgraduate diploma course in management.
Some specialized clinics at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUHT) will from December 1st 2009 be moved from the temporary site of the hospital along Murtala Muhammed Way to its permanent site at Lamingo area in Jos, a statement by the Chief Public Relations Officer of the hospital Mrs. Ngozi Okpara said.
The Youth Care Foundation (YCF) recently concluded a pre-competition of the Great Olympiad Mathematics for senior and upper basic schools, held at Muslim Senior Secondary School, in Banjul and at NdowÂ's Comprehensive Senior Secondary School respectively.
The Boca-Loho Foundation, a non profit making organisation based in Holland, yesterday donated valuable items such as tables, chairs and learning materials to the Prospect Day care and Nursery School (PDNS) in Mariama Kunda, at a ceremony held at the school ground.
Warri chapter of Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has charged female secondary school students across the country to shake off the apathy of having in focus the study of engineering as their future professional career.
No Nigerian leader, military or civilian has shown genuine commitment to the development of the country, former Governor of the old Anambra State, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife has said.
Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi has presented cheques totalling over one hundred million naira for rehabilitation of science laboratories in about 40 schools in the state.
Students' Union Government (SUG), University of Ado-Ekiti (UNAD), has described the 400 per cent hike in tuition fees by Governing Council of the institution as an attempt to commercialise education and make it exclusive preserve of those it described as treasury looters, at the expense of children of millions of less-privileged Nigerians.
HARVARD University President Prof Drew Faust and University of Johannesburg (UJ) vice-chancellor Prof Ihron Rensburg yesterday announced their universities were collaborating in establishing an institute that would train South African school principals.
THE education sector stands to benefit from the ongoing economic growth and oil discovery, the new director of Kampala International School (KISU) has predicted.
UGANDA has been urged to develop its vocational training system to make students more productive in life.
THE Education Service Commission is to recruit about 4,000 teachers and other staff for secondary schools as well as business, technical and vocational institutions this financial year.
Directors of Maputo secondary schools have protested that their exam results are not as bad as claimed by the independent television station STV, and its sister paper "O Pais".
The 39th founders' day lecture of the University of Benin held was x Monday marred with protests from students of the institution over the imposition of N5000 on students who paid their school fees late and the poor state of hostel facilities in the school.
Management of the Brass Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) in Brass Local Government Area (LGA), Bayelsa State is to train 120 youths at the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), while local contractors would boost their knowledge in procurement and contract execution through workshops.
In line with its corporate social responsibility policy, APM Terminals Apapa Limited has commissioned the renovated Randle Senior Secondary School, Apapa which cost the company N10million.
Sokoto State Government has proposed to spend over N5 billion on the first phase project of the state university in the next year's budget.
Plans to build a new campus for Mbarara University of Science and Technology are still on, the university Vice Chancellor, Prof Fredrick Kayanja, said on Wednesday.
Karamoja region has got Euros 500,000 (about sh1.3b) from the European Union (EU) and the Institute for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association.
African governments have been asked to invest more in education and technology for the continent to compete effectively in the global market.
Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka has called on African governments to invest more funds in developing education and technology if the continent is to be relevant in the competitive global market.
The news that the National University of Rwanda is securing premises in Kigali to relocate the School of Journalism and Communication could not have come at a better time, with the newly promulgated media law in force.
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