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Mozambican Education Minister Aires Aly said in Maputo on Wednesday that though there are still problems of access of children to school, the main challenge to the country, at national level, is about the quality of education.
ANITHA Kihiyo, a primary school teacher at Kigurunyembe in Morogoro Region, says national curriculum set by the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training for its primary and secondary schools, do not create or construct knowledge for the students.
Hundreds of Tonota College of Education (TCE) students launched a hunger strike on Tuesday decrying the quality of bread supplied by a local bakery.
A senior Ministry of Education (MoE) official has said they have failed to recover loans from students because they have not kept proper records.
Two hundred students will benefit from the Presidential Scholarship Programme and will undertake various degree programmes at the University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa starting next year.
The Youth Care Foundation (YCF), last Thursday organised a pre-competition meeting of the Great Olympiad Mathematics, to be held in December 2009. The ceremony was held at the YCF office in ChurchillÂ's Town.
Africa in Democracy and Good Governance (ADG) in partnership with the WomenÂ's World Summit Foundation (WWST), recently organised a week-long education forum for various schools in the Greater Banjul Area, at its office in Churchills Town.
Four of the country's Universities have managed to book a place to compete in the much-publicised 'Zain African Challenge', an intellectual battle among African university student, The universities include the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Valley View University and University of Development Studies, which advanced to the finals for the second time.
A five day National Capacity Building Training workshop on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Systems in Fish and Fishery products is underway at the NaNA conference hall at Mile 7 in Bakau. The five day training workshop, which started on Monday 16 November and ends on Friday 20 November, is being organised by the Department of Fisheries, in collaboration with Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and ...
It is quite reasonable to expect that the first one year of four-year tenure should be spent in laying a solid foundation for the remaining three years.
On Wednesday a new school was inaugurated in Agou . Built on the site of the ancient college, it consists of two buildings which restoration has cost 16 million CFA francs offered by the Head of State. The school welcomes 34 students from Agbético and Agou Nyogbo.
CALM returned to Makerere University after it emerged that sh50m had been approved for the teams to participate in inter-university games over which students rioted on Tuesday.
The College of Agriculture, Lafia, Nasarawa State, says it has provided facilities and recruited competent academic staff to facilitate the accreditation of two courses by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE).
Seven of the ten 10 states under the Enugu Field Office of the United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) have committed N42 million to the development of strategic planning in the education sector.
Media Trust Limited, publishers of Daily Trust, Weekly Trust and Sunday Trust as well as Aminiya, the Hausa newspaper, places a lot of premium on its social responsibility and that is why it is granting scholarships to eligible students of tertiary institutions and helping orphanages, Hajiya Rahmatu Ahmed Adio, a senior accountant with the company's Kaduna Bureau has said.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said that the 70 years retirement age for university lecturers should be based on performance and not made automatic.
National Mathematical Centre (NMC) has concluded one month training in Dual Hand Abacus Mental Arithmetic for 66 children drawn from the six geopolitical zones in the country.
TEARS of joy rolled down from the eyes of Hannah Ojo as she was announced a grand prize winner of this year's edition of the Campuslife Award co-organised by the Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited and Nigerian Bottling Company.
A total of 516,890 pupils sat Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) this year. This is the first time such a number has been recorded since Universal Primary Education was introduced 12 years ago.
The Principal District Officer (development) Gobe Macha has said that a plot has been secured for the construction of a community junior secondary school at the Gerald Estates location.
The newly appointed Education Minister, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi has revealed her plans for the controversy-riddled ministry.
The Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) has explained that 35 candidates who sat the Primary School Leaving Examinations (PSLE) were not graded because they did not do all the subjects.
Female students who are studying accountancy, architecture, engineering, law and medicine in public universities in the country are to benefit from a special scholarship scheme which is meant to increase the representation of females in these professional fields of study as well as in leadership position.
GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state, has said his education policy is to ensure a sound education for everybody in the state.
88 teachers' trainers specializing in Mathematics and Science subjects are currently undertaking a ten-day training organized by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Kigali.
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