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  • Counties Partner With Kenyatta University to Train Youth in Entrepreneurship

    KENYA, 2015/09/12 Counties have partnered with Kenyatta University to train youth in entrepreneurship. This follows the launch of the counties' Student Training for Entrepreneurial Promotion (STEP) programme by the university. The event was a culmination of the initial phase of the STEP programme at Kenyatta University in partnership with Kenya National Commission for UNESCO (KNATCOM - UNESCO), Leuphana University and the German Commission for UNESCO. STEP equips young people with entrepreneurial skills through training to aid them set up and run successful businesses.

  • Zimbabwe: Govt to Build 2 000 New Schools

    ZIMBABWE, 2015/08/13 Cabinet has directed the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to start the construction of 100 schools before the end of the year. In the long-term, Government intends to build 2 000 primary and secondary schools in the country's 10 provinces. Speaking to parents and pupils during the official handover of computers at Mukomberanwa Secondary School in Chirumhanzu last week, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora said Cabinet ordered his ministry to start building the schools as any minute at this time as possible.

  • Botswana Universities Critical Partners

    BOTSWANA, 2015/08/13 The Assistant Minister of Education and Skills Development Mr Kgotla Autlwetse has urged participants of the Association of African Universities (AAU) leadership workshop to assist government by raising the productivity of its people through education, training, innovation and entrepreneurial capabilities. The minister was officially opening the 8th leadership development workshop organised by the AAU in collaboration with Botho University. "My ministry carries the sacred portfolio of educating Batswana, and preparing them to participate in the local and world community as competitive employees and successful employers.

  • South Africa: China Sponsors Govt to Teach Mandarin in Schools

    CHINA, 2015/08/13 China is helping to fund a South African programme to introduce Mandarin into the national public school curriculum as an optional language in 2016, officials have said. A leading expert in Sino-Africa relations said the move will be a game changer in the country's dealings with China, but the plan has as well run into criticism, with the South African Democratic Teachers' Union (SADTU) describing the programme as "tantamount to a new form of colonisation". The Department of Basic Education confirmed that China will train hundreds of South African teachers and build three Confucius Institutes in a bid to promote Chinese culture.

  • SA is making progress on making initiation schools safer

    SOUTH AFRICA, 2015/08/01 Lizo Namba, 40, was one of seven initiates in wheelchairs with mental illnesses in Peddie, Eastern Cape, the Daily Dispatch reported. “He at no time went to school and at some stage I thought he would die. But God kept him alive and presently he is 40 and a man,” his father Thobile Namba, 71, was quoted as saying. “I was shocked and baffled at the same time as the centre approached me to say that they had identified Lizo to undergo the rite. Initial I was reluctant, fearing that he may be one of the initiates who die. I did not want to lose him. But I was convinced and gave my blessing,” he said. “If I die presently, I die happy ... My son became a man. He has his dignity as a Xhosa male. We are all proud.”

  • Left Behind – Girls' Education in Africa

    AFRICA, 2015/05/10 What would your life be like with only five years of schooling? For a lot of African girls, this is the majority education they can expect and they are the lucky ones. Across the region, 28 million girls roughly between the ages of 6 and 15 are not in school, and a lot of will at no time even set foot in a classroom. International Women’s Day (8 March) is an occasion to celebrate the tremendous evolution completed in girls’ access to education. But it is as well a stark reminder of the millions of girls who are being left behind, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.

  • President Sirleaf Launches Three-Year Operational Plan (2014-2016)

    LIBERIA, 2015/05/09 President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has launched the Ministry of Education Operational Plan (2014-2016) with a number of recommendations aimed at improving the education sector of the country. According to an Executive Mansion release, the Liberian leader made the remarks on Saturday, May 24, at the same time as she officially launched the Ministry of Education (MOE) Operational Plan (2014-2016) at the Monrovia City Hall under the theme: "Quality Education for All: Redirecting Our Next."

  • Chinese Firm Offers Scholarships to Students of Lome University

    CHINA, 2015/04/26 China Merchants Group Ltd has offered scholarships totalling to 200,000 U.S. dollars to the best performing students at Lome University. In this regard, the company's director Li Xiaopeng handed over a cheque to Togo's Higher Education Minister Octave Broohm during a ceremony held on Monday in Lome in the presence of China's ambassador to Togo Liu Yuxi and the university's vice-chancellor Messanvi Gbeassor. The donation is part of the corporate social responsibility for China Merchants Group Ltd, a member of the consortium formed to execute the Lome Container Terminal project that is aimed at making Lome port one of the key ports in West Africa with capacity to receive large ships from Asia.

  • Opportunity to leave Liberia's children with a post-Ebola legacy

    SIERRA LEONE, 2015/03/04 Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and international agency Oxfam today called on donors and others to join forces to support the government's $60 million appeal to upgrade Liberian schools with water and sanitation facilities as thousands of children across the country return to school for the initial time in six months. The international agency has been invited by the President to co-host a briefing for governments and donors on the issue and will pay its part, along with a lot of other organizations, in efforts to improve water and sanitation in schools. The call comes on the day leaders of the affected nations and senior figures from the UN, African Union and EU gather at the 'High-Level Ebola Conference' at Egmont Palace in Brussels to discuss action to finally eliminate the disease, inclunding major recovery needs.

  • South Africa s Matric Pass Rate Dips to 75.8%

    SOUTH AFRICA, 2015/01/07 South Africa's 2014 matric students completed a pass rate of 75.8%, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced at the SABC in Johannesburg on Monday. While the 75.8% pass rate represents a 2.4 % point drop from the 2013 pass rate of 78.2%, Motshekga said the bar had been raised to improve the quality of the examination outcome and enhance the quality and standard of Grade 12 graduates. "At the beginning of the exams, I did announce much additional stringent marking criteria. Marker appointments were as well audited and a tighter moderation process was put in place," Motshekga said.
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