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Nigeria: Jigawa to Sponsor a Hundred Graduating Science Students to UK
Jigawa State Government will henceforth be sponsoring 100 best secondary graduating science students to study in the United Kingdom every year, Governor Sule Lamido, has said. Governor Lamido who disclosed this during the end of year session with journalists in the state at the weekend, said it is part of his administration strategy to reposition the educational sector in the state, adding that it is the responsibility of government to provide quality education for the younger generation.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 12:12

Nigeria: Edo to Host Quranic Recitation Competition
Edo State government in collaboration with the Centre for Islamic Studies, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto is hosting the 23rd edition of Qur'anic Recitation Competition slated for 9 - 13th January, 2009 at the Sports Pavilion, Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 11:41

Nigeria: Army Will Continue to Support Educational Development, Says GOC 82 Division
THE General Officer Commanding 82 Division, Nigeria Army, Enugu, Major General Adamu Ibrahim yesterday commissioned newly constructed 14 classroom -- one storey building at the Command Day Secondary School, Enugu with an assurance that the army would continue to support the development of education in the country.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 11:18

U.S.-Based Doctors Pioneer Laparoscopic Surgery in Rivers State
Undoubtedly, there has been several attempts to effectively address the knowledge and skills deficit in the healthcare workforce in the country.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 09:51

Nigeria: 55th Education Council Meeting Opens in Abuja
The 55th National Council on Education (NCE) has opened in abuja with a call for renewed commitment to restoring the education system for global competitiveness.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 09:32

ASUU Sues FG Over Varsities' Governing Councils
The Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) has sued the Federal Government over the failure of President Umaru Musa Yar'adua to reconstitute the Governing Councils of federal universities, which were dissolved on October 23, 2007.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 09:14

South Africa: Jump in Maths Pass Rate Raises Eyebrows
THE large jump in the number of matriculants who passed mathematics at a level roughly equivalent to an old higher-grade pass is causing concern.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 08:07

South Africa: Matriculants May Not Know Enough to Specialise
ONE of the larger questions hanging over the new matric curriculum - written for the first time last year - is how those who passed mathematics well enough to study university-level courses that require the subject will fare this year.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 08:07

Zimbabwe: Anxiety Grows Over Grade 7 Results
ANXIETY has gripped prospective Form One pupils who sat for Grade 7 examinations last year with Zimsec failing to give exact dates for the release of results ahead of the first term that begins next Tuesday.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 08:05

Uganda: Makerere Looks for New VC
MAKERERE University Council has started searching for a new vice-chancellor to replace Prof. Livingstone Luboobi whose contract expires on May 31.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 07:53

Zimbabwe: Fees Decision On Cards
GOVERNMENT is still considering fee applications submitted by schools and will tomorrow announce its position regarding the charging of the fees in foreign currency.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 07:48

Nigeria: Govt Rehabilitates Schools With N189 Million
Sokoto State Government has spent N189 million on the rehabilitation of three secondary schools in the state.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 12:43

Nigeria: Govt to Establish Science Schools
Kogi State Government has said it would establish additional science secondary schools to the existing 18 and employ more qualified teachers to help salvage the declining quality of education.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 12:29

South Africa: Pupils 'Excel' in Maths And Science
Despite coming from disadvantaged backgrounds, pupils at a Khayelitsha school specialising in maths and science clinched a 100 percent matric pass rate.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 11:54

Nigeria: Asup Suspends Strike
The nationwide strike by Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), scheduled to begin today has been shelved, following a tripartite meeting held weekend, by ASUP executives, Minister of Education, Dr Sam Egwu and Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Dr Nuru Yakubu.THISDAY gathered that Egwu had requested the union to give government six months to examine its demands.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 11:41

Nigeria: Matsuura, Unesco DG, Visits Country
Director-General, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Mr Koichiro Matsuura, arrives Nigeria today on a four-day visit that will take him to Abuja, Lagos and Abeokuta.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 11:32

Rwanda: Gabiro Student Tours the U.S.
Emile Nsegiyumva, a 19 year old student in Gabiro high school in the Gatsibo district early this week returned to Rwanda after a three-week tour of the United States.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 09:34

Nigeria: Govt Employs 1,000 Teachers
As part of its effort to ensure the provision of qualitative education in Kano State , the state government has employed 1000 teachers.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 09:06

Angola: Education Sector Gains 21 Schools in 2009
The education network will be reinforced in this school year with opening of 21 new technical schools in various provinces of the country, in the ambit of expanding the teaching implemented by the Government since 2007.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 08:53

Rwanda: Over 34,000 Orphans Given School Supplies
CHF International, a non-profit humanitarian aid organisation, has donated school materials to at least 34,000 orphans and vulnerable children ahead of the beginning of the academic year.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 08:09

Rwanda: Diaspora Students Complete Ingando
Rwandan students from various universities and other institutions of higher learning outside the country yesterday completed a ten-day civic education training popularly known as Ingando.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 08:09

Uganda: Makerere University Gets Sh19 Million
MAKERERE University has received $10,000 (about sh19m) to train women entrepreneurs.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 08:05

Uganda: PLE Out Next Week
THE Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) results are scheduled to be released next week, Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) said on Friday.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 08:05

Zimbabwe: Fees - Balance Viability, Access
WHILE we understand that, with the introduction of the Foreign Exchange Licensed Warehouses and Shops, most products and services can only be accessed using hard currency, and that to be viable, schools have to charge fees in hard currency, we feel there is need to strike a balance between school viability and access to education.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 07:33

Eritrea: Company Implements Projects Worth 200 Million Nakfa Over Couple of Years - Manager
Mereb Construction Company implemented major development and reconstruction projects worth about 200 million Nakfa over the past couple of years, according to Lt. Colonel Haile Mesfin, manager of the company.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 18:19

Nigeria: Will Jos Regain Its Lost Glory?
The erstwhile serene city of Jos made famous by its attractive weather has been turned into a hotbed of ethno-religious conflagration with heavy tolls in both lives and property.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 12:26

Nigeria: Egwu Unveils Agenda for Education
Minister of Education, Dr. Sam Egwu, has vowed to embark on far-reaching changes that would turn around Nigeria's troubled education sector.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 12:26

Nigeria: Anambra Returns 18 Schools to Owners
Anambra State government has announced immediate return of 18 schools to its owners.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 12:07

Nigeria: Anambra Returns 18 Mission Schools
ANAMBRA State government has returned 18 secondary schools originally built by Churches to them as part of the state government's determination to strengthen its partnership with non-governmental organizations.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 11:55

Nigeria: Uniabuja Teaching Hospital Approves New Public Relations Policy
The University of Abuja Teaching Hospital Gwagwalada, FCT, has approved a new public relations policy authorising only the Chief Medical Director (CMD) to speak to the press.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 11:55

Nigeria: Cleric Tasks Muslims on Female Education
An Abuja-based Muslim cleric has called on Muslims in the country to educate their children, especially the female ones, in order to eradicate poverty from the society.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 11:32

Nigeria: Need for Sam Egwu to Adopt Various Options of Funding
Prominent among the reasons for poor implementation of the various initiatives that have been introduced for the purpose of rejuvenating the nation's education system is unsustainable funding.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 11:13

Nigeria: Chevron Boosts Engineering At Yabatech
The on-going efforts at instilling in Nigerian students skills and competencies relevant to the economic and technological development of the country received a big boost with the donation of N5 million worth Auto-card Computer Assisted Design and Drafting equipment (CADD) to Yaba College of Technology by Chevron Nigeria Limited last Monday.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 11:13

Nigeria: Skills Oriented Education is What Country Needs - Ibeneche, LNG MD
The nation's educational system equips students only with explicit knowledge which exposes students to learning by rote without necessarily leading to the acquisition of skills badly needed for production processes.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 11:13

Nigeria: LG Employs Graduates As Casual Teachers
The Danja Local Government Council in Katsina has employed 103 graduates as casual teachers and posted them to primary schools.The Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Balarabe, stated this last year in Danja while briefing newsmen on the achievements of the council in the past eight months.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 11:13

Nigeria: 2008 - Education Still in Limbo
As 2008 rolled away, the year will be remembered for the turbulence, turmoil, upheaval, neglect and stagnation that characterised education sector.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 11:13

Ethiopia: Professor Merid W. Aregay Dies
Influential historian and acclaimed scholar Professor Merid W. Aregay passed away yesterday at the age of 74 at the Black Lion Hospital where he was being treated for his illness the past month, sources told The Daily Monitor.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 11:00

Nigeria: Ukraine Govt Partners Nigeria On Maritime Education
The Ukrainian government has commenced moves to partner with the federal government in the area of human resource development with a view to reducing the problem of unemployment in Africa, just as its ambassador in Nigeria recently commissioned the Oyo main Campus of the African Maritime Academy.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 10:59

Nigeria: Sokoto Donates Computers to Law Students
The Sokoto State government has donated a set of computer to each of the 15 students from the state studying at the Nigerian Law School, Bwari, Abuja.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 10:53

Nigeria: Niger to Partner Uni-Ilorin for Admission
Niger State government has concluded plans to partner with University of Ilorin in the area of admission. This was disclosed by the state governor, Dr Muazu Babangida Aliyu when he received a dele-gation from the university who came on an appreciation visit to the Government House, Minna on Wednesday.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 10:52

Nigeria: Govt Returns 18 Schools to Owners
Anambra State government has announced the immediate return of schools to its owners. Some of the school immediately handed over in the first phase of the exercise are: Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha; Girls Secondary School, Onitsha; Christ the King College, Onitsha; Queen of the Rosary Collage, Onitsha; Mater Amabilis Secondary School, Umuoji; Girls Secondary School, Umudioka; St. Peters Secondary School, Achina; All Saints Secondary School, Umuneze; Girls Secondary School, Ozubulu; Girls Secocndary School, Nnewi; Boys Secondary School, Oraifite; Comprehensive Secondary School, Nawfia and Girls Secondary School, Awka;
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 10:51

Nigeria: Sokoto Presents Laptops to Law Students
Sokoto State government has presented laptop computer sets worth about N2 million to 15 of its indigenes studying at the Nigerian Law School.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 10:45

Nigeria: Council Budgets N10 Million for Scholarship Fund
Kwali Area Council has budgeted N10m for scholarship to assist less privileged indigent students in various tertiary institutions across the country.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 10:45

Nigeria: Danja LG Recruits 103 Teachers
Danja local council in Katsina state has recruited 103 ad hoc teachers to boost its teaching staff in both primary and secondary schools in the area.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 10:45

Nigeria: Okebukola Supports Planned Ranking of Varsities
Adon, Prof. Peter Okebukola, yesterday, gave nod to the plan by the National Universities Commission (NUC) to embark on grading of universities in the country.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 10:41

Nigeria: Corrupt Lecturers
Delivering a speech at the recent convocation ceremony of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, on behalf of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, the permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Goke Adegoroye, accused university teachers of bribery and corruption.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 10:41