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Ado-Ekiti — There is a sharp disagreement between two labour unions in Ekiti State on the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by teachers who are demanding upward review of their monthly wages.
For about two weeks now, teachers in both primary and secondary schools in the state have downed tools pressing for implementation of 27 percent
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Mbale — Teachers in Mbale District have threatened to lay down their tools over the district local government's failure to pay their May salaries. Although the Ministry of Finance released May salaries for teachers, the district is yet to pay its secondary teachers.
The teachers, led by Mr Simon Nandaha and Mr Peter Nangai of Nyondo
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The imminent independence of Southern Sudan is spotlighting the challenge of improving "among the world's worst" education systems, the UN said today.
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) called upon the international community "to act with a greater sense of urgency and resolve in supporting the development of a national education system," according to
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Enugu — National Association of South-eastern Nigerian Students (NASENS) is to organise an Igbo language debate for undergraduate of all the tertiary institution in the South East.
NASENS President, Comrade Kingsley Chidozie Lawrence, announced this in a press statement in Enugu made available to Daily Champion.
Chidozie explained that the debate is one
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Nairobi — Fresh questions have arisen over the accuracy of figures of the free learning programme funds stolen following a Sh400 million discrepancy by top government officials.
Prime Minister Raila Odinga has stated that the amount lost through corruption by Education ministry officials was Sh4.6 billion.
But Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta and his
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THE national conference on education that will start in about one week's time has been described as a 'Swapo conference' because the education ministry "does not want to include everyone".
The RDP's secretary for education and training, Miriam Hamutenya, said the list of invited participants excludes political parties and the private sector.
A
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Mendefera — A total of 23 new schools and additional classrooms in 13 schools are under construction in the Southern region at an expenditure of 190 million Nakfa in a bid to accommodate the growing number of students, according to Eng. Khalid Saleh, head of engineering service and project management in the region.
He explained that
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Maputo — Mozambican Justice Minister Benvinda Levi has supported the decision by Education Minister Zeferino Martins to forbid the wearing of the islamic burqa in public schools.
This became an issue because one student, Fatima Khalifa, insisted on wearing a burqa to her classes in the Fraternidade Secondary School in Pemba, capital of the northern province
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Kampala — The government has set aside unspecified amount of funds to construct secondary schools in at least 18 original districts that existed at Independence Day, by the end of this year.
The development of these educational facilities is poised to form the NRM's key achievements since it took over power in 1986, ahead of next
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The shortage of 70,000 teachers in public schools is an impediment to provision of quality education, the government admitted yesterday. Ministry of Education PS James Ole Kiyiapi said the shortage is in both primary and secondary schools.
Although the government allocated a staggering Sh200 billion to the Ministry of Education for the 2010/2011 financial year, it
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Over 50 students of Presentation of Mary Basic Cycle School in Brikama, Thursday visited the Observer Company, publisher of the Daily Observer Newspaper. The pupils were accompanied to the Observer Complex by their teachers. The visit was meant to boost the confidence of the students to take up journalism as a profession as well as get firsthand information on
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Narok University College has a shortage of 30 lecturers, the institution's Principal Prof David Serem has said. Serem said the university lacks enough lecturers in the faculties of education, business and economics and human resource.The principal said the shortage is a major challenge especially now that the college is taking more students. Serem was speaking during the orientation of
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A secondary school principal committed suicide in Nyamache in Kisii. Charles Ogetono's was found dangling in his house. The 45-year-old father of six is said to have taken ill and his wife Yunuke Mokeira said she left her husband sleeping in the house.
Mokeira said a neighbor called her to inform her that her husband had
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Osogbo — Osun State governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has assured students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, that the two owner states of Oyo and Osun will soon issue a joint statement to end the crisis rocking the institution.
The governor gave the assurance yesterday while receiving students of LAUTECH on a peaceful protest to
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CCK and stakeholders plan to block public schools access to obscene content on the Internet.
The Kenya Information Communication Amendment Act 2009 section 84D deals with obscene Internet content.
Currently, the Act lays liability on ISPs and exposes them to Sh200,000 fine of a two year jail term if convicted.
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Funding for the education sector, like in the previous years, again rose in the new budget as clearly influenced by a determination to implement a key plank of President Museveni's re-election manifesto.
Finance Minister Maria Kiwanuka yesterday said the 2011/2012 budget will continue to focus on the successes of Universal Primary and Secondary Education with an
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THREE teacher unions have commended the Government's programme to construct more schools and upgrade teachers' qualifications.
The Secondary School Teachers Union of Zambia (SESTUZ) said the Government's programme to recruit more teachers and build new schools had played a crucial role in narrowing the teacher-pupil ratio countrywide.
SESTUZ assistant director for organisation and
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Abuja — The poor attention being given to the education sector, especially at primary and junior secondary level is causing managers of the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, sleepless nights.
The Executive Secretary of the commission, Dr. Mohammed Ahmed Modibbo stated this in an interview with Daily Champion, in his office in Abuja.
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Freetown — Head of the West Africa Examination Council (WACE), while addressing an international conference on education and development at the Bank Complex in Freetown, said there were several factors responsible for the poor performance of pupils in public examinations which, according to him, needed urgent attention for an amicable solution.
The autonomous examination council head,
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Abeokuta — The newly-elected Chairman of the Committee of Registrars of Nigerian Universities (CORNU), Mr. Ayo Ogunruku, has promised that the new executive would evolve pro-active measures and mechanisms to position the body for more efficient contribution to development of the educational sector in the country.
Ogunruku, who is the Registrar of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU),
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Dar Es Salaam — The effective use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in developing countries like Tanzania is crucial in order to overcome the challenges that are faced countrywide in many sectors, and to reduce the digital divide and improve the economy.
ICT is becoming more and more integrated in societies worldwide. Its effects are
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Lagos — Nigeria LNG Limited has reconstituted the Advisory Boards for The Nigeria Prize for Science and The Nigeria Prize for Literature following the outcome of the Stakeholders Engagement Forum it held in February.
A two-time vice-chancellor of University of Ibadan, Emeritus Professor Ayo Banjo, will serve as the chairman of the Literature Board while the
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Pretoria — Youth leadership, education, health and wellness will be under the spotlight when United States First Lady Michelle Obama visits South Africa and Botswana later this month.
Spokesperson for the US Embassy in South Africa, Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau, said the trip is a continuation of Obama's work to engage young people at home and abroad,
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MADRASA education should be recognised as part of early education development, the Muslim community has said. In a memorandum to the taskforce reviewing the education system, the Muslim Education Council, Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims among other Muslim organisations said the current education system had erected obstacles to hamper Muslims from accessing it. "There are fundamental hurdles, that
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Pretoria — The South African school system has officially entered a new phase with the finalisation of the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS), which is aimed at improving the quality of education.
A total of 195 CAPS were developed and are now ready to be uploaded onto the Basic Education website for easy access by
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