Noticia África

Girl Education: Nigeria Boosts AGILE Project With $700m

Publicado: 8 noviembre 2022

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Dale clic para escuchar” voice=”UK English Female”] Nigeria/November 08, 2022/By: Temitope Mustapha, Abuja/Source: https://von.gov.ng/ The Nigerian Government is boosting World Bank’s 500 million dollars funding for Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment, AGILE, project with 700 million dollars. The government says this boost raises the total funding for AGILE project to the tune […]

Worries over compulsory school changes for South Africa

Publicado: 5 noviembre 2022

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Dale clic para escuchar” voice=”UK English Female”] South Africa/November 05, 2022/Source: https://businesstech.co.za/ The Department of Basic Education is in the process of analysing public commentary on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill, with opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, noting that the overwhelming majority of submissions assessed so far point to serious reservations about […]

Nigeria’s education for entrepreneurs needs to keep it real, not just in the classroom

Publicado: 2 noviembre 2022

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Dale clic para escuchar” voice=”UK English Female”] Nigeria/November 02, 2022/ Source: https://theconversation.com/ Africa is home to over 200 million people aged between 15 and 24, according to UN data. The continent has the largest population of young people in the world. This should be a sign of great productive potential. Unfortunately, youth unemployment and under-employment have […]

Transforming Higher Education in Africa

Publicado: 27 octubre 2022

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Dale clic para escuchar” voice=”UK English Female”] Africa/October 27, 2022/By. MOHA ENNAJI/Source: https://www.project-syndicate.org/ The COVID-19 pandemic has had a particularly devastating effect on African universities, revealing vast inequalities and a lack of technological capacity. Fixing higher education on the continent requires greater investment in scientific research and placing social justice at the center of […]

How girls’ education advocates like Gloria are keeping girls in the picture following COVID-19 in Nigeria

Publicado: 20 octubre 2022

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Dale clic para escuchar” voice=”UK English Female”] Nigeria/October 20, 2022/By. UNESCO In sub-Saharan Africa, the pandemic has deepened pre-existing gender inequalities: girls and young women are the first to leave school, the least likely to learn from home and the last to return to the classroom. In Nigeria, an overwhelming majority of out-of-school children […]

Nigeria university lecturers end 8-month strike

Publicado: 19 octubre 2022

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Dale clic para escuchar” voice=”UK English Female”] Nigeria/October 19, 2022/By: jsi/rt (AP, Reuters)/Source: https://www.dw.com/ The union organizing the industrial action warned, however, that issues over an increase in pay and better funding for the education sector had still not been resolved. Nigerian public university lecturers have suspended a strike over pay. It brings to an end, at […]