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Don’t see education as means of getting govt jobs, Buhari tells Nigerian youths

Publicado: 6 enero 2022

Nigeria/January 06, 2022/By: Vincent Ufuoma/Source: https://www.icirnigeria.org/ PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has told Nigerian youths not to see education as a tool to secure jobs in government offices. Buhari said this during an interview with Channels Television on Wednesday. He said that education should be seen, among other things, as an opportunity for self-improvement. “I wish when […]

South Africa’s basic education needs a major revision in 2022

Publicado: 5 enero 2022

South Africa/January 05, 2022/By Maryke Bailey/Source: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/ Government often thinks big but implements small. A teacher offers a few solutions to the myriad problems faced by an education sector bashed by Covid-19. We’ve failed the year. We’re thinking of dropping out and getting internships instead,” a 16-year-old tells me. “Internships?” I asked, puzzled. “Oh, we can do […]

Audit report highlights N5 billion suspicious transactions in Nigerian Law School’s financial books

Publicado: 3 enero 2022

Nigeria/January 03, 2022/By: Ameh Ejekwonyilo/Source: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/ The 2019 audit report raises issues of misapplication, diversion, misappropriation of public funds, non-remittance of taxes, and payment of contractors without supporting documents… The Council for Legal Education, the body that runs the Nigerian Law School, spent over N5 billion in violation of financial regulations in 2019, the latest […]

DIGITAL COOPERATION ORGANIZATION ADDS RWANDA AS EIGHTH MEMBER

Publicado: 28 diciembre 2021

Rwanda/ 28 December, 2021/ Source/ https://lamacta.com/ RIYADH: The Digital Cooperation Organization has expanded to include Rwanda as the eighth member country, with the DCO currently representing about half a billion people. Dima Al-Yahya, Secretary-General of the Regional Coordination Office, told Arab News that the organization, which also includes Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan […]

NTI laments dearth of special education teachers in Nigeria

Publicado: 28 diciembre 2021

Nigeria/December 28, 2021/By Evelyn Usman/Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/ The National Teachers Institute, NTI, Kaduna has decried the inadequate number of teachers in Special Education Needs and Disabilities, SENDs, that would impact knowledge in pupils with different forms of disabilities in the nation’s Primary and Secondary schools. To fill the vacuum, it disclosed that it had trained over […]

Gender-responsive education in emergency in Nigeria

Publicado: 27 diciembre 2021

Nigeria/December 27, 2021/By: Edem Dorothy Ossai/Source: https://www.brookings.edu/ Safeguarding girls’ presents and futures This policy brief highlights ways that a gender-responsive perspective can be fully incorporated into planning, policy design, and implementation models for education in emergencies (EiE) in Nigeria, so that governments and education stakeholders can ensure that girls, like boys, can continue learning in […]