Noticia África

Senegal: Schools focus on basic skills to improve poorest children’s chances

Publicado: 13 octubre 2021

Senegal/October 13, 2021/ By: Andrew Jack/Source: https://www.ft.com/ At her primary school in Ndiebel, western Senegal, Marietou Diagne has seen a sharp improvement in her young pupils’ grasp of the basics of reading since she adopted a new approach to teaching two years ago. Children in the first three grades now study in Wolof, their mother […]

Nigerian education needs a skills revolution to escape its colonial roots, says SouthBridge’s Alli

Publicado: 8 octubre 2021

Nigeria/October 08, 2021/By David Whitehouse/Source: https://www.theafricareport.com/ Nigeria’s schools and universities need to break with their colonial origins and focus on the skills that the country needs in the 21st century, Andrew Alli, CEO of African investment bank SouthBridge, tells The Africa Report. Education in Nigeria needs to be “updated and made fit for purpose,” Alli says. […]

NUT, UNESCO, ILO hail Nigerian teachers for education recovery

Publicado: 6 octubre 2021

Nigeria/October 06, 2021/Source: Vanguard News Nigeria Dr Nasir Idris, President, Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has commended the doggedness of Nigerian teachers in excelling through ‘thick and thin’ in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic. He gave the commendation as they commemorated the 2021 World Teachers’ Day celebration in Abuja, on Tuesday. Idris, however, commended President […]

Nigeria: NOC takes Olympic-value education programme to universities

Publicado: 4 octubre 2021

Nigeria/October 04, 2021/By: Press Release/Source: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/ This programme is aimed at imbibing the Olympic spirit through the three core values of Olympism The 6th Edition of the Olympic Value Education programme (OVEP) held at Nile University, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, ended on Friday 1st October. The OVEP programme was designed by the International Olympic Committee […]

La “marea verde” del aborto toma impulso en América Latina

Publicado: 30 septiembre 2021

América Latina/30 de septiembre 2021/ Por: Cristina Bazán | Guayaquil/Fuente: https://www.efeminista.com/ Con la reciente despenalización del aborto en México por parte de la Suprema Corte, este país se sube a la ola de avances en materia de derechos sexuales y reproductivos que ha empezado a tomar un fuerte impulso en América Latina desde finales de 2020, cuando […]

A new take on virtual education can promote breastfeeding

Publicado: 29 septiembre 2021

South Africa/September 29, 2021/By: Jennifer Huber/Source: https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/ Feeding infants formula with invisible pathogens can cause life-threatening diarrhea and introducing solid foods too early can result in nutrient deficiencies. For reasons like these, the World Health Organization and UNICEF recommend feeding infants only breast milk for the first six months, when possible. But this guideline is rarely followed […]