Noticia África

South Africa: Education emergency’ as third of world’s children lack remote learning

Publicado: 13 septiembre 2020

South Africa/September 13, 2020/By Nita Bhalla, Thomson Reuters Foundation/Source: https://www.moneyweb.co.za/ One in three schoolchildren across the world have been unable to access remote learning during coronavirus school closures, the UN children’s agency said on Thursday, warning of a “global education emergency”. Nearly 1.5 billion children were affected by school closures as countries locked down to prevent […]

Africa and the Middle East: Education Outcomes Fund (EOF) announces hosting by UNICEF, global expansion to tackle learning crisis

Publicado: 11 septiembre 2020

Africa and the Middle East/September 11, 2020/By: PRWeb/ Source: https://www.sfgate.com/ The Education Outcomes Fund (EOF) announces today that it is moving to operate as an independent trust fund hosted by UNICEF. It is also expanding its operations in Africa and the Middle East to become a global fund. This expansion is based on the growing […]

Nigeria: Kano recruits 10,000 teachers for free education

Publicado: 10 septiembre 2020

Nigeria/September 10, 2020/Source: https://thenationonlineng.net/ •Disburses N880m for schools’ renovation To boost education in Kano, the state government has recruited over 10,000 teachers in primary and secondary schools. Speaking at the National Consultative Workshop on the ECOWAS Post-2020 Vision, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, said the recruitment would fast-track the implementation of Kano State’s free Compulsory Education […]

South Africa: North West education MEC says pupils will not be mass progressed to higher grades

Publicado: 8 septiembre 2020

South Africa/ 08 September 2020/ Source/ https://citizen.co.za/ ‘All learners will be progressed to higher grades according to their performance. There will never be ‘pass one, pass all’,’ says Mmaphefo Matsemela. Performance will be the only measure when it comes to progressing to the next grade at North West schools next year, education MEC Mmaphefo Matsemela […]

Nigeria: Addressing infrastructure deficits in the education sector

Publicado: 7 septiembre 2020

Nigeria/September 07, 2020/Source: https://thenationonlineng.net/ Literacy is said to be an essential component of the right to education and a prerequisite for accessing other forms of human rights. CHINAKA OKORO writes that the government should take advantage of this year’s International Literacy Day to address infrastructure deficits in the education sector to ensure that youths and adults have […]

Nigeria: Kwara Govt. seeks N7.1bn loan to access UBEC funds for basic education

Publicado: 6 septiembre 2020

Nigeria/September 06, 2020/Source: https://promptnewsonline.com/ The Kwara Executive Cabinet has granted approval for the government to seek a N7.1billion loan facility from a bank as counterpart fund to access over N14 billion outstanding Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) funds. A statement issued in Ilorin on Saturday by the Commissioner for Communication, Mrs Harriet Afolabi-Osatimehin quoted the […]