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Adzokpe, Jonathan There have been many proponents who have argued that Ghana’s educational system needs reforms. One of recent comments was made by Dr. Ekow Spio-Garbrah, who’s now the President of the Dominion University and a one-time Minister of Education. … read more »
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By getuabebe Over the past two decades, the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has carried out far-reaching institutional and policy reforms to transform itself from a centrally planned, Marxist regime to the facilitator of a stable market … read more »
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Tagged Drinking water, Education, Environmental degradation, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Fund for Agricultural Development, sub-Saharan Africa, United Nations Development Programme
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TORONTO – The Toronto District School Board has voted in favour of cutting 248 secondary school teacher positions. Eight vice-principal positions were also eliminated as Canada’s largest school board tries to trim a $55 million deficit. Special education teachers and … read more »
Mawi Asgedom, who immigrated to the U.S. at age 7 and later graduated from Harvard and now develops school curriculums, speaks to students at All Saints’ Academy in Winter Haven. By GREG PARLIER LEDGER MEDIA GROUP CORRESPONDENT WINTER HAVEN | … read more »
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By Khadra Abdille, Minnesota Literacy Council I’m from Somalia in East Africa; I grew up in North Somalia. I was born able to hear, and throughout most of my life I could hear. When I was 14 years old I … read more »
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Tagged Argentine Sign Language, ASL, East Africa, Education, Hearing impairment, IndepthAfrica, Lip reading, Sign language, Somalia
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By:Emmanuel Agyenfra Boateng. Forget applying for College of Education,Midwifery and Nursing Training and any of the security forces training schools if you don’t know any body.I know so many readers will have their personal reservations to make about this topic.A … read more »
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It has been common knowledge over a period that results of our first cycle education tests have been abysmal and this should underline the fact that Ghana is at moment non-competitive as a nation. And these low levels of educational … read more »
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By Nasiru Suleiman On Sunday July 22, 2012, I was at the ECWA Church, Angwar Rimi Hausa section in Kaduna. It was the rounding-off of the Children’s Week of prayers and to celebrate the day, the children lined up some … read more »
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Betty Mould Iddrisu There is a harsh reality about women’s leadership in Africa. I have dreamt it and lived it. Gradually, women are penetrating historical barriers that have up till very recently been closed to us, barriers that limited women’s … read more »
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Samuel Abonyo We Kenyans have acquired another instrument for perpetuating ethnic groups, ethnic accounting. In its latest ethnic accounting figures, published in February this year, the National Cohesion And Integration Commission (NCIC), claims that, with over 80 per cent, ‘the … read more »
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By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye Great expectations are usually piled on our universities as very essential intellectual factories for the production of reliable human resources for achieving our lofty dreams and aspirations as a people. That is what it should be. Every … read more »
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Professor Stephen Adei, Past Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), on Sunday observed that 50 per cent of children in Ghana do not go beyond nine years of education. “After 55 years of independence, it … read more »
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Security has been tightened in Sokoto as President Goodluck Jonathan visits the state to inaugurate the Federal Government Model Almajiri School. The Almajiri School project is part of the programmes initiated by the Federal Government to combat the poor education … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Almajiri, Education, Federal Executive Council, Federal Government, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Northern United States, Sokoto
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By Hila Weisberg Ethiopian immigrants without work experience are worst-paid group, unseating Arab Israelis, a new study finds. Ethiopian immigrants without work experience have unseated Arab Israelis for the title of the lowest-earning group in Israeli society, a new study … read more »
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Mozambique’s consumer inflation slowed to 6.14 percent year-on-year in December from 8.6 percent in November, the National Institute of Statistics said on Thursday. The agency said in a statement inflation averaged 11.17 percent in 2011, braking from an average of … read more »
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October 27, 2011 by benim
Juba – Newly independent South Sudan will change the language of schooling to English this year, shrugging off decades of Arabic imposed from the north, the government announced on Wednesday. The new nation’s parliament passed the Higher and General Education … read more »
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September 14, 2011 by benim
A senior teacher at Othandweni Primary School is alleged to have raped a pupil (15) inside a classroom with other young pupils. The alleged sex act was done during a maths class, in front of other pupils. The Swazi Observer … read more »
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September 2, 2011 by benim
Libreville – The nine leaders of trade unions in Gabon’s educational sector on Friday went on hunger strike outside the Saint-Mary Cathedral in Libreville, to support wage claims. “The leaders of the Conasysed (National Convention of Education Sector Trade Unions) … read more »
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Following my article re: Is there equality of opportunity in Ghana’s educational system, and scanning the internet, and Charlotte Asamani: http://www.isec2000.org.uk/abstracts/papers_a/asamani_1.htm we need to fight for equality of our educational system. There is currently a wide gap between those with … read more »
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Johannesburg – Some 15 000 teaching posts remain vacant in government schools in Zimbabwe owing to reluctance by school leavers to join the profession, Zimbabwe’s Herald online reported on Monday. The vacant posts were increasing despite government granting amnesty to … read more »
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Providing equality of opportunity of education is not an option but a legal requirement for every country with a long-term vision. A country’s future economic backbone relies on education. This is because education provides children with opportunities to escape poverty, … read more »
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The Government of Ghana has demonstrated, since independence that several functions could be better run by private enterprise, at local level or discontinued. Recent reports about corruption in all sectors of the Ghanaian government underscore the need to take critical … read more »
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At 8:00 pm Joana Charles waits outside her class for her history teacher at a school in Mozambique’s capital, while hundreds of children run and play and shout in the dark. Lights from the single-story classrooms throw yellow pools on … read more »
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Let us start by re-locating the capital (Part III) By Dr. A. Ofori Quaah (Flitwick, Bedfordshire, UK) “Hello, I am Indian. I was in Ghana for 5 months recently. I made some observations. I think Ghanaians have potential to rise. … read more »
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More than half of parents do not think sex education should be taught to children at school, according to a new survey. Many think it is inappropriate to teach children about sex, whilst others think it should be a parents’ … read more »
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A spectre is haunting our fatherland. What a spectre!, that is occasioned by the palpable atmosphere of discontent, feelings of dispossession, sense of abandonment and ignominy of existence writ large in our land. Horror-struck and appallingly exasperated that in a … read more »
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Child brides are not only robbed of childhood, but also face a range of health risks. USAID targets attitudes, education, and empowerment. It all starts at the community level. credit: Pathfinder-Ethiopia Yeshi Alem, left, educates her village about the perils … read more »
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Pietermaritzburg – No fewer than 17 260 pregnancies were recorded in KwaZulu-Natal schools last year, the provincial education MEC said on Thursday. “There is one school in Zululand in which 60 pupils fell pregnant in one year and that is … read more »
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The country’s education sector is not producing the kind of labor force that industry needs, the World Bank has said. According to the Bank, rather than producing the welders and other vocational trainees, many of the youth being churned out … read more »
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February 3, 2011 by benim
The school was in the spotlight last week after 57 pupils were found to be pregnant last month. The youngest pregnant girl is 13 years old. The school’s enrolment stands at 1078 pupils – 382 boys and 696 girls. Health … read more »
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