Tag Archives: Student

Ghana’s educational system: do we really need reforms?

May 8, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

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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Abuse Mistaken For Discipline – A Threat To Child Right (EDUCATION)

February 18, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Keywords as define by the Collins Dictionary. Abuse: treatment of someone cruelly and violently Discipline: Practice of making people obey rules or standards and punishing them when they do not. I have had my basic and secondary education in Ghana, … read more »

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UMD Students Fight Water Crisis in Ethiopia

February 6, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Duluth, MN (NNCNOW.com) — With the help of the Duluth Rotary Club and several other local community members, students at UMD are doing all they can to fight the water crisis in Ethiopia. Students, staff and community members gathered at … read more »

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Ghanian U.S. student admits to eating victim’s heart, part of brain

June 3, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

BALTIMORE—Authorities say a Kenyan-born U.S. college student has admitted killing and eating parts of a man from Ghana who was staying with his family. More details about Alex Kinyua are coming out Friday after he was arrested this week and … read more »

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Cops hurt, 150 arrested in Chad protest

November 11, 2011 by benim

N’Djamena – Students protesting failed payment of their grants in Chad’s capital Thursday clashed with police, leaving nine officers injured and 150 people arrested, government and hospital officials said. “We deplore that nine people were injured among the police, but … read more »

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Kenya govt asks for more time to hire teachers

September 8, 2011 by benim

Kenyan Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta said on Wednesday the government could not afford to hire new teachers as demanded by thousands who went on strike this week paralysing schools in the east African country. Classrooms have remained shut for more … read more »

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Australia offers Libyan students lifeline

September 1, 2011 by benim

Australia pledged Aus$1.5 million (US$1.6 million) on Thursday to help some 650 Libyan students left destitute by the turmoil in their home country to continue studying there. Acting Foreign Minister Craig Emerson said the loan to the Libyan embassy would … read more »

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Botswana closes strike-hit schools

May 17, 2011 by benim

Gaborone – Botswana’s minister of education says schools are being closed indefinitely after student protests in support of a teachers’ strike erupted into violence. The minister, Pelonomi Venson Motoi, took the step on Monday, saying she was acting to safeguard … read more »

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Crowded Mozambique classrooms drive kids to night school

May 16, 2011 by benim

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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Botswana police fire tear gas on rioting students

May 13, 2011 by benim

GABORONE, Botswana – Police in Botswana fired tear gas on rioting students angry over a teachers’ strike. Teachers’ union secretary Justin Hunyepa says the students rioted in Molepolole, some 30 miles (50 kilometers) outside Gaborone, on Friday. He says 95 … read more »

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Ghana: Police take custody of Legon molesters

May 6, 2011 by benim

Twenty nine students of the University of Ghana, Legon have been handed over to assist in the investigations into the molestation of Amina Haruna, 25, who is suspected to have stolen a laptop and mobile phones from the Mensah Sarbah … read more »

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High school girl, 15, filmed in ‘sex show’ with 17-year-old boy at house party

May 5, 2011 by benim

A 15-year-old girl and a boy, 17, were filmed giving a live ‘sex show’ at a High School house party, police said today. Des Moines police are investigating whether Mount Rainier High School students filmed the teenagers on their cell … read more »

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Students protest in Algiers

April 12, 2011 by benim

Algiers – Thousands of students are marching in Algeria’s capital to demand the resignation of the education minister in the latest anti-government protests to sweep across the Arab world. The students are defying a longtime ban on protests in Algiers … read more »

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1000s of students protest in South Africa

March 18, 2011 by benim

Pretoria – Thousands of students belonging to the SA Students Congress (Sasco) were gathering outside the Pretoria City Hall on Friday before marching on the higher education department’s offices. Sasco secretary general Lazola Ndamase said the students were demanding that … read more »

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Student raped, robbed in residence

March 2, 2011 by benim

Stellenbosch – A 25-year-old female student was raped in a bathroom at the Irene women’s residence at the University of Stellenbosch in the early hours of Sunday morning. The suspect apparently gained access to the residence under false pretences after … read more »

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4 killed in Burkina Faso protests

February 25, 2011 by benim

Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso’s government and a witness say four people have been killed in clashes between police and demonstrators in the center of the landlocked west African nation. A government statement issued on Thursday said demonstrations started on Tuesday … read more »

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20-year-old Aderotimi died after illegal buttock enhancement injection

February 11, 2011 by benim

‘Unlicensed medical practitioner’ sought for administering silicone injection which killed Claudia Aderotimi Transgender woman suspect ‘well known’ in Philadelphia and believed to have had similar procedure during sex change Tip off came after police raided home of ‘fixer’ in New … read more »

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