Noticia África

Transforming Higher Education in Africa

Publicado: 27 octubre 2022

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Dale clic para escuchar” voice=”UK English Female”] Africa/October 27, 2022/By. MOHA ENNAJI/Source: https://www.project-syndicate.org/ The COVID-19 pandemic has had a particularly devastating effect on African universities, revealing vast inequalities and a lack of technological capacity. Fixing higher education on the continent requires greater investment in scientific research and placing social justice at the center of […]

How girls’ education advocates like Gloria are keeping girls in the picture following COVID-19 in Nigeria

Publicado: 20 octubre 2022

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Dale clic para escuchar” voice=”UK English Female”] Nigeria/October 20, 2022/By. UNESCO In sub-Saharan Africa, the pandemic has deepened pre-existing gender inequalities: girls and young women are the first to leave school, the least likely to learn from home and the last to return to the classroom. In Nigeria, an overwhelming majority of out-of-school children […]

Nigeria university lecturers end 8-month strike

Publicado: 19 octubre 2022

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Dale clic para escuchar” voice=”UK English Female”] Nigeria/October 19, 2022/By: jsi/rt (AP, Reuters)/Source: https://www.dw.com/ The union organizing the industrial action warned, however, that issues over an increase in pay and better funding for the education sector had still not been resolved. Nigerian public university lecturers have suspended a strike over pay. It brings to an end, at […]

Nigeria’s university lecturers end eight-month strike

Publicado: 15 octubre 2022

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Dale clic para escuchar” voice=”UK English Female”] Nigeria/October 15, 2022/Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Millions of students have been at home since February 14, the latest in a long wave of nationwide strikes. Nigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended an eight-month strike, the group has said on social media. ASUU, the umbrella body for […]

Nigeria’s future heavily dependent on education —Buhari

Publicado: 10 octubre 2022

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Dale clic para escuchar” voice=”UK English Female”] Nigeria/October 10, 2022/By Joseph Erunke/Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/ PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday Nigeria’s future relied heavily on education, noting that no society could grow beyond its educational attainments. The President said it was in consideration of such development that his government was determined to return teachers, teaching and […]

Nigeria: Ekiti University ASUU Turns Down Request to Resume As School Matriculates New Students

Publicado: 8 octubre 2022

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Dale clic para escuchar” voice=”UK English Female”] Nigeria/October 08, 2022/By Josiah Oluwole/Source: https://allafrica.com/ The lecturers claimed the university management was owing its staff N11 billion. The Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti (EKSU) on Thursday formally opened for academic activities with the matriculation of 4,000 students. But the Academic Staff Union of Universities, EKSU branch, has distanced itself […]