Noticia África

Yahaya Bello pledges 30% budgetary allocation to education sector

Publicado: 18 octubre 2021

Nigeria/October 18, 2021/Source: https://guardian.ng/ Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has promised a 30 per cent allocation to the education sector in the state’s 2022 budget. This shows a 10 per cent increase from the current 20 per cent. Mr Onogwu Muhammed, Chief Press Secretary to Bello disclosed this in a statement issued in Lokoja on […]

Uruguay: Felipe Schipani presentó proyecto de ley para que instituciones públicas de educación terciaria aseguren modalidad virtual a estudiantes

Publicado: 14 octubre 2021

Uruaguy/14 de octubre 2021/Fuente: https://ladiaria.com.uy/ El diputado colorado pretende que se modifique la ley de educación para darle un marco legal a la virtualidad. El diputado por el Partido Colorado Felipe Schipani presentó un proyecto de ley para que las instituciones públicas de educación terciaria aseguren las modalidades a distancia y semipresenciales en el dictado […]

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 […]