Noticia África

Transforming Nigeria: How 1.5 million girls found their way to school

Publicado: 25 octubre 2023

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Dale clic para escuchar” voice=”UK English Female”] Nigeria/October 25, 2023/Source: https://unsdg.un.org/ Nigeria’s child population is large and growing. Children (0-18 years) account for half of the 210 million strong population. By 2030, when all children should have access to inclusive, quality education, Nigeria will account for 17 per cent of the children in Africa […]

Cómo las universidades de Senegal empoderan a niñas y mujeres mediante la transmisión de competencias y la formación en iniciativa empresarial

Publicado: 21 octubre 2023

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Escuchar la noticia” voice=”Spanish Latin American Female”] Senegal/20 de octubre 2023/Fuente: https://www.unesco.org/ “La formación en competencias e iniciativa empresarial me ayudó como emprendedora a tener más posibilidades de éxito con mi empresa”, afirma Betty Kane, graduada recientemente del Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Biología Aplicada de la École Supérieure Polytechnique de Dakar (Senegal). Betty […]

To prosper, Africa’s children and youth must learn

Publicado: 18 agosto 2023

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Dale clic para escuchar” voice=”UK English Female”] By Safaa El-Kogali More African children have access to education than ever before. But learning outcomes are low. The World Bank estimates that 89 percent of African children are “learning poor”—unable to read and understand a basic text at age 10 or when they complete third grade. The World […]

How poor leadership, funding frustrate basic education in northern Nigeria

Publicado: 14 agosto 2023

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Dale clic para escuchar” voice=”UK English Female”] Nigeria/August 14, 2023/By: Justin Tyopuusu, Ted Odogwu, Tukur Muntari, Armstrong Bakam, Chika Otuchikere, and Uthman Abubakar/Source: https://punchng.com/ It was a cold morning in Lau Local Government Area of Taraba State. The date was Tuesday, May 23, 2023, and time was a few minutes after 10. One of our […]

The trouble with Nigeria’s education curriculum

Publicado: 11 agosto 2023

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Dale clic para escuchar” voice=”UK English Female”] By: Charles Ogwo …lack of originality, mother-tongue, others seen as real issues with the curriculum It was Lilian Kartz who once said, “Curriculum should help children make deeper and fuller understanding of their own experience.” The state of education in the country is a cause for concern, […]

Increasing tuition may deepen Nigeria’s education crisis, UK charity founder warns

Publicado: 5 agosto 2023

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Dale clic para escuchar” voice=”UK English Female”] Nigeria/August 05, 2023/By: Waliat Musa/Source: https://guardian.ng/ Chief Executive Officer of the UK charity, IA-Foundation, Mrs. Ibironke Adeagbo, has warned that increasing tuition in Nigerian universities could compound the crisis plaguing the country’s education sector. Speaking against the backdrop of increase in fees by some universities in the country, […]