Noticia África

COVID-19 and Women in Morocco: Housework Prevents Girls From Education

Publicado: 25 febrero 2021

Morocco/February 25, 2021/By: Yahia Hatim/Source: https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/ Housework and daily chores have significantly impacted the ability of Moroccan girls to follow remote classes during the COVID-19 lockdown, a recent study has found. The impact was further aggravated after Morocco’s Ministry of Education announced in May 2020 the cancellation or postponement of exams, according to a report published today by the […]

UNICEF Laos: national distribution of COVID-response learning materials with support from the Global Partnership for Education

Publicado: 23 febrero 2021

UNICEF/ 23 February 2021/ Source/ C/laos/press-rele Materials provided are worth $3.6 million and will help implement the Education Response Plan of the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) Vientiane, 22 February – Today, UNICEF provided textbooks, teachers’ guides and other learning materials to the MoES for about 760,000 Lao students from pre-primary to secondary school, and […]

Tomorrow Education Foundation Building Schools – and Hope – for Children in Cameroon

Publicado: 18 febrero 2021

Cameroon/February 18, 2021/By: Scribendi Digital Marketing/Source: https://world.einnews.com/ Creating opportunity through education in one of the world’s poorest countries is a tall order. But that is a challenge eagerly accepted by Blaise Mbargorba, a 7-foot tall basketball player who recently graduated from Boston University. A native of Cameroon, Mbargorba, he was able to turn his height and athletic […]

Nigeria: Proliferation of private varsities won’t solve education problems—ASUU

Publicado: 17 febrero 2021

Nigeria/February 17, 2021/ By: Grace Edema/Source: https://punchng.com/ The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said that the proliferation of private universities in the country will not solve the problems of access and quality education. While reacting to the newly approved 20 private universities by the National Universities Commission, national president, ASUU, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, in […]

Education Versus Development in Namibia

Publicado: 17 febrero 2021

Namibia/February 17, 2021/By: FRITZ H DAUSAB/Source: https://www.namibian.com.na/ “Education is both a tool of social justice as well as a fundamental driver of economic development.” – Kevin Rudd SINCE independence, Namibia has budgeted billions and billions of dollars for the education sector. There is nothing wrong with this if we believe that those billions are an […]

Nigeria: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala es la primera mujer y primera africana al frente de la OMC

Publicado: 16 febrero 2021

Nigeria/ 16 Febrero 2021/ Fuente/ https://aristeguinoticias.com/ Su principal desafío será intentar sacar de su crisis existencial a la organización, socavada por la administración Trump durante los últimos cuatro años. Por Redacción AN / BDL por RF Foto: Reuters Lucile Gimberg La economista nigeriana Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala se convirtió este lunes en la primera mujer y la primera africana al […]