Noticia África

How Niger State Lawmakers Are Under-developing Education Despite Multimillion-naira Intervention Projects

Publicado: 14 septiembre 2020

Nigeria/September 14, 2020/BY OYETUNDE TOBI/Source: http://saharareporters.com/ In this investigation, Oyetunde Oluwatobi visited the North central state of Niger to check the present state of constituency projects that have enjoyed huge budgetary allocations since 2015. Niger State is located in the North-Central region of Nigeria. It is regarded as the biggest state in the country, occupying […]

La UNESCO recuerda que leer es la base del desarrollo mientras la COVID-19 aumenta las desigualdades

Publicado: 13 septiembre 2020

UNESCO/13 de septiembre 2020/Fuente: https://es.unesco.org/ 773 millones de adultos y jóvenes en todo el mundo carecen de competencias básicas de lectoescritura. Con motivo del Día Internacional de la Alfabetización, que se celebra anualmente el 8 de septiembre, la UNESCO organiza una Conferencia Internacional virtual sobre la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de la alfabetización en el marco de la crisis de la […]

South Africa: Education emergency’ as third of world’s children lack remote learning

Publicado: 13 septiembre 2020

South Africa/September 13, 2020/By Nita Bhalla, Thomson Reuters Foundation/Source: https://www.moneyweb.co.za/ One in three schoolchildren across the world have been unable to access remote learning during coronavirus school closures, the UN children’s agency said on Thursday, warning of a “global education emergency”. Nearly 1.5 billion children were affected by school closures as countries locked down to prevent […]

Africa and the Middle East: Education Outcomes Fund (EOF) announces hosting by UNICEF, global expansion to tackle learning crisis

Publicado: 11 septiembre 2020

Africa and the Middle East/September 11, 2020/By: PRWeb/ Source: https://www.sfgate.com/ The Education Outcomes Fund (EOF) announces today that it is moving to operate as an independent trust fund hosted by UNICEF. It is also expanding its operations in Africa and the Middle East to become a global fund. This expansion is based on the growing […]

Nigeria: Kano recruits 10,000 teachers for free education

Publicado: 10 septiembre 2020

Nigeria/September 10, 2020/Source: https://thenationonlineng.net/ •Disburses N880m for schools’ renovation To boost education in Kano, the state government has recruited over 10,000 teachers in primary and secondary schools. Speaking at the National Consultative Workshop on the ECOWAS Post-2020 Vision, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, said the recruitment would fast-track the implementation of Kano State’s free Compulsory Education […]

South Africa: North West education MEC says pupils will not be mass progressed to higher grades

Publicado: 8 septiembre 2020

South Africa/ 08 September 2020/ Source/ https://citizen.co.za/ ‘All learners will be progressed to higher grades according to their performance. There will never be ‘pass one, pass all’,’ says Mmaphefo Matsemela. Performance will be the only measure when it comes to progressing to the next grade at North West schools next year, education MEC Mmaphefo Matsemela […]