Noticia África

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 […]

Nigeria: Addressing infrastructure deficits in the education sector

Publicado: 7 septiembre 2020

Nigeria/September 07, 2020/Source: https://thenationonlineng.net/ Literacy is said to be an essential component of the right to education and a prerequisite for accessing other forms of human rights. CHINAKA OKORO writes that the government should take advantage of this year’s International Literacy Day to address infrastructure deficits in the education sector to ensure that youths and adults have […]

Nigeria: Kwara Govt. seeks N7.1bn loan to access UBEC funds for basic education

Publicado: 6 septiembre 2020

Nigeria/September 06, 2020/Source: https://promptnewsonline.com/ The Kwara Executive Cabinet has granted approval for the government to seek a N7.1billion loan facility from a bank as counterpart fund to access over N14 billion outstanding Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) funds. A statement issued in Ilorin on Saturday by the Commissioner for Communication, Mrs Harriet Afolabi-Osatimehin quoted the […]

Lecturers In Nigeria’s Colleges Of Education Begin Nationwide Strike

Publicado: 4 septiembre 2020

Nigeria/September 04, 2020/BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORK/Source: http://saharareporters.com/ The COEASU President regretted that many correspondences sent to draw the attention of the government to attend to the demands of the Colleges of Education in the country failed. The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union has directed its members nationwide to immediately withdraw their services until pending […]

School in Sierra Leone takes centre stage at the World Education Week

Publicado: 2 septiembre 2020

Sierra Leone/September 02, 2020/By: Abdul Rashid Thomas/Source: https://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/ Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 September 2020: One of Sierra Leone’s primary school – the EducAid Maronka Primary School in Port Loko, northern Sierra Leone will next month play a key part in the world’s biggest grassroots online education conference – World Education Week. EducAid Maronka Primary School, […]

South Africa: Matrics will be ready to sit for their final exams, says Motshekga

Publicado: 1 septiembre 2020

South Africa/ 01 September 2020/ https://citizen.co.za/ Motshekga said initiatives such as the Woza Matrics catch-up programme would also play a role in assisting pupils to be ready for their exams. Grade 12 pupils are gaining back the teaching and learning time they lost due to Covid-19 and will be ready come 5 November, when the […]