Noticia África

Schools Resumption in Nigeria: As Waec dey begin 17th see how Nigerian states dey prepare to reopen schools dis week

Publicado: 4 agosto 2020

Nigeria/August 04, 2020/Source: https://www.bbc.com/ Students wey dey prepare to write final exams plus those wey dey exit class go resume school dis week as federal goment don give green light for schools to reopen afta dem close am for March 2020 sake of Covid-19. Different states for di federation don begin put measures in place […]

South Africa: Revised 2020 school calendar for SA announced

Publicado: 3 agosto 2020

South Africa/August 03, 2020/By Staff Reporter/Source: https://www.iol.co.za/ JOHANNESBURG – The department of Basic Education today released the revised school calendar for South African schools. The review of the school calendar came after a Cabinet decision that schools should break for four weeks. In his address to the nation a week ago President Cyril Ramaphosa said […]

Nearly 4 000 pit latrines in South Africa’s schools

Publicado: 3 agosto 2020

South Africa/August 03, 2020/By Jason Felix/Source: https://www.news24.com/ According to Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga there are close to 4 000 pit latrines in public schools. There are 3 500 schools with water supply challenges, says Motshekga. The department plans to eradicate pit latrines by 2022. Close to 4 000 South African public schools still use pit latrines and, so […]

South Africa: Education spending is falling and the Covid-19 budget has slashed it further

Publicado: 1 agosto 2020

South Africa/August 01, 2020/By Julia Chaskalson, Hopolang Selebalo and Daniel McLaren/Source: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/ Schools are essential to the Covid-19 response. First published by GroundUp Improving our education system is key to South Africa’s development. Yet real per capita education spending has fallen over the past decade. And it has got worse with the recent budget in response […]

South Africa: International students need to be treated equally

Publicado: 3 julio 2020

South Africa/July 3, 2020/Author: Nico Jooste – Cornelius Hagenmeier/Source: https://mg.co.za/ Resumen: Sudáfrica se ha establecido como un centro regional de educación superior, que hasta la reciente pandemia de Covid-19 había acogido un número creciente de estudiantes internacionales. La gran mayoría proviene de países vecinos de la Comunidad de Desarrollo del África Meridional (SADC) e incluye […]

UNICEF pide limitar el uso de pantallas en la educación a distancia: no más de hora y media diaria hasta los 12 años

Publicado: 3 julio 2020

UNICEF/03 de julio 2020/Autor: Daniel Sánchez Caballero/Fuente: https://www.eldiario.es/ El confinamiento obligó a pasar de una educación presencial a un modelo a distancia que, bien que mal, se basó en el uso de tabletas y ordenadores (quien los tenía). Sin tiempo para preparar nada, en muchos casos los colegios trataron de replicar lo mejor que pudieron […]