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Uganda: Makerere Bursar's Money Business Raises Eyebrows

11.04.2008 21:42    allafrica.com
Makerere University's bursar runs a private money-lending business primarily targeting staff, a matter that raises questions of conflict of interest.


Uganda: Parliament Wants National Education System Reviewed

11.04.2008 21:42    allafrica.com
Criticism of the current National Curriculum by members of Parliament, has forced government to draft a new Bill, seeking to recognise skilled Ugandans in the informal sector.

Cameroon: Government Urged to Maintain Yearly Bar Exams

11.04.2008 17:10    allafrica.com
Some of the candidates who succeeded in the recent Bar Exams have called on government and the Bar Council to ensure that the exams are launched yearly as it used to obtain.

Namibia: Learning Under Canvas

11.04.2008 17:10    allafrica.com
In an effort to accommodate Grade 1 and Grade 8 pupils who could not find places in schools, Government erected school tents in Katutura which are fully furnished and have portable toilet facilities.

Ghana: Country to Host E-Learning Conference in May

11.04.2008 17:10    allafrica.com
The Third International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training will take place from May 28 to 30, 2008, in Ghana's capital Accra.

Angola: Millions for School in Angola

11.04.2008 17:10    allafrica.com
Namibia will release about US$997 000 (N$8 million) for the construction and equipment of a primary school in Lubango, the regional capital of Angola's southern Huila province, the Angolan press agency Angop reported this week.

Uganda: 'Leadership Vacuum Hurting Kyambogo'

11.04.2008 17:10    allafrica.com
THE leadership vacuum at Kyambogo University is making it difficult to run the institution, the chairperson of the University Council, Brewer Abaliwano, has said.

Uganda: Forty Gulu Schools Still Displaced

11.04.2008 17:10    allafrica.com
OVER 40 schools in Acholi sub-region have not returned to their original sites due to lack of classrooms, dormitories, teachers' quarters, water sources and laboratories.

Sierra Leone: Model Pupils Go On Strike

11.04.2008 17:10    allafrica.com
Pupils of the Kono Model academy hosting over three hundred students in Kokwema, Tankoro chiefdom, Kono district last Tuesday go on a day strike against illegal squatters on the school land.

Angola: Bengo - Higher Technical Institute Opens Academic Year

11.04.2008 17:10    allafrica.com
The academic year at the nucleus of the Angola's Higher Technical Institute (ISTA) started this week in Caxito, the capital of Angola's northern Bengo province, thus becoming the first in the region running university degrees, Angop learnt.

Mozambique: Reform in Professional Education

11.04.2008 17:10    allafrica.com
The Mozambican government's Professional Skills Development Fund (FUNDEC) is to support the implementation of 60 vocational and professional training projects in public and private institutions and in community organizations.

Namibia: Art and Craft - Ideas and Techniques Review

11.04.2008 12:42    allafrica.com
The recently published "Art & Craft - Ideas and Techniques" authored by Rika Nel and Elna Venter, is a landmark initiative in the educational field and within its sector. It is the first such publication since independence in 1990, and

Nigeria: The Success Story of Jigawa Informatics Institute (2)

11.04.2008 12:40    allafrica.com
It is known that several parents have expressed their assurance and confidence in the management of the institute, that their children are not only benefiting from the classroom education, but more importantly the character grooming that their children get to

Nigeria: 26 Benefit From N1.4m Scholarship Grant

11.04.2008 12:40    allafrica.com
Twenty-six students from different parts of the country have benefited from a N1.42 million scholarship grant instituted by the Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO).

Liberia: Sirleaf Pays Tribute to Lott Carey Baptist Mission School

11.04.2008 12:40    allafrica.com
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has paid tribute to Lott Carey Baptist Mission School for its enormous contributions towards improving the intellectual standards of the country.

Nigeria: Sokoto Govt Earmarks N1bn for Renovation of Schools

11.04.2008 12:40    allafrica.com
About N1 billion has been earmarked by Sokoto state government for the renovation of schools across the state, just as it donated four 28-seater buses to two tertiary institutions in line with the state government's effort to facilitate regular attendance

Zimbabwe: Botswana, Zambia Select Sides to Grace Schools Rugby Fest

11.04.2008 12:40    allafrica.com
Select sides from Botswana and Zambia have been invited to add a foreign flavour to this year's edition of the Cottco Schools Rugby Festival at Prince Edward High.

Nigeria: Our Vision for the Girl-Child, By Hajiya Kulu Shagari

11.04.2008 12:40    allafrica.com
Hajiya Kulu Mukhtari Shehu Shagari is daughter-Inlaw of former President Aliyu Shehu Shagari and wife of former Minister of Water Resources who is now deputy Governor of Sokoto State, Barrister Mukhtari Shehu Shagari.

Kenya: Hope Rekindled in Semi-Arid Region As Varsity Sets Base

11.04.2008 12:40    allafrica.com
Ukambani has finally achieved its dream of having a public university at its doorstep.

Nigeria: Minister Urges Students' Enrollment in Science Course

11.04.2008 09:36    allafrica.com
As a way of putting Nigeria on the fast lane of technological development, the Minister of State for Science and Technology, Dr. Alhassan Bako Zaku has reiterated the need for students to enrol, in large number, for science - related

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