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| Education for All | | Last Updated 01/06/2010 16:28:00 |
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 | Zimbabwe students 'beat world record' | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Two Zimbabwean students broke the world record by atta
ining the highest marks in last year's Cambridge University Ordinary Level schoo
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examinations, officials said Tuesday.
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| Contract teachers to disrupt education in Niger | | Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Angered by the inability of the Niger government to meet their demands, contract teachers, under the aegis of the national Union of Contract Teachers (SYNACEN), decided on Tuesday to disrupt academic programmes in schools across the country, PANA learnt from sources close to the Union.
11/05/2010 full text... |
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| Presidents of Maghreb Universities to meet in Libya | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The presidents of universities and other institutions of
higher learning in member countries of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) will meet i
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Sabha, southern Libya, later this month to examine the possibility of establish
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ng a central Union for their universities, the Secretary General of AMU, Ahmed B
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n Yahyia, has said.
07/05/2010 full text... |
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| Presidents of Maghreb Universities to meet in Libya | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The presidents of universities and other institutions of
higher learning in member countries of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) will meet i
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Sabha, southern Libya, later this month to examine the possibility of establish
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ng a central Union for their universities, the Secretary General of AMU, Ahmed B
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n Yahyia, has said.
07/05/2010 full text... |
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| Kadhafi urges Arabs to invest in science research | | Sirte, Libya (PANA) - "Science is the weapon in our era and the key to win the b
attle of excellence and development," the Libyan leader, Mouammar Kadhafi, said
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t the opening of the 43rd session of the Union of Arab University on Tuesday in
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irte.
21/04/2010 full text... |
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| DRC among winners of Prize for the increase in teachers' efficiency | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The â?Education for allâ? centre in the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC) is among the three schools that won the 2010
UNESCO Prize â?Hamdan Bin Rashid Al-Maktoumâ? awarding exemplary practices and
performances to increase efficiency among teachers, according to the statement
issued by UNESCO and made available to PANA on Friday.
09/04/2010 full text... |
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| Benin govt., teachers' union agree to end education sector crisis | | Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government and the 'Action Front of the
unions of the three levels of education' have reached an agreement to end the
crisis that has paralyzed the country's educational system for two months,
according to an official communiqué issued in the Beninese capital.
29/03/2010 full text... |
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| Beninese press hails negotiations on school crisis | | Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Beninese journalists widely hailed the beginning of nego
tiations between the government and the Unions' Action Front of the three levels
of education to solve the crisis that has crippled the national education system
for the last few weeks.
28/03/2010 full text... |
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| Multi-grade education in SA's rural areas receiving less attention from offici | | als
Western Cape, South Africa (PANA) - A national study on multi-grade education
conducted here reveals that there is an indifference towards rural people
amongst government officials, resulting from a strong urban bias on the part
of politicians and policy makers, while officials in most district offices are
poorly informed and trained in multi-grade pedagogies.
23/03/2010 full text... |
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| Int'l conference on multi-grade education begins in Africa | | Western Cape, South Africa (PANA) - A three-day International conference on
Multi-grade Education got underway Monday in Western Cape, South Africa, with
participants debating multi-grade teaching as a strategy to help countries
address teacher shortages in developing nations.
22/03/2010 full text... |
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| Conference debates multi-grade teaching issues in developing world | | Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - An International Multi-grade Education conferen
ce,
the first major event ever organized in Africa, begins here Monday to debate mul
ti-grade
teaching issues and consider its potential role to address the dire shortage of
educators in the
developing world with an initial focus on Southern Africa.
21/03/2010 full text... |
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| US Food for Education Programme to benefit 7 African countries | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania is among seven African countries that
will benefit from a donation of more than
100,000 tons of agricultural commodities valued at US$170 million from the Ameri
can people under the Food for Education
programme this year, the US Embassy here said Monday.
15/03/2010 full text... |
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| WFP to reduce rations for 460,000 pupils in CĂ´te d'Ivoire | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) indicated,
in a communique issued here Friday, that in view of a budget deficit estimated
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t US$ 6 million, its national office in CĂ´te d'Ivoire was compelled to halve th
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size of school meals for about 460,000 Ivorian children.
05/03/2010 full text... |
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| UNESCO urges more support to achieve education for all | | New York, US (PANA) - The Paris-based United Nation's Educational, Scientific an
d Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has called on governments to redouble their fin
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ncial and political support to achieve education for all, especially after the i
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pact of the economic crisis.
04/03/2010 full text... |
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| 8m pupils' future at risk over graft in Kenyaâ?s education sector | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - An estimated 8.6 million school-going children might be
forced to drop out of school or go through
school without the requisite learning materials, following the loss of US$1.3 mi
llion and the suspension of nearly US$133 million
by the US and the UK, according to a new Transparency International report obtai
ned by PANA.
24/02/2010 full text... |
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| Donors worry over declining education budgets in Africa | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A high-level meeting on financing education in Af
rica opened here Tuesday, amid worries over the effects of the global economic d
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wnturn, which has forced African countries to cut US$ 4.6 billion of their educa
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ion budgets.
23/02/2010 full text... |
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| 'Poor governance jeopardises pry education in Africa' | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Poor governance and management are jeopardising efforts
to provide
quality basic education in seven African countries, global anti-corruption watch
dog Transparency International (TI)
quoted a new report published Tuesday as saying.
23/02/2010 full text... |
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| NGO calls for sex education in Mauritian schools | | Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The NGO "Keep It Safe Society (KISS)", a youth as
sociation of the University of Mauritius,
has called for the introduction of sex education in the school curriculum to hel
p reduce the prevalence of HIV/AIDS and other
sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) among the country's youth.
18/02/2010 full text... |
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| DR Congo teachers to demonstrate on Saturday | | Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Teachers in Kinshasa have finalised plans to demonst
rate on Saturday in front of the Ministry for Primary, Secondary and Professiona
l
Education (EPSP), to protest a measure they described as "unilateral", the asso
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iation of teachers in the DR Congo said in a communique issued Wednesday and cop
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ed to PANA.
17/02/2010 full text... |
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| Illiteracy rises to 30 percent in Tanzania | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Despite Tanzaniaâ?s efforts to expand and impr
ove both primary and adult education, the illiterate
population in the country has swollen to 30 percent, according to Education and
Vocational Training deputy minister Mwantumu Mahiza.
10/02/2010 full text... |
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| WOZA protests low standard of education in Zimbabwe | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Over 800 members of the pressure group, Women and Men of
Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), on Wednesday took to the streets in Bulawayo, protesting
against the low standard of education in Zimbabwe under the theme, "Real schools
with real teachers for a real education".
13/01/2010 full text... |
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| WOZA wants changes in Zimbabwe's education system | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A leading pressure group, 'Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA
) has launched a report on the "state of education in Zimbabwe", asking for cha
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ges in the educational system of the southern African nation, PANA reported Tues
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ay.
05/01/2010 full text... |
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| Burundi pupils get first term reports as schools re-open | | Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - First term reports of students in Burundi schools, w
ithheld by teachers protesting
non-payment of salary arrears, were released to them (students) Monday as school
s re-opened across the country
after the Christmas and New Year break.
04/01/2010 full text... |
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| Burundi to recruit 6,700 teachers in 2010 | | Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Some 6,700 primary and secondary school teachers wil
l be recruited in 2010 in Burundi to fill the gap in qualified human ressources
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n the national education sector, President Pierre Nkurunziza announced in his Ne
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Year message.
02/01/2010 full text... |
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| Ouagadougou to host conference on African languages, cultures | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A conference on the teaching of African languages and cu
ltures will be held from 20 to 22 January, 2010, in Ouagadougou, capital of Burk
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na Faso, according to a communique from the Association for the Development of E
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ucation in Africa (ADEA) here Tuesday.
15/12/2009 full text... |
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| Nigeria unfolds 10-year education plan | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian government has said it put in place a 10-ye
ar plan to restructure and reposition the education sector, the privately-owned
V
anguard newspaper reported this weekend.
13/12/2009 full text... |
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| AfDB, EU, WB to support Gambia's health, education sectors | | Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB), the European Union
(EU) and the World Bank (WB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the
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ambian government under which the institutions will offer financial support for
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he African country's General Budget Support Programmes (GBSP), a press release o
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tained by PANA revealed here Friday.
11/12/2009 full text... |
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| Nigeria varsity teachers to lose pay over strike | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Teachers and other categories of university teachers who
went on a prolonged strike this year
to press for a better welfare and an improved academic environment are to lose t
wo months' pay, the local media
reported Tuesday.
24/11/2009 full text... |
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| Number of Americans studying in Africa up 18% | | Washington, US (PANA) - The number of Americans opting to study in Africa has in
creased by 18 per cent,
higher than Asia (17%) and Latin America (11%), according to the Open Doors 2009
report, published annually by
the Institute of International Education, with support from the U.S. Department
of State's Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs.
17/11/2009 full text... |
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| ADEA lauds results of the Bamako conference | | Bamako, Mali (Africa) - The executive secretary of the Association for the Devel
opment of Education in Africa (ADEA), Ehlin Byll-Cataria, on Thursday expressed
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atisfaction with the results of the conference on contractual teachers that ende
d
earlier in the day in the Malian capital, Bamako.
29/10/2009 full text... |
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| African countries urged to upgrade education systems | | Bamako, Mali (PANA) -The conference on contractual teachers, called Bamako +5,
ended on Thursday in the Malian capital, Bamako, with an appeal to African gover
nments
to mobilize more resources to ensure a better quality of their education systems
and the training of contractual teachers.
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| Mali commends contribution of contractual teachers | | Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Officials in charge of education in Mali on Wednesday expr
essed satisfaction with the contribution of contractual teachers, affirming that
they made it possible to increase the country's schooling rate from 30 to 87 per
cent over the past 17 years.
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| Mali lauds contribution of contractual teachers | | Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Officials in charge of education in Mali on Wednesday expr
essed satisfaction with the contribution of contractual teachers, affirming that
they made it possible to increase the country's schooling rate from 30 to 87 per
cent over the past 17 years.
28/10/2009 full text... |
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| Mali commends contribution of contractual teachers | | Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Officials in charge of education in Mali on Wednesday expr
essed satisfaction with the contribution of contractual teachers, affirming that
they made it possible to increase the country's schooling rate from 30 to 87 per
cent over the past 17 years.
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| Chad hires more community school teachers | | Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Community school teachers in Chad are currently 70.65% of
the teaching staff, according to a document presented in Bamako on Wednesday by
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he Chadian delegation to the conference on contractual teachers.
28/10/2009 full text... |
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| Bamako, associates to discuss contractual teaching | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Association for the Development of Education in Afri
ca (ADEA), the World Bank, Education International and the Malian Ministry of Ba
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ic Education, Literacy and National Languages will discuss the issue of contract
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al teachers when they meet in Bamako, the Malian capital, from 27 to 29 October.
26/10/2009 full text... |
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| Libya hosts international exhibition on education | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The sixth edition of the international exhibition on edu
cation began on Monday here with about 10 tertiary institutions and companies sp
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cializing in providing stationary for schools and researchers participating.
19/10/2009 full text... |
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| US Embassy to hold college fair for Nigerian students | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) â" The United States Embassyâ?s Educational Advising Cen
ter (EAC) in Nigeria will hold its 11th annual College and Career fair from 6-7
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ctober in Abuja, the Nigerian capital city, according to a statement on Sunday f
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om the Embassy.
04/10/2009 full text... |
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| Africa seeks share of global military budget to fight illiteracy | | Mombasa, Kenya (PANA) - African education ministers kicked off a three-day meeti
ng in Kenyaâ?s seaside resort of Mombasa Monday with
a plea to the worldâ?s richest economies to dedicate at least one percent of th
eir US$1.4 trillion military expenditure to help fight illiteracy in
Africa, blamed for fueling conflicts.
14/09/2009 full text... |
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