http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education EssentialAfrica Drum Education en 60 http://www.modernghana.com/news/397037/1/hohoe-midwifery-school-battles-poor-student-perfor.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=page Hohoe Midwifery School battles poor student performance http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#10367 Tue, 22 May 2012 17:30:51 +0200 http://www.lusakatimes.com/2012/05/21/namibia-open-door-policy-zambians-wishing-study-namibiapresident-pohamba/ Namibia has an open door policy for Zambians wishing to study in Namibia-President Pohamba http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#10357 Tue, 22 May 2012 17:17:14 +0200 http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/en_us/noticias/lazer-e-cultura/2012/4/20/Angola-media-libraries-are-social-innovation-spaces-Official,2676cab4-de7b-4b99-825f-2402aed87e99.html Angola's media libraries are social innovation spaces http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#10354 Mon, 21 May 2012 15:26:58 +0200 http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/en_us/noticias/sociedade/2012/4/19/Vice-minister-announces-partnerships-programmes-support-youths,32a42775-8819-4bb8-ad9d-254b83af61c8.html The vice-minister for youth, Job Capapinha, announced a general partnership plan aimed at improving 10 crossing programmes to young people. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#10179 Tue, 8 May 2012 16:42:10 +0200 http://somalilandsun.com/index.php/community/650-somaliland-graduating-girls-outnumber-boys For the first time, the number of girls graduating from a local institution have surpassed that of boys. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#10147 Mon, 7 May 2012 09:20:08 +0200 http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/Kenya+to+boost+computer+education+in+schools/-/539550/1398784/-/sq347sz/-/ The Kenyan government has partnered with LG Electronics and Microsoft to significantly enhance access to computer education in schools across the east African nation. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#10124 Fri, 4 May 2012 10:24:12 +0200 http://www.humanipo.com/blog/293/Africas-first-ever-online-university-begins-operation Upset by disparities in Africa’s education system, Gossy Ukanwoke, a Nigerian entrepreneur, has come up with Africa’s first fully-fledged online distance-learning platform http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#10097 Wed, 2 May 2012 15:47:56 +0200 http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Hope+as+exam+cheats+given+second+chance+/-/1056/1391768/-/141wa2d/-/index.html Thousands of candidates whose results were cancelled for cheating in last year’s Form Four exam have another chance to redeem themselves. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#9981 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:49:51 +0200 http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-04-18-hi-tech-solution-to-nigerias-education-chaos The country’s tertiary learning systems are in a mess. They haven’t been upgraded since the 1970s. Rather than leaving the problem to the politicians, Gossy Ukanwoke is creating an online university called Beni American University for Nigeria. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#9940 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:01:17 +0200 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE83A01020120411 Malian scholars, librarians and ordinary citizens in the rebel-occupied city of Timbuktu are hiding away priceless ancient manuscripts http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#9849 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:43:52 +0200 http://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/index.php?i=14958&a=52320 A new ICT academy has opened in Kigali aiming to bridge the gap between unemployed educated youth and market driven information technology needs. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#9826 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:48:38 +0200 http://theindependent.mu/2012/02/21/3-new-varsity-campuses-to-be-completed-by-2013/ Mauritius is gradually assembling all the ingredients to widen its access to tertiary education and transform into a leading knowledge hub in the region. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#9133 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:08:58 +0100 http://www.africanleadershipacademy.org/finding-future-leaders/applying-ala/steps ALA Scholarship is open to All African youth between the ages of 15 and 19. Need Journalists to help spread the word on this AMAZING opportunity - www.africanleadershipacaemy.org - Feb 29 deadline. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#9115 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:03:48 +0100 http://csrdaily.csrafrica.net/society/3743-ghanaian-model-teaches-how-home-grown-school-feeding-fights-poverty.html Home grown school feeding programmes have supported social and economic development in Ghana ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#9082 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:18:57 +0100 http://www.unitar.org/featured/five-african-peacemakers-share-their-stories The international community can no longer neglect the importance of Africa and its rising geopolitical weight. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#8775 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:28:13 +0100 http://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2012/01/25/israel-partners-ghana-to-launch-early-childhood-development-programme/ The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) in partnership with Isreali International Development Agency (MASHAV) launched... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#8764 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:39:29 +0100 http://www.moneyweb.co.za/mw/view/mw/en/page292678?oid=559865&sn=2009+Detail&pid=287226#.TxT6Ye2bZB0.twitter Stampede death, test scores, and the ANC highlight the crisis. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#8623 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:19:48 +0100 http://www.modernghana.com/news/372048/1/education-matters-childrens-rights-in-ghana.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Children continue to be victimised worldwide even in the most unexpected places. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#8618 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:43:07 +0100 http://allafrica.com/stories/201201140030.html A visibly excited Oprah Winfrey on Saturday personally congratulated the first graduates of her South African school, founded five years ago to turn a handful of impoverished girls into elite leaders. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#8581 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:58:41 +0100 http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Inside+Kenyas+worst+primary+school/-/957860/1302450/-/n7qw9dz/-/index.html Believing that, given the right facilities and learning atmosphere, examination performance across the country would more or less be at par, DN2 dispatched reporter NYAMBEGA GISESA to Nyakemincha Diocese of Kisii Primary School — the worst performer in last year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education — to see what went ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#8507 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:28:14 +0100 http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Butty-Uganda-Makerere-Lecturers-Strike-Musoke-05january12-136718978.html Professor Mohammed Kiggundu Musoke says government has failed to meet demand for higher salaries/benefits http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#8438 Thu, 5 Jan 2012 16:11:31 +0100 http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Back+to+school++but+no+books+available++/-/1056/1299880/-/x48fc8/-/index.html Schools reopened on Tuesday to an uncertain start after booksellers declined to make fresh supplies over a Sh2 billion debt. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#8418 Wed, 4 Jan 2012 13:21:42 +0100 http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/Pan+African+University+officially+launched+/-/434746/1298426/-/39q4eaz/-/ Launched in Addis Ababa by the African Union, Pan-African University (PAU) is a specialised postgraduate training and research institution comprising a network of universities in five regions of the continent. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#8368 Mon, 2 Jan 2012 06:53:29 +0100 http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1293700/-/bfld42z/-/index.html In a move that could raise tensions ahead of already delayed end of semester exams at Makerere University, the academic staff has announced plans to resume a strike they suspended in September. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#8220 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:22:53 +0100 http://somalilandpress.com/somaliland-ministry-of-higher-education-launches-free-education-for-low-income-female-24585 Somaliland Ministry of Higher Education launches free education for low income female students whose parents cannot afford the small tuition fee. This program which is funded by the European Union (EU) and UNICEF is expected to increase the number of young girls attending schools in the country. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#7731 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:27:12 +0100 http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2011/11/18/mobile-libraries-reach-schools Fewer than 4000 of South Africa's 22000 primary schools have libraries,.. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#7674 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:16:33 +0100 http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Kenyan+varsities+cancel+graduations/-/1056/1273734/-/uk97ld/-/index.html Two public universities have put off their graduation ceremonies due to the strike by lecturers and non-teaching staff. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#7625 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:33:13 +0100 http://thecitizen.co.tz/magazines/33-success/16631-education-gender-gap-widening Tanzanian girls are among some of the biggest victims of gender disparities in the education sectors across the world, findings of a new study suggest. Young girls face the greatest barriers, as the gender gap widens across the region, according to the 2011 Global Education Digest published by the United ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#7411 Tue, 1 Nov 2011 07:02:20 +0100 http://www.coastweek.com/3443_33.htm Kenya’s secondary and primary schools are set to start learning Chinese language following plans by the Confucius Institute in the country to start pilot trials on teaching the language in schools within the capital Nairobi in 2012, the head of the Confucius Institute at the University of Nairobi has said. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#7343 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:30:48 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2011-10-27-samsung-launches-solarpowered-internet-school Internet School – a mobile, solar-powered, independent classroom in a container... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#7335 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:35:51 +0200 http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/S+Sudan+to+phase+out+use+of+Arabic+in+schools+/-/1066/1262948/-/i57v3h/-/ South Sudan is to phase out Arabic as the language of instruction in schools within the next three years, an official said today. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#7319 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:43:27 +0200 http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL5E7LQ4XX20111026 South Sudan said on Wednesday its schools will start teaching English, phasing out Arabic that had been used as a tool to spread Islamic law and Arab heritage ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#7265 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:56:54 +0200 http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/en_us/noticias/educacao/2011/9/42/Government-committed-improving-education-quality,3fae7a44-6707-44ce-bdec-be42e0bd0c1b.html Angolan Government has designed programmes to improve the quality of higher education in the country with.. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#6981 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:10:54 +0200 http://www.news24.com/Africa/Zimbabwe/Evicted-kids-in-Zim-still-out-of-school-20111005 Harare - Thousands of child victims of an anti-slums blitz in Zimbabwe have yet to return to school six years after the mass evictions, Amnesty International said on Wednesday. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#6715 Wed, 5 Oct 2011 15:22:41 +0200 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1BzYCZRxEc&feature=youtu.be UNICEF correspondent Priyanka Pruthi reports on a school in Liberia that's setting new standards for the education system in the country. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#6648 Mon, 3 Oct 2011 12:39:13 +0200 http://www.the-star.co.ke/local/rift-valley/42144-student-conned-out-of-sh15860- A student seeking admission to Egerton University was conned out of Sh15,860 by a conman who claimed he could assist him secure a place at the institution. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#6566 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:39:25 +0200 http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/09/28/turkish-groups-award-scholarships-to-hundreds-of-somalis-2/ Turkish organizations have granted scholarships to hundreds of Somali students, most of whom have been flown to Turkey to begin their studies. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#6554 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:45:14 +0200 http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/news/4-national-news/14879-50pc-of-girls-of-the-poor-dont-finish-schooling Only about half of girls from the poor families complete primary schools in Tanzania compared with over 90 per cent from rich families, according to a study. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#6305 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:24:53 +0200 http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Jobless-Tunisian-teachers-attampt-suicide-20110917 Five Tunisians tried to hang themselves after failing a competition to become teachers in the impoverished western Kasserine region, witnesses and media reports said. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#6287 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:27:21 +0200 http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jeRDXxS1b76m2Tyr8Mgysi0mP9Ig?docId=CNG.7570364a92ced6f6208e89c44448c7fe.fc1 Tunisian children will start their first school year since Zine el Abidine Ben Ali's ouster with new textbooks expunged of the former dictator's state-imposed cult, the education ministry said Tuesday. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#6199 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:53:02 +0200 http://www.sagoodnews.co.za/education/words_can_change_worlds_world_literacy_day.html According to recent statistics 8.5 million adults in South Africa are functionally illiterate, while between 2.9 and 4.2 million people have never attended school. I http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#6075 Thu, 8 Sep 2011 15:33:53 +0200 http://leadership.ng/nga/articles/4890/2011/09/08/literacy_panacea_peace.html Nigeria joins the rest of the world today to mark the 2011 International Literacy Day. For a country with an estimated 47 per cent illiteracy rate, it is a wake-up call for the federal government to revitalise the mass literacy sub-sector to redeem its battered image among the comity of ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#6064 Thu, 8 Sep 2011 15:09:09 +0200 http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/08/idUS41558+08-Sep-2011+HUG20110908 Thomson Reuters, the world's leading provider of information for businesses and professionals, today announced a new three-year partnership with the Algerian Ministry of Higher Education and Research that will bring Thomson Reuters Web of KnowledgeSM - an integrated and versatile research platform - to scientists and researchers at more than ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#6052 Thu, 8 Sep 2011 10:20:20 +0200 http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Kenya-teachers-go-on-strike-20110906 The chairperson of the Kenya National Union of Teachers says 200 000 teachers in public schools have started a strike to protest the diversion of funds meant to hire more teachers and ease classroom overcrowding. Wilson Sossion said on Tuesday the protest will affect more than 10 million children in ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#6000 Tue, 6 Sep 2011 21:10:12 +0200 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/27/world/africa/27safrica.html When Ntsiki Biyela won a winemaking scholarship in 1998, she was certainly a curious choice. She had grown up in the undulating hills of Zululand, living in a small village of huts and shacks. People tended their patches of pumpkins and corn. The only alcohol they drank was homemade beer, ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#5792 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:17:47 +0200 http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=2011081308534168 Education Ministers in the East African Community have adopted a report that could advance the planned harmonisation of education systems in the region. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#5718 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:21:53 +0200 http://www.zizonline.com/news/?D9B7A82D-2219-22DB-AB1C82A98868938E The Kingdom of Morocco is offering 15 scholarships to the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis under its bi-lateral cooperation agreement. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the scholarships are for applicants wishing to enroll in public schools and universities of the higher education and vocational training in Morocco, ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#5560 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:07:02 +0200 http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2011/08/10/swaziland-s-university-fails-to-open Cash-strapped Swaziland has been unable to open its only university this week. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#5366 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:07:01 +0200 http://somalilandpress.com/somaliland-forms-higher-education-commission-23170 According to a press release from the office of the President, the organization will consist of eleven commissioners and four Executive Secretaries. The body will be responsible for developing a national strategy for reforming education in the country with aims to prepare students for workplaces. It is also to improve ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#5325 Mon, 8 Aug 2011 14:04:25 +0200 http://www.ips.org/africa/2011/08/swaziland-impossible-for-children-to-access-public-information/ Many public officials in Swaziland do not think that access to information is a public right, but rather a privilege – which can be withdrawn at anytime. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-education#5294 Sat, 6 Aug 2011 22:58:10 +0200