The Africa International Institute of Science and Technology (AIIST) has graduated 178 young people in computer science with twelfth of the graduates coming from the Liberia Land Authority (LLA) through a World Bank sponsorship. AIIST offers an innovative way to learn and grow from a beginner level to a certified expert in Information Technology within […]
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The education ministry and its stakeholders are gathering to review the resolutions and directives of the 2011 national conference on education along with resolutions from the regional consultations in 2022. The main objective of the national conference on education is to deliberate on the education system with regard to a number of transformative programmes, and […]
THE government is treading ‘extremely’ carefully, in coming up with the standard and modern education policy and curricula that will help to guide education provided from lower to top level. Minister for Education, Science and Technology Prof Adolf Mkenda further said that quality, must at all times, be at the key in the education. “Any […]
Nairobi — The Ministry of Education has directed that all basic learning institutions close by Tuesday, August 2, to pave the way for the General Election set for August 9. Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha through a press release on Monday said that schools should release learners for an early mid-term break for a […]
In announcing this year’s cut-off marks, the examination body said that of the over 1.7 million candidates that sat for the examination, only 378,639 scored 200 and above. The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), during its policy meeting held on 21 July, pegged the minimum cut-off score for admission into the country’s universities at […]
Nairobi — Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha has ordered all schools to allow their students to wear their different religious regalia like hijabs and veils. His directive comes after reports that some headteachers and principals have been sending students home because of donning their religious attires. Speaking in Nandi County on Saturday 30 July […]
The West African Examinations Council,WAEC,has solicited financial support from the Federal Government of Nigeria to acquire machine that would guarantee the security of its examinations materials the Nigeria. WAEC said its call for support was based on the grounds that the machine it acquired to this effect has since been grounded hence can no longer […]
Cape Town — Eskom In Talks With SADC Nations on Surplus Electricity Struggling energy giant Eskom is in the process of approaching SADC countries to buy their surplus electricity, Eye Witness News reports. This follows the electricity action plan unveiled by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his “family meeting” with the nation on July 25, 2022, […]
Abuja, Nigeria — A nationwide labor protest in Nigeria spread to the capital, Abuja, on Wednesday, as protesters sought to pressure authorities to resolve a payment dispute with university teachers. The lecturers walked out of classes Feb. 14 over the dispute and an unfulfilled government promise to invest $500 million in public universities. The strike […]
Monrovia — APM Terminals Liberia through its Corporate Social Responsibility has disbursed another set of scholarship funds to students within Districts 13 and 14. This is the second leg in the company’s educational scholarship scheme disbursement series which has already seen 120 students receive scholarships from six institutions across the county. At a mini event […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have called for a bill to regulate how children of public officers enroll in schools outside the shores of Nigeria. Prof. Kingdom Tombra, Chairman of the University of Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island chapter of the union, made this known at the solidarity protest organised by the Nigeria […]
The first day of the NLC nationwide protest was observed across many states and will be followed by a national protest in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Wednesday. Across many Nigerian states on Tuesday workers were joined by students and parents in their thousands to protest the continued shutdown of the nation’s public universities […]
Armed police operatives were seen guarding the protest which caused heavy gridlock in the metropolis. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Enugu State Chapter, on Tuesday joined the nationwide protest in solidarity with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) which has been on strike since February 14. ASUU and other trade unions in the education […]
Hijab use in Nigeria’s public schools has become highly controversial, in some cases leading to riots, fatalities, the destruction of school property and the closure of schools. Adeyemi Balogun, a PhD holder in the history of religion with research interests in Muslim culture and Muslim/ Christian relations, sets out why the issue is so contentious, […]
The Gambian Vice President, His Excellency Badara Alieu Joof, received the Key to Lucknow University as well as a “Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Human Letters, Honoris Causa” on behalf of His Excellency, President Adama Barrow on Friday. During a modest convocation ceremony at the residence of the Gambian Ambassador in New Delhi, the Founder […]
Ho — The President of Evangelical Presbyterian University College (EPUC), Professor Edem Kwasi Bakah, has appealed to government to extend the GETFund to private tertiary institutions, especially universities. He noted that “if we accept the fact that government alone cannot shoulder the burdens of educating the masses and that private partners are viable collaborators, then […]
A 1.5 million dollar project has been launched in the North East Region to help address the challenges of Early Childhood Education (ECE) acquisition in the region. The project dubbed “Quality and Inclusive Early Childhood Education (QAIECE)” is a three-year intervention aimed at reducing the number of challenges facing the provision of ECE in Ghana, […]
The Nigerian public universities have been shut for more than five months over unresolved issues of poor welfare and underfunding. Led by the umbrella Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), workers across all sectors of the national economy filed out on Tuesday to commence a two-day nationwide protest against the continued shutdown of public universities. The Nigerian […]