No Nobel literature prize will be handed out 2018
Copenhagen – Following weeks of internal bickering, sex-abuse allegations and a financial investigation by police, the body that hands out the prestigious Nobel Prize in...
Category : Education
South African education takes a leap into the 21st century by outlawing single-faith schools
Religion and education; the two cultural institutions that stir the passions of every South African. So when the Johannesburg High Court ruled that schools...
UN: Boko Haram forces children out of school
The United Nations Children’s Fund says violence by the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram has forced more than one million children out of school in...
News In Brief ; Across Africa
Cairo : Two bombs exploded outside a hotel in Egypt housing election judges on Tuesday, killing at least one person, state television reported. The blasts...
On Working With Children At Egypt’s Darb Al-Ahmar Arts School
Al-Darb Al-Ahmar Arts School’s students during their training. (Photo: Nourhan Tewfik) Since its onset in 2012, the Darb Al-Ahmar Arts School (DAAS) — located in...
Despite Tuition Victory, Deep Grievances Linger Among South African Students
. By Ryan Lenora Brown, Correspondent After more than a week of intensive protests that shuttered every major public university in South Africa, student activists...
How Do We Close Africa’s Education Gap
Less than half of the world’s countries have equal numbers of girls and boys in school with not one sub-Saharan African nation achieving equality, according...
Ghana Law School sued
Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare a Ghanaian law professor based in Florida in the United States has taken the General Legal Council (GLC) to the Supreme...
Nairobi School Teachers Fail to Stop Trial
The High Court yesterday declined to stop the prosecution of three secondary school teachers accused of assaulting a student. The Nairobi School teachers allegedly assaulted...
Sub-Saharan Africa Rates Poorly in Equal Education For Boys and Girls
Less than half of the world’s countries have equal numbers of girls and boys in school with not one sub-Saharan African nation achieving equality, according...
Daewoo E&C Supports Nigerian Schools
Students at Ebubu Community Secondary School hold a banner during a ceremony to celebrate renovation of its library in Eleme, southern Nigeria in May....
UN ; War Stops 13Million Going To School in Middle East, North Africa
By Sylvia Westall Conflicts across the Middle East and North Africa are preventing more than 13 million children from attending school, leaving their hopes and...
76,000 Free eBooks To Schools Using Snapplify
Every school that signs up for the Engage eLearning solution with Snapplify, one of Africa’s largest eBook aggregators and an eLearning platform providers, will receive...
China Offers Scholarship To 67 Kenyan Students….
The Chinese government has this year offered scholarships to 67 Kenyan students for further studies in various disciplines like engineering, finance and environmental science. Chinese...
Deaf School Blaze Pupils Discharged.
All 54 learners who were admitted to hospital after a fire broke out at the North West Secondary School for the Deaf in Leeudoringstad near...
EGYPTIAN MINISTER OF EDUCATION: ‘UNACCEPTABLE’ TO IMPOSE HIJAB ON YOUNG GIRLS
MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images by MARY CHASTAIN Egyptian Education Minister Moheb Al-Refaei over the weekend decried the Islamic hijab worn by girls as “unacceptable,” leading to...
Strong Reading Culture Key To Achieving Vision 2030
Book lovers at the library in Nairobi August 10, 2015 BY IBRAHIM ORUKO Did you know about Classifieds, the one-stop shop for services and items...
260,000 Moroccan Students To Benefit From Health Insurance
Monday 3 August 2015 – 21:20 Larbi Arbaoui Dedicated free-lance journalist with three years of experience as a news correspondent, translator, and editor. Larbi has...
BMTC Bus Conductor Slapped Us First: Nigerian Students // Conducteur De Bus BMTC Giflé Nous Tout D’abord : Etudiants Nigérians
Six Nigerian students who were arrested by police for allegedly assaulting a BMTC bus conductor in Bengaluru on Friday. (Photo: Shashidhar B.) Bengaluru: The six...
Egypt, Morocco , Tunisia Sign Declaration On Scientific Research // Egypte, Maroc, Tunisie Signe Déclaration Sur La Recherche Scientifique
Namir Galal A joint declaration between Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia, was signed in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, on Monday to strengthen the cooperation between the...