Education

[Nyasa Times] The Minister of Civic Education and National Unity Timothy Pagonachi Mtambo has asked developers of primary and secondary schools' curricula to further explore applying Peace Education at primary and secondary level. (AllAfrica)

[MAP] Nouakchott -- A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the sector of employment and vocational integration was signed Thursday in Nouakchott between the Moroccan and Mauritanian ministries of Employment and vocational integration. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] Academic staff at public universities have demanded the release of their full salaries as ordered by a court. (AllAfrica)

[This Day] The Kwara State Governor, Mr. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, yesterday said that no sustainable development could be achieved without solid education. (AllAfrica)

[The Herald] Auditor-General Mrs Mildred Chiri has commended State universities for appropriately utilising funds disbursed to them for Covid-19 research, saying most of them have accounted for the money used for the production of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs). (AllAfrica)

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Renowned youth and student Activist Martin Kollie has descended at authorities of the University of Liberia (UL) over what he termed as the "premature imposition" of an e-learning policy at the state-owned university which led to the sustaining of bodily injuries, damaged and loss of properties as a result of series of protests instituted by the Vanguard Student Unification Party (SUP) at the institution. (AllAfrica)

[FrontPageAfrica] On a bright school-day morning at the ArcelorMittal Liberia Training Academy (AMLTA) in Yekepa, apprentice Lydia Y. Gartei and her colleagues are busy putting their minds to work writing a test as part of their coursework. (AllAfrica)

[New Times] The government is putting together a detailed plan that will see an increment in the number of children who attend pre-school improve from the current meagre 24 per cent, the Director General in the Ministry of Education, Rose Baguma has said. (AllAfrica)

[The Conversation Africa] History was removed from the Nigerian school curriculum in 2009 - supposedly because students avoided the subject, graduates didn't have job prospects and teachers were scarce. But Nigerians weren't happy with the decision and it has now been reversed. The government has directed that history should be taught as a standalone subject from the 2020/21 academic session. The Conversation Africa's Wale Fatade asked Ayodeji Olukoju, a professor of history, about the value of studying the subject. (AllAfrica)

[East African] If there is a universal lesson from the disruptive impact of Covid pandemic in Africa, it is that we can no longer ignore the unprecedented learning crisis facing the continent, which is clouding Africa's vision to bequeath a foundation for prosperous future generations. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] I have been reading this column for some time now and we rarely talk about jobs. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] As Form One students enrol this week, lawmakers have questioned how well secondary schools are prepared to accommodate surging numbers arising from the 100 per cent transition policy. (AllAfrica)

[This Day] Abuja -- The management of Premiere Academy, Lugbe, Abuja has appealed to stakeholders, who are directly or indirectly concerned about the death of the 14-year-old Miss Keren Akpagher, an S.S 1 pupil of the school, to allow truth and justice be the guiding principle as Police and other concerned bodies move to unravel the misery behind her sudden death. Karen was said to have died on June 22 under a questionable circumstance. (AllAfrica)

[Foroyaa] Officials of the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) on Wednesday engaged 36 students and 4 staff of the Media Academy for Journalism and Communication (MAJaC) on tax administration matters in the country. (AllAfrica)

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor, has commended Bridge Liberia, the Ministry of education's main and biggest partner in the LEAP Programme for its support to the Liberian Government in the education sector. (AllAfrica)

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Two projects recently announced by National Port Authority (NPA) Managing Director, Dr. Bill Twehway for River Cess, received big boost as the first consignment to jumpstart the initiatives arrived in the county on Monday, this week. (AllAfrica)

[Nairobi News] The University of Nairobi (UoN) has been ranked the best public university in Kenya. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] Dozens of learners in schools located in Nairobi have not reported to schools as they are stuck upcountry for various reasons. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] A wailing parent leaning onto a pink suitcase and calling on President Uhuru Kenyatta and Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha to help her get justice for her daughter captured the devastation of many others across the country when they took their children to Form One on Monday only to find they could not be admitted. (AllAfrica)

[Namibian] EXCITEMENT abounded yesterday as schools reopened across the country, but the reunion of teachers and pupils was bittersweet due to the absence of those who succumbed to Covid-19. (AllAfrica)

[This Day] Businessman and politician, Iboro Otu draws attention to the increasing frustration of Nigerian youths in their attempt to get quality education and live their dreams. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] A private primary school in Murang'a was on Thursday closed indefinitely after 33 pupils tested positive for Covid-19. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Trust] As the tenures of the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of 14 education agencies and parastatals appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on August 1, 2016, ended on August 1, 2021, they handed over the affairs of the agencies to respective most senior officers and bowed out at the weekend. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Trust] The Minister of State for Education, Chief Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has opened up on the reasons why the Federal Government abandoned the option of negotiations with kidnappers of students. (AllAfrica)

[New Zimbabwe] SCHOOL teachers say they can only return to work when they receive full Covid-19 vaccination. (AllAfrica)

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Key stakeholders in the technical vocation education sector have reviewed the previous five-year policy and have revised it for the next five year, beginning from 2022 to 2027 in order to meet current day reality. (AllAfrica)

[New Dawn] Some students from Grand Gedeh County who had gone to honor Senator Marshall Dennis for being the highest donor of scholarship to the county have lamented that Grand Gedeh lacks educational capacity. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] The boy from Kakamega who trekked a staggering 50 kilometres to report to secondary school in neighbouring Trans Nzoia County has now received a full year scholarship. (AllAfrica)

[Premium Times] "The governor blessed us before we started the mission and he promised to help us financially. But we have not seen the commitment." (AllAfrica)

[Namibian] PUPILS at Peumba Combined School in the Ohangwena region diligently sanitise and wash their hands as they return to school on Wednesday morning. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Trust] Across the country, the number of out-of-school children is increasing, majorly due to insecurity, poor facilities, poverty and other factors. Daily Trust visited schools in some states and now reports. (AllAfrica)