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Public universities are in a rush to introduce new courses to cash in on the rising demand for higher education among Kenyans. (AllAfrica)

A new survey by respected pollsters Synovate indicates that Ugandans are losing confidence in public universities. These findings should be an eye opener to protagonists in the Higher Education sector, since the nation is trying to position itself as a centre of learning in the Great Lakes Region. (AllAfrica)

Niger State governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu has described Senator Dahiru Awaisu Kuta as an exemplary representative in the state and commended the lawmaker for embarking on projects and policies designed to improve the lives of the people and make them self reliant and employed. (AllAfrica)

San children are not taught effectively in their mother language as teachers are often not from the San community and are taught in either Afrikaans or English. (AllAfrica)

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has decried the lingering rancor at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, over the appointment of a substantive Vice Chancellor for the school. (AllAfrica)

Delta State University (DELSU) is now one of the most popular universities in the country in terms of popularity when we consider demand for admission in tertiary institutions in this country", the outgoing Vice- Chancellor of DELSU, Abraka, Prof. John Okpako Enaohwo, JP, said this in his valedictory address on the occasion of the 101st regular meeting of the Senate held recently. (AllAfrica)

For those who had no opportunity to obtain the basic education in the four walls of the class room due to lack of finances in their youthful days, the free and compulsory education policy introduced by Governor Godswill Akpabio-led administration in Akwa Ibom state has been a big relief. Hence, not even age nor sight can deter them from maximizing such opportunity to enrol in any public primary school nearest to them. (AllAfrica)

Efforts by Nigeria's tertiary institutions to make their products potential entrepreneurs have not been yielding the desired results due to the dire state of infrastructure across the country. (AllAfrica)

Heartland Child Care Foundation (HCCF) and Nneoma Felicia Udenwa Foundation, two pet projects of the wife of the former Governor of Imo State, Dr. Theresa Agbonma Udenwa, has awarded scholarship to 300 students in the state. (AllAfrica)

It's the final week of the matric exams for thousands of Grade 12 learners from across the country. (AllAfrica)

THOUSANDS of "O" Level and "A" Level students have found solace in the more expensive Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) system after frustration with the perennial bungling by the Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec). Almost all trust schools and private colleges have for a while been using Cambridge which charges US$40 for an "O"- Level subject and US$70 for an "A"- Level subject. (AllAfrica)

Leo, formerly known as Cell One, has recently sponsored Polytechnic students to the tune of N$75 000 to take part in a cultural exchange programme at Harvard College in Boston in the United States of America (USA). (AllAfrica)

The Kalayakgosi Foundation Trust (KFT) is working on a massive project that will culminate in the building of a School of Industry in Ngamiland next year. (AllAfrica)

The School of Midwifery Waterside, Onitsha, has expressed gratitude over Governor Peter Obi's achievements in virtually all areas of human development. (AllAfrica)

The Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, said in Bida, Niger, on Friday that the future of Nigeria lay in education. Abubakar said in his Sallah message to Nigerians that education had not received the priority attention it deserved in the country. (AllAfrica)

THE first ever grand alumni reunion of Makerere on Friday and Saturday was not only an event that stirred emotions of nostalgia. It was also a true grand event with a number of earnest confessions and revelations. (AllAfrica)

Western Cape schools have slammed the Grade 9 common tasks for assessment (CTAs) as a disaster and a "waste of time", and are calling for them to be scrapped. (AllAfrica)

Traffic flowing in and out of her office, each interruption addressed with effortless calm, the nurse in charge of Hospitalisation and Immunisation at Nyamata Health Center in Bugesera District, is a confident woman in her element. (AllAfrica)

The National Association of Ijaw Female Students (NAIFS) has decided to take the problem of the Niger Delta region to God as they converge on Abuja for their convention. (AllAfrica)

VICE Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka Professor Boniface Egboka has warned that any student of the institution, involved in cultism and examination malpractice would be expelled without hesitation. (AllAfrica)

The Ebonyi Government has promised to offer automatic employment to disabled graduates from tertiary institutions in the state. (AllAfrica)

The University of Oxford and the Aga Khan University, Nairobi, will jointly establish a centre in Africa for an international study of foetal and newborn growth. (AllAfrica)

The Senator Joy Emodi-led Senate Committee on Education has said the move by the Senate to refocus the funding by the Education Tax Fund (ETF) to only the nation's universities would bolster their rating among their counterparts in other parts of the world. (AllAfrica)

THE General Overseer of Bible Life Church, Bishop Leonard Umunna, has bagged the Heart of Gold Leadership Award of the British Society of Commerce. (AllAfrica)

FORMER Miracle Centre and SC Villa right full back, Dan Ntale who is also the director of Kampala School of Excellence, a youth academy, has organised a tour to Kampala by former Cameroon Ex- internationals in the second week of December. (AllAfrica)

Fifty teachers Friday received certificates from the Technical and Vocational Schools Association (TEVSA) in Rwanda after two weeks' training in various disciplines. (AllAfrica)

THE Trade state minister has advised primary teachers to go for further studies to access better employment opportunities in the East African Community (EAC). (AllAfrica)

THE Government should consider enacting a law that will make Universal Primary Education mandatory. (AllAfrica)

THE Japanese Ambassador to Uganda, Keiichi Kato, has appealed to parents in Uganda to support the education of their children. (AllAfrica)

PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has asked the Makerere University alumni to monitor developments at the university and provide feedback on the relevance of courses and academic programmes. (AllAfrica)

Last month, the International Monetary Fund and the African Export-Import Bank made $800-million in credit available to Zimbabwe. This initiative is meant to help the country restore its ravaged economy. (AllAfrica)

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