Education Minister Lazarus Dokora to wield axe on Zimbabwean headmasters
The Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Dr Lazarus Dokora has said his Ministry will wield the axe on headmasters whose schools have recorded zero percent pass rates in public examinations. In an interview on the side-lines of the commissioning of a Form Three classroom block and the donation of 22 000 books worth $10 […]
S.African Govt to Conduct Pre-Colonial Land Audit to Transform The Historic Patterns of Ownership, Use And Occupation
Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti says government will conduct a colonial land audit to transform the historic patterns of ownership, use and occupation. The Minister said this when he participated in day one of the debate on the State of the Nation Address at the National Assembly on Tuesday. He said this […]
South Africa Education System One of the Worst in the World – the Economist
In the week that South Africa’s matric results were released, international news magazine, The Economist, has declared the country’s schools as among the most inept in the world. “South Africa has one of the world’s worst education systems,” the London-based publication reported on its online platform on Friday. The publication reported that South Africa ranked […]
GE and Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship Partner with Social Entrepreneurs to Improve Maternal and Child Health Outcomes in Africa
GE and Santa Clara University’s Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship have announced a partnership that focuses on training and mentoring social entrepreneurs working on maternal and child health innovations in sub-Saharan Africa. The program enables more women to experience better health by improving the quality, accessibility, and affordability of care. The healthymagination Mother & Child […]
The Day Someone I Loved Died: They Tell Me to Get Over it and Move on but I Can’t
I am a writer, I have always been a writer and I will always be a writer. The way I write is a part of me and is as important to me as breathing. Recently one of the AfricaMetro editors asked me to write something totally different than what I usually write, to be specific […]
Govt investigators claim land ministries are giving public school land to private developers
The bulldozers razed Nabagereka Primary School to the ground, leaving nothing but rubble and classroom detritus. Rose Nakamya heard about her school’s demolition when she was watching the morning news two weeks before she was due back at Nabagereka for the new school term. “No one told us that our school would be demolished,” Nakamya […]
Schools to Get More Autonomy As Rwandan Govt Issues New Rules to Guide Partnerships
Schools under public-private partnership are set to get more autonomy from government following new directives determining the kind of assistance to be offered to them. Under the current framework, which was established in 1985, government support includes expansion and renovation of structures, which had led to a semblance of lack of ownership, according to officials. […]
Malawi Consults CSOS On Community Technical Colleges Initiative
Government through the Presidential Advisor on Civil Society, Mavuto Bamusi has embarked on consultation meetings with civil society organizations (CSOs) to amass inputs which can contribute to effective implementation of Community Technical Colleges Initiative. Speaking Tuesday during a consultative meeting with Ntcheu Non-governmental Organizations Net-work, Bamusi said President Professor Arthur Mutharika has provided such a […]
Students With Special Needs to Study in Botswana
A GROUP of 15 students living with disabilities will leave for Botswana in September this year to further their studies. Their conditions range from being visually challenged to being wheelchair-bound as well as limping, among others. The students are part of a special initiative by the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) to identify students […]
From ‘Lost Boy’ refugee to South Sudan minister
Valentino Achak Deng was once a “Lost Boy”, a small, frightened child who walked for months across what is now South Sudan to flee a brutal war, narrowly escaping becoming another casualty of the conflict. He lived in refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya, getting the education he had missed on his terrifying journey, before […]
