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The premier youth skills and jobs event in Kenya, Skill Up Africa 2026, has officially kicked off today at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi. The two-day event will take place on July 15-16. Participants will receive free training at the event by various government organizations, employers, educators, and tech companies. Organized in […]
Teachers unions in South Africa expressed problem Monday as thousands and thousands of college students again to faculty after a precautionary smash in July due to the spread of the novel coronavirus in the country. Basil Manuel, president of the National Professional Teachers’ Organization of South Africa (NAPTOSA), stated they were concerned whether the […]
Students in Nigeria on Wednesday took to the streets of Abuja, the capital to demand the reopening of their schools, since closed as parts of efforts to contain the further spread of coronavirus. “We demand the reopening of our schools, because the schools educational sector is the number one sector of any progressive nation, one […]
The new cohort of university college students ought to pay Sh48,000 in lessons fees, three instances the cutting-edge Sh16,000 if a inspiration by means of vice chancellors is adopted. The prices amplify is intended to plug income holes created through the de facto abolition of the privately sponsored students programme in 2015 and cowl for […]
School Bells are Ringing Again Back to class, for last-year Nigerian students as the Federal Ministry of Education declared the partial opening of secondary-schools across the country from August 4th. The decision comes after a 5-month suspension in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and all schools are to adhere to strict sanitary regulations. Abigail […]
Prof. Kate Omenugha, Anambra Commissioner for Education stated that 1,000 infrared thermometers would be distributed in preparations for the possible reopening of colleges in the state. Omenugha informed newsmen in Awka on Sunday that the pass was accepted through the State Executive Council. The thermometers would be disbursed to public fundamental and secondary faculties in […]
The education sector is on the edge of a new crisis — that of private schools crumbling due to the prolonged closure caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. In the last few weeks, many schools have issued notices asking parents to transfer their children. They have also had to send support staff home on unpaid leave […]
Kenya continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic with cases steadily rising each day. Government have locked down a handful of counties including the capital Nairobi and imposed a night-time curfew as part of containment efforts. This rolling page will continue to give updates on major occurrences as relates to the East African country. You can […]
Pupils at Melpark Primary School in Johannesburg, South Africa have to show a consent signed by parents before being allowed access to the premises. On Monday, pupils in grades six to eleven returned to school after four months of interruption due to the coronavirus. There’s hand disinfection with alcohol-based gel and adherence for strict social […]
The Federal Government has approved what it called “safe reopening” of schools nationwide in the next phase of the gradual easing of lockdown ordered to curtail further spread of COVID-19. However, only graduating students will resume. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this at the ongoing daily briefing of […]
The authorities of the Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin have discovered about 2,000 fake National Certificate of Education purportedly issued in the name of the institution. Some of the certificates were tendered as genuine in government agencies and establishments for employment, The PUNCH was told. The Provost of the College, Prof. Yusuf AbdulRaheem, who […]
The Ministry of Education has said Cabinet is sitting on Monday to discuss conditions that the Ministry of Health and the Covid-19 taskforce have given for reopening schools. While receiving a donation of 4,000 litres of mosquito repelling paint on Friday, Mr John Chrysostom Muyingo, the State Minister in charge of Higher Education, said the […]
South Africa reopened schools for pupils in certain grades after two and a half months of home-schooling to limit the spread of coronavirus. On Monday, about 95 per cent of schools had reopened. The government had originally intended to reopen schools on June 1 but postponed this to June 8 after finding out that most […]
Children in South Africa began returning to classrooms on Monday as part of a gradual loosening of restrictions imposed under a months-long COVID-19 lockdown in the continent’s most industrialised nation. The re-opening of schools had been delayed after teachers’ unions urged school staff to defy the government order last week, saying schools lacked sufficient health […]
The Education ministry has been directed to prepare for reopening of schools beginning September subsequently hinting on the postponement of KCPE and KCSE exams. President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday said the reopening will be gradual but remained silent on the fate of the exams. However, President Kenyatta further directed a new school calendar be made […]
Some parents in South Africa held up placards to protest outside a school in Cape Town on Monday. They are demanding the educational institutions remain closed amid the coronavirus pandemic. Reopening of schools has been delayed by a week to allow school administrators to prepare. The basic education ministry said the reopening was delayed in […]
Angie Motshekga is facing an uphill battle to make her ‘back to school’ plan stick, after unions and educational activists cranked up the pressure on the embattled education minister. Earlier this month, Motshekga revealed that children in Grade 7 and Grade 12 would be told to return to their classrooms on Monday 1 June, leading […]
The outbreak of the COVID-19 Pandemic which led to lockdowns, emergency health and food crisis, loss of lives amongst other things has crippled economies across the globe. The education sector is a major area the pandemic has dealt a blow to. Around the world, governments closed down schools in order to keep children and teachers […]
South Africa’s Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga has detailed some of her department’s plans to provide personal protective equipment to learners. Motshekga announced last week that the country’s schools would reopen for Grade 7 and Grade 12 students on June 1, 2020. Responding in a parliamentary Question and Answer session yesterday, Motshekga said that […]