Across Africa, education leaders keep talking about learning outcomes, teacher support, and exam pressure. Types of assessment sit right at the centre of that discussion. Diagnostic assessment, formative assessment, summative assessment, continuous assessment, and digital assessment all show up in policy notes and staff rooms. And yes, the daily reality still looks messy in many […]
Across African classrooms, examiners keep noting one repeat error: weak control of types of phrases. Learners write long lines, yet meaning slips. Teachers see it in office emails and trainee reports too. A reset on English grammar phrases supports clearer writing and faster editing. This brief lists key kinds of phrases with phrase examples used […]
A teacher involved in marking this year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examinations died on Tuesday night after he collapsed. The incident comes as the Kenya National Examination Council enters the homestretch on the marking exercise that commenced at the onset of November. The deceased has been identified as Robert Kiua Muindi, an English teacher […]
Six Nigerian schoolgirls and two staff members have been released unhurt three weeks after they were kidnapped from their dormitories in northern Kaduna state, regional authorities said on Saturday. Armed assailants seized the six students, school vice principal and matron in a dawn raid on their mixed boarding school on October 3. “The students and […]
Children going through the Kenyan education system are losing an estimated three years of learning, the World Bank has said. “What this means is that a Kenyan child can expect to go to school for 11 years out of which they will only do learning worth eight years,” said the bank’s senior education specialist Huma […]
Mr Erick Ademba, a teacher at Asumbi Girls High School, was on Wednesday among three African teachers to get Africa Union award for their outstanding performance. Mr Ademba received a certificate and $10,000 (Sh1 million) at a ceremony held at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The others were Augusta Lartey-Young, from Presbyterian Boys’ […]
The World Bank has indicated that about 87% of children in Sub Sahara Africa cannot read and understand a simple story at the age of 10. It has described the situation as a global learning crisis, adding that many children were in school but were lacking quality education. The World Bank Acting Country Manager, Dr […]
The Second Lady, Hajia Samira Bawumia, has been named the first of seven global honourees by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll), in partnership with Ashden. This is in recognition of her contribution towards mobilising action for the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7; the call for universal access to modern reliable, renewable and affordable […]
The BBC Africa Eye has released a year-long investigation documenting the sexual harassment behaviour of some lecturers at the University of Lagos and the University of Ghana. In the 13-minute video released by the media house on Monday, Dr Boniface Igbenuhue, a lecturer of the Faculty of Arts in Unilag, the current sub-dean and the […]
Following successful conclusion of the 9th Bi-National Commission of South Africa and Nigeria meeting in Pretoria, South Africa, which was elevated to the level of heads of state, both countries have agreed on issuing 10-year visas to businessmen, academics and frequent travelers. According to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, […]
The Minister for Education Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh says Ghana will get to a point of adopting the Comprehensive Sexuality Education, CSE, programme for basic schools. The Minister said even though we are not at the level of adopting it now we will do so in future but it will be culturally sensitive so it […]
Ghanaian startup, Dext Technology Limited, is to supply 500 schools in the United Kingdom educational resource packs including its widely acclaimed Science Set that will be used to help build students creative capacity and introduce problem-solving as well as innovation. According to a release by the company, the project is a collaboration between the Ghanaian […]
About one-third of African students studying in the U.S. are Nigerians, an official said on Wednesday. The Cultural Affairs Officer of the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria, Malia Heroux, made this known during an education fair for Nigerian students seeking admission into American universities for undergraduate and graduate studies. The fair, organised by the EducationUSA Advising […]
Receiving the award at the FOCOS NYC Gala ceremony, President Akufo-Addo noted that orthopaedic health conditions are severe among low and middle-income countries, which are less resourced to provide adequate access to orthopaedic care. In Ghana, it is estimated that the injury results in an estimated 2,772 disability-adjusted life years per 100,000 people annually. That […]
At least seven children were killed and more than 50 injured on Monday when a classroom collapsed in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, officials said. Television stations showed images of rescue workers sifting through metal sheeting and slabs of concrete at the Precious Talent school, and carrying white body bags to an ambulance. “There have been 57 […]
The Eastern Cape Department of Education (ECDoE) has announced that it’s set on introducing information and communication technology (ICT) to the classroom. This is part of the departments plan to ensure that its classrooms are prepared for the fourth industrial revolution. According to the ECDoE, ICT devices have already been distributed to educators across the […]
Eleven-year-old Nigerian artist, Waris Kareem, has emerged the recipient of the Taiwan’s Chou Ta-Kuan Cultural and Educational Foundation 22nd Fervent Global Love of Lives Award for 2019. NAN reports that the Representative of Taiwan in Nigeria, Amb. Vincent Yang, made this known in Lagos on Wednesday. Yang noted that Kareem stood out among other 2,723 […]
The world’s best teacher, who hails Kenya, Peter Tabichi, is set to address the 74th United Nations General Assembly, which brings together world leaders from the organisation’s 193 members. Tabichi, who won the 2019 Global Teacher Prize in March this year, is a member of the St Franciscan Friars, a religious order founded by St […]
Some 51 Ghanaian students have returned home from an agriculture training programme in Israel. They left the country in 2018 for a practical agriculture training across cooperative farms in Israel called kibbutz. The training lasted for a period of 11 months and provided the Ghanaian students the opportunity to acquire knowledge in greenhouse farming, among […]
While ANC leaders often face criticism for putting the party ahead of the country’s economic and social well-being, the ANC Veterans League says it will take a strong ANC to save South Africa. On Monday, Veterans League president Snuki Zikalala said the party’s infrastructure needed to be firmed up for it to play a more […]