The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), said in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos that cinema lovers would enjoy discounted […]
The South Korean government has assembled the military to close up schools in the country, this is a move to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. The military said it has sent 379 of its Special Warfare officials to general wellbeing communities to help the public authority’s treatment of the COVID-19 circumstance, as per the […]
Schools in South Africa most especially private schools has distanced themselves from banning a Covid-19 positive patient from attending lectures. Sacai’s arrangements and rules make arrangement for applicants who tried positive for Covid-19 to compose at their offices after the 10-day separation period. The mother said she additionally imparted to the invigilator and Sacai a […]
Children in Zimbabwe have back to the classroom for the first time in six months considering the coronavirus outbreak. But instructors are nowhere to be viewed as two unions went on strike on Monday in a dispute over pay, working conditions and COVID-19 shielding equipment. The government shut faculties in March to prevent the unfold […]
Back to school for children in Tunisia on September 15, following the approval of the health protocol by the Tunisian scientific committee for the fight against coronavirus — which calls for the application of social distancing between pupils and the mandatory mask-wearing only for teachers and educational staff as children are at less risk of […]
Algerian Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad on Sunday said that the date for the start of the 2020-2021 school year depends on the COVID-19 situation in the country, the official APS news agency reported. Djerad told media that the scientific committee monitoring the spread of COVID-19 will provide its professional suggestion for the date of opening […]
School is Still Out in Kenya The education system in Kenya has taken a serious blow from the Covid-19 pandemic as many schools, closed since March 15 and scheduled to reopen in January 2021, many school teachers and staff have taken drastic measures in order to survive the imposed lockdown virus-prevention sanitary measures that see […]
Morocco imposed a lockdown on Casablanca and shut its schools Monday, the day they were supposed to reopen after summer, in a bid to stop the spread of Covid-19. The new measures, which include restrictions on movement and a night-time curfew, would be in place for two weeks in the commercial capital, the authorities said […]
Schoolteacher Mamadou Junior Diakhaté is on a mission to rebuild a school in Senegal in time for students to pass their exams to enter high school. The teacher nicknamed “Junior” used his social media accounts to crowdfund the rebuild and has raised about 3,000 euros. The institution was shut due to the coronavirus pandemic in […]
Due to the coronavirus outbreak, Greek schools will open a week later than expected, officers said Tuesday. Schools had been scheduled to open on Sept. 7, however with a latest spike in COVID-19 cases, authorities determined to push this back to Sept. 14, said Education Minister Niki Kerameus. The prolong is indispensable to permit time […]
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 […]
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 […]
Rwanda has been selected to lead the Giga initiative of connecting every school in Africa by 2030. The initiative was launched in 2019 by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), with aim to provide connectivity to every school in the world by 2030. Statistics show that so far some […]
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 […]
Botswana remains one of Africa’s least impacted countries, one of a handful with less than 100 cases of COVID-19. Government has in the past month taken drastic measures including a strict lockdown. President Eric Masisi tested positive for the third time on June 1. The wholes parliament was quarantined at a point when a health […]