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Tanzania finds cash for Mandela science institute
[DAR ES SALAAM] The East African hub of the ambitious, pan-African Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) appears set for completion later this year after further funding...
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2011 African Gender Award won by President of Liberia
Africa’s first female President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, wins the 2011 African Gender Award (AGA) of Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS) – PanAfrican Center for Gender, Peace and Development. Announcing...
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Mobile learning tool launched for poor, rural users
Mobile learning platform to deliver revision materials to connected devices. McGraw-Hill Cos. and Wipro Ltd.’s Wipro Technologies are working together to develop a new mobile learning platform, attempting to tap...
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SOMALIA: Free education “too expensive” for Somaliland
HARGEISA, 25 January 2011 (IRIN) – The self-declared republic of Somaliland has introduced free education at primary and intermediate levels and doubled teachers’ salaries but these decisions will be hard...
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UNESCO: Education for All
Motivated by its mission to build peace, eradicate poverty and maintain global sustainable development, UNESCO has set a range of objectives. One of them is quality education for all. Africa...
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Zanzibar: Private Sector urged to support education
Zanzibar President Dr Ali Mohamed Shein has called for increased participation by the private sector in the development of the isles education sector. He said there has been much improvement...
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South Africa: Increase in Private Schools
Growing numbers of children in SA are going to private schools — 50 percent more children were attending these schools in 2009 than in 2000, the South African Institute of...