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Nigeria: Obasanjo laments decay in education system, seeks reforms

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África/Nigeria/14 Agosto 2016/Fuente: /Autor: Gboyega Akinsanmi

Resumen:  El ex presidente Olusegun Obasanjo el martes lamentó el grado de descomposición en el sistema educativo de Nigeria, pidiendo reformas integrales para rescatar efectivamente el sector. También condenó la alarmante tasa de malas prácticas de examen en el país, que según él, debe abordarse para evitar una recaída de orden socio-económico.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday lamented the extent of decay in Nigeria’s education system, calling for comprehensive reforms to effectively rescue the sector.

The former president also condemned the alarming rate of examination malpractices in the country, which he said, should be tackled to avoid a relapse of socio-economic order.

He expressed concerns at the disturbing level of decay in the country’s education system in a statement issued by the management of Good Shepherd Schools after its 18th valedictory service.

As indicated in the statement, Obasanjo was represented at the valedictory service by his Chief of Staff, Deacon Victor Durodola at the service held at Atan, an Ogun State community.

The former president explained that unless the entire system «is totally overhauled and comprehensively reformed, the country’s education sector will continue to decline and dwindle.»

He added that there «is need for total change in the system. We need to overhaul the education system. Unless we overhaul our systems, we will continue to have problem. The sector is just one subset of the system. Once we overhaul our entire system, every other system will fall in place.»

He also canvassed for change in the value system, lamenting that the country’s value system «has changed for the worse. Unless we come back to arrest our value system and bring it to a path of rectitude, then we cannot change the educational system for good.

«But when we reorder society, our value system is reordered. When we reform all our weak institutions, everything will work well. The education system will also work well. It is because our system has crumbled that the education system is affected.

«It is a reflection of what the system has been all over the country. Once we are able to reform ourselves, make our institutions to be strong, then the education system will be strong,» he noted.

Obasanjo said examination malpractice was another form of corruption, which he said, «must be tackled without delay because it has eaten deep in the fabric of the education system.

«It is not only examination malpractices, look at corruption. Look at what is going on in the country now. Examination malpractice is a form of corruption. So, it deserves to be treated with some forms of iron hand and that is the only way we can take care of it; otherwise it will just continue like a wild fire. We need to arrest it fast,» Obasanjo said.

Director of Good Shepherd Schools, Dr. Adebayo Oyeyemi charged the graduating students to remain focused, work hard and strive to achieve their life’s dream of becoming great in the future as the school had instilled the gems to succeed in them. The school graduated 225 pupils and students from its primary, junior and senior secondary schools.

Fuente de la noticia: http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/07/24/obasanjo-laments-decay-in-education-system-seeks-reforms-2/

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Nigeria: Rural Teachers Need Motivation, Says Acting Kuje LEA Secretary

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África/Nigeria/13 Agosto 2016/Fuente: dailytrust/Autor: Abudakar Sadiq Isah

Resumen: Entrevista realizada al secretario de la Autoridad Local de Educación (LEA) de Kuje en Nigeria.

You became the acting secretary of the Local Education Authority (LEA) of Kuje Area Council at a challenging time, how have you been coping?

I believe that we will soon overcome those challenges. And for the teachers and staff of the LEA, especially in terms of welfare and salaries, the FCT Administration has always paid their salaries as at when due. So as far as issue of teachers’ salary is concerned, in Kuje Area Council, we don’t have any problem. The present administration, under the leadership of Alhaji Abdullahi D. Galadima, has vowed to accord priority to teachers which is why he declared zero tolerance for corruption when he came here last week to declare open a training event we organised for some of our staff and executive members of the LEA.

Why is it that there are complaints across area councils that teachers take almost 95 percent of money from the monthly allocation of the area councils. Do you have any plan to trim down the number of the LEA staff?

Kuje Area Council has 2, 200 members of staff, I don’t think there is any basis for trimming down the numbers. Besides, we have staff of different grade levels. If you calculate our comulative salaries you will understand that the money is not bogus as people believe.

There is this challenge of lack of enough teachers, instructional materials and infrastructural decay, especially in rural schools. What are you doing to tackle the problems?

The present APC-led governmenthas declared a state of emergency in the education sector of the council. The chairman wants us to tackle the issue of girl- child education and payment of scholarships to indigenes of the council learning at tertiary institutions across the country. He has said that his administration will give priority to teachers’ welfare, promotion and motivate teachers working in rural communities. However, regarding issues of infrastructural decay, lack of enough teachers and absence of instructional materials, we are liaising with the council to address them. But you should also bear in mind that the administration of primary schools is not the responsibility of the council chairman, but as a man who has the zeal and desire to improve the standard and quality of primary education in entire Kuje Area Council, he has promised to intervene. In addition, I would like to advise the FCTA on the issue of allowances for teachers, especially primary school teachers, that special allowance should be introduced to serve as an incentive for those teaching in rural areas. For instance, teacher working in the rural areas should stop paying house rent, the government or the host community should provide accommodation for such teachers. At least, if the government can do so, the issue of not having enough teachers in rural schools will be minimised, some teachers will even like going to teach at rural areas. But the chairman has promised to liaise with the Universal Basic Education Board to address all these challenges.

Fuente de la noticia: http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/aso-chronicles/rural-teachers-need-motivation-says-acting-kuje-lea-secretary/156059.html

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Nigeria: NOUN Suspends Admission to Law Programme Over Exclusion From Law School

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África/Nigeria/13 Agosto 2016/ Fuente: Allafrica

Abuja — The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) on Tuesday suspended admission into the institutions’ law degree programme following the exclusion of its law graduates by the Council for Legal Education (CLE) from attending the mandatory Law School.

The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Abdallah Uba Adamu, stated this while on a congratulatory visit to the Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission (NUC), (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Abdulrasheed.

Adamu, who was accompanied by members of the university’s governing council said the suspension of admission into the programme was sequel upon the advice by the NUC that students should be stopped from undertaking the course pending the resolution of the inability of its graduates to go to Law School like their counterparts from other conventional universities.

The Council for Legal Education (CLE) had earlier exempted law graduates of Open University from attending Law School on the grounds that the mode of study at the Open University was by correspondence or part time, and as such did not meet the requisite criteria for mode of study to be admitted into law school.

Adamu rather contended that such interpretation of the Act establishing NOUN by CLE was at variance with the prevalent global understanding of the mode of instruction associated with open universities.

NOUN VC explained that the institution is «an Open Distance Learning Institution which provides accessible, affordable and equitable education to millions of individuals who would work and learn at the same time due to their circumstances.

«We are praying to the Executive Secretary circumstances to draw the attention of the CLE to the fact that NOUN as an ODL institution, does not equate to part time or correspondence institution. In order to make things easier for everyone, we have accepted the NUC recommendation to halt admission into the programme until we streamline our activities with the CLE.

«For NUC to convince the CLE that we are an ODL institution, a proper and legitimate mechanism for education all over the world and in all domains, and therefore accept our graduates for admission into the Law School,» Adamu stressed.

Speaking, Prof. Abdulrasheed said NUC would seek audience with the Council for Legal Education with the view tomaking the council understands that NOUN is not a part-time or a correspondence programme.

«It is a policy of Legal Education Council to deny certain category of students from going to Law School. NOUN is an ODL institution; this is the future of tertiary education in the world.

«NOUN has come with genuine defence. We will have to adjust to this reality of this open and distance which is threatening the character and nature of our tertiary institutions in the country. Digital revolution is one of the two revolutions of the recent decade that are changing the world.

«We are going to make a strong case, draw the attention of CLE to the fact that NOUN is an ODL and not a correspondence programme. This is a new method of learning globally,» the NUC boss maintained.

Fuente: http://allafrica.com/stories/201608100706.html

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Nigeria: Jigawa suspends teachers’ training

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África/Nigeria/08 Agosto 2016/Fuente:vanguardngr /Autor: Aliyu Dangida

Resumen: El gobierno estatal ha anunciado la suspensión inmediata de la formación en servicio para todos los maestros de las escuelas primarias y secundarias. Esto fue revelado por el Comisario de Información, Juventud, Deportes y Cultura, Alhaji Ibrahim Bala, al informar a los periodistas sobre el resultado de la reunión del consejo ejecutivo del estado.

Jigawa State government has announced the immediate suspension of in-service training for all primary and junior secondary school teachers.

This was disclosed by Commissioner for Information, Youth, Sport and Culture, Alhaji Bala Ibrahim, while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the state’s executive council meeting.

Alhaji Ibrahim said the decision was taken based on preliminary reports by the primary and junior secondary school’s teachers verification committee.

The commissioner noted that the report indicated that there were over 22,000 teachers in the state’s pay roll, out of which over 5,000 had been on in-service training for more than five years and did not return even when they had completed their studies.

His words: «The state’s Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, is lacking teachers in the primary and junior secondary schools across the state.

«That is why it has become necessary to put all training on hold until after the committee’s exercise.»

He maintained that findings by the committee revealed that the board had shortage of over 4,000 teachers, with over 5,000 away for studies beyond the approved study period.

He said there were 900 teachers who went on training and studied courses irrelevant to the teaching, adding that the office of the Head of Service was working to send them to government agencies relevant to their training.

Ibrahim disclosed further that the council assessed the level of 2016 budget and directed all the ministries and agencies to submit reports on the level implementation.

Fuente de la noticia: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/jigawa-suspends-teachers-training/

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Nigeria: Accelerating technical education in Delta State

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África/Nigeria/07 Agosto 2016/Fuente:Thisdaylive/Autor: Omon-Julius Onabu

Resumen: A la luz de los retos cada vez más complejos en el mundo de hoy, incluidos los problemas de empleo, el papel del capital humano bien cuidado consistentemente ha puesto de relieve a nivel mundial. Uno de los líderes de Nigeria que no tiene pelos en la lengua, alerto sobre la necesidad de revisar los planes de estudio para que sean más funcionales para el desarrollo sostenible en el país es el gobernador del estado de Delta, el Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa.

 

Warri — In light of the increasingly complex challenges in today’s world, including employment challenges, the role of well-groomed human capital has consistently been stressed globally.

One Nigerian leader who has not minced words on the need to review the curricula to make them more functional towards sustainable development in the country is the Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa.

He has maintained the desire to build a functional, result-oriented technical education system as a dependable human capital base for middle level manpower needs of the state. The recent inauguration of upgraded facilities at the Ofagbe Technical College, Isoko North Local Government Area of the state has further given credence to the commitment of the administration to restore not only the glorious days of technical education in the state, but to raise the standards to compete globally.

The governor had, shortly after his inauguration last year, identified six state-owned technical colleges for infrastructural and academic upgrading. He immediately awarded the contract for the reconstruction of three of the schools, Ofagbe Technical College, Sapele Technical College and Agbor Technical College. The other colleges are Uta-Gbogbe Technical College, Ogor Technical College and Issele-Uku Technical College.

Speaking at the ceremony, the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Chiedu Ebie, said the completion of the first and second phases of the infrastructure and other resource bases of the college was a promise religiously kept by the governor.

According to him, Ofagbe Technical College had been practically abandoned for over 20 years before the inception of the Okowa administration; he recalled what the governor said while inspecting renovation work at the school late last year, saying, «we will take technical schools in the state to greater heights and it will impact positively, not only on the lives of the students, but also on their host communities. I am satisfied with the progress of work and I assure the people that the project will not be abandoned as we will manage the resources and funds we have to complete the work.»

While highlighting developments in the chequered history of the school since its establishment by Pilgrim Baptist Mission- Pilgrim Baptist Trades School on February 15, 1966, exactly one month after the first military coup in Nigeria, Ebie said it was heartwarming that the governor ensured that the first and second sets of projects were duly completed within 10 months «despite the economic downturn in the country.»

He said the gesture was a testimony to Okowa’s commitment to technical and vocational education, «which is timely, visionary, legendary, second-to-none and worthy of commendation.»

The school, which took off with just 47 students at its inception, currently has an enrollment figure of 188, made up of 137 male and 51 female students.

While providing details of the turn-around work done so far at the college, Ebie announced the state’s plans to do more. The projects include the construction of the internal roads by the state’s Direct Labour Agency (DLA), the contracts awarded in two phases for the construction of staff quarters, male.

The completed aspects include the reconstruction and upgrading of the staff quarters, male hostel block, library, examination hall, administrative and science blocks, mechanical, auto mechanical and electrical workshops.

«This phase also included the procurement contract for the supply of various machines and equipment required for the workshops to enhance teaching and learning as well as the supply of computers and students’ furniture.»

After the governor’s visit to Ofagbe last year, additional contracts under the second phase were awarded, including the construction of a perimeter fence, a gatehouse and an electrical block of four classrooms with an office, all of which have been completed.

Ebie urged the students and members of the community to justify the huge investment of the government by ensuring that the infrastructure and amenities are maintained and not vandalised. «Now that Ofagbe Technical College has been repositioned as a world-class institution, there comes the need for the entire Ofagbe community to reciprocate this kind gesture through community participation to secure and protect the school from vandalism and theft.»

Indications that the revamping of technical education in the state will be prioritised by the government came to the fore during the maiden Delta State Education Summit in January. It is noteworthy that the government is looking beyond the construction of beautiful buildings without the provision of the basic tools and distinct policy framework for serious technical training.

According to the commissioner, restructuring of the colleges involves not just a programme for training and retraining of teachers but also partnership with competent organisations for necessary in-depth technical assistance. He disclosed that schools’ curricula are being reviewed to sharpen the functionality and contemporary market relevance.

«With the refocusing of technical and vocational education in the state, the upgrade and equipping of this institution, enrollment is expected to significantly increase in the near future. To guarantee focused attention in this sub-sector of education, the Technical and Vocational Education Board (TVEB) has been established with a full complement of institutional framework, funding and personnel. Effort is currently being made to review and enrich the technical education curricula to make it responsive to extant challenges.»

Aside the traditional cutting of the tape to formally open the school, the highpoint of the event was perhaps the hint by Okowa that his administration is favorably disposed towards the reintroduction of boarding schools at the secondary level. He said the desired quality of technical education in the state would be enhanced by the move, stressing that there would be no compromising his government’s firm policy on technical education.

The excitement of the people of not just Ofagbe town but the entire Isoko ethnic nation was palpable as traditional rulers, local, state and national political representatives of the people, cultural associations, women and youth groups expressed their joy at what they termed the governor’s rescue mission at Ofagbe College.

The President-General of Isoko Development Union (IDU), Chief Iduh Amadhe, aptly captured the people’s sense of appreciation at the occasion thus: «Your excellency, we express our appreciation for your magnanimity towards the Isoko nation.

«We will remember you for making the best out of a difficult situation by completing the DELSU, Oleh Campus access road, completion and commissioning of the DELSU, Oleh Campus Law Faculty Complex and on-going efforts by your administration at ensuring the accreditation of courses for Law and Engineering Faculties at the campus; upgrading and improvement of physical structures of the Ofagbe Technical College.»

Fuente de la noticia: http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/07/13/accelerating-technical-education-in-delta-state/

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Nigeria: BIA gives education to children of low income

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África/Nigeria/06 Agosto 2016/Fuente:Vanguard /Autor:Dayo Adesulu

Resumen:En su búsqueda para dar educación de primera clase a los niños de familias de bajos ingresos en África, BIA una escuela privada internacional, ha construido seis lugares académicos en Ojo, Badagry, Igando, Ijegun, y Ikorodu, dirigida a los niños cuyos padres viven por debajo N400 por día.

In its quest to give world-class education to children from low income families in Africa, Bridge International Academies, BIA, an international private school, has built six academic locations at Ojo, Badagry, Igando, Ijegun, and Ikorodu, targeting children whose parents live below N400 per day.

The first BIA opened in the Mukuru slum in Nairobi, Kenya in 2009. Today, there are over 450 academies and Bridge continues to expand across Africa and Asia. Bridge plans to educate 10,000,000 children across a dozen countries by 2025.

In Nigeria, the first Bridge schools which were opened in September 2015, have six academies located in Ojo, Badagry, Ikorodu, and Alimosho LGAs serving over 1,200 children. Just as it plans to extend their services to other remote communities in Epe, Badagry, Ikorodu, Ibeju-Lekki, and Ojo by September 2016, increasing access to affordable quality education for children living in these communities.

On Saturday, July 16, 2016, Lagos was brought to a standstill as Bridge International Academies had its first graduation ceremony in Nigeria. The Managing Director of Bayswater Industries Limited, Mr. Piyush Nair, graced the occasion.

The prize-giving event of 234 graduates was held simultaneously across six academies located in Ojo, Badagry, Igando, Ijegun, and Ikorodu, and showcased presentation of scholarship awards to 54 outstanding pupils. The scholarships were sponsored by Bridge’s Corporate Partner, Bayswater Industries Limited, manufacturers of Mr. Chef seasoning cubes and powders.

Speaking at the presentation of scholarships to the pupils, Mr. Piyush Nair said the vision that gave birth to the rapidly expanding Bridge International Academies worldwide has proved that investment in young people is a worthwhile enterprise for peace of mind in the future.

He added: «As it is often said amongst the Yoruba, the untutored child is the one that will wreak havoc on well-ordered families and, indeed, society.»

Bridge International Academies is the world’s largest chain of primary and pre-primary schools, bringing world-class education to children from low income families and democratizing the right to succeed.

Fuente de la noticia: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/bia-gives-education-children-low-income/

Fuente de la imagen:http://www.bridgeinternationalacademies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Bridge-36-e1442504678697.jpg

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New York: La ONU creó una cultura global en la que discutir la cultura islamista es tabú

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New York/Agosto de 2016/ ONU

Testimonio frente al Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU, presentado por el director ejecutivo de UN Watch, Hillel Neuer durante el debate sobre el reporte del Orador Especial sobre racismo y discriminación el 28 de junio de 2016.

Sr. Orador, muchas gracias por su reporte sobre la xenofobia, que menciona al genocidio en los párrafos 29 y 38, al Medio Oriente entre los párrafos 57 y 61 y a la islamofobia en los párrafos 33, 34, 51, 56 y 63.

La semana pasada, expertos de este consejo concluyeron que el Estado Islámico está cometiendo un genocidio en contra de los yazidíes. Sr. Orador, siendo el genocidio la máxima manifestación del racismo, hay alguna razón por la que el genocidio contra los yazidíes – el único genocidio en acción reconocido por este consejo – no fue mencionado en su reporte?

Llamo su atención a la elaborada ideología detrás de las prácticas asesinas de ISIS. Esto fue presentado el Agosto pasado en una importante investigación del New York Times titulada “ISIS venera a la teología de la violación; Afirmando el apoyo del Corán, el Estado Islámico codifica la esclavitud sexual en las regiones conquistadas de Siria e Irak y usa la práctica como herramienta de reclutamiento.”

El periódico entrevistó a 21 mujeres y niñas que escaparon del Estado Islámico y examinaron sus comunicaciones oficiales. Encontraron que las violaciones sistemáticas de mujeres y niñas de la minoría religiosa yazidí de Irak se volvieron una parte integral de la organización y la ideología radical del Estado Islámico, un año después de que el grupo anunciara que traería de vuelta a la esclavitud como institución.

El artículo muestra como un soldado del Estado Islámico, en los momentos previos a que violara a una niña de 12 años, se toma el tiempo para explicar que lo que estaba por hacer no era un pecado. El insistió en que como la niña practicaba una religión distinta al Islam, el Corán, bajo su punto de vista, no solo le daba el derecho a violarla, sino que lo reconoce y lo promueve.

Sr. Orador, ¿consideraría usted examinar como se desarrolló esta teología genocida y de dónde vino? ¿Hay algún miembro de la ONU que sea, por lo menos, parcialmente responsable por financiar a instituciones religiosas y educativas radicales?

Sr. Orador, durate los últimos 15 años, mientras discutimos el racismo y la discriminación bajo la Declaración de Durban, ¿por qué este flagelo global que asesina inocentes desde Irak hasta Nigeria, desde Orlando a París, nunca formó parte de la narrativa?

¿Por qué, por el contrario, fueron los pocos activistas de derechos humanos, periodistas e intelectuales que intentaron sonar la alarma, acusados de racismo e islamofobia?

¿Usted cree que nosotros en la ONU ayudamos a crear una cultura en la que esta discusión se volvió tabú? ¿Acaso el proceso de Durban le falló a los yazidíes, cristianos y musulmanes chiítas que hoy enfrentan un genocidio?

Gracias.

Fuente: http://www.unwatch.org/la-onu-creo-una-cultura-global-en-la-que-discutir-la-cultura-islamista-es-tabu/

Fuente de la Noticia: http://www.cdn.com.do/noticias/mundiales/2016/08/03/comite-onu-alerta-de-genocidio-yazidi-pide-ayuda/

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