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Nigeria: AUN Awards Scholarships to Nigerian Students

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África/Nigeria/Agosto 2016/noticias/allafrica.com

La Universidad Americana de Nigeria (AUN) ha anunciado concesión de 67 becas a los nuevos estudiantes que llegan a la universidad para la sesión académica 2016/2017.

Las becas se dividen en tres categorías, una declaración por el Director de la Universidad de Comunicaciones, Dan Okereke, dijo el sábado.

Incluyen Beca Nacional para el anotador global superior (una beca), becas regionales de los cinco máximos goleadores de cada región (30 becas), y becas estatales por el Pichichi en cada estado (36) becas.

Además de la beca nacional que cubre todos los gastos de asistencia, cada beca en una categoría cubrió el 50 por ciento de la matrícula, dijo la universidad.

Un candidato puede ganar en un máximo de dos categorías (estado el 50 por ciento y 50 por ciento regional) si se tratara de uno de los cinco mejores goleadores más altos en su región y también el máximo anotador de su estado para un triunfo combinado de cobertura del 100 por ciento en la matrícula.

Un total de 45 estudiantes ganó 64 de las becas, mientras que dos becas estatales no se otorgaron debido a que dos estados no cuentan con un competidor.

The American University of Nigeria (AUN) has announced award of 67 scholarships to new students arriving the university for the 2016/2017 academic session.

The scholarships are in three categories, a statement by the university’s Director of Communications, Dan Okereke, said Saturday.

They include National Scholarship for the overall top scorer (one scholarship), Regional Scholarships for the top five scorers in each region (30 scholarships), and State Scholarships for the top scorer in each state (36) scholarships.

Apart from the national scholarship that cover all costs of attendance, each scholarship in a category covered 50 percent of tuition, the university said.

A candidate could win in up to two categories (50 percent state and 50 percent regional) if they were one of the top five highest scorers in their region and also the highest scorer in their state for a combined win of 100 percent coverage on tuition.

A total of 45 students won 64 of the scholarships, while two state scholarships were not awarded because two states did not feature a contestant.

The 67 scholarships were awarded as follows:

One student won the National Scholarship;

20 students, who won a regional scholarship each, also were the highest scorers in their states and won 20 of the 36 state scholarships offered, making a total of 40 scholarships awarded in this group;

10 students won the remaining 10 regional scholarships; and 14 students won 14 of the remaining scholarships in the State Scholarships category.

Two scholarships were not awarded in the state category because two states did not feature a contestants.

Fuente: http://allafrica.com/stories/201608220205.html

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Rwanda: Innovation – New ICT Solution to Monitor Students’ Behaviour

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Rwanda/Agosto de 2016/AllÁfrica

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Ruanda: La innovación – Nueva solución TIC para monitorear el comportamiento de los estudiantes:Iniciativa inteligente, una firma local ha dado a conocer una iniciativa que ayudará a los maestros y los padres monitorear el comportamiento de los estudiantes. La nueva iniciativa denominada » Padres inteligente ‘ utilizará soluciones de Tecnología de Información y Comunicación ( TIC ) para que las escuelas , en particular los maestros, para seguir y controlar el comportamiento de los estudiantes en la escuela.

Smart Initiative, a local IT firm has unveiled an initiative that will help teachers and parents to monitor the behaviour of students.

The new initiative dubbed «Smart Parent’ will use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions to enable schools, particularly teachers, to track and monitor students’ behaviour while at school.

It will also provide daily SMS reports to parents on the status of their children during school time.

Speaking to The Rwanda Focus on Thursday, Olivier Karasira, the Smart Initiative CEO, said the solution relies on the presence of a computer in each classroom, Smart Parent software and internet access.

«This tool will help parents and schools to provide the best study environment for children given the high ICT penetration level in Rwanda, both in the urban and rural areas. It helps schools to communicate with parents, and also provides real time information to be used by government institutions as a measurement to guide development initiatives,» Karasira, said.

Smart Initiative is purchasing laptops from ASID, the official distributors of Positivo BGH Made in Rwanda laptops for Rwanda education system.

The initiative is already operational at Lycée Notre Dame de Citeaux (LNDC) in Kigali.

Fuente: http://allafrica.com/stories/201608190391.html

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Nigeria: Unn Allumni Rehabilitate College of Medicine, Donate N18m Projects

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Nigeria/Agosto de 2016/ AllÁfrica

Resumen: Veinte años después de su graduación (1995) , el conjunto de los médicos de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Nigeria , Nsukka ( UNN ) , el sábado se protagonizó una remontada a la escuela con la donación de las instalaciones , así como la renovación de la infraestructura en decadencia en la institución .

wenty years after their graduation, the 1995 set of doctors of the College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), on Saturday staged a comeback to the school with the donation of facilities as well as renovation of decaying infrastructure at the institution.

They promised to invest massively in sustaining the school’s ‘towering image’.

The doctors who congregated under the aegis of ‘Lynx 95′ donated a 40 KVA solar power system to the new 120-room medical students’ hostel at the cost of N10 million.

The 1995 set of UNN medical graduates also renovated the lecture theatre at Ituku Ozalla, new site of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH).

 They equally changed the roof, ceilings, broken windows, refurbished electrical connections and fixtures, repainted the edifice, repairing the plumbing and installing an overhead water tank. All these gulped about N18.5m, they said.

The cordinator of Lynx 95, Dr. Obi Okoli, a USA based infectious diseases specialist, who spoke during the donations and infrastructural rehabilitation in the school, said they were motivated to give back to the school what it gave them in learning and character.

«Unlike the conducive atmosphere in our time at the medical school, what we found upon our visit to the school earlier were classes with leaky roofs, disjointed and disconnected electrical installations, and classes with broken window glasses, among others.

«We drew inspiration from the late Catholic Pontif, Pope John Paul 11 who said: «No man has so much that he has nothing to receive and no man has so little that he has nothing to offer» as well as the late Mother Theresa who admonished: «Let no one come to you without leaving better and happier,» he said.

Fuente: http://allafrica.com/storie

 

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Nigeria: 800 mil personas en crisis por violencia de Boko Haram

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Nigeria/Agosto de 2016/Telesur

La crisis humanitaria a causa de la falta de agua potable, alimentos y seguridad ha matado a miles de personas en Nigeria.

El Alto Comisionado de Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados (ACNUR) denunció este viernes la grave situación humanitaria que se vive en el noreste de Nigeria a raíz del conflicto con el grupo terrorista Boko Haram. Unas 800 personas están en una situación de extrema necesidad.

El comunicado denuncia la situación de urgencia que se está viviendo en el noroeste de Nigeria, donde el conflicto con Boko Haram ha dejado millones de desplazados internos que no tienen acceso a asistencia básica y que se encuentran desprotegidos frente a la violencia.

>> Nigeria: Localizan 800 mil desplazados en zonas de Boko Haram

No obstante, la situación podría empeorar debido al avance de la ofensiva del Ejército nigeriano contra el grupo extremista.

Los terroristas se sienten acorralados, por lo que han aumentado su actividad en los estados de Borno y Yobe, donde los ataques a civiles, los coches bomba, el robo de comida y los atentados suicidas han aumentado en los últimos meses.

El acceso a la mayor parte de la Cuenca del Lago Chad, donde Boko Haram concentra su actividad, resulta de imposible acceso para las organizaciones humanitarias.

Cada día se producen nuevas violaciones de los Derechos Humanos en esa recóndita zona del país africano, perpetradas por los milicianos de Boko Haram: asesinatos indiscriminados a civiles, violencia sexual, desapariciones, reclutamiento forzado, rapto de menores para convertirles en niños soldado, conversiones forzadas, robos, entre otros.

Los civiles que todavía viven en esa zona del país no sólo deben hacer frente a la amenaza terrorista, sino que además tienen que enfrentar la grave situación de emergencia humanitaria que está matando a miles de personas cada día, la carencia de agua potable o a alimentos.

>> ONU alertó sobre condiciones de vida en zonas del Boko Haram

De acuerdo con los datos de Naciones Unidas, alrededor de 800 mil personas están en una situación de extrema necesidad. Cada día se registran nuevos casos de desnutrición grave aguda, y la escalada de violencia que se ha producido en los últimos años impide que la población pueda cultivar sus propias cosechas o mantener su ganado, por lo que cada vez son más dependientes de la ayuda humanitaria.

En el estado de Borno, Naciones Unidas estima que más de 50 mil personas están en situación de alerta crítica, de las cuales unos 21 mil son niños. Más de la mitad de estos menores han perdido a uno o a sus dos padres.

En la actualidad, hay 157 mil desplazados internos en Camerún, 74 mil 800 en Chad y más de 127 mil en Níger. En Nigeria ese número asciende a los 2 millones y medio de personas. El conflicto, por otro lado, ha acabado con la vida de más de 13 mil nigerianos.

Fuente: http://www.telesurtv.net/news/Nigeria-800-mil-personas-en-crisis-por-violencia-de-Boko-Haram-20160819-0055.html

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Malawi: Lilongwe school leaders hail british council’s connecting classrooms programme

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África/Malawi/21 Agosto 2016/Fuente y Autor:nyasatimes

Resumen: Un grupo de 74 líderes de las escuelas de la Región Central (Lilongwe y sus alrededores) han elogiado Conexión Programa Aulas del Consejo Británico para poner un tope a conducir de manera más efectiva y ser agentes de cambio en sus escuelas para la entrega de una educación de calidad que equipa a los jóvenes a ser plenamente preparados para la vida y el trabajo en una economía global.

A group of 74 school leaders from the Central Region (Lilongwe and surrounding areas) have praised British Council’s Connecting Classrooms Programme for jolting them to lead more effectively and be change-agents in their schools for delivery of quality education that equips young people to be fully prepared for life and work in a global economy.

Connecting Classrooms aims to build the capacity of teachers, head teachers and policy makers to support them to integrate a range of core skills into the curriculum, therefore improving learning outcomes for young people.

In a workshop held recently, in Lilongwe, the School Leaders were introduced to the Core Skills content and considered how they could best enable their staff to embed this in the teaching practices; and for their own professional development, additional leadership modules, namely, core skills for leaders, leading and effective teaching, and managing change.

Mphatso Light, a Deputy Head teacher at Kabwabwa Community Day Secondary School, said she had benefitted a lot from the programme because it reinforced some concepts learnt in college and introduced totally new but relevant topics for a School Leader to support their teachers and learners through the myriad daily challenges faced.

«As someone who became deputy head teacher without training, this has been an eye opener. We learnt leadership styles which I wasn’t familiar with; of course we might have learnt some of it in college, but now they were clearer. It has been refreshing and awakening.

«The digital component that I learnt will also benefit the students who need to be knowledgeable on computers in this day and age and I found the subject of deep learning, where we have learnt about

questioning skills and other learning methods, quite helpful for us to produce students who are not relying on memorising and regurgitating concepts,» said Light.

Another participant at the workshop, Dickens Mbewa, Head teacher at Mkomachi CDSS said the programme was enriching for exposing them to some new concepts and singled out change management lessons as one area which Connecting Classrooms was adding value in teachers. He

said teachers face challenges to implement some changes in schools.

«We as managers are there for change and need to embrace it, and can now go back and implement something we thought was against school norms easily,» said Mbewa.

Commenting on the workshop, the director for British Council in Malawi, Reena Johl, said the workshop was the first in a series of workshops specifically for School leaders which aims to enhance their own leadership skills, a critical success factor for improving quality of education and the experience of learners.

«We know that implementing change in any school needs careful handling. This will equip head teachers with the skills and theories they need to handle any barriers and resistance and so shape a vision that inspires change. It will also enable school leaders to understand their role in improving and sustaining the quality of teaching and learning and how they can influence teaching and learning

in their schools. With this offer we are responding directly to the request of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology who were keen to see this alongside the introduction of the revised curriculum in Secondary schools,» said Johl.

Connecting Classrooms is the British Council’s large scale global product for schools, which provides continuous professional development opportunities for teachers and school leaders, and supports partnerships between UK and Malawian schools to ensure sharing of knowledge and approaches to effectively embed the teaching of six core skills across the curriculum.

The programme is funded to the value of £34 million (£17 million by the Department for International Development and £17 million by the British Council). The programme, running from 2015-2018, will build the capacity of 45,000 teachers and 12,000 school leaders worldwide to support them to integrate a range of core skills into the curriculum.

Fuente de la noticia: http://www.nyasatimes.com/lilongwe-school-leaders-hail-british-councils-connecting-classrooms-programme/

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Zambia: Teacher recruitment key to quality education

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África/Zambia/21 de Agosto de 2016/Fuente: Zambia Daily Mail

RESUMEN: Toda sociedad requiere suficientes recursos humanos y materiales para mejorar su organización social, preservar la cultura, mejorar el desarrollo económico y la reforma de las estructuras políticas. La educación es a menudo visto como un requisito previo para el desarrollo de mano de obra de calidad y la creación de riqueza, un camino seguro hacia el éxito en la vida y el servicio a la humanidad. Sin embargo, para proporcionar una educación de calidad, que es un requisito previo para el desarrollo nacional, necesitamos maestros, y en los números correctos.
Esto se debe a que los profesores desempeñan un papel importante en el equipamiento de los ciudadanos por su papel en la sociedad que son necesarias para alcanzar los objetivos nacionales establecidos. Sin embargo, con la población en rápido crecimiento, Zambia ha tenido problemas en el suministro de los profesores adecuados para el número de alumnos en las escuelas. Por ejemplo, en 2012 el informe de la UNESCO  Zambia clasificó de octavo lugar entre los países con alta proporción de alumnos con una proporción del 48 a 1. Por lo tanto, es gratificante que el gobierno del Frente Patriótico ha seguido mostrando compromiso hacia la mejora de la calidad de la educación mediante la contratación de más maestros. Esta decisión no es sólo la creación del empleo muy necesario para los graduados, sino también mejorar la calidad de la educación que se imparte a los alumnos. Portavoz del Ministerio de Educación General, Hillary Chipango dijo que una gran parte de los profesores contratados trabajará en las zonas rurales porque hay una estrategia deliberada para abrir más escuelas  para permitir a los habitantes  rurales de obtener una educación. Con el desarrollo de infraestructura masiva que ha tenido lugar en todo el país, las zonas rurales están desarrollados con una vivienda digna, electricidad, agua potable y buenas carreteras, entre otras instalaciones.

EVERY society requires adequate human and material resources to improve its social organisation, preserve the culture, enhance economic development and reform the political structures.
Education is often seen as a prerequisite for quality manpower development and creation of wealth, a sure path to success in life and service to humanity.
But to provide quality education, which is a prerequisite to national development, we need teachers, and in the right numbers.
This is because teachers play an important role in equipping citizens for their roles in society which are needed to achieve the set national objectives.
However, with the fast growing population, Zambia has had challenges in providing adequate teachers for the number of pupils in schools.
For instance, in 2012 the UNESCO report rated Zambia eighth among countries with high pupil-teacher ratio globally with a ratio of 48 to 1.
It is therefore gratifying that the Patriotic Front government has continued to show commitment towards enhancing the quality of education by recruiting more teachers.
Last year, Government recruited about 5,000 teachers.
This year, Government has recruited 5,765 teachers who have since been deployed to different parts of the country.
This decision is not only creating the much-needed employment for graduates but also enhancing the quality of education provided to pupils.
We all know that the fewer the pupils a teacher handles the more attention each pupil gets.
But in instances where a teacher is overwhelmed by the number of pupils the quality of the service offered is compromised.
This further compromises the quality of graduates and subsequently their contribution to national development.
The average pass rates in the past could actually partly be attributed to the high pupil-teacher ratio.
For instance, the Grade 12 pass rate for 2014 and 2015 was 55 percent and 57 percent, respectively.
It is therefore hoped that with more teachers recruited, pupils will get quality education service and this will translate to high pass rates for grades 7, 9 and 12.
Now that Government has done its part, we expect the recruited teachers to put in their best and ensure that they produce quality pupils who will add value to the country.
Ministry of General Education spokesperson Hillary Chipango said a big chunk of the recruited teachers will be based in rural areas because there is a deliberate strategy to open up more schools there to enable more rural dwellers to get an education.
Mr Chipango further said the reason Government has constructed more schools across the country is to enhance quality delivery of educational services and closer to the people.
Given this scenario it is our expectation that those teachers who have been posted to rural areas will accept the offer realising that that’s where their service is really needed.
With massive infrastructure development which has taken place across the country, rural areas are now developed with decent housing, electricity, clean water and good roads, among other facilities.
So teachers have no excuse for shunning rural areas. We therefore urge the relevant authorities to pay teachers deployed to rural areas settling allowances on time to avoid any inconveniences.
It is also our hope that through this deployment the Ministry of General Education has taken care of the need to apportion more science, mathematics and ICT teachers especially to rural areas, where there is a deficiency.
Lastly we implore Government to continue on the same path of recruiting more teachers until we attain a desirable pupil-teacher ratio to ensure delivery of quality education service to all parts of the country.
Fuente: https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=76641
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Sudáfrica: Higher Education Legislation Outdated – Dept

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África/Sudáfrica/21 de Agosto de 2016/Fuente: All Africa

RESUMEN: Según el Departamento de la Educación Superior la legislación que regula la Educación Superior es obsoleta y necesita ser modificada,  «Ha habido muchas críticas en contra de la legislación vigente,» así lo afirmó el Director en Jefe del Departamento de Servicios Legislativos, Eben Boshof. Se le presentará un proyecto de ley al comité especial del Parlamento Europeo sobre la educación y la recreación, que modificaría la Ley de Educación Superior de 1997, en 14 áreas clave. Estos incluyen la incorporación de objetivos de la transformación, la inserción de nuevas definiciones y cambiar los ya existentes, tales como «institutos técnicos», y de prever nuevas instituciones, como centros de educación superior. El nuevo proyecto de ley ampliaría el poder del Ministro de la Educación Superior para determinar la política, en particular en relación con los objetivos de transformación. Se reconocería sólo tres tipos de instituciones – universidades, colegios universitarios y universidades de educación superior.  Son crecientes las instituciones que colaboran con las universidades más establecidas. Los colegios de educación superior están limitados en cuanto a su alcance, e incluyen escuelas de agricultura. política, lingüística. El  Presidente del comité, Lynette Zwane preguntó cómo el nuevo proyecto de ley afectaría a las políticas lingüísticas en diversas instituciones. BoshofT dijo que el ministro sólo tenía el poder de hacer política lingüística en el sentido amplio. «Las políticas lingüísticas de la institución permanecen en la institución específica, pero estarán sujetos a la política determinada por la Ley de idiomas.»  BoshofT dijo que el ministro sólo podía tomar decisiones después de recibir el asesoramiento del Consejo de Educación Superior (CHE).

Legislation regulating higher education is outdated and needs to be amended, the higher education department said on Wednesday.

«There’s been a lot of criticism against the current legislation,» the department’s chief director for legislative services Eben Boshoff said.

He was presenting a draft bill to Parliament’s select committee on education and recreation, which would amend the Higher Education Act of 1997 in 14 key areas.

These included incorporating transformation goals, inserting new definitions and changing existing ones, such as «technikons», and making provision for new institutions, such as higher education colleges.

The new bill would extend the higher education minister’s power to determine policy, in particular relating to transformation goals.

It would recognise only three types of institutions – universities, university colleges, and higher education colleges.

University colleges are growing institutions partnering with more established universities. Higher education colleges are limited in terms of scope, and include agricultural colleges.

Language policy, autonomy, transformation

Committee chair Lynette Zwane asked how the new bill would affect language policies at various institutions.

Boshoff said the minister only had the power to make language policy in the broad sense.

«The individual institution’s language policies will remain with the specific institution, but it will be subject to policy determined by the Languages Act.»

Another MP asked about accountability measures, as the bill would give far-reaching powers to the minister.

Boshoff said the minister could only make decisions after receiving advice from the Council on Higher Education (CHE), and would have to give reasons if he or she wanted to deviate from it.

The minister’s only real decision-making avenue was to initiate independent investigations.

Another question related to how the bill would address transformation. Boshoff said the bill only dealt with these issues by giving all those affected a framework within which to work.

He said transformation was a complex issue and it would need the CHE’s input.

Fuente: http://allafrica.com/stories/201608180233.html

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