[Efa] Education news roundup - 3rd April 2006

Mon Apr 3 10:50:51 EAT 2006

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Press scan 

Education in the press

Prioritise education - AU boss
AFRICA'S first education decade was a flop, a senior African Union (AU)
official has said and implored governments and donors to allocate more
resources to ensure the second decade, to be declared soon, does not face
the same fate.
>>Source: New Vision 3rd April 2006                      For more: click
here
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Mukono gets new guild head
WILD ululations characterised a colourful party where the outgoing guild
president of Uganda Christian University , Mukono, Paul Amoru, handed over
power to his successor, Richard Wambedde, recently.
>>Source: New Vision 3rd April 2006               For more: click here
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Focus on higher education , govts urged
AFRICAN Development Bank has called for a refocus on higher education and
announced a policy shift in its future financing to emphasise the higher
education al sub-sector, science, technology and research.
>>Source: New Vision 3rd April 2006                     For more: click here
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Italian NGO builds day-care centre in Luzira Prison
AN Italian NGO operating the Family of Africa Orphanage in Uganda , has
built a day-care centre for children whose mothers are jailed at Murchison
Bay in Luzira Prison.
>>Source: New Vision 3rd April 2006                For more: click here
<http://www.education.nairobi-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=v
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Govt proposes to integrate religious values in curriculum
THE Government's proposal to review the primary school curriculum and
integrate in it religious values has brought mixed reactions.
>>Source: New Vision 3rd April 2006               For more: click here
<http://www.education.nairobi-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=v
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Govt released sh25b for UPE
THE ministry of Education and Sports has released more than sh25b for
Universal Primary Education (UPE) programme for the period from July 2005 to
February 2006.
>>Source: New Vision 3rd April 2006          For more: click here
<http://www.education.nairobi-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=v
iew&id=1036&Itemid=127> 

ESC calls on teachers with disabilities
THE EDUCATION Service Commission (ESC) has called on teachers with
disabilities to contact them in connection to their previous applications.
>>Source: New Vision 3rd April 2006                 For more: click here
<http://www.education.nairobi-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=v
iew&id=1035&Itemid=127> 

College to launch first-ever ICT and telecom online training postgraduate
programme 
The College of Telecommunications and Information Technology disclosed that
it would launch the first-ever online training programme at postgraduate
diploma level in the country this year with a view to meeting the demand of
Information Communications Technology professionals.
>>Source: Ethiopian Herald 2nd April 2006              For more: click here
<http://www.education.nairobi-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=v
iew&id=1043&Itemid=127> 

Over 100,000 children get access to education in Jimma Zone
More than 100,000 children have got access to education services in Jimma
Zone of the Oromia State during the past three years, the Zonal Education
Desk said.
Desk Head, Galib Abatemam told ENA that the number of students reached over
427,000 this Ethiopian year from 318,000 in 1996e.c.
>>Source: Ethiopian news Agency 2nd April 2006                  For more:
click here
<http://www.education.nairobi-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=v
iew&id=1044&Itemid=127> 

IT literacy programme for teachers launched
The Rwanda Development Gateway Group, a Government ICT development project,
last Friday, launched a countrywide programme aimed at training senior
secondary school teachers on Information Technology
>>Source: New Times 2nd April 2006                 For more: click here
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 HIV/AIDS in the press

World Vision starts AIDS care project
WORLD Vision has launched a five-year sh2.3b (1,083,336 Euros) HIV/AIDS
home-based care project for orphans and vulnerable people in three
sub-counties in Gulu district.
>>Source: New Vision 3rd April 2006              For more: click here
<http://www.hivaids.nairobi-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=vie
w&id=430&Itemid=71> 

Activists decry shortage of AIDS drugs in clinics
A team of 16 Forum Expert Coordinators has decried the lack of ARVs drugs in
some major hospitals in the country.
>>Source: New Vision 3rd April 2006               For more: click here
<http://www.hivaids.nairobi-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=vie
w&id=429&Itemid=71> 

Govt launches HIV vaccine guidelines
UGANDA has launched the guidelines for the HIV/AIDS vaccine research, with
researchers sounding optimistic that the pandemic's vaccine is in sight.
>>Source: New Vision 1st April 2006        For more: click here
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Soldiers warned on AIDS
THE UPDF chief of operations and training has cautioned soldiers against
promiscuity.
>>Source: New Vision 1st April 2006          For more: click here
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<http://www.hivaids.nairobi-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=vie
w&id=367&Itemid=71> French UNESCO education website now accessible from:
http://www.education.nairobi-unesco.org/french

Study Abroad:  <http://www.unon.org/vac.php> UNESCO international guide to
higher education opportunities:
<http://www.education.nairobi-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=v
iew&id=707&Itemid=56> click here

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iew&id=707&Itemid=56> Weekend News Roundup 3April2006 - (PDF version, last
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<http://www.education.nairobi-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=v
iew&id=707&Itemid=56> Upcoming Education Related Events and Activities -
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<http://www.education.nairobi-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=v
iew&id=707&Itemid=56> UNESCO Nairobi education sector at a glance - (PDF
version, last updated 20th February 2006)
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