[Efa] UNESCO/Nairobi: Monthly News Roundup Education and HIV/AIDS in the press - November 2007

[UNESCO Nairobi Education Sector]

NAIROBI HOST TO EDUCATION MEETINGS ON HIV&AIDS 

 


  




UNAIDS Inter-agency Task Team (IATT) on Education and the African Networks
of Education HIV&AIDS Focal Points met in Nairobi from 27 to 30 November
2007.

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"THE MISSING 10 PER CENT - HIV/AIDS IN THE EDUCATION SUB-SECTOR IN
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA". 

 





African Population and Health Research Institute (APHRC) hosted a one-day
symposium on 27 November 2007 that was supported by the Ford Foundation on
behalf of the UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) on Education. Since the
early 1990s, the interaction of HIV and AIDS and education in sub-Saharan
Africa has concerned researchers, policymakers, and civil society. HIV and
AIDS and education interact in many ways. HIV and AIDS have led to massive
reductions in the demand for and supply of education, reductions in the
availability of resources, adjustments in responses to the special needs of
a rapidly increasing number of orphans, and alterations in the roles of
teachers and the education system. This symposium aimed to clarify some of
the critical ways in which the pandemic has interacted with the education
sector in sub-Saharan Africa.

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African Network of Ministry of Education HIV&AIDS Focal Points 

 





In 2002, IATT established an "Accelerate Initiative Working Group" that has
formed the African Networks of Ministry of Education HIV&AIDS Focal Points.
These networks have been established within the sub-regional communities of
the African Union to serve as conduits for sharing information and helping
to shape the sub-regional agendas on HIV/AIDS and education.

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TEACHERS LIVING WITH HIV AND AIDS 

 


Teachers living with HIV and AIDS told their provoking stories of the
challenges and obstacles they face especially the stigma and discrimination
and of the failure to provide institutional confidential kits. Insights from
the technical consultation organization by UNESCO and Educational
International from 30 November to 1 December 2006 give hope that Teachers'
Unions, networks of positive teachers, Ministries of Education are moving.
Education International and its EFAIDS partners - Education Development
Centre and the World Health Organization have developed a toolkit to help
education and their unions to involve education who are living with HIV. 

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WORLD AIDS DAY - 1 December 2007 

 





A compilation of stories from teachers living with HIV and AIDS in
sub-Saharan Africa was launched on World AIDS Day at the Kenyatta
International Conference Centre (KICC) in Nairobi. The booklet was supported
by the World Bank, the Partnership for Child development and UNESCO-Dakar. 

 "We must continue to intensify our efforts, adapt our actions to the
epidemiological and social situations on the ground, and mobilize sufficient
financial resources for the AIDS response in the time to come. I pledge
UNESCO's firm commitment to fulfilling its role [of leadership] in the
global response to HIV and AIDS," stated the Director-General of UNESCO.   

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LAUNCH GLOBAL MONITORING REPORT - 2008 

 


"Education for All by 2015: Will we make it?" 




The 2008 edition of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report was
launched on 29 November at the United Nations in New York.  Published by
UNESCO and Oxford University Press, the sixth edition of the annual Report
is a mid-term review of progress towards the six EFA goals established in
2000. 

To consult the full report, summary report, regional overviews, statistical
search tool, background papers and video interviews, visit: Website of the
2008 EFA Global Monitoring Report 

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Africa Regional Meeting on CONFINTEA VI to take place in Kenya in July 2008 

 





UNESCO's Sixth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI)
will take place in Brazil in 2009.  The conference will provide a platform
for policy dialogue and advocacy on adult learning and education. An Africa
Regional Meeting will take place in late July 2008, in Nairobi, Kenya, in
preparation for CONFINTEA VI.

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Regional Meeting Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE) to take place in
Maputo in January 2008 

 





African countries participating in the Literacy Initiative for Empowerment
(LIFE) initiative will meet in Maputo, Mozambique, in January 2008 to
develop a common understanding of the LIFE concept, framework and strategy
to share lessons and challenges, innovative practices in different areas of
literacy and common priority areas of concern. African countries
participating in the LIFE programme are: Benin, Burkina Faso, R. Central
Africaine, Chad, RDC, Djibouti, Ethiopia. Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea,  Guinea
Bissau, Madagascar. Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone.

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Kenya

Saitoti firm on free high school
Free secondary education will be a reality in January, Education minister,
Prof George Saitoti, has said. A circular will soon be sent to school
principals detailing how the programme would be implemented, the minister
disclosed. 
>>Source: The Standard 23rd November 2007                             
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Free education gets Sh4.1bn
The Government Thursday released Sh4.1 billion to finance free primary
education. .. 
>>Source: Daily Nation 23rd November 2007                                
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Schools in arid areas to get building grants
Selected primary schools in 30 poor districts will receive improvement
grants annually for five years. ... 
>>Source: Daily News 22nd November 2007                                 
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List of new set books for 2009 exams released
The Education ministry has released new English and Kiswahili set books to
be examined in Literature and Fasihi respectively from ... 
>>Source: Daily Nation 15th November 2007                               
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Smooth start for KCPE exams
The Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations kicked off on
Tuesday with no major incidents reported. 
>>Source: Daily Nation 14th November 2007                           
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Woman and daughter sit for KCPE
A woman and her daughter sat KCPE in the same room at Kakamega Primary
School. 
>>Source: The Standard 14th November 2007                          
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University launches college for dentists 
Moi University has launched the School of Dentistry. In a colourful ceremony
at the weekend, the 
>>Source: The Standard 13th November 2007                     
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Schools ordered to release KCSE certificates
The Government has ordered secondary school head teachers to release more
than half a million certificates withheld for unpaid fees. 
>>Source: The Standard 13th November 2007                            
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45 inmates to sit KCPE in Naivasha
Twenty-eight death row inmates will be among the 45 candidates sitting for
this year's KCPE at the Naivasha Maximum Prison.... 
>>Source: Daily Nation 13th November 2007                               
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704,520 pupils to sit KCPE exam
The Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination starts on
Tuesday, with the highest number of candidates ever. .. 
>>Source: Daily Nation 12th November 2007                         
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Security tightened as KCPE begins
The executive officer of the Kenya National Examination Council (Knec), Mr
Paul Wasanga, says security in volatile areas has been beefed up to ensure
KCPE examinations are conducted peacefully. 
>>Source: The Standard 12th November 2007                           
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Clarify fees issue: Principals
Secondary school headteachers want the Government to issue official
communication on whether parents will pay school fees come January, 2008... 
>>Source: Daily Nation 7th November 2007                               
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Rwanda

 

Girls education now promoted in Africa
A few years back, girls in Africa were not given equal opportunity to
acquire formal education like the boys. It was not unusual to find many
places in Africa where girls' education was not promoted. 
>>Source: New Times 22nd November 2007                             
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Rwandan students on US study tour
A team of eighteen Rwandan students is set to make a study visit to the
United States of America this week.The visit is aimed at building leadership
abilities among youths. 
>>Source: New Times 20th November 2007                      
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iew&id=2436&Itemid=127> 

 

Put more money in rural education institutions
In many developing countries, up to seventy percent of the young people
between the ages of 15 and 25 live in rural areas, which areas have few
primary schools and poorly qualified teachers. Of those that do go to
school, 30 percent drop out during the first few years. 
>>Source: New Times 19th November 2007                       
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ICT to attract street children to schools
KACYIRU - THE Ministry of Education has started an initiative of using
Science and Technology (ICT) to attract street children to school. 
>>Source: New Times 12th November 2007                                
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Strategies for a mixed-ability classroom 
Port Louis there is no recipe for differentiation. Teachers construct
differentiated classrooms in varying ways depending on their own
personalities, the nature of the subject and grade level they teach, and the
learning profiles of their students. 
>>Source: New Times 8th November 2007                       
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President Kagame rehabilitates his former school
IT is a story of a village school whose fortune has changed overnight
because of a former student's certificate that has been kept since 1971.
Rwengoro Primary School in Kamwenge district is where Rwandan President Gen.
Paul Kagame attended and completed his Primary Seven. 
>>Source: New Vision 5th November 2007                               
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Tanzania

Do not scare prisoners who aspire for education
Prison warders reportedly intimidating inmates intending to pursue further
studies have been warned against violation of human rights. 
>>Source: IPP media 21st November 2007                            
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Dar orphans to get primary, secondary schools
A Dar es Salaam-based organization, Home and Care for Aged and Orphans
(HOCAO) has requested the Director of Kinondoni Municipality to issue a
permit for the construction of primary and secondary schools for... 
>>Source: IPP Media 20th November 2007                             
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Swissport gives 12m/- to support education sector
Swissport Tanzania Ltd has provided Tanzania Educational Authority (TEA)
with 12m/- to uplift education sector in the country. 
>>Source: IPP media 8th November 2007                              
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Uganda

Educ exbihition set
THE annual National Educational Exhibition (NAEE) is set for tomorrow
(Thursday) up to January 29 at Lugogo Game Yard. 
>>Source: Daily Monitor 20th November 2007                          
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Nsibambi gives sh2m Mengo refund to Mukono University
PRIME Minister Apolo Nsibambi has donated the sh2m that was returned by the
Buganda Kingdom last Friday to the Uganda Christian University in Mukono. 
>>Source: New Vision 20th November 2007                     
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Uganda: Orphaned Pupils to Get Free Education
Vulnerable and orphaned children will next year get access to quality
education at no cost from the schools under construction by African
Christians in Development (ACID). 
>>Source: Daily Monitor 5th November 2007                             
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iew&id=2422&Itemid=127> 

 

Hundreds at Omwikwamba get opportunity to study
DESPITE the Government's initiative to provide free education, many children
in Isingiro district do not go to school and others drop out before
completing primary level. About 14% of primary school age children are out
of school because they do not have funds to buy the requirements, cover long
distances to school, are forced into early marriages and lack of motivation
from their teachers. 
>>Source: New Vision 5th November 2007                           
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iew&id=2421&Itemid=127>  here

 

 

Aga Khan builds library for St. Noah 
AGA Khan Primary School is constructing a library worth sh7m for St. Noah
Primary School in Wakiso district. The initiative is part of the Aga Khan
School's community service project and exchange programme with St. Noah
Primary School. 
>>Source: New Vision 5th November 2007                          
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iew&id=2418&Itemid=127> 

 

Students to tour Egypt, South Africa
STUDENTS taking Geography, History and Agriculture will have a chance to see
what they study in class if they make the three education trips organised by
Breeze Tours in December. 
>>>>Source: New Vision 5th November 2007                           
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iew&id=2417&Itemid=127>  here

 



 

Kenya

US gives Sh3.9b to fight Aids 
Kenya has received Sh3.9 billion ($60 million) from the US to fight
HIV/Aids. The Sh3.9 billion will 
>>Source: The Standard 22nd November 2007                            
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US gives Sh3.9b to fight Aids 
Kenya has received Sh3.9 billion ($60 million) from the US to fight
HIV/Aids. The Sh3.9 billion will go to Indiana and Moi universities through
the Academic Model for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV/Aids programme. 
>>Source: The Standard 21st November 2007                          
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Sh514m loans plan for Aids victims on
K-Rep Development Agency and the United States International Agency for
Development have unveiled a Sh514 million partnership... 
>>Source: Daily Nation 21st November 2007                              
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iew&id=2442&Itemid=127> 

 

 

Uganda

Queen moved by HIV children
QUEEN Elizabeth II was yesterday moved by the state of people living with
HIV/AIDS in Uganda. 
>>Source: New Vision 23rd November 2007                            
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31 Aids workers graduate
Thirty-one people were on Wednesday awarded certificates in Strategic
Information in Support of Improved HIV/Aids Programmes. 
>>Source: New Vision 23 rd November 2007                              
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UN revises Aids figures down
THE United Nations has released its latest report on the global HIV
prevalence rates, which shows that the rate is still a cause for concern in
Uganda and safer sex behaviour has declined. 
>>Source: Daily Monitor 22nd November 2007                              
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New school curriculum to fight AIDS launched
SAVANNAH Sunrise Clinic (SAS) has introduced a new curriculum aimed at
reducing HIV infection in Uganda to less than 1%. The Immunisation by
Education Strategy (IBES) was launched at Hotel Africana, recently. The
strategy has taken in more than 18,000 pupils from 36 primary schools in
Kampala. 
>>Source: New Vision 5th November 2007                            
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iew&id=2419&Itemid=127> 

 

 

 

 

 

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