[Efa] UNESCO/Nairobi: Monthly News Roundup Education and HIV/AIDS in the press - January 2007
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Kenya
Education for all must be the goal
The election of candidates joining Form One this year started at the
national level yesterday, and will go down to the provincial and distri...
>>Source: Daily Nation 5 th January 2006
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Secondary schools to increase intake
The Government has introduced new measures to increase Form One places by
next year.
>>Source: Daily Nation 5 th January 2006
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Minister orders universities to review dons' cases
Education minister, Prof George Saitoti, has ordered public universities to
immediately initiate talks on the fate of sacked lecturers.
>>Source: The Standard 12th January 2006
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Women group strives to take 'young mothers' back to school
She appears to be in her mid 30s, although she is just 16. She could now be
in secondary school had she not become pregnant at the age of nine.
>>Source: The Standard 10th January 2006
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Improve Nyanza education standards, MPs told
Nyanza leaders have been told to accept their failures in spearheading the
region in retaining its past educational standards.
>>Source: The Standard 8th January 2006
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Plan to employ 45,000 teachers
Forty five thousand teachers will be employed next year if a proposal to
fund the recruitment is accepted by Parliament..
>>Source: Daily Nation 16th January 2006
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High-flyers from the ghetto
When life has dealt its biggest blow on human beings, it creates two kinds
of people: go-getters who fight to the end, and quitters who give up,
believing life is not for them.
>>Source: The Standard 17th January 2007
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Team wants TSC split, free secondary school
Secondary school education would be made free and compulsory, if the
recommendations of a Government-appointed taskforce are implemented..
>>Source: The Standard 17th January 2007
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State launches plan to improve child education
The Government has made recommendations to subsidise early childhood
development education (ECDE).
>>Source: The Standard 24 th January 2007
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Rwanda
Varsity students off to Dar for EAC meet
At least twenty students from various institutions of higher learning left
the country Thursday, January 5 for an inter-university summit in Dar es
Salaam , Tanzania .
>>Source: New Times 6 th January 2006
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Govt promises laptops to primary pupils
The government of Rwanda has committed itself to provide a laptop to every
Rwandan primary school pupil within five years, the education minister has
said.
>>Source: New Times 5 th January 2006
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Fifty handicapped persons graduate
Over 50 handicapped people, most of them demobilised soldiers, yesterday
received certificates for completing a one-year course in various skills.
>>Source: New Times 11 th January 2006
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0ver 900 students receive scholastic materials
EASTERN PROVINCE: NYAGATARE - over 900 students from all sectors of
Nyagatare District who benefit from the educational scholarship scheme of
the Multi-Sectorial Aids Fund project (MAP) early this week recieved
scholastic materials worth over Frw8 million.
>>Source: New Times 11th January 2006
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42 awarded literacy certificates
Forty-two people were over the weekend awarded certificates after completion
of a literacy course conducted by the Association of Pentecostal Churches in
Rwanda (ADPR).
>>Source: New Times 9th January 2006
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NUR admits 70% for Sciences
SOUTHRN PROVINCE : HUYE - The National University of Rwanda (NUR) started
academic year (2007) on Monday January 8, with admission of 70 percent
entrants into science studies, The New Times has learnt.
>>Source: New Times 9th January 2006
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Jaguar owners open school
Hundreds of parents yesterday flocked to the official opening ceremony of
Riviera High School, a new secondary school in Kabuga, Bugesera District,
about 30 kilometers from Kigali city.
>>Source: New Times 8th January 2006
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Exams results out
The 2006 national examination results for Primary Six and Senior Three (Tron
commun) have been released. The results, released yesterday by the State
Minister for Primary and Higher Education, Joseph Murekeraho, at the Rwanda
National Examinations Council (RNEC) offices at Remera,
>>Source: New Times 12th January 2006
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BAT offers Frw6m scholarships to NUR needy students
SOUTHERN PROVINCE: HUYE - The British American Tobacco Rwanda (BAT) is to
give out scholarships worth Frw6 million to 12 private needy students with
excellent grades at the National University of Rwanda (NUR)
>>Source: New Times 16th January 2006
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Teachers' pay rise for this month -Minister
The State Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, Joseph Murekeraho,
has said that the government will increase teachers' salaries effective this
month. In an interview with The New Times at the ministry offices in Kacyiru
last week,
>>Source: New Times 17th January 2007
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Tanzania
Korean alumni donates desks to school
Korea International Cooperation Agency Alumni Association in Tanzania (KAAT)
at the weekend handed over 45 desks and educational materials worth 3m/- to
Kipunguni B Primary School in Ilala District, Dar es Salaam .
>>Source: IPP media 1 st January 2006
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Govt to recruit more teachers
In what appears to be the latest move to curb teachers` shortage in the
country, the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training will now employ
graduate teachers immediately upon their graduation from the universities.
>>Source: IPP Media 11th January 2006
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Exam results now to be accessed through SMS
A new system to enable the public and candidates access national examination
results through mobile phone text message (SMS) has been officially
launched.
>>Source: IPP media 15th January 2006
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Vodacom builds 40m/- classrooms
VODACOM in collaboration with Vodacom Foundation has built three classrooms
worth 40m/- for the Amani Vocational Centre.
>>Source: IPP media 15th January 2006
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Uganda
Free Secondary education starts
THE education ministry has released sh7.3b for government- aided and private
schools that are to take part in the Universal Secondary Education (USE)
programme, which starts in February.
>>Source: New Vision 6 th January 2006
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Makerere University reopens today
MAKERERE University re-opens its doors for business today, 54 days after the
Council closed it because of a strike by lecturers over pay.
>>Source: Daily Monitor 6 th January 2006
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66 sub-counties get secondary schools
THE education and sports ministry is about to complete the construction of
66 seed schools.
>>Source: New Vision 5 th January 2006
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Church in sh1b nursery project
KAMPALA - Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala recently approved a sh1b nursery school
project plan at Christ the King Church . The ultra-modern nursery school is
under construction at the church premises on Colville Street .
>>Source: New Vision 2 nd January 2006
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Community education pays off
INITIATION of community-based projects in society requires active
mobilisation of the community. The adult and community education programme
gives you community education skills to enable you understand and
communicate with adults in the community.
>>Source: New Vision 2 nd January 2006
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Americans to aid Kayunga schools
DEBORAH Brown Community School in Tulsa , Oklahoma USA , has pledged to
upgrade standards of schools in Kayunga district.
>>Source: New Vision 2 nd January 2006
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S1 intake doubles
SENIOR One intake is expected to double when Universal Secondary Education
(USE) takes off in February.
>>Source: New Vision 11th January 2006
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Displaced schools to regain original sites
AS thousands of internally displaced persons return to their villages, over
20 displaced primary schools are set to return to their original sites.
>>Source: New Vision 11th January 2006
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Asians to open varsity in Jinja
JINJA mayor Mohammed Baswali Kezala has revealed that Asian investors are
planning to establish a university in the district.
>>Source: New Vision 10th January 2006
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PLE results out this week
PRIMARY Leaving Examination results are scheduled to be released this week,
the director of education has said.
>>Source: New Vision 8th January 2006
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Local leaders to supervise schools
EDUCATION minister Geraldine Namirembe Bitamazire has asked local leaders to
monitor the construction of seed secondary schools.
>>Source: New Vision 15th January 2006
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Kampala to host education fair
OVER 500 participants are expected at this year's annual National Education
Fair scheduled to open on January 25 at Lugogo Indoor stadium in Kampala .
>>Source: New Vision 15th January 2006
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Jonam hailed for adult education
JONAM county in Nebbi district has emerged winner in implementing adult
learning in the West Nile .
>>Source: New Vision 15th January 2006
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Women get scholarships
THE Association of Uganda Professional Women in Agriculture and Environment
(AUPWAE) and the Association of Women Leaders in Agriculture and Environment
have given six partial scholarships to PhD and Masters students
>>Source: New Vision 15th January 2006
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Luhanjo seeks support for Iringa Education Fund
Chief Permanent Secretary, Philemon Luhanjo has urged donors, well wishers
and Iringa residents in general to donate generously towards Iringa
Education Fund.
>>Source : IPP media 24 th January 2007
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Makerere University students start exams
MAKERERE University students started writing their end of semester
examinations yesterday.
>>Source: New Vision 23 January 2007
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Rural schools deserve more support
THE Ministry of Education and Sports on Friday released the 2006 Primary
Leaving Examination results. The ministry, however, in a departure from
established practice, declined to release information about the best
candidates in each district.
>>Source: New Vision 22 January 2007
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SCHOLARSHIPS
The Ford Foundation has launched the sixth round of the International
Fellowships Programme (IFP) for Master's and PhD programmes.
Sponsored by the New York-based International Fellowships Fund, the
programme is part of a global effort to provide opportunities to individuals
who will use the knowledge to become leaders.
>>Source: New Vision 22 January 2007
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Kenya
Aids patient lives on, 17 years later
Nineteen eighty nine is the year Kanu wanted to build a sky-scrapper at
Nairobi's Uhuru Park, Nelson Mandela was still in jail and the Inter.
>>Source: Daily Nation 6 th January 2006
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Rwanda
CNLS to champion anti-Aids media
The National Aids Control Commission (CNLS) is spearheading efforts to form
an association of journalists to help fight HIV and Aids pandemic.
>>Source: New Times 17th January 2007
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Adventist Church joins HIV/Aids fight
SOUTHERN PROVINCE : RUHANGO - Thousands of residents of the Adventist Church
in Gitwe Sector have declared their intention to join the national crusade
against HIV/Aids.
>>Source: New Times 26 th January 2007
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NUR Aids association engages family in Aids fight
SOUTHERN PROVINCE: HUYE - The National University of Rwanda League against
HIV/Aids (NUR-LUCS) has stepped up efforts to engage family in the fight
against the scourge.
>>Source: New Times 22 January 2007
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Tanzania
HIV/Aids network plead for teachers
Education stakeholders have urged the government to give more time to
teachers living with HIV/Aids for them to attend regular check-up.
>>Source: IPP media 11th January 2006
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US funds Zanzibar`s VCT centre
Zanzibar will soon have a special one-stop centre for HIV Voluntary,
Counselling and Testing (VCT) and other sexually transmitted diseases,
following the construction of a new centre.
>>Source: IPP Media 11th January 2006
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Local film on HIV/Aids ready
A Pangani based NGO, Uzima Kwa Sanaa (UZIKWASA), will this week launch a
film called Fimbo ya Baba (Father`s stick).
>>Source: IPP media 22 January 2007
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Uganda
C'wealth conference backs AIDS fight
EDUCATION ministers of Commonwealth countries have agreed to speed up the
attainment of Universal Primary Education. They also called for an end to
gender disparities in schools.
>>Source: New Vision 2 nd January 2006
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iew&id=1897&Itemid=127> here
Cheaper HIV/AIDS test on trial in Tororo district
THE testing of the viral load in people living with HIV/AIDS could soon be
cheaper in Uganda , preliminary studies by Centres for Disease Control in
Tororo district have shown.
>>Source: New Vision 5 th January 2006
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Lira gets sh900m for HIV centre
AN American, Phil Greger, has donated $500,000 (about sh900m) to the Lira
North West Medical Team.
>>Source: New Vision 17th January 2007
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NGOs launch joint action plan on HIV/Aids
EASTERN PROVINCE: NYAGATARE - Over 28 Non-Governmental Organizations with
ant-HIV/Aids programme last week launched a joint action plan against the
disease in Nyagatare District this year.
>>Source: New Times 26 th January 2007
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Children to get free AIDS drugs
THE Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) will start providing free
antiretroviral drugs to all children infected with HIV (the virus that
causes AIDS) in the country, courtesy of the Bill Clinton Foundation.
>>Source: New Vision 22 January 2007
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