[Efa] UNESCO/Nairobi: Monthly News Roundup Education and HIV/AIDS in the press - October 2007
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Kenya
Knec takes tough stand on examination cheating
Students found cheating in this year's national examinations will be barred
from taking any form of examination for a period of two years.
>>Source: The Standard 23 rd October 2007
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Colleges to be upgraded to polys
Technical training institutions will be upgraded to polytechnics, a Cabinet
minister has said. .
>>Source: Daily Nation 8th October 2007
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Rwanda
Rwanda using ICT to build knowledge-based economy
NEW YORK - Sometime in the next two years, nearly every school in Rwanda -
from distant mountain villages to swelling urban areas - will be hooked up
to the Internet. And it won't be some crummy dial-up service.
>>Source: New Times 24 th October 2007
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Teachers: Set the examinations bar high
Anyone who spends time acquiring skills, knowledge and attitudes in school
must be allowed time to prove their worth. Now that the academic year is
slowly coming to an end, teachers countrywide are busy preparing final exams
for their students.
>>Source: New Times 3 rd October 2007
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Tanzania
Celtel donates books to eight secondary schools
Mzumbe Secondary School students have asked companies, well-wishers and
individuals to support the initiatives of supplying teaching and learning
materials so as to boost the education sector in the country.
>>Source: IPP Media 24 th October 2007
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37 students benefit from Algerian scholarships
The Embassy of Algeria has offered scholarships to 37 Tanzanias to study
science and technology degree courses in Algeria.
>>Source: IPP Media 19th October 2007
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Uganda
Parents urged to fight illiteracy
RUHAMA MP Janet Museveni has appealed to parents to support institutions and
the Government to eliminate illiteracy. Mrs. Museveni warned that if the
parents did not educate their children, they would reap limited success.
>>Source: New Vision 25 th October 2007
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Budo students interact with professionals on careers day
KING'S College Budo held a career exhibition day recently, at which students
interacted with professionals from different fields. The professionals, who
included doctors, artists, engineers, bankers, accountants, teachers,
journalists, insurers and musicians, were former students of the school.
>>Source: New Vision 23 rd October 2007
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Kisubi Brothers Centre holds first graduation
THE Brothers Centre of Uganda Martyrs University recently held its first
graduation ceremony at its campus at Kisubi, in Wakiso district. Thirty
pioneer students who successfully completed their studies were awarded the
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education of Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi.
>>Source: New Vision 23 rd October 2007
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Kyambogo to start open e-learning programme
A NEW education system, electronic learning, is here. The Open Distance and
e-Learning (ODeL) will mainly assist students, who wish to study at home.
All a student needs is a computer and Internet connection to access the
programme.
>>Source: New Vision 23 rd October 2007
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Students get scholarships
FORT PORTAL - The Uganda Pentecostal University has awarded scholarships to
three students to study at its campus. The students received the
scholarships at a function held at the university campus at Kahungabunyonyi
in West Division.
>>Source: New Vision 23 rd October 2007
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25 seed secondary schools to be built
THE Government has started construction of another 25 seed secondary schools
out of the 63 pledged to be put up countrywide. The construction, funded by
the African Development Bank and the Government, will cost $29.2m (about
sh50b).
>>Source: New Vision 22 nd October 2007
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Government urged to subsidise private varsities
THE Bishop of Ankole Diocese, the Rev. George Tibeesigwa, has appealed to
the Government to subsidise operations of private universities.
>>Source: New Vision 22 nd October 2007
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Soroti Flying School to get six planes
SOROTI Flying School will soon get six new aeroplane worth $1.5m, works
minister John Nasasira has said. The school is located in eastern Uganda.
>>Source: New Vision 22 nd October 2007
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'Promote reading culture by writing in local languages'
The poor reading culture again took centre stage at the 15th annual National
Book Week that run at Garden City exhibition hall last week.
>>Source: New Vision 16th October 2007
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Rotary donates $30,000 lab
The Rotary Club of Kampala West, has donated laboratory equipment worth
US$30,000 (about sh53m) to orphans of Herman Gmeiner School. The donation
was procured and delivered in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Pismo
Beach in California, Rotary International.
>>Source: New Vision 16th October 2007
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50 years of uniting cultures, races
WHEN His Highness, the Aga Khan, established a high school on Makerere Hill
Road, it was to promote an education that embraced different cultures. Aga
Khan High School was established as the first-ever multi-racial school in
the country, admitting students from Africa, Asia, Europe and other parts of
the world.
>>Source: New Vision 16th October 2007
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Adult literacy boosted
KAYUNGA-Over 60 instructors working under the Function Adult Literacy
programme received bicycles to enable them teach residents in remote areas.
>>Source: New Vision 16th October 2007
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NSSF reforms needed
THE National Social Security Fund plans to allow people living with HIV/AIDs
to access their money before reaching retirement age. This is commendable
since the current provision where members can only access their benefits
after reaching 55 years is prohibitive.
>>Source: New Vision 8th October 2007
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Uganda: Masaka, Iganga Get Sh278m From Japan
The government of Japan has donated $163,567 (sh278m) for the improvement of
health and education services in Masaka and Iganga districts.
>>Source: New Vision 10th October 2007
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Uganda: Fawe Marks 10 Years, Calls for Girl Education
If only they would remain girls and not grow into women, Uganda would become
heaven.
>>Source: New Vision 10th October 2007
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School attendance rises as WFP resumes food supply in Karamoja
THE World Food Programme (WFP) is providing a lifeline to Uganda's least
developed region, Karamoja, through relief services. Through its support,
valued at over $17.3m (sh30b) this year, the UN body is expected to reach
75% of the Karamoja population in more than 230 schools, 31 health centres
and 263 communities.
>>Source: New Vision 3 rd October 2007
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USE schools to get more classrooms
SECONDARY schools that enrolled over 400 students for Senior One under the
Universal Secondary School (USE) programme will get more classroom blocks.
Gabriel Opio, the Minister of State for Higher Education, said the project
would be implemented before February next year.
>>Source: New Vision 3 rd October 2007
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Kenya
United in beating Aids odds
The one-storey permanent building is conspicuous from hundreds of wooden
shacks that define Nyeri Town's Kiawara slum. ..
>>Source: Daily Nation 22 nd October 2007
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Uganda
Gaetano appointed special envoy for UN
MR Gaetano Kaggwa has become the first Ugandan to be appointed as a Special
Representative for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids (Unaids).
>>Source: Daily Monitor 24 th October 2007
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Health care donates items to guardians to HIV orphans
ST Francis Health Care Centre in Njeru has donated mattresses and blankets
worth Shs. 100 million to 120 women left with the responsibility of raising
the grandchildren orphaned by the HIV scourge.
>>Source: Daily Monitor 23 rd October 2007
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Parliament staff test for HIV
OVER 200 Parliament staff were tested for HIV/AIDS at the Parliament
recently. The Presidential Guard Brigade, some MPs, the parliamentary
Police, Roko Construction workers, journalists and other non-parliamentary
staff also took advantage of the free HIV/AIDS tests.
>>Source: New Vision 22 nd October 2007
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Early intervention crucial in HIV fight
Today is Paediatric HIV Advocacy Day. Statistics in Uganda show that 25,000
babies are born with HIV every year and about 110,000 are living with it.
>>Source: New Vision 3 rd October 2007
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