[Efa] UNESCO/Nairobi: Education and HIV/AIDS in the press - 5 - 10th November 2007

Mon Nov 12 09:27:00 EAT 2007

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Rwanda

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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Kenya

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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Tanzania

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

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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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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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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Uganda

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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<http://www.education.nairobi-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=v
iew&id=707&Itemid=56>  Weekly News Roundup 5 - 10th November 2007 - (PDF
version, last updated 8th November 2007)

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