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

Mon Oct 1 13:02:41 EAT 2007

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Kenya

New teachers to report on Monday
The current teacher shortage facing the country is expected to ease from
Monday when 11,000 new teachers report to their work stations.. 
>>Source: Daily Nation 21st September 2007                       
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Kenya: Digital Schools Launched
Technology firm Hewlett Packard Eastern Africa Ltd, has launched four
Digital Schools in Kenya. HP is in partnership with an American NGO, Build
African Schools, which constructed the classrooms. 
>>Source: Daily Nation 19th September 2007                           
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Kenya: Sh500 Million Boost for Youth Polys
The Government is rehabilitating 65 youth polytechnics at a cost of Sh552.5
million. 
>>Source: Daily Nation 19th September 2007                    
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Dawn breaks for ICT students in slum
She is a teenage orphan living with an uncle at Nairobi's Kibera slums. And
like most of her neighbours, access to electricity, let alo. 
>>Source: Daily Nation 19th September 2007                           
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Scrap Standard Eight exam, says report
Abolishing of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examination is one
of the radical options being considered by a Government-appointe.. 
>>Source: Daily Nation 18th September 2007                      
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63 students to study in Russia
Finance minister, Mr Amos Kimunya, officiated at the launch of university
scholarship programme for 63 Kenyan students going for studies in Russia. 
>>Source: The Standard 10th September 2007                          
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Fresh free secondary school pledge 
President Kibaki has announced a comprehensive programme, similar to the
free primary education (FPE), that will eventually lead to free secondary
school beginning next year. >>Source: The Standard 10th September 2007

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Varsity sets up campus at the Coast
A multi-million-shilling teacher training college in Taita Taveta District
is now a constituent college of a public university. ... 
>>Source: Daily Nation 7th September 2007                         
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Schools to be registered in 28 days 
Registration of schools and colleges will now take 28 days in a new
initiative launched by the ministry of Education. . 
>>Source: Daily Nation 6th September 2007                         
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Over 900 students register at Mutesa I Royal University
Over 900 students have registered to pursue various courses at Mutesa I
Royal University. The Vice Chancellor, Prof Munakukaama Nsereko, made the
announcement to the press last week in Kampala. 
>>Source: The Standard 5th September 2007                          
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Sh900m to be used on varsities
More than Sh900 million has been budgeted for the running of three campuses
at the Coast, a Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture lecturer... 
>>Source: Daily Nation 4th September 2007                    
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Rwanda

How students in Rwanda will keep going for higher education
As you move from one school to another in Rwanda, you step off the main road
to dusty side streets leading to the country's secondary schools to find
surprising faces before you. 
>>Source: New Times 13th September 2007                                
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Why reading culture among kids should be promoted
It is never too late to develop a reading culture among school-going
children though, to many, reading seems tiresome and uninteresting. 
>>Source: New Times 5th September 2007                     
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Tanzania

Tanzania hosting another education forum on Africa
Over 120 delegates from all over the world today start a two-day
international forum in Dar es Salaam on global quality assurance in higher
education in Africa. 
>>Source: IPP media 18th September 2007                         
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International conference to discuss ways to better secondary education
standards
The Open University of Tanzania in collaboration with the United Nations
Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Harare Cluster
Office... 
>>Source: IPP media 13th September 2007                   
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Uganda

Bank supports girl-child
JINJA-Barclays bank contributed sh4m towards the girl-child education drive
in Busoga region. The money will cater for the fees of 16 students of
Wanyange Girls, Jinja, Budini, Nkuutu Memorial secondary schools and Ibubnaz
Girls. 
>>Source: New Vision 18th September 2007                       
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UN agency builds sh600m Teachers' units in Karamoja
The World Food Programme (WFP) is building 40 housing units worth sh600m for
teachers in Karamoja, 
>>Source: New Vision 17th September 2007                        
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iew&id=2361&Itemid=127> 

Saint Andre College standing the test of time
St Andre College, a Catholic founded secondary school under the Kigali Arch
diocese recently celebrated fiftieth anniversary. 
>>Source: New Vision 12th September 2007                       
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iew&id=2352&Itemid=127> 

MUK Mass Com gets UNESCO rating
MAKERERE University's Department of Mass Communication has been ranked among
the 12 top "centres of excellence" for journalism and communication training
in Africa. This is in a study by the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). 
>>Source: New Vision 10th September 2007                           
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iew&id=2345&Itemid=127> 

Lugazi University promises unique programmes 
A JOURNEY of a thousand miles, they say, begins with one step. Transformed
from a secondary school, Lugazi University opened its doors to students over
the weekend. Located 42km on the Kampala-Jinja highway, many wonder why the
university was started away from the city centre, where most universities
are concentrated.  
>>Source: New Vision 10th September 2007                               
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Mukono schools to get boreholes
MUKONO district will drill a borehole at every government-aided primary
school beginning this financial year, Harriet Nankabirwa, the secretary for
finance, has said. 
>> Source: New Vision 10th September 2007                            
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iew&id=2343&Itemid=127> 

1.2 million adults get free education
OVER 1.2 million adults have so far benefited from Functional Adult Literacy
(FAL) programmes conducted by the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social
Development. Of these, 76% were female and 24% male. The programme offers
free education to people aged 15 years and above. 
>>Source: New Vision 4th September 2007                  
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Govt to build 41 more seed schools
THE Government is to construct 41 more seed schools in its campaign to
enhance implementation of the Universal Secondary Education (USE) programme.

>>Source: New Vision 4th September 2007                 
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Mityana gets scholastic materials
Greek friends of Bukuya primary school in Mityana district have given the
school scholastic materials worth sh5m. Handing over the items which
included text books and chairs, Papachristou Fotini, the team leader, said
the donation was in line with the Government's goal of boosting primary
education.  
>>Source: New Vision 4th September 2007      
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Kenya

Sh400m HIV plan for EAC launched
A new programme has been launched to help in fighting HIV/Aids among groups
along the Lake Victoria Basin. It is a joint initiative by the East African
Community, the Lake Victoria Basin Commission and the African Medical and
Research Foundation. 
>>Source: The Standard 5th September 2007                     
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Rwanda

CFD trains pastors in HIV/AIDS
RWAMAGANA- A Kigali-based Christian organization-Centre de Formation et de
Documentation (CFD) has started training Eastern Province religious leaders
in HIV/Aids. 
>>Source: New Times 14th September 2007                        
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Tanzania

Coast youth told to turn up massively for HIV/Aids screening
The Coast Regional Commissioner Dr Christine Ishengoma has called on youths
in the region to go en masse for voluntary screening of HIV/Aids in order to
show support for the national campaign launched recently by President... 
>>Source: IPP media 6th September 2007                             
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Uganda

HIV group elects leaders
The National Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS has re-elected Apofia
Naikoba as chairperson for the second term. During elections presided over
by Maxensia Takirambule, Nancy Akumu was elected vice-chairperson, Martha
Were, the treasurer and Joyce Tibaijuka, the mobiliser. Naikoba promised to
continue assisting women living with HIV/AIDS to become self-reliant. 
>>Source: New Vision 17th September 2007               
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4,800 HIV patients in Gulu receive food supplements
AT least 4,800 people living with HIV/AIDS in Gulu district have received
food supplements from the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Vision. 
>>Source: New Vision 17th September 2007                  
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HIV/AIDS patients appeal for more drugs
PEOPLE living with HIV/AIDS have appealed to the Government to increase the
accessibility of Antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in order to live more positive,
productive and prolonged lives. 
>>Source: New Vision 18th September 2007                 
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Charity gives HIV lessons
E3 partnership, a Christian charity based in Dallas in USA, has started a
campaign to create HIV/AIDS awareness in the district. On Tuesday, the
organisation, through the New Life Baptist Church in Walukuba Division
trained 60 preachers from different churches countrywide about the scourge.
During the training at Hotel Triangle, participants were taught about HIV.
This was done through pictures printed on a cube. The charity's director,
Joseph Oyuki, said the Evange Cube passes on messages in a simple way that
can be understood by everybody. 
>>Source: New Vision 21 st September 2007                      
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Sh1.5 b donation for Aids
More than two million Kenyans have been tested twice for HIV. Health
minister, Mrs Charity Ngilu, also disclosed that 156,000 patients, including
10,000 children, are under on antiretroviral therapy. 
>>Source: New Vision 12th September 2007                               
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Women's rights advocate praises Ngilu efforts on Aids
A prominent advocate for women's rights and the fight against Aids in Africa
arrived in Nairobi this week to join President Kibaki in openin.. 
>>Source: New Vision 12th September 2007                     
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Govt advised on HIV/AIDS
TORORO-The Government has been asked to include people living with HIV/AIDS
in its poverty eradication programmes. Speaking during the annual general
meeting at the TASO Tororo Centre on Saturday, the eastern regional manager
of The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO), David Wakoko, said: "When a patient
starts taking anti-retroviral treatment, feeding becomes a major concern for
they need to keep strong. 
>>Source: New Vision 5 th September 2007                 
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Jinja AIDS centre gets testing unit
THE Aids Information Centre in Jinja has acquired a new HIV/AIDS testing
machine. The digitalised and computerised machine will be used to carry out
CD4/CD8 tests. 
>>Source: New Vision 4 th September 2007                
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Tackling the HIV/Aids scourge from the pulpit
"For I know the thoughts I think towards you, says the LORD, thoughts of
peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.".. 
>>Source: Daily Monitor 7 th September 2007                      
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