[Efa] UNESCO/Nairobi: Education and HIV/AIDS in the press - 3rd - 7 th September 2007

Mon Sep 10 11:27:01 EAT 2007

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Kenya

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 7 th 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 6 th 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 5 th 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 4 th September 2007                    
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Rwanda

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 5 th September 2007                     
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Uganda

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 4 th 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 4 th 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 4 th 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 5 th 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 6 th September 2007                             
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Uganda

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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iew&id=707&Itemid=56>  Weekly News Roundup 3rd  - 7th September 2007 - (PDF
version, last updated 7th  September 2007)

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