[Efa] UNESCO/Nairobi: Education and HIV/AIDS in the press - 18 - 22nd February 2008

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Rwanda

Online learning: How parents and children can benefit
In 2003, 1.1 million households in the United States educated their children
at home. Parents choose to educate their children at home for many reasons,
and many parents believe their kids get a better education at home than they
could have in a public school. 
>>Source: New Times 22nd February 2008                              
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Teacher's Mind: Bullying in schools should not be tolerated
Since this year began, our neighbours in Kenya have been going through the
worst period of their history, with violence rocking almost all parts of the
once prosperous and peaceful East African nation. 
>>Source: New Times 22nd February 2008                             
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Tanzania

Tanzania to spend $500 million on Aids project 
Tanzania will spend more than $500 million on its five-year national HIV and
Aids testing programme, now in its second phase, after registering an
impressive drop in infection rates. 
>>Source: East African 22nd February 2008                                 
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Uganda

Put your child on diet of love
IT might have been just an ordinary day for you. After all, don't we all
know Valentine's as a day to splash red roses around? To my friend Lena,
though, Valentine's was a day to express affection to her children
practically. 
>>Source: New Vision 22nd February 2008                                 
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USE head count for March - Minister
THE Government will next month conduct another head count for all students
under the Universal Secondary Education (USE) scheme, the education and
sports minister has said. 
>>Source: New Vision 22nd February 2008                               
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Army wants to build school
PADER - The army has asked the district authorities for land to build a
primary school in Patongo sub-county to decongest the UPE schools. The 5th
Division commander, Lucky Kidega, said this recently while briefing the
Commander of the Land Force, Lt. Gen. Katumba Wamala. 
>>Source: New Vision 22nd February 2008                                 
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Rwanda

 

Rwanda: Bush Impressed With Aids War in Schools
The US President George W. Bush has been impressed by students'
anti-HIV/Aids clubs in Rwandan schools, saying it was an effective strategy
to control the prevalence of the disease among the youth. 
>>Source: New Times 22nd February 2008                               
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iew&id=707&Itemid=56>  Weekly News Roundup 18 - 22nd February 2008 - (PDF
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