Ebola: Uganda’s schools were closed for two years during COVID, now they face more closures – something must change
CHILDREN in Uganda missed out on more schools because of the COVID pandemic than their peers anywhere else in the
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EDUCATION
Education in Kenya’s informal settlements can work better if parents get involved – here’s how
EDUCATION is a public good. All children should have access to education as a human right, irrespective of their gender,
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COP27: Pilot programme to bring climate change courses to African universities
THE programme will be first rolled out at 15 universities on the continent with the expectation that the courses will equip undergraduates to champion climate action.
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Why a women’s university? In conversation with Women’s University in Africa founder
CELEBRATING 20 years since its first cohort, this university has graduated over 8000 women, among them top government officials, politicians and entrepreneurs across Africa.
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In 1986 Wits University did a survey about its relevance to South Africa: another is needed
AS the number of black students increased at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa in the 1980s,
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Decolonising education in South Africa – a reflection on a learning-teaching approach
IT has been seven years since students in South Africa began protesting in a bid to “Africanise” the country’s university
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Mobile school offers hope to nomad children in Chad
MAHAMAT RAMADANE IN a makeshift open-air classroom, dozens of children sat squeezed together on a mat and watched as their
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New universities in Nigeria? Absolutely not
PUBLIC university lecturers in Nigeria have been on strike since 14 February 2022. One of their biggest issues is that
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Academic freedom and democracy in African countries: the first study to track the connection
THERE is growing interest in the state of academic freedom worldwide. A 1997 Unesco document defines it as the right
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Universities shouldn’t use software to monitor online exams: here’s why
PROCTORING software monitors a student’s computer or phone while they write exams. These programs have been around for some time
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