Education in Sierra Leone
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BOTSWANA, 2017/07/09
The Group of Seven (G7) leaders has in its ‘Taormina Communiqué‘ underscored that “Africa’s security, stability and sustainable development are high priorities”. But it has from presently on to respond to UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ specific call for the need to invest in young people, with stronger investment in technology and relevant education and capacity building in Africa.
The two-day G7 summit in Italy, in which the leaders of six other industrial nations – Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the U.S. as well took part, concluded on May 27 in Taormina, a hilltop town on the east coast of Sicily, Italy.
Speaking at a session on reinforcing the partnership between the G7 and Africa, the UN Secretary-General noted on the concluding day that the international community has a role in helping the continent adapt as it heads for a new wave of industrialization.
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BOTSWANA, 2017/06/15
Despite the increasing importance of mathematics to economic and societal evolution, the study of the subject in Africa is declining, Professor Francis Kofi Ampenyin Allotey, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Ghana (AIMS-Ghana) has said.
He said several reasons had been attributed to the poor national of affairs in mathematics in Africa such as: “Inadequate student number, particularly females due to poor teaching of mathematics in primary, junior and senior high schools, lack of motivation and incentives and poor employment prospects in mathematics in a lot of sections of the economy other than teaching”.
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AFGHANISTAN, 2016/12/11
A university education may expand your mind. It will as well fatten your wallet. Data from the OECD, a club of rich nations, show that graduates can expect far better lifetime earnings than those without a degree.
The size of this premium varies. It is greatest in Ireland, which has a high GDP per chief and rising inequality. Since 2000 the unemployment rate for under-35s has swelled to 8% for those with degrees – but to additional than 20% for those without, and nearly 40% for secondary school drop-outs. The country’s wealth presently goes disproportionately to workers with letters next their names.
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BOTSWANA, 2016/11/11
The Pan African University Council has concluded its Second Ordinary Session at the AUC Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Council is the highest governing body of the PAU, an African Union flagship programme established to address quality, relevance and excellence in accordance with the Aspiration 1 of Schedule 2063.
The conference deliberated on a inventory of significant policy questions bordering on the implementation of a full-fledged university structure and network, inclunding budgetary, financial and administrative issues.
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BOTSWANA, 2016/08/18
The conversation about Africa has been shifting from one about shortfalls to one about opportunities. Africa is a known leader in commodity exporting, but the economic potential far succeeds that.
Africa has an enormous coastline and is additional proximate to both European and North American markets than Asia. Currently, Africa leads the world in mobile adoption, which continues to offer the biggest cross-sectoral economic opportunities. In addition, Africa has recently been cited as being a potential leader in technology, sustainability and agriculture.
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BOTSWANA, 2016/01/13
The Africa Union has merged its science and education bodies in a move designed to improve sectoral relationships, effectiveness and efficiency. The African Ministerial Council on Science and Technology and the Conference of Ministers of Education of the African Union will presently operate as one entity.
“The decision of the heads of states was as well motivated by the need to streamline ministerial conferences, limit their number and confer the power to convene them to the African Union Commission and save costs,” Dr Mahama Ouedraogo, the African Union’s chief of human resources, science and technology, told University World News.
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SIERRA LEONE, 2015/03/04
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and international agency Oxfam today called on donors and others to join forces to support the government's $60 million appeal to upgrade Liberian schools with water and sanitation facilities as thousands of children across the country return to school for the initial time in six months.
The international agency has been invited by the President to co-host a briefing for governments and donors on the issue and will pay its part, along with a lot of other organizations, in efforts to improve water and sanitation in schools.
The call comes on the day leaders of the affected nations and senior figures from the UN, African Union and EU gather at the 'High-Level Ebola Conference' at Egmont Palace in Brussels to discuss action to finally eliminate the disease, inclunding major recovery needs.
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SIERRA LEONE, 2013/11/17
Undoubtedly, it must be agreed upon by all citizens of Sierra Leone that comparatively speaking, the standard of education is on the progressive decline in the only place we can truly call home. For someone who so dearly loves his country, the thought of this makes me spend sleepless nights pondering where we went wrong.
If the great country once known as "The Athens of West Africa" is presently so much behind on the academic echelon, this should serve as a wake-up call for all concerned. Do I have any doubts that this can be overcome? Not at all. One thing that my struggles to become what I am today have taught me to believe in is the Buddhist philosophy that "A man must work hard to gain his own salvation."
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BOTSWANA, 2013/04/13
While concerns around how well Africa’s business schools are equipping graduates for the challenges of local business linger, increasingly innovative approaches to entrepreneurial executive education are contributing additional systemically to talent pool growth
