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14 mars 2018

Ongoing reform calls despite improved bar exam results

By Gilbert Nakweya. The call for reforms in policy and approach to the training of law graduates in Kenya is continuing despite a slight improvement in performance in the bar examinations written last year. More...
14 mars 2018

University dons dominate new list of AAS fellows

By Maina Waruru. Scholars and researchers based in African and foreign universities have dominated the latest list of 32 senior scientists named as 2017 fellows of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS). More...
6 mars 2018

Is Private Education in Africa the Solution to Failing Education Aid?

Is Private Education in Africa the Solution to Failing Education Aid?
Danish Faruqui, Sudeep Laad, Mary Abdo, Priyanka Thapar , Stanford Social Innovation Review, 2017/12/05
The answer the author provides is "yes". But the actual answer is, of course, "no". Let me explain how private education offers a "solution": it charges fees to prospective students. This means that it avoids the messy need to teach the really poor; it teaches those who can afford to pay. More...

5 mars 2018

Insurers eye universities to groom human capital

As Uganda prepares for minerals extraction, the demand for insurance professionals is expected to significantly increase, exerting a lot of pressure on the sector’s lean human capital, writes Edward Kayiwa for New Vision. More...

5 mars 2018

African Leadership Academy celebrates 10-year milestone

By Stephen Coan. The African Leadership Academy (ALA), currently celebrating its 10th birthday since opening its doors in 2008, embodies the vision of its co-founder and executive chairperson, Fred Swaniker, who admits to having never been interested in education for education’s sake but wanting to address leadership issues in Africa. More...

5 mars 2018

Science academy calls for STI policy reform to meet SDGs

By Wachira Kigotho. The African Academy of Sciences has called for urgent reform of African national science, technology and innovation (STI) policies to sharpen their focus on the social and environmental dimensions of development and bring them in closer alignment with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). More...
26 février 2018

Non-academic university staff vow to continue strike

Non-teaching staff members of federal universities in Nigeria have vowed that their ongoing strike will continue until their demands are acceded to by the government. The workers, operating under the umbrella of the Joint Action Committee, have been on a nationwide strike which entered the 78th day last week Tuesday, reports Sahara Reporters. More...
26 février 2018

ACE seeks postgraduate scholarship applications

The African Centre of Excellence in Phytochemicals, Textile and Renewable Energy (ACEII-PTRE), hosted by Moi University in Kenya, is seeking applications for scholarships to its masters and doctoral programmes. More...
26 février 2018

University admissions reform – What effect will it have?

By Gilbert Nakweya. Both public and private universities in Kenya are suffering from significantly reduced student intakes following government changes to university admissions policies which have resulted in a drop in candidates eligible for university study. More...
26 février 2018

Rights groups condemn deportation of academics and others

By Tunde Fatunde. International human rights groups have condemned the Nigerian government for deporting 47 Cameroon nationals, six of whom are university lecturers. They were deported on suspicion of being 'terrorists' and are now being held by security forces in Cameroon. More...
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