World Health Day
“It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver: – Mahatma Gandhi. World Health Day is celebrated on April 7 every year, the theme for world health day 2021 is Building a fairer, healthier world. The World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated under the sponsorship of the […]
Nigeria: Five Kidnapped Kaduna College Students Rescued – Official
The Kaduna government says the students were rescued by security operatives in Kaduna on Monday and are now at a military health facility in the city receiving treatment. The Kaduna State government has announced the rescue of five of the 39 students kidnapped from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Kaduna, last month. A statement […]
Tanzania: Smz, Unesco Bring Smiles to Pregnant Zanzibar Girls
ZANZIBAR government and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) have agreed to strengthen collaboration to help girls who dropped out of school after becoming pregnant to continue with studies. The strengthening of the partnership follows a report on evaluation of ‘Re-Entry School Policy’ implementation presented here to stakeholders in education sector at a […]
Easter’s joy
Sharon was the eldest kid in the house, and she was in charge of setting up the house according to the routines that governed it, and keeping the younger ones under supervision when ever the Matrons were out. She always had a smile on despite her situation she saw the world in a positive light […]
Tanzania: Hope As Education Loans Set to Rise, Deductions Trimmed
Dar-es-salaam -Prospective beneficiaries of higher education loans for the 2021/22 academic year have reason to smile – thanks to government plans to raise the loans budget by about eight percent. The current budget for the Higher Education Students’ Loans Board (HESLB) stands at Sh464 billion. But deputy Education minister Omary Kipanga told Parliament in Dodoma […]
Children with special needs.
Dom has always been a lucky go child, smiling through everything the world has thrown at him. Despite his stature and the fact that he had growth impediments resulting in him being disfigured, and which meant that he was developing at a slower rate than his peers, he was not detered from living a full […]
Giving back to the community
When the skills acquisition train hit Danre’s village, she was amongst the first set of girls to enrol for the sewing classes. Despite her many responsibilities at home she made out time to attend the evening coaching classes after which she would go home, make dinner complete her chores and use her alone time to […]
Kenya: Pregnant Girls Sit KCSE Exams in Hospitals
The ongoing Form Four exams have exposed the depth of the teen pregnancy crisis, with hundreds of candidates sitting their first papers in maternity wards. Many more are expected to give birth before the exams end on April 21. The Education ministry is yet to reveal the number of pregnant teens but checks in individual […]
CHILD LABOR
According to IPEC The term “child labour” is often defined as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development. It refers to work that: is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful to children. Child labour is still common in many […]
School violence a societal menace.
Violence in schools has become somewhat on the rise, a cross sectional study was conducted among about 800 secondary school students (599 in public and 201 in private schools) selected by multistage sampling technique using quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection. The mean age for all the respondents was between 14 years, Males make […]