Discrimination in Tanzania’s schools ruins girls’ lives
Tanzania’s first female president, Samia Suluhu, took office in March 2021. Her government has the power to ask education authorities to end the exclusion of pregnant and married girls from public schools. She should urge them to adopt a clear continuation policy, in line with human rights, that allows pregnant and married girls to continue […]
CHILD development in relation with the family unit.
The family unit is the smallest yet most impactful part of a child’s life. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary , family is the basic unit of society and it traditionally consists of two parents rearing children. The family unit is a social group of man, woman and children usually bonded by marriage, blood, adoption all sharing the same […]
Awareness on sickle cell disease
Sickle cell disease is caused by mutations in the β-globin gene that result in the production of abnormal forms of the β-subunit of hemoglobin. It is the most common potentially fatal genetic disease. (Source: UNICEF records). In simpler terms, in sickle cell anemia, the flexible, round disc-shaped red blood cells that move easily through blood […]
Tanzania: French Embassy-run school expands in Dar
A French school with over 40 nationalities in its student body in Dar es Salaam, taught according to the French curriculum, is gaining popularity in the city and receiving praise from parents. According to the administration of the institution-French School Arthur Rimbaud, Jean-Baptiste Ruzindana coordinator for primary education, the school provides students with the ability […]
Child labour: through Zara’s life.
Zara had accepted her fate for what it was: a life condemned to manual labour and to eating the crumbs left by her master’s children when she washed the dishes they used for their meals. She was the house maid and delivery girl, running daily from one urgent errand to the next as if her […]
Putting an End to School Violence
𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 is prevalent in all countries and includes physical, psychological and sexual violence, and bullying. The root causes include gender and social norms and wider structural and contextual factors such as inequality in income, deprivation, marginalization and conflict. 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗢𝗳 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲Numerous factors like cultural understanding of violence, socio-economic factors, a student’s home life […]
Insecurity In the South East of Nigeria
For the last seven months, there has been a spike in the occurrence of insecurity in the nation, and there has been no identifiable cause for such movements, instilling fear and unrest in the nation. These insecurities have ranged from kidnappings, to killings and attacks on schools and organizations making the South East unsafe for […]
Nigeria: Buhari Orders Security Agencies to Ensure Prompt Release of Kidnapped Niger Pupils.
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged the nation’s security and intelligence agencies to expedite efforts towards the release of the 200 children kidnapped last week from an Islamic school in Niger State. A press release on Monday by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, said tge President was briefed on the latest incident of school kidnapping and condemned […]
Nigeria school abduction: Gunmen kidnap students in Niger state
Nigerian officials say gunmen have kidnapped many students from an Islamic school in Nigeria – the latest in a series of such attacks on schools. Authorities in Niger state confirmed to the BBC that gunmen had seized an unknown number of students from the school in the town of Tegina on Sunday. A teacher told […]
Nigeria: Sweden, Nigeria Collaborate On Digital Education
As part of efforts to provide digital literacy for the youths of Nigeria, the Swedish Government has stated its determination to partner Nigeria in the development of digital education. The Ambassador of Sweden to Nigeria, Grans Carl-Michael disclosed this in Abuja during the signing of partnership agreement between the Swedish/Nigerian Social Development Enterprise, Global Wissen […]