Tanzania: Govt Abolishes HESLB’s 6% VRF
IT is all smiles for recipients of higher education loans following the government decision to scrap 6 per cent value retention fee (VRF) that has been charged annually by Higher Education Students Loans Board (HESLB) on the outstanding loan balance. President Samia Suluhu Hassan who graced the Workers’ Day that was celebrated at national level […]
Nigerian teen gets 19 scholarship offers worth more than $5 million from the US and Canada
One of Nigerian teens must feel like the world is at their feet after receiving 19 full-ride scholarship offers from universities in the United States and Canada. A 17-year-old high school graduate, Victory Yinka-Banjo, has been offered over $ 5 million in scholarships for undergraduate studies, according to admissions and funding awards estimates. “It still […]
Menstrual Education.
It was another school day, and Taye was getting ready for school as usual when she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her abdomen, that increased with each passing minute and she felt wetness with it. She called out for mum as this was a new situation she didn’t understand. Mum had her take […]
Nigeria: Education Among Top Priorities of 9th House – Gbajabiamila
Speaker of the House of Representatives yesterday said that the 9th House of Representatives would continue to give utmost attention to education. Receiving the LASU management, led by the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oyedamola Oke, during a thank-you visit in his office in Abuja on Monday for attracting various projects to the institution to aid learning, […]
World book day.
Books are believed to be windows to worlds others before us have explored and deemed it fit to pass down their wealth of knowledge. The wealth of knowledge in books can turn lives around as in the case of the famous Ben Carson who despite being called a dummy for the first part of his […]
Martin Luther on Reformed Education.
Martin Luther preachings is sometimes forgotten that the Reformation was as much concerned with school as it was with church and home. Appreciating the role of education in directing church and society back to the source of the Christian faith, the reformers were committed to the schooling of the young. One of Martin Luther’s first […]
School drop out rates.
In a society, education plays a very important role in opening up vast opportunities for the individuals living within there, when the basic structures of acquiring knowledge is lacking, the society is in peril as there will be several problems cropping up from the lack of education such as: Extreme poverty: Members of the society lack basic […]
Together We Can Provide Better Life For All African Children.
Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa ( SSA) have not been spared from the negative impact of the COVID-19 crisis.As data shows that agriculture continues to be the main source of livelihood of smallholders household in Sub-saharan Africa. While farmers are still struggling to deliver their produce to the market and to acquire badly needed agricultural inputs […]
Nigeria: Govt Presents Provisional Licenses to 20 Private Varsities
The federal government yesterday presented provisional licenses to the 20 new private universities recently approved by the Federal Executive Council, FEC. Recall that FEC had on Wednesday, February 3, 2021,during its weekly meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, approved the establishment of 20 new private universities, bringing the total number of private universities in […]
Tanzania: Tenmet Wants Investment On Special Needs Education
In a bid to improve education, the Tanzania Education Network (TENMET) has urged the stakeholders to support the government’s efforts to invest in inclusive education to children with disabilities. The TENMET National Coordinator, Mr Ochola Wayoga, said the improvement of the education sector was very important, as inclusive education successively provides opportunities for children to […]