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Lesotho needs better education data |
A new report has raised concerns about the ability of the Lesotho government to manage the data of the education sector, which it says is crucial for planning, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation purposes. Produced by... |
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DRC education coalition graduates to regional role |
As everyone knows, the education system in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is beset with enormous challenges – challenges that often seem insurmountable. But only a few people know that progress is slowly being made thanks to the dedicated work of the National... |
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Future of education post 2015 |
Leymar is a refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo living in South Africa. Like many other refugee children, Leymar – which is not his real name – does not go to school. He does not have the necessary papers to register at the local school and language is another... |
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ECDE must be part of post-MDG agenda |
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have achieved much for children all over the world. By helping to channel political commitment and investments, they have contributed to reducing child mortality and increasing educational enrolment. But with the MDGs due to expire in... |
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Zimbabwe's Forgotten Generation |
By Bernard Chiteko, ThinkAfricaPress: Over recent years, political turmoil and economic collapse in Zimbabwe have received plenty of attention and... |
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Chance to study Masters in Public Admin at CEU |
Anyone seriously interested in studying Public Administration should consider the Masters course that will start in 2013 at the new School of Public Policy (SPP) at the Central European University (CEU). The inaugural two-year Master... |
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OSISA study catalyst for action on youth and adult education |
More than half of the children in southern Africa who enrol in grade one don’t make it to secondary school. Most of them are girls. Many drop out before they even complete primary school and some do not even have the opportunity to enrol. The result is a large number of... |
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Fighting over education for peace |
When two priorities are not quite in sync – one championed by an international donor agency and the other by local recipient groups – which priority carries the day? That was the question that kept on popping into my head as I hosted a meeting in the OSISA office in Kinshasa... |
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Adult education in Namibia and Swaziland |
In 2011, the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) conducted a research study in five countries – Angola, Namibia, Mozambique, Namibia and Swaziland – to draw an up-to-date map of the current state of youth and adult education in these countries – the policies... |
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Time for Lesotho to focus on adult education |
Youth and Adult Education faces great challenges in Lesotho, including the lack of any official, adopted policy for the sector. With a burgeoning youth population, these challenges need to be addressed urgently to ensure that the country starts providing quality youth... |
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