Education Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/education/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Tue, 22 Nov 2022 10:04:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Education Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/education/ 32 32 67616479 Pregnant students in Tanzania may stay in school according to a new ruling by African child rights experts https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/pregnant-students-in-tanzania-may-stay-in-school-according-to-a-new-ruling-by-african-child-rights-experts/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/pregnant-students-in-tanzania-may-stay-in-school-according-to-a-new-ruling-by-african-child-rights-experts/?noamp=mobile#respond Mon, 21 Nov 2022 19:46:31 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=72482 Education is important for girls’ future earning power and the promotion of their lifelong health and socioeconomic well-being.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/pregnant-students-in-tanzania-may-stay-in-school-according-to-a-new-ruling-by-african-child-rights-experts/feed/ 0 72482 Civic education is futile: Towards a popular Political Pedagogy https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/civic-education-is-futile-towards-a-popular-political-pedagogy/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/civic-education-is-futile-towards-a-popular-political-pedagogy/?noamp=mobile#respond Sun, 06 Nov 2022 21:53:39 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=72327 This is a reappraisal of the failure of our educational system that has only succeeded in producing meek servants of a failed system. It calls to a popular pedagogy that exposes and creates a newness that gives birth to new humane worlds.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/civic-education-is-futile-towards-a-popular-political-pedagogy/feed/ 0 72327 Zimbabwe International Book Fair flexes proof of life after two-year COVID-19 break https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/zibf-flexes-proof-of-life-after-two-year-covid-19-break/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/zibf-flexes-proof-of-life-after-two-year-covid-19-break/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 06 Oct 2022 22:34:14 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=72038 Zimbabwe International Book Fair (ZIBF) came to town last week (from 30 September to 1 October) after a two-year COVID-19 break. The book fair did not live up to its international billing as it was poorly attended and short on sponsorship. Organisers are sending a message that they are still out here and need more hands on board.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/zibf-flexes-proof-of-life-after-two-year-covid-19-break/feed/ 0 72038 Kenya becomes the first African country to teach coding in primary and secondary school https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/kenya-becomes-the-first-african-country-to-teach-coding-in-primary-and-secondary-school/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/kenya-becomes-the-first-african-country-to-teach-coding-in-primary-and-secondary-school/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 23 Aug 2022 08:36:55 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71545 Outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta, announced that coding will be added to the primary and secondary schools' curricula. Despite his failure to deliver tech equipment for school-going children with the promised timeline, this development shows the government’s ongoing commitment to ICT.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/kenya-becomes-the-first-african-country-to-teach-coding-in-primary-and-secondary-school/feed/ 0 71545 Algeria to introduce instruction in English from primary school  https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/algeria-to-introduce-instruction-in-english-from-primary-school/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/algeria-to-introduce-instruction-in-english-from-primary-school/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 09 Aug 2022 08:29:44 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71442 Algeria is moving further away from its francophone history by introducing instruction in English in primary schools. The country is trying to improve tertiary learning and academic and professional opportunities.

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