Ghana UMES Inks 3 Agreements Three institutions —Golden Beach Hotels, the University of Cape Coast (UCC) and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology — have signed separate memorandums of understanding for linkage agreements with the University of Maryland Eastern Shores (UMES). The UMES/UCC agreement…
Regional AVU Plans Expansion African Virtual University is expanding the sphere and content of its operations to students in 22 of the continent’s countries as part of a four-year partnership with Australia’s Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University to deliver computer-science degrees and diplomas. Working…
Burkina Faso Education Goals In an interview with UNESCO’s Education Today Newsletter, Minister of Secondary Education and Scientific Research Laya Sawadogo cites some figures to highlight what he believes to be the most pressing educational challenges facing his country: 42 percent of children are in…
Angola UNICEF Workshops to Train Teachers Angola has been at peace for almost two years, and after 27 years of fighting, the government has committed US$44 million to get 1 million grade-schoolers back in class within a year. International children’s charity UNICEF will train 29,000…
Regional Alternative Sources of Funding Sought Radical solutions are being sought for the crisis in African universities, including new sources of funding to supplement government efforts. Representatives of sub-Saharan African countries, who met recently in Ghana (see WENR Sept/Oct issue), said state funding no longer…