A Resource Centre Manager is needed to set-up and run the LSO Malawi Resource Centre for six months from September.

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The possibility of community service for newly qualified teachers was "on the agenda" as a possible mechanism to slow down the poaching of local teachers by developed countries in the north, Education Minister Kader Asmal says.

Provision of quality education in Africa through the Education For All (EFA) initiative is seen as a key strategy for improving the socio-economic well being of the continent, but African leaders and policy makers are not playing ball, a recent conference heard.