Swaziland: Economic woes blamed on poor quality of education

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Feb 17, 2005

Swaziland's poor economic performance is the direct result of the kingdom's inferior education system, which is producing functionally illiterate students, the minister of education, Constance Simelane, has warned. "The Swazi economy is struggling as a result of the current manpower crisis: an oversupply of underqualified labour, and a shortage of skilled and supervisory personnel," Simelane noted at a conference on remedial education.

Swaziland

Benin: Senior Advisor Local Governance

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Feb 24, 2005

SNV Benin provides advisory support to some 30 mostly rural and middle sized municipalities (population 25-100.000) with the objective to strengthen the capacities of the local governments, especially in the fields of planning, local finance and project preparation and management. These activities take up a large part of the programme.

Benin

Office Manager

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Feb 24, 2005

AFFORD's Office Manager's role is to manage the effective running of AFFORD's busy office and oversee the implementation of efficient administrative and Human Resources processes and systems.

Johannesburg: Employee Volunteer Week 2005

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Feb 24, 2005

Charities Aid Foundation Southern Africa (CAFSA), in collaboration with its corporate and non profit partners, is pleased to launch Employee Volunteer Week 2005. Visit www.volunteerweek.org.za for more information.

Helsinki Process Reports

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Feb 17, 2005

The Helsinki Process on Globalisation and Democracy has released three reports:
- Global problem solving:
http://www.helsinkiprocess.fi/netcomm/ImgLib/24/89/Track1.pdf
- Financing for Development:
http://www.helsinkiprocess.fi/netcomm/ImgLib/24/89/Track2.pdf
- Human security:
http://www.helsinkiprocess.fi/netcomm/ImgLib/24/89/Track3.pdf

2005 South Africa Harold Wolpe Memorial Lecture series

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Feb 17, 2005

The Centre for Civil Society at the University of KwaZulu-Natal presents a seminar and the 1st Wolpe lecture in the 2005 Harold Wolpe Memorial Lecture series. Gregory Elbo will be speaking on "Contesting Neoliberalism: Conceptual and Political Divisions" and on "The Global Social Justice Movement: Old and New Socialist Projects" on Monday 21st February.

South Africa

Darfur: Nutritionist Nurse

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Feb 17, 2005

The primary responsibility of the Nutritionist Nurse is to provide hands-on care, identifying and treating malnourished children, and upgrade the skills and knowledge of local counter parts and/or community health workers.

Rwanda: Civic Education & Capacity Building Manager

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Feb 17, 2005

The contractor will be responsible for the on-site development and implementation of the civic education and capacity-building component of the robust CRS-IFES technical assistance program in Rwanda.

Rwanda

Africa: Factors influencing literacy?

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Feb 17, 2005

Ninety-five percent of the world's illiterate people live in developing countries, and about 70 percent are women. Female illiteracy rates are particularly high in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Niger and Burkina Faso, for example, more than 90 percent of women are illiterate. This paper presents a model of literacy. It shows that the main determinants of worldwide literacy are enrollment rates, average years of schooling of adults, and life expectancy at birth, says this World Bank Policy Research W...read more

Africa: Need to focus on secondary education

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Feb 17, 2005

Africa will only be able to provide universal access to primary schooling by 2150, yet it also has to begin focusing on improving the secondary education sector, says a new report. It could take the continent another century to achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of Universal Primary Education (UPE), due by 2015, "and even then it may not acquire the skills its needs to truly develop," said a new report, 'Back to the Blackboard' by the South African Institute of International Affair...read more

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