Burundi: President pledges to provide free primary schooling for all children

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Sep 08, 2005

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has applauded Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza’s pledge to provide free primary education for every child as the country emerges from years of civil war. “This is an incredible opportunity for Burundi to be engaged in meeting the Millennium Development Goals – to meet the objective of universal primary education for all children," UNICEF Representative in Burundi Catherine Mbengue said. The primary school enrolment ratio for Burundian children ...read more

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Africa: Governments urged to prioritise pre-schooling

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Sep 08, 2005

African governments have been asked to put in place programmes that promote holistic growth of children, especially the vulnerable. They should give priority to early childhood development (ECD) in all development policies and strategies such as the National Education For All (EFA) and Poverty Reduction Strategy Plans (PRSPs). Similarly, governments need to provide quality basic services, including health and education, that protect children from infections and exploitation and ensure that t...read more

UN website on MDG summit

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Sep 12, 2005

The UN Non Governmental Service has developed a special webpage showcasing civil society statements and position papers commenting on the UN World Summit and its Outcome Document.

South Africa: Community activist to attend leadership conference

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Sep 08, 2005

A local community activist has been selected as one of the 24 women to represent South Africa at a conference aimed at improving standards of women leaders in civil society. Ms Beauty Sekethe of Grange Township in Pietermaritzburg - who has worked tirelessly for her community will participate in the Interaction Programme for a New Generation of African Leaders organised by the British Council. The conference will look at areas of rural development, women empowerment and will sharpen the lea...read more

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ILRIG website

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Sep 12, 2005

ILRIG is an NGO providing education, publications and research for the labour and social movements in South and Southern Africa. ILRIG have a new and informative website that contains news about events, publications and articles.

Call for International Actions against GATS

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Sep 12, 2005

Experiences across South countries show that the basic rights of people, especially the poor and the marginalized, are being progressively eroded by governments surrendering such critical services sectors as health, water, power, housing and education to private big business. Many countries in the South have suffered outbreaks of cholera and other gastro-intestinal diseases because safe water and basic health care are increasingly being made accessible only to those with the capacity to pay.

SciDev.Net newsfeed service

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Sep 12, 2005

In addition to a weekly email alert, SciDev.Net now offer another free service that allows you to receive the latest SciDev.Net news on your computer desktop. If you want to attract users to your website, keep your site fresh and dynamic, and provide a valuable science and technology information service, a SciDev.Net newsfeed could be the answer. Go to http://www.scidev.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=su bpages&root=aboutthissite&page=17 to find out more.

Finance Officer

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Sep 12, 2005

Reporting to the General Secretary, the Finance Officer (FO) is responsible for assisting the General Secretary (GS) in the prioritization and management of the many financial issues and processes related to the support of the WACSOF Regional Secretariat in Abuja, Nigeria and providing support services to the national WACSOF Chapters/focal points at the national level in ECOWAS member states.

Africa: School fees ‘barrier for girls’

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Sep 05, 2005

The biggest barrier to girls' education around the world is school fees, a charity argues. Save the Children says in a report that 17 of the 25 countries with the most girls not in school still charge fees. It says another 4.5 million children would go to school if fees were abolished in 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, for instance. The report focuses on girls, who are said to make up 60% of the 100 million children worldwide not being schooled. Save the Children says that in Liberia, for...read more

Southern Africa: SADC urged to focus on education

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Sep 06, 2005

Namibia is one of the few countries that allocate a huge chunk of their budgets towards education, and parliamentarians who met in Zambia recently feel Southern African governments need to follow this trend. This plea was made at the third Forum of African Parliamentarians for Education (FAPED) in the Southern African region that took place last month in Living-stone, Zambia.

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