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WITH only a few schools registered as examination centres in Hwange district, examination time is a scary affair for pupils who have to walk over 10km through wild animals-infested bushes. Many pupils wake up during the wee hours of the day as they prepare to go to school. In their worn-out clothes and shoes, they are ready to walk a 10km-long journey through the thick, wild animals-infested bushes. Most cleave onto a plastic paper bag with stationery — a pen, ruler, book and a pencil as they head to write their final examinations. Hwange district primary and secondary education officer Walter Dube says the shortage of examination centres is because of lack of registered schools in the respective rural areas. Hwange district has 21 annex schools, which are only convenient to conduct class lessons. Secondary school learners from Lubangwe village walk 10km to the nearest examination centre with registration under Matetsi Secondary School, while primary school learners from Woodlands resettlement walk 7km to the nearest examination centre under Breakfast Primary School or to Nyongolo Primary School. The long distances which the learners walk are risky, as they often encounter wild animals. In January 2020, a young girl was trampled to death by a bull elephant when she was coming from school, a situation which has worsened existing fears among the villagers. Matetsi ward councillor Bernard Mhlanga has appealed to government to upgrade the satellite schools and turn them into registered schools which will be conducive for examining pupils. The district so far has 24 registered secondary schools and 82 registered primary schools operating under the Hwange district council. Most satellite schools in the district also suffer from lack of adequate human resources and learning materials as they are supported by communities surrounding them. — Citizen
South Africa is one of the hardest-hit countries in Africa with over 740,000 infections.
The country recorded 60 more virus-related deaths on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 20,011.
The Department of Basic Education has said it will allow candidates with temperatures above 38°C to write matric exams in isolation.
[Nation] Sr Colombiere Kelly of the Loreto Sisters taught in several institutions for over 40 years and served as principal of Loreto High School Limuru for a record 25 years.
Ticketmaster is planning to take extra safety measures once large concerts return. The ticketing giant will require music fans to... View Article
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On 25 April 2020, exactly five years after Pierre Nkurunziza announced he would run for a third term, I attended the virtual screening of a new documentary.
The Burundian survivors interviewed share one thing in common: they all lived in neighborhoods that actively protested against Nkurunziza's third term in 2015 and were raped by security forces in retaliation.
My family and I prayed for the wife and children Nkurunziza leaves behind tonight.
I cry for the country we could have had these past five years; for the blood that could have been spared; for the memories families could have built together; for the amputated limbs of our young protestors; for the elderly who walked kilometres to end their lives in refugee camps; for the million little broken pieces so many of us have become.
Nkurunziza may find peace in death, but his victims will live with the wounds of his rule for the rest of their lives.
Honoring the Rev. Dr. Hercules Miles, Jr. By Rev. Dr. Alice Hubbard Crenshaw, 8thEpiscopal District The Rev. Dr. Hercules Miles, Jr., a retired general officer, [...]
President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned the nation that, although the country has endured a lot, the Covid-19 pandemic is far from over.
Eight-year-old Secoriea Turner was shot and killed Sunday in Atlanta. The incident occured close to the site where Rayshard Brooks was fatally... View Article
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When Riverside City Council member Chuck Condor retweeted a meme showing three Black men–one a police officer, one dressed in a business suit, possibly meant to depict an attorney, and a young Black man, intimating visually the probability he was a criminal—there was little doubt regarding it’s racist symbolism.
Although Condor has his supporters, many of whom spoke in support of him at a special meeting on Thursday, June 11, 2020 testifying to his decency and goodness, trying to assure those who spoke out against him of what an honorable man he is; while others attempted a tit-for-tat defense, choosing to point the finger at Councilwoman Plascentia instead, appearing to trivialize her stand against Condor’s racist action and calling for his resignation, as if it was merely some form of benign political infighting.
However during the special meeting, Corey Jackson, the first African American elected to the Riverside County Board of Education, President of the Moreno Valley City-Wide Coalition, and Political Action Chair of the Riverside NAACP made it clear Black people and others in Riverside County are no longer willing to settle for degrees of racism.
California Assembly member Jose Medina (D-Riverside) recently shared his thoughts about the Condor tweet and recalling the city’s racist history, joined the call for Condor’s resignation.
And, I think young people like Gabby Placentia on the city council and Linda Aguilar, and Corey Jackson, especially young people, are no longer willing to just stand by and allow racist things to happen without comment.”
A 14-year-old boy has been arrested after he allegedly raped a one-year-old and a five-year-old in Imbali, Pietermaritzburg.
Rosetta LeNoire was a screen, stage, and television actress. She was also a Broadway producer and casting agent. Although LeNoire had recurring roles on the series Gimme a Break! and Amen, most people will remember her from her appearances on Family Matters, as Carl Winslow's mother, Estelle Winslow. LeNoire was born Rosetta Olive Burton on […]
Alassane Ouattara , in full Alassane Dramane Ouattara, byname Ado (born January 1, 1942, Dimbokro, Côte d’Ivoire, French West Africa), Ivoirian economist and politician who was elected president of Côte d’Ivoire in 2010. Despite Ouattara’s victory, the incumbent, Laurent Gbagbo, refused to step down, and the two established parallel administrations that both claimed legitimacy—until Gbagbo’s arrest in April 2011 effectively removed him from power.
Ouattara was born to a Muslim family of the Dioula people. There were claims that at least one of his parents hailed from neighbouring Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso); this would prove to be a contentious issue during his political career. Ouattara received his primary education in Côte d’Ivoire and his secondary education in Upper Volta. He then continued his studies in the United States, earning a B.Sc. (1965) in business administration from Drexel Institute of Technology, Philadelphia, and an M.A. (1967) and a Ph.D. (1972) in economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Ouattara was employed as an economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 1968. He left the IMF in 1973 to begin working at the Central Bank of West African States (Banque Centrale des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest; BCEAO), where he held various positions, including that of vice-governor, before returning to the IMF in 1984 to serve as director of the African department. In 1987 Ouattara also assumed the title of counsellor to the managing director of the IMF. He left the IMF in 1988 to become governor of the BCEAO, a position he held until December 1993, when he was made honorary governor.
In April 1990, as Côte d’Ivoire was in the grips of an economic crisis, Pres. Félix Houphouët-Boigny appointed Ouattara to chair a special commission on economic recovery. Ouattara accepted this appointment while maintaining his position as governor at BCEAO. That November Ouattara also assumed the newly created post of prime minister under Houphouët-Boigny, although economic recovery still remained
We have decided to extend the national state of disaster to 15 December, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in his address to the nation on Wednesday night. Read his full speech.
[Nation] Seated in a corner of a local eatery in Majengo, Mombasa, a known drug dealer at the Coast is deep in thought.
A man has been handed three life sentences for raping his two cousins and sister. In 2011, he raped his cousins, aged 9 and 11, and in 2014 he raped his 13-year-old sister.
Schools will open again and children will benefit from in-class instruction. But only when it’s safe for all concerned. We have not reached that moment yet.
By Derek Major - Black Entertainment Television founder Robert Johnson told CNBC Wednesday he doesn’t have much faith in a Joe Biden presidency and he doesn’t believe Black Americans have benefitted from supporting the Democratic [...]
Nigerian nationalist, politician, lawyer, statesman, and chancellor, Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo was born on March 6, 1909 in Ogun State, Nigeria, where he commenced his political career.
Awolowo attended various local schools in Ogun State, Nigeria and later served as an editor of The Nigerian Worker. While working as a journalist in the 1930s, he founded many political and economic organizations such as the Trade Unions Congress of Nigeria, The Nigerian Produce Traders Association, The Nigerian Motor Transport Union, and Egbe Omo Oduduwa, a Yoruba political and cultural organization that sought to unite the Yoruba tribe of Nigeria. In 1947, while in England studying law at the London School of Economics, he founded The Action Group, a political party centered mostly among the Yoruba people in the Southwestern part of Nigeria.
Upon the completion of his degree in 1949, Awolowo returned to Nigeria and became the leader of the Action Group and the premier of the Western Region of Nigeria which at the time was still under British colonial control.
During the 1950s, a period in Nigerian history associated with the struggle for independence from British rule, Awolowo used his position as leader of the opposition to challenge the government of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa who led the Northern Peoples Party, the largest political party in the colony and the group most closely aligned with the British colonial administration. In 1957, the British appointed Balewa Prime Minister three years before Nigeria actually became independent to advocate for greater political autonomy for Nigeria and its eventual independence. Though Awolowo initially faced enormous opposition within his Action Group party, he eventually rallied support to end party division which he felt fueled violence and allowed continued British domination.
As a nationalist, Awolowo campaigned not only for Nigeria’s independence but also for its economic and social development. He thus introduced free primary education and free health care in Western
Aiken, SC — Skhylur Davis, an 11-year old girl from South Carolina, says she was scared when her white neighbor assaulted her and falsely accused her of stealing her mail.
Elizabeth Shirey, who is 38-years old, is facing charges of assault and battery for yelling at Davis and aggressively grabbing her arm as she was walking back from picking up her grandmother’s mail.
Shirey accused the young girl of stealing her mail.
However, after checking the name and address of the mail, Shirey let the girl go, apologized, and offered her some cookies.
Moreover, Davis said she realized she was being racially profiled when Shirey’s husband, Justin, told her that if she was a “different type of person, it would have been a different story.”
The 2019 Global Teacher Award winner Peter Tabichi has joined African top tutors to address education among the poor during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The teachers urged governments to deliver quality remote education and cautioned against any cuts to education budgets.
They urged African governments to speed up the re-opening of schools and provide solutions to delivering quality remote education.
According to Unesco, about 200 million learners in Africa have no access to the internet
The teachers said despite the internet challenges, poor learners must not be denied education opportunities during this pandemic period.
\"Governments must listen and act decisively to ensure that every student receives their birthright of a good education, even when their schools are closed,\" said Dr Giannini who is a former Italian Minister of Education, Universities and Research.
BY Garikai Mafirakureva THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has extended the registration deadline for this year’s Ordinary and Advanced Level November examinations to October 2 for the benefit of students who failed to beat the March deadline due COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. This was revealed by Zimsec director Lazarus Nembaware in a circular addressed to provincial directors, school inspectors and heads. Part of circular number 4 of 2020, read: “Zimsec would like to advise all examination centres that registration for 2020 ZGCE Ordinary Level and Advanced Level examinations has been extended to October 2, 2020. “Heads of examination centres should communicate this extension of registration to prospective candidates in their communities. All regulations relating to the submission of entries should be followed to the letter.” Government closed all schools in March this year as a precautionary measure against the spread of COVID-19 which has claimed over 220 lives to date. Cambridge final examination classes resumed this week, while Zimsec classes will resume on September 28, 2020 with examinations expected to start on December 1, 2020. The reopening of schools follows weeks of extensive debate with teachers’ unions, arguing that the rushed decision would expose their members and learners to the pandemic as most public schools did not have adequate personal protective equipment. But government has guaranteed that all standard safety procedures would be enforced.
[Nation] The Ministry of Education has once again cast uncertainty over the resumption of classes in the country.
A review of state distribution plans reveals that officials don’t know how they’ll deal with the difficult storage and transport requirements of Pfizer’s vaccine, especially in the rural areas currently seeing a spike in infections. By Isaac Arnsdorf, Ryan Gabrielson and Caroline Chen, ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest […]
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