Nigeria’s legislators are debating a law banning public servants from sending their children overseas to study. Leonard Lawal remembers when a Nigerian school certificate wasn’t something to be ashamed of.
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Prepare teachers for change
Uganda’s education ministry has reduced the number of subjects being taught, but teachers find it hard to adapt to new courses says Sister Mary Theopista Tinkamnayire, National Trainer in Mathematics in Kampala, Uganda
By : The Africa Report
Testing at the top
16-year-old Ghanaian student 16-year-old Ghanaian student Kwaw Amihere describes how he got into a prestigious international school in Tema and the exams that now await him
By : The Africa Report
The government should provide 'universal pay-something' education
In response to our recent article on secondary education in Ghana, Omayma Halabi Ahma, a current student at Ashesi University College in Ghana, says that universal free education is not the best solution.
By : The Africa Report
Trying to balance access and quality in Ghana
In Ghana the massive expansion of access to public primary and secondary education has decreased quality and is causing more families to send their children to private schools.
By : The Africa Report
