With the increasing thirst for admission to the world’s top universities among many Africans and the resulting slow, sometimes discouraging, reactions from the destination countries to [...]
The best gift parents can give their children is a quality education; one that prepares them for success in life and opens doors to a fulfilling life. It is therefore not surprising to see [...]
African countries are struggling to find science and math teachers – like everywhere else. But unlike everywhere else, massive youth populations and already lean budgets pose big challenges to [...]
OPINION By Wafula Nabutola Our conversation on human capital would be incomplete without discussing standards and some historical perspectives. Two years ago Kenya’s Parliament passed the [...]
High school students who complete the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme are much more likely to enroll in a four-year college and graduate than their peers, according to a study that [...]
Speaking at a forum in Nairobi, policymakers, industry executives and academicians stressed the private sector has a crucial role to help meet education for all goal in Africa. “We must engage [...]
The MasterCard Foundation has announced a $25 million commitment to the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in South Africa. Awarded through the MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program, [...]
While global players were tied up at last week’s World Economic Forum (WEF) gathering, emerging leaders were facing up to Africa’s challenges beyond hotels and meeting rooms. WEF runs a project [...]
Education experts and practitioners across the world are due to meet in Nairobi from Monday for a three-day conference to discuss investments on education in East Africa. The forum, which will be [...]
The Varkey Foundation has pioneered an ambitious programme to train 250,000 teachers across Africa that is winning plaudits from Government and NGO leaders across the region, according to a [...]