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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 [...]

Educational research shows clearly that four variables are essential for excellent education. They are: prioritising teaching and learning; a good partnership between home school and community; [...]

Furthering its mission to empower youth through communication technology, Vodacom Business Nigeria hosted fifty-six students from the S.S. Peter & Paul Nursery and Primary School, Ikate [...]