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Paris, France (PANA) - Despite decades of educational progress and international commitments, a quarter of a billion children and youth remain out of school worldwide, the latest Global Education Monitoring Report by UN education agency, UNESCO, said on Thursday

©- - 01 november 2024 - 06:35:25 - thread (416 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Gambia has given Gambia made up of 40 university scholarships 20 for undergraduate studies and 20 for postgraduate studies in Arabic language and Islamic studies

©- - 19 october 2024 - 11:57:20 - thread (226 words)


Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Monday would have marked the start of the new school year in Gaza, but the ongoing war continues to deprive hundreds of thousands of children of this fundamental right, UN agencies have warned

©- - 10 september 2024 - 05:23:11 - thread (636 words)


New York, US (PANA) - Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in the number of attacks on students, teachers and schools, resulting in an “incalculable cost” for children affected by conflict around the world, Secretary-General António Guterres said a message commemorating the International Day to Protect Education from Attack which fell on Monday

©- - 10 september 2024 - 05:06:34 - thread (591 words)


Washington, United States (PANA) - To safeguard the progress achieved in the education sector against challenges posed by the current financial crisis in São Tomé and Príncipe, the World Bank Board of Directors has approved the Safeguarding Access to Fiscal and Educational Resources Project (SAFER) with a grant of $24 million from the International Development Association (IDA)

©- - 03 august 2024 - 09:58:17 - thread (320 words)


Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) - A new package of World Bank support to Lesotho will see a major boost for the country’s education sector with work focused on enhancing infrastructure and physical learning conditions in targeted primary and secondary schools and improving the quality of teaching

©- - 03 july 2024 - 06:42:08 - thread (398 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 115,110 students on Sunday began the final examinations for the first session of the secondary school leaving certificate, the baccalaureate, for the 2023-2024 school year, throughout Libya

©- - 23 june 2024 - 12:37:59 - thread (189 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The government of Burkina Faso on Thursday adopted a decree creating the Presidential Initiative for Quality Education for All (IPEQ), with the aim of offering citizens innovative education free of shortcomings of all kinds

©- - 21 june 2024 - 11:02:21 - thread (249 words)


Dakar, Senegal, (PANA) - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) says most African countries are not meeting their commitments to allocate the 20 per cent of their national budget benchmark on education, as recommended by the Sustainable Development Goal framework for action for education

©- - 16 june 2024 - 13:07:18 - thread (999 words)


Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's only public university, based in Bujumbura, is to receive State subsidies to relaunch its accommodation, catering, acquisition and maintenance of movable and immovable assets, as well as its scholarship and loan management services, a press release issued on Friday following Thursday's weekly meeting of the Council of Ministers said

©- - 14 june 2024 - 15:55:09 - thread (285 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A delegation from the High Council of State and the Libyan Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has met its Malaysian counterpart with their discussions focusing on the Malaysian experience in information and communications technology (ICT) and Islamic banking finance

©- - 27 april 2024 - 12:38:52 - thread (162 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Global aircraft maker, Boeing Africa, has moved to enhance engineering training within Africa, with more than 300 students earmarked to receive funding to enhance their skills in science education, a senior executive told PANA here Friday

©- - 01 march 2024 - 17:34:47 - thread (383 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Education and Chairman of the National Committee for Education, Culture and Science, Moussa al-Magaryef, Libya says the North African country is committed to the reform of educational programmes and efforts to develop and modernise school curricula

©- - 20 february 2024 - 13:16:20 - thread (324 words)


Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) - Liphula (a pseudonym to protect the privacy of the student) is a 21-year-old young man enrolled in Grade 11 at Mohlapiso High School in Qacha’s Nek district of the Kingdom of Lesotho

©- - 23 january 2024 - 09:05:48 - thread (1763 words)


Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a US$300 million Programme-for-Results loan to support the Government of Morocco in implementing its ambitious National Plan to Accelerate the Transformation of the Higher Education, Ecosystem Scientific Research, and Innovation

©- - 15 december 2023 - 06:47:13 - thread (462 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Omran al-Kayeb, has submitted a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for joint cooperation with Bosnia-Herzegovina in the field of higher education and scientific research to the ambassador to Libya, Nermin Misnovic, for consideration

©- - 20 november 2023 - 12:08:40 - thread (163 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba , has ordered the Ministers of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Imran al-Kayeb, and Technical Education, Yakhlev al-Sifaw, to discuss the grievances of university teachers to enable them to resume classes

©- - 15 november 2023 - 14:26:50 - thread (483 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan government says 125 schools have been completed by the Agency for the Development of Administrative Centres and a further 45 will be delivered before the end of this year

©- - 07 november 2023 - 13:20:23 - thread (309 words)


Paris, France (PANA) - Marking the International Day against violence and bullying at school – including online – the UN  Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is calling on everyone with a stake to foster safer learning environments worldwide

©- - 03 november 2023 - 07:16:25 - thread (262 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Education in the Government of National Unity, Moussa al-Magaryef, has announced the launch of a system of remedial courses for students in the eastern city of Derna and surrounding areas affected by the floods

©- - 01 november 2023 - 18:17:11 - thread (338 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Education in the Government of National Unity, Moussa al-Mageryef, has revealed the Ministry's intention to develop the professional capacities of teachers to create modern schools and develop existing ones in accordance with international standards

©- - 26 october 2023 - 17:42:13 - thread (308 words)