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MOZAMBIQUE: Love, or the next best thing, for sale

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:48:37 GMT

Monday, December 01, 2008

MAPUTO Monday, October 13, 2008 (IRIN) - When classes finish at Francisco Manyanga Secondary School in Maputo, capital of Mozambique, most teachers and students head for the bus while others walk home. Júlia*, 16, a 10th-grade student, gets into a luxury car, where a man who looks to be in his 40s waits for her. The man is not her father, but her boyfriend, Lucas*. It began one rainy day in March when he offered her a ride to school; soon they were dating. At the beginning of their relationship...

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=80885

Police beat students at Gaza blockade protest

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

CAIRO: Baton-wielding riot police clashed with hundreds of students at Cairo University who were protesting on Wednesday against the blockade of the Gaza Strip.About 600 police clashed with 300 students at the downtown campus, an AFP photographer said. At least one demonstrator needed treatment for head wounds.Police entered the campus, the photographer said, despite a court ruling barring them from university grounds.The students were independents or members of different opposition groups,...

Source: http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=18091

Your chance to hit the dance floor

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:40:00 GMT

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Do your feet need to move? Do you have beat and music in your blood? Then enrol in this years dance academy. The programme runs from December 1 to 12 between 8am and 2.30pm. There will be showcase performances on December 11 and 12 at 7pm at the Arts Theatre. Students will be taught ballet, belly dancing, hip-hop, pilates conditioning, drama, jazz, tap and much more. Anyone between the ages of 14 and 18 is welcome to apply and dance experience is not necessary. The cost is R800 per student and...

Source: http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=274059

Gambia Methodist Academy Throws Party for Students

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:18:24 GMT

Monday, November 24, 2008

The Administration and staff of The Gambia Methodist Academy on Friday 21st November threw a party on the school premises for grade 12 and 9 students who just passed out in 2008.

The main aim was to celebrate the successes chalked by these students during the GABECE and WASSCE May/June 2008.

There was a large turnout of students who came to meet old friends, dance, talk about the good old days and generally enjoy pleasant interaction with one another.

The Principal of the school, Mrs. Hannah Harding, congratulatedthe students for a good work done which has improved the image of the school before the party began. She challenged the students to be disciplined, hardworking and ambitious in order to become successful and responsible citizens in the future.

Author: Isatou Dumbuya

TURKMENISTAN: President pushes ahead with education and agricultural reform

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:51:02 GMT

Saturday, November 22, 2008

ALMATY Wednesday, April 04, 2007 (IRIN) - Turkmenistan’s president has announced a salary hike for teachers as he pushes ahead with an overhaul of a deteriorated education system and announced plans to reform the country’s ailing agricultural sector. Introducing a 40 percent pay rise for teachers and 40 percent increase in scholarships for students, effective from 1 September, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov said better pay would allow teaching staff to concentrate on their core...

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=71184

ETHIOPIA: Can't eat, won't learn

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:47:27 GMT

Saturday, November 22, 2008

HWASSA Thursday, October 09, 2008 (IRIN) - Ethiopia's schools have opened for the new academic year, but severe food insecurity in some regions has kept thousands of children out of class. "This time last year we had already enrolled 2,300 students," said Solomon Desta, director of Bashiro primary school in Bona district of Sidama zone in the Southern region. "Now we have registered 1,800." Solomon had prepared for 2,500 children because he was forced to send some children to other schools last...

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=80812

Insight Training Centre Makes Replica Church

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:23:40 GMT

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Four students of the Insight Training Centre have recently constructed and presented a replica of the St. Therese’s parish compound to the congregation on Sunday during mass.

According to Augustine Manneh, a lecturer at Insight Training Centre, four of their students doing construction in the persons of Tony Mendy, Marie Therese Jatta, Mohamed Bittaye & Mafugi Hydara, sat together to formulate and construct the St. Therese’s Church, the memorial hall, the bell tower, the presbytery and the vicinity of the compound.

Augustine Manneh, their lecturer says, “The idea of constructing a sample or replica St. Therese campus, was born from curiosity and creativity. We are doing construction at Insight, to further prove how well we are vast into the art of construction, we decided to put it into practice and this is the ultimate result,” he said. Tony Mendy of the Insight Training Centre said, it was a joy creating the replica. “We had discussed our idea with Rev. Fr. Tony Sonko who allowed us to go ahead and we started from there,” he said.

The students are optimistic that they will do more and they will surprise many in the near future with their creativity. “We offer a lot of thrilling courses.” Say Mr. Manneh, their lecturer.

Author: Malafie Badjie

Source: Picture: Insight model of St. Threase Church

Principal’s Case Adjourned Again

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:53:11 GMT

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Almameh Dukureh the principal of BundungSchool at Yundum Western Region, was standing trial on Tuesday 11 November on indecent practices with his students. The case resumed before Magistrate Kayode of the Brikama Magistrates’ court.

The case could not proceed because the Accused’s counsel, Mr Borry Touray, had another matter before the high court.

He appealed to the court to adjourn the matter for two weeks.

The case was adjourned to 24th November 2008, for continuation.

It could be recalled that the accused Almameh Dukureh was alleged earlier this year at the said Boarding school at Yundum being in a public place engaged in indecent practice with his students.He had pleaded not guilty.

Author: Yai Dibba

Gambian students back fromVenezuela speak

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:04:21 GMT

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Monday, November 10, 2008

The Venezuela ambassador to the Gambia, Mrs Louder Perez, recently organised a briefing session for 7 Gambian students who had just returned from Venezuela, at the end of a 3 months intensive study in agriculture. The reception was hosted at the new Venezuelan Embassy complex in Kotu.

The purpose of the briefing was to expose the students to the media so that they could share their knowledge with the wider Gambian community, as to the new skills and technologies that they acquired while in Venezuela.

Addressing the session, Ambassador Perez expressed joy that the students had successfully completed their study. She remarked that the cooperation between the Gambia and Venezuela was part of the general framework of agreement that President Hugo Charvez is building between her country and Africa.

She further indicated that the cooperation was neither based on money nor material, but rather, it was a new type of cooperation that aims to build the capacity of the people for their own development so as to enable them to eliminate poverty. She called on the students to be ready to share their knowledge with their people, adding that Venezuela was looking forward to expanding the cooperation to other sectors of the country, not only agriculture.

For their part, the students expressed great satisfaction about the state of agricultural mechanisation in Venezuela. They also spoke at length about the various skills and techniques they learned, ranging from horticulture; seed production; aqua culture; food processing; and a host of other disciplines. They made strong promises to ensure taking their knowledge to the grass root by sharing their new skills and techniques with their fellow farmers in the fields.

The students further expressed optimism that with available resources, The Gambia has a great potential to mechanise her agricultural sector. They therefore called on the government to assist them with the necessary tools and equipment to enable them put into practice their knowledge and accomplish the dream of mechanising agriculture in the country. They also called on their fellow farmers to be open to changes and to accept the new skills and techniques from them, so that collectively they can improve the quality of production.

Author: by Gibairu Janneh

Nasir Ahmadiyya SSS celebrates silver jubilee

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:32:47 GMT

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Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Nasir Ahmadiyya Muslim Senior Secondary School in Basse, Upper River Region, on Friday October 31, commemorated its twenty-five years of existence.

Established in October 1983 by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in The Gambia, Nasir Ahmadiyya Senior Secondary School is the first and the oldest high school in the Upper River Region (URR).

In his statement, the principal of the school, Mamadi Ceesay, gave a brief history of the school. He revealed that the school started with 83 students, of which 8 were girls.

He noted that the institution which gave birth to this blessed and beneficial scheme of Nusrat Jehan is Khalifat Ahmadiyya which is 100 years this year.

“Therefore, the silver jubilee celebration of Nasir is indeed part of the commemoration of the centenary Kahalifat jubilee celebration because it is the institution of Khalifat which gave birth to the scheme under which Nasir was established,” he remarked.

Author: DO