All articles in 'Education'
If Africa is to play its role on the world stage - it is imperative that we broaden the function of...
7th February 2011Pupils wash hands: will UPE add value to them? Photo courtesyThe February 18th 2011 Pre...
5th April 2011Graduands: Are they ready for the world of work? Photo courtesyThe dictionary definition...
25th April 2011Quality education is imperative if Africa has to generate home-grown solutions to African challenges
13th May 2011If African countries are to attain real transformation, they must seriously rethink educational budg...
30th May 2011Why have these Grade A celebrities taken the back seat as starvation ravages our populations? Are th...
29th August 2011The education, agriculture and Finance sectors have failed completely and yet these are key leading...
12th September 2011University graduands Photo courtesyEconomic empowerment is about o...
6th February 2012Today’s university teaching that encourages cramming needs to be urgently overhauled.
14th February 2012I have observed that at any time of the day, bookshops in Singapore are full of people. Singaporeans...
27th February 2012It's not enough to run around demanding to be called Engr, Pharm, Prof, Dr, Nurse, Arch., and all th...
26th March 2012The space for intellectual activism now exists in our democratic culture. Yet we find that much of c...
2nd April 2012Regrettably, lack of creativity has not been confined to students only; lecturers also share a big c...
23rd July 2012Advancement in technology, increased access to information coupled with a change in the learning sty...
1st October 2012There are no set criteria enumerating the skills a person should possess to qualify for appointment...
8th September 2008The neglect of maths and science for the majority under apartheid continues to haunt South Africa
28th October 2008When our national brand is impunity, incompetence, consumption and chest thumping, our youths are si...
23rd November 2008Like any other group of people, Africa has had its vagabonds, its misfits and its failures. But Afr...
9th February 2009I wish to add my voice to those that have responded to the President’s countrywide tours in which he...
30th March 2009Many government workers pursuing their Bachelors’ degrees use 'mercenaries' to write coursework for...
8th June 2009The idea of owning universities is a cash-cow concept in Nigeria. The values placed on the essence o...
8th June 2009It is imperative to mainstream and empower our youth – our most priceless asset and driving agents...
16th June 2009African elites must think from within their cultural values as not doing so breeds elites who know W...
30th June 2009Makerere University is a pace setter. If it sneezes, the rest of the academic institutions catch a c...
14th August 2009A frustrated student, Ms Trina Thompson sued her College three months after graduation because she w...
1st September 2009We are in the midst of systemic dumbing down. Focus must now be on overhauling the education system...
10th November 2009Schooling worldwide is stuck in the Henry Ford Model T mass production mode. Critics use the term “s...
16th November 2009Makerere UniversityMakerere University is set to honour president Museveni with an honor...
11th January 2010Almost all armies in Africa are enjoying illegal privileges such as getting bigger hidden budgets th...
18th January 2010News that the Kenya’s ministry of education declassed Swahili is not welcome at a time East African...
1st February 2010