News from The Killeen Daily Herald:
As parents are sending their children back to school, somewhere in the heaviness of Killeen’s hot, sweltering August air, I seem to be hearing “Hallelujah” choruses rising up all across the neighborhoods.
Gone are the days where children go to school to just learn the three R’s: Reading, ’Riting and ’Rithmetic (it’s a good thing those days are gone, because they apparently should have been learning “Spelling” as well). Those days of learning the basics are gone, but not because the “three R’s” are no longer essential, but because there are so many other things our children need to learn as well.
Instead of note pads and Indian tablets, children now are learning from and writing on I-pads and Microsoft tablets. Chalk boards have been replaced by marker boards or even Promethean “smartboards.”
I am all for technology and making sure our kids are taught by the best teachers who are paid the best salaries (full disclosure: my wife, sister, brother, niece and various other families members are teachers). But as an education minister, I also believe that the best things that educate a chi……………. continues on The Killeen Daily Herald
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Girl-child Education Key To Reducing VVF, Maternal Mortality In Nigeria — UNFPA
— Aug 14, 2015 2:37 pm |
The United Nations Fund For Population Activities (UNFPA) on Friday said girl-child education is key to reducing increasing cases of Vesico Vaginal Fistula ( VVF) in Nigeria.
Ms Ratidzai Ndhlovu, UNFPA Country Representative in Nigeria said at a news briefing in Sokoto that Nigeria must invest more in the education of the girl-child to address the problem.
She said that education would have a multiplier effect on the girl-child’s perception of life, wellbeing and general societal development.
“To educate a woman, you educate a nation and the education of women is crucial in improving the disturbing health statistics in Nigeria,” she said.
“With more educated women, the chances are that more children will be enrolled in schools, as the women are their custodians.
“In the same vein, it is our belief that more educated women would demand for access to ante-natal care and other reproductive health……………. continues on Leadership Newspapers
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