My Vision of Lusaka – a Regional and Global Centre of Academic Excellence and Scholarship set in a quiet lush green garden
Good scholarship is a great thing. Half-baked scholarship is dangerous, sometimes fatal. The one unmistakable identifying feature of true scholarship is that it knows no ceiling. The learning process continues especially after graduating out of the factories of formal education. And true scholars know that you cannot put down Wikipedia as a reference. I have [...]
The Association of Sign Language Interpreters of Zambia (ASLIZ) has been admitted to the World Association of Sign Language Interpreters (WASLI) after meeting all requirements. This was the conference that just ended WASLI held from 14 to 16 July 2011 in Durban, South Africa. Mulenga Kapwepwe WASLI president said in a statement Thursday in Lusaka [...]
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Education Minister Dora Siliya has challenged academicians in the SADC region to learn from major world economies like Japan and China that have used their indigenous languages in enhancing their technological advancements. Ms. Siliya observed that academicians in the region can also assists their governments in dispelling widely held misconceptions among many Africans that their [...]
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Teachers in Southern Africa have converged at Lusaka’s Olympic Youth Development Center (OYDC) not to teach but exchange cultural experiences and compete for honors in sports. The three day Ball games event has drawn teachers from five countries namely Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa and host Zambia. Officiating at the ball games event dubbed “Teachers [...]
Continue reading …Government starts construction of 25 billion Kwacha High school in Nchelenge
April 21, 2011 No CommentGovernment has embarked on the construction of a High School in Nchelenge District of Luapula Province worth K 25 Billion . The Ministry of Education Headquarters has awarded the Contract to a Chinese Firm, which has since started clearing the Construction Site located in Chieftainess Kanyembo’s area, about 35 Kilometres away from the District Administrative [...]
Continue reading …A MEDICAL doctor says research is important to advance knowledge which in the longterm will improve the quality of care offered to patients. During the Medical Journal of Zambia – New England Journal of Medicine-African Journal Partnership project national medical writers workshop on Monday, University of Zambia school of medicine dean Dr Faston Goma said [...]
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Students have returned to the school in Brazil where a gunman killed 12 children on 7 April. Those killed were between 10 and 13 years old, and all but two were girls. The gunman, a former pupil at the school in Rio de Janeiro killed himself after being wounded by police. The director of the [...]
Continue reading …STUDENTS at Ndola College of Biomedical Sciences yesterday staged a protest against management’s decision to turn the intitution into a school of medicine. A check at the college found that students had blocked the college entrance and displayed placards denouncing management. One student who spoke on behalf of her colleagues told Copperbelt permanent secretary Villie [...]
Continue reading …Hundreds of thousands of Colombians have joined street demonstrations against the policies of President Juan Manuel Santos. Students and lecturers protesting against proposed university reforms were joined by trade unionists demanding improved conditions. Colombia’s main trade union federation, the CUT, said 1.5m people joined the demonstrations in cities nationwide. The protests are the biggest since [...]
Continue reading …UNITED Nations resident coordinator Kanni Wignaraja says she does not understand what the big fuss on Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) is all about. In an interview, Wignaraja said PVT was all about tabulating the already announced results that were in public domain. “Countries decide whether to go with using Parallel Vote Tabulation as one mechanism [...]
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