Improved Methods of Teaching Produces Better, Happier Students

September 27, 2014

Bauchi, Nigeria—His open face decorated by the wisp of a salt and pepper beard, Aliyu Shehu looks every bit the teacher he once was. And though he says he was drawn to education from a young age, Shehu, now the Registrar at the College of Education here, can remember a time when such was not the case for many of Nigeria’s teachers....
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Girls’ Education Affects Nigeria’s Future

September 27, 2014

Bauchi, Nigeria—The yellow stucco walls of the Adolescent Girls Program Center are decorated with the brightly colored garments of the day’s lessons. Students bend to the task of sewing using foot-peddled machines, developing the skills many will use to earn a living in the not too distant future. ...
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“I Read” campaign promotes literacy in Yemen

September 22, 2014

In Yemen, a country where the illiteracy rate is nearly 35 percent and television and radio rather than newspapers are preferred vehicles for information, the Ministry of Education has launched a creative campaign to bolster community support for early grade reading....
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Yemen: National workshop pledges support to reading

September 2, 2014

Sana'a, Yemen—More than 100 participants, from Yemen’s Ministry of Education, the U.S. Agency for International Development, international implementing partners and literacy program coordinators met in Sana’a on Aug. 11-12 to celebrate the success of the Yemen Early Grade Reading Approach (YEGRA) program over the last two years....
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