I was appalled by John Mbaria's article, "How Africa's media is pushing GM crops" (The EastAfrican, May 26-June 1). The article in question singles out the media as possible culprits in spreading the gospel of biotechnology.

How many foreigners came to Botswana and devoted their times in learning Setswana and ended up teaching the language and publishing in it?" wonders the octogenarian Beauty Magula.

A Kenyan student is feared stranded in the earthquake-ravaged Chinese province of Sichuan where over 68,000 people were killed.

Privately sponsored students planning to reside in halls of residence at Makerere University next semester will have to dig deeper into their pockets following a hike in accommodation fees.

Parents will take over school feeding schemes at the end of the current World Food Programme initiative in 2010, the government has said.

THE Harry Oppenheimer Memorial Trust last week gave two of SA's top scholars, a medical scientist and a historian, each $125000 for a year to pursue their scholarship.

KYENJOJO district has closed down 12 illegal and unlicensed private schools.

The second academic term opened on a low note in Bugiri with many pupils failing to report, district authorities have said. "The turn up for this term is very low and it's about 10 percent," the District Inspector of Schools,

Deputy Minister of Education Dr Becky Ndjoze-Ojo says the importance of the English language locally, nationally and internationally cannot be overemphasized.

At 43, Musa Dube is one of the youngest full professors at the highest institution of learning in the country, the University of Botswana (UB).

This year's main national Teachers Day event will be held at an English medium school in Palapye on June 5.

MAKERERE University has withheld the academic transcripts of eight former students of the Faculty of Agriculture over a sh1.5m debt. The students, who graduated last year and were sponsored by the Government, are accused of being involved in financial malpractices.

As the nation celebrates its democracy day and the first year anniversary of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua administration, the vice-chancellor of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Professor Olugbemiro Jegede, has called for the establishment of a television station for

The number of students enrolled in public secondary schools has shot up by 300,000, since the waiver of fees in day schools in January this year, President Kibaki said Sunday.

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, has called for a stakeholders' forum to look into the decaying educational system in the country.

Secretary to the government of the federation Alhaji Babagana Kingibe has described the incursion of the private sector into education as the cause of the present sorry state of the country's educational system.

Vocational education is simply connected with the skills, knowledge that one acquire in order to get a vocational qualification and these qualification is designed to prepare people for work or enhance their performance in the work.

Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Alhaji Babagana Kingibe, has identified the "incursion" of the private sector into education as one of the mistakes of the reforms of the sector.

In its bid to continue with its commitment in the education sector, the Nassarawa Local Government of Kano State has earmarked the sum of N20 million as scholarship assistance to students in the area.

About 10 schools in Matabeleland South were reportedly forced to shut down by Zanu PF militia who attacked teachers they blamed for contributing to President Robert Mugabe's defeat during the 29 March elections.