Burundi News News Burundi » Education: Burundi invests in education
Bujumbura - Primary schools in impoverished Burundi are expecting a jostle for placements on next week's opening day after the new government, which was sworn in last month, introduced free primary ...
News Burundi » Education: Universal education in Burundi: Successes and challenges
Wedenig explains that in Burundi there was clear political will, translated into action, with the backing of the country’s international partners. Among those partners, UNICEF has joined with the ...
News Burundi » Education: Burundi: Anglican Bishop Builds Closer Ties Between Christian Higher Education Institutions in Burundi
An exchange forum has been organised by Christian universities and theological colleges in Burundi to help them exchange ideas, share resources and build partnerships. Organisers hope that the ...
News Burundi » Education: East Africa: Tough Love-Burundi Reforms Education, Health and Business Sectors in Search of EAC Approval
It's 12:30 pm on a Thursday and Floride, a worker at a local clothing shop on Rue de la Mission in Burundi's capital, Bujumbura, is growing increasingly impatient. Normally by this time Floride at ...
News Burundi » Education: Schools for Burundi but little education
Teachers’ unions and civil society organisations say the main problem is the spate of reforms rushed in with no preparation Burundi: Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza has built more schools in his ...
News Burundi » Education: Burundi president builds schools, but education remains weak
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza has built more schools in his eight years in power than all of his predecessors put together, but education levels are still at an all-time low. When Nkurunziza ...
News Burundi » Education: AFRICA/BURUNDI - Education for women, to allow the whole society to grow: the commitment of the JRS
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Educating women means to advance the whole society of Burundi, one of the poorest Countries in Africa. This is why the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is investing in ...
News Burundi » Education: Burundi's push for universal education
Offering free education, making it compulsory and supporting it politically has been the winning strategy behind Burundi's successful bid to ensure that virtually all children get a primary school ...
News Burundi » Education: Free education benefits poorest girls most, Burundi study shows
Teenage pregnancy rates remain high across many parts of the developing world. In Africa, on average, about one in 10 girls between the ages of 15 and 19 has already given birth. These early ...
News Burundi » Education: Burundi School Ban on Expectant Teens 'Skewed' Against Girls' Education
Burundi’s ban on pregnant girls and expectant teen fathers attending school is not only a violation against children’s right to education, but also unfairly discriminates against girls, campaigners ...
News Burundi » Education: Burundi school ban on expectant teens 'skewed' against girls' education
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Burundi's ban on pregnant girls and expectant teen fathers attending school is not only a violation against children's right to education, but also unfairly ...