Niger News News Niger » Education: Niger drops sex education from syllabus at Muslim leaders' urging
NIAMEY/DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The Niger government has withdrawn a course on sexual and reproductive health from the school syllabus after Islamic organisations said the teachings were ...
News Niger » Education: Urban forests in Niger’s schoolyards serve climate resilience and education
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Trees growing school yards in Niger’s two largest cities are helping to cool classrooms and illustrate the value of urban forests. A study of green ...
News Niger » Education: Tribute to man reshaping Niger Delta through education, empowerment, peace
There are moments in the history of a people when leadership is no longer measured by the noise of promises, but by the quiet evidence of lives transformed. There are seasons when a public office ...
News Niger » Education: Interview: New Niger Order Protects Girls’ Rights to Education
Girls in nearly a third of African countries face significant barriers to education when they become pregnant. But this is changing. In 2019, the government of Niger adopted an order directing schools ...
News Niger » Education: Niger: Education will Help us Face the Future with Confidence
In Niger, 99% of 10-year-olds cannot read or understand a short story and more than half of children between the ages of 7 and 12 are not in school due to a lack of facilities and resources. The LIRE ...
News Niger » Education: The World Bank Approves Funding to Help Niger Improve Its Education System
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved US$230 million in additional financing for the Niger Learning Improvement for Results in Education Project (LIRE), which aims to help the ...
News Niger » Education: Building hope and transforming lives of refugees and host communities through education in Southern Niger
It’s only 8.00 a.m. in Doukou Doukou, a small village located in southern Niger, around 45km from the border with Nigeria, yet the temperature is already approaching 40°C. Amid the dusty, sun-baked ...