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News Niger » Education: Niger drops sex education from syllabus at Muslim leaders' urging

News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/article/world/niger-drops-sex-education-from-syllabus-at-muslim-leaders-urging-idUSKBN0IJ1N0/

Published on: Thursday 30 October 2014

NIAMEY/DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The Niger government has withdrawn a course on sexual and reproductive health from the school syllabus after Islamic organisations said the teachings were ...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

News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/05/urban-forests-in-nigers-schoolyards-serve-climate-resilience-and-education/

Published on: Monday 26 May 2025

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: Interview: New Niger Order Protects Girls’ Rights to Education

News channel or source: https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/08/30/interview-new-niger-order-protects-girls-rights-education

Published on: Monday 29 August 2022

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: Tribute to man reshaping Niger Delta through education, empowerment, peace

News channel or source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/08/tribute-to-man-reshaping-niger-delta-through-education-empowerment-peace/

Published on: Sunday 23 August 2026

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: The World Bank Approves Funding to Help Niger Improve Its Education System

News channel or source: https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2023/06/23/the-world-bank-approves-funding-to-help-niger-improve-its-education-system

Published on: Thursday 22 June 2023

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

News channel or source: https://www.unhcr.org/africa/news/stories/building-hope-and-transforming-lives-refugees-and-host-communities-through-education

Published on: Monday 12 June 2023

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 ...