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Kenya Promises Crackdown As Teachers Push for Ban on UK-Backed Private Schools
Kenya promised on Monday to crack down on schools operating illegally after teachers called for a ban on a chain of low-cost private schools backed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Uganda: Bridge Schools Seek to Partner With Government
Primary education is the foundation for development of any country. Uganda has one of the youngest and fastest growing populations in the world. As the population continues to boom, already stretched social services will be stretched further.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Uganda is accusing schools backed by Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates of “teaching pornography”
For much of the past year, Bridge International Academies has faced tough criticism of its operations and business model in Africa. With its scripted teaching plans, Bridge offers standardized education in developing countries through its chain of low-cost private schools. But critics contend that the startup, which is backed by investors including Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and the World Bank, hired cheap teachers and ran its schools amid poor sanitary conditions.
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- Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenya teachers seek to follow Uganda and ban UK-backed private schools
Kenyan teachers want the government to ban a chain of low-cost private primary and nursery schools, backed by Microsoft's Bill Gates and Britain's aid budget, after it faced criticism from a court in neighbouring Uganda for hiring unlicensed teachers.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Pupils, Parents of Bridge International Schools Storm Parliament Over Closure
Parents and pupils of Bridge International Academies on Monday stormed parliament protesting against government's decision to close the schools. Uganda's High Court on Friday ordered the closure of 63 Bridge International Academies on grounds that the private schools provided unsanitary learning conditions, used unqualified teachers and were not properly licensed.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Uganda is shutting down 63 schools backed by Zuckerberg and Gates
Uganda’s High Court has ordered the closure of more than 60 primary schools run by a U.S. education company backed by Microsoft chief executive Bill Gates and Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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From Gene Editing to Death Traps, Seattle Scientists Innovate in Race to End Malaria
When Kayode Ojo first fell sick with malaria as a young boy in Nigeria, his grandfather shunned modern medicine, venturing into the bush to search for herbs and plants to treat the disease.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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One Funder Intrigued by New Ways to Finance Education in Poor Countries: Gates
We were intrigued to see that the Gates Foundation recently awarded Opportunity International $1 million to support its education finance program.
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- Education
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- philanthropy
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