WHO SAYS STAFF SHORTAGE, FUNDING CHALLENGES HAMPER CONGO EBOLA RESPONSE. (PHOTO).

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 WHO says staff shortage, funding challenges hamper Congo Ebola response Shortages of trained staff, operational partners and funding are causing a bottleneck in efforts ‌to expand the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of Congo as the outbreak spreads geographically, a World Health Organization official said on Tuesday. The outbreak has spread beyond its initial epicentre in Bunia, affecting six provinces and prompting authorities to adopt a more decentralised strategy by building treatment centers ​closer to newly affected communities, the WHO said, Reuters reported. Congo's outbreak of the Bundibugyo species of Ebola has killed 3,175 ​people and infected more than 6,000, according to the WHO — making it the country's worst epidemic — ⁠and it is continuing to spread across its northeast.

EDUCATION MINISTER ALAUSA CALLS FOR DEEPER COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO TO SUPPORT NIGERIA EDUCATION REFORMS. (PHOTO).


 EDUCATION MINISTER ALAUSA CALLS FOR DEEPER COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO TO SUPPORT NIGERIA EDUCATION REFORMS


The Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, has called for deeper collaboration with UNESCO to support Nigeria’s education reforms under President Bola Tinubu. 


The Minister says more than one million out-of-school children had returned to school in the past 20 months, while nearly 6.7 million girls had benefited from interventions aimed at improving access and retention.


Alausa also identities priority areas of the government’s education reform programme: Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), STEM education, reintegration of out-of-school children, data and digitalisation, girl-child education, and quality assurance.


He however calls for greater attention to boys’ education while sustaining progress in girls’ education, and highlights the Accelerated Teacher Professional Programme, which targets one million in-service teachers.


UNESCO Country Representative to Nigeria, Professor Isaiah Barreto Da Rosa, reaffirms the organisation’s commitment to support Nigeria in TVET, teacher development, education for peace, science, culture, communication and information. 


He says UNESCO supported programmes had trained more than 28,000 teachers and reached over 1.7 million students, while expressing readiness to deepen cooperation in TVET, teacher capacity development, digital education data and the reintegration of out-of-school children.

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