Tanzanian schools urged to teach and practice sustainable development

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Tanzanian Schools Will Teach Students in Swahili, Not English
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School children in Arusha, Tanzania. Photo released under Creative Commons by Flickr user Colin J. McMechan. Tanzania is set to make a historic shift away from English and replace it with Swahili as the language of instruction in the country's schools.

>You might mistake them for tourists from the huge back packs they carry, but actually, they are not. They are in fact a group of students from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom determined to change the way student volunteering is done.

How Will Tanzania Fair Under the Sustainable Development Goals?
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This year UN member states will finalise the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which will replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) established in 2000. Section 16.6 of the SDGs seeks to develop "effective, accountable and transparent ...

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Plans for education for sustainable development in school curriculum
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The Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE) is working to incorporate education for sustainable development in the education curriculum for schools. The Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE) is working to incorporate education for sustainable development in the ...

Masaki Inaba, Japan Citizens Network during the meeting..

Pan African Climate Justice Alliance and Africa Development Interchange Network host side event at the UN’s Third Financing for Development conference in Addis Ababa to: discuss the importance of climate finance, and the relationship of climate finance to the FfD discussions and post-2015 process.

The crucial role of climate finance within the development agenda was cast under the spotlight last night during discussions at a side...

Locals Should Embrace Social Media for Sustainable Development
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A few weeks ago, the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation EU-ACP (CTA) and the Eastern Africa Grain Institute (EAGI) conducted a workshop for various professionals in Dar es Salaam Our Correspondent, Moses Ferdinand reports.

The United Nations has launched the Sustainable Development Goals – a new set of targets that global leaders have signed up to, including Shakira, David Beckham, and Pope Francis.

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National conference on MDGs: Shift to sustainable development goals under ...
The Express Tribune
The shift will include a focus on peace and stability, good governance, monitoring and accountability and more. PHOTO: UN. ISLAMABAD: Time series data available for 33 indicators of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) reveals that while Pakistan is ...
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Narrow UN priorities to hit the best...

The Third Session of the African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET) will be hosted by the government of Cabo Verde from 10th -14th February

Ministers responsible for meteorology in Africa are meeting to coordinate and accelerate regional efforts to strengthen resilience to extreme weather hazards and adapt to climate change.

The Third Session of the African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET) (http://www.wmo.int/amcomet) will be hosted by the government of Cabo...