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TUNISIA: Leading the African continent in ICT
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| Tunisia has demonstrated the most improvement in technology-readiness of any other country in the African continent especially in higher education sector, according to a new report.
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TUNISIA: Tackling graduate unemployment
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| Tunisia has unveiled a new savings-and-loan programme to lower the unemployment rate of nearly 15% for new university graduates. The scheme will offer graduates a chance to generate enough capital to launch their own businesses.
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MAGHREB: New regional and US science partnerships
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| North African countries are planning to boost higher education and scientific capacity by establishing a University of the Maghreb and an Academy of Sciences of the Maghreb as well as forging partnerships with the United States.
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EGYPT-UK: New international university agreed
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| Four universities in Egypt and the UK's University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, have agreed to establish an international university - the first higher education and research institution in Egypt to use a public private partnership model in an investment zone.
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EGYPT: Academy for young scientists
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| Egypt plans to set up an academy of science for young researchers to support top up-and-coming scientists and encourage them to play a pivotal role in developing future strategies for socio-economic development.
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NORTH AFRICA: Boost for Maghreb university cooperation
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| The five members of the Arab Maghrab Union - Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Libya and Mauritania - have agreed to create a website for all universities and research centers in the region and to re-activate a union of Maghrebi universities.
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AFRICA: Plan to reform agricultural higher education
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| An initiative to reform and develop agricultural higher education in 29 African countries has been approved by the Islamic Development Bank. The plan includes curriculum development and an online directory for agriculture science education resources, among other things.
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JORDON-FRANCE: Joint nuclear science university
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| In an announcement by the country's Atomic Commission on 19 January, Jordan said it plans to create a Jordanian-French university specialising in nuclear sciences and research to develop scientific human resources in Jordan and the Arab world.
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SAUDI ARABIA: Observatory on higher education
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| Saudi Arabia now has a national body for higher education that includes student experiences, courses, planning, assessment and evaluation. The Observatory on Higher Education was launched last Tuesday at an international exhibition on higher education in Riyadh.
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