By Doyin Ojosipe Amidst persistent bad governance in Nigeria, political apathy and lack of social cohesion among youths, experts have enjoined young people to be media and information literacy competent in order to be the change agents the country needs. From religious to ethnic and political violence, youths have been at the centre, either as…
UNESCO MIL Alliance (GAPMIL) Editorial: “The times, they are a-changin”
Reality is something that is imposed—this statement is borrowing the view of the semiotics researcher and philosopher Charles Sanders Pierce. The statement implies there is nothing to do but deal with it. The world is learning hard lessons with the COVID-19 pandemic experience; surely, one of those lessons is that technology is part of reality…
MIL and the challenge of new media technologies
By Chido Onumah & Olunifesi Suraj Introduction Information rules the world today. More often than not, the type of information we receive affects our choices, our relationship with others, the quality of life we live, the kind of influence we have on others, the extent to which others influence us, the kinds of activities we…
Call for nominations: UNESCO-supported GAPMIL Global Media and Information Literacy Awards 2019
The UNESCO-led GAPMIL (Global Alliance for Partnerships on Media and Information Literacy) is calling for nominations for the GAPMIL Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Awards 2019. The Awards will recognize significant work and contributions in the field of MIL, and will honour individuals or organizations who have demonstrated excellence and leadership in integrating MIL into their…
Africa education ministers adopt integration of media & information literacy at PACE-2018 Conference
The Pan-African High-Level Conference on Education (#PACE2018), was held by UNESCO in collaboration with African Union and the Government of Kenya on 25-29 April 2018 in Nairobi, Kenya, with the theme “Bridging Continental and Global Education Frameworks for the African We Want”. CMIL-Kenya participated in the conference where Executive Director, Wallace Gichunge, made a presentation…