Nigeria: How Nigerian University Sacked Lecturer Over Vague, Unproven Sexual Assault Allegations
[Premium Times] A federal judge described the University of Uyo as “a place where the truth will always be punished senselessly.”
TUESDAY, 29 OCTOBER 2024, 12:14
[Premium Times] A federal judge described the University of Uyo as “a place where the truth will always be punished senselessly.”
[Premium Times] The Edo government has reacted to the criticism.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to outline the plans in her budget on Wednesday.
[Addis Standard] Teachers across the newly established regions of South Ethiopia, Central Ethiopia, and South west Ethiopia are grappling with severe financial difficulties as salary cuts and delayed payments have become routine, pushing educators to the edge and putting the quality of education at risk.
[Dabanga] Dabanga Sudan — Sudan’s ongoing conflict has devastated all sectors of society, with education bearing some of the worst consequences. In an interview with Radio Dabanga, Sudanese Teachers’ Committee (STC) leading member Duriya Babiker pointed to safety concerns, economic hardship, and political obstacles that prevent the school year from resuming equitably.
With the cost of living rising, many students are concerned about the growing financial pressures at university
[Vanguard] The West African College of Physicians,WACP,has embarked on a medical outreach to Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
The answer to today’s polling puzzle
Earlier today I asked you the following puzzle, about voters who give wrong answers to opinion polls because they embarrassed to admit to their preferences. Here it is again with a solution.
The shy voter puzzle
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Artist installs new work at his former college in Oadby, as number of arts students in England plummets
The artist David Shrigley has said Stem subjects should be expanded to prioritise the arts, adding that children’s creativity is being stymied by the narrow focus on maths and the sciences.
The Turner prize-nominated artist says “Stem” – which stands for science, technology, engineering...
Co-op/Demos report details how people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are far less likely to earn good incomes
A lack of social mobility is costing the UK £19bn a year, a report produced by the cross-party thinktank Demos and the Co-op has found.
The Social Mobility Commission, which advises the government, defines social mobility as “the link between a person’s occupation or income...
[Nile Post] Speaking during a thanksgiving and Primary Seven candidates’ dedication ceremony on Sunday at Parental Care Nursery and Primary School in Bushenyi, Senior Presidential Adviser on Public Relations, Mary Karooro Okurut, emphasized the importance of recognizing and supporting children’s talents.
Steep fall in attendance after Covid could become ‘generational’ if not urgently tackled, school leaders say
Schools are turning to innovative techniques to entice children back into the classroom, as school leaders warn that high levels of absence will become “generational” unless urgently tackled.
Therapy dogs, prize vouchers, wellness sessions, taxi rides and shepherd’s huts are being put...
Private schools are expected to begin paying 20% duty but EU diplomats want international institutions to be exempt
Imposing VAT on international schools in the UK could lead to hundreds of pupils leaving, European diplomats have said, as they called for the institutions to retain the exemption from the 20% duty that private schools are expected to lose.
The German and French ambassadors to the...
[Leadership] As Nigeria prepares to implement its revamped skills curriculum for basic education in January 2025, inadequate infrastructure and a lack of modern technology are threatening its effective execution.
An agro-technical boarding school is the subject of this striking documentary, which offers vignettes of growing pains and childlike wonder
Eduardo Crespo’s sensitive documentary follows a cohort of boys at an Argentina agro-technical boarding school called Las Delicias (The Delights), and makes magic out of the mundane. On the surface, the students’ day-to-day rituals in the countryside...
The perils of opinion polls
Today’s puzzle is about voters who are embarrassed to tell pollsters what they really think.
In elections past, right wing parties like the Conservatives have often done better than opinion polls predict. One explanation is that ‘shy Tory’ voters lie to pollsters because they are embarrassed to admit their preferences in public. With the US polls neck and neck,...
[Premium Times] The JAC of both unions said the strike action begins on Monday 28 October and continues indefinitely.
[Daily Trust] The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of non-teaching staff unions in the universities, has directed its members to proceed on a nationwide indefinite strike on Monday.
[Capital FM] Nairobi — President William Ruto says the government will complete the construction of 11,000 Junior Secondary School classrooms by January next year.
The strike over council pay involves Unison members in the constituency area of First Minister John Swinney.