
Government pledges end to children living in B&Bs
The child poverty strategy also includes making childcare more accessible for families on Universal Credit.
FRIDAY, 05 DECEMBER 2025, 02:00

The child poverty strategy also includes making childcare more accessible for families on Universal Credit.
The arc of mobile phones and social media may foretell the future of artificial intelligence in schools.
[Vanguard] The University of Ilorin has conferred an Award of Excellence on the Governor of Zamfara State, Dr. Dauda Lawal, in recognition of his outstanding leadership, unwavering commitment to public service, and notable contributions to national development.
[Vanguard] Port Harcourt — No fewer than 19 persons, including five students of Rivers State University, were kidnapped by gunmen in Rivers and Imo states yesterday.

DfE figures showed an 11% increase in teacher trainees in England this year compared with 2024, the biggest rise after the pandemic
A surge in the number of recent graduates signing up to become teachers has helped the government in England meet crucial recruitment targets in subjects including maths and sciences for the first time this decade.
New figures from the Department for Education...
[Namibian] Namibia Premier Football League (NPFL) defending champion African Stars sport club board has appointed Benni Haoseb as the head coach of the team’s youth academy.

University is already being investigated by police over ‘allegations of financial irregularities’ and has suspended three of its senior staff
The University of Greater Manchester is being investigated by England’s higher education regulator amid mounting allegations of financial misconduct, bribery and bullying.
The Office for Students will examine whether the former University of Bolton had...

Legislation is needed to stop leftwing politicians ‘bringing drag queens and porn actors into schools’, minister says
A restrictive sex education bill backed by Georgia Meloni’s far-right government and intended to crack down on “gender ideology and the woke bubble” has provoked fury in Italy.
Italy is one of the few EU countries not to have compulsory sex education in schools despite evidence...

More than 200 pupils of Nazareth House primary school in Derry are at home for a second day because of concerns over the building’s roof.
[SAnews.gov.za] Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister Buti Manamela has expressed serious concern over reports of an alleged degree-selling syndicate operating at the Vaal University of Technology (VUT), reportedly involving foreign nationals.
[Scrolla] Maxeke Secondary School has no security, no water, no electricity and no toilets for more than one thousand six hundred learners, and is short of desks. Motsewapele Primary School has had no electricity for three years and owes more than sixty thousand rand in water bills despite being a no-fee school.
[DA] The DA has always and will always defend the rights of schools to determine their own language policy as enshrined in law.

The council says repurposing an old school will “create urgently needed places locally”.
[Premium Times] The investigation follows fresh national outrage triggered by the recent abduction of 25 female students from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi and over 200 others in St Mary Catholic School in Niger State.
[New Times] Going to school is still a challenge for many children with disabilities in Rwanda. They face bullying, inaccessible classrooms, and a shortage of teachers trained to support them.
[GroundUp] Content producers get away with fake news and clickbait
The plaintiffs, white and Asian students, said they would qualify for scholarships given out by the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, but for their race.
[Ghanaian Times] The 1980 year group of Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary (Pojoba ’80) has handed over a newly constructed ultra-modern conference hall with a state-of-the-art washroom to the school as part of activities marking 50 years since they entered the institution and completing 45 years ago.
[Ghanaian Times] The President of All Nations University (ANU), Professor Samuel Herbert Donkor, has highlighted the critical role of private universities in complementing public institutions to drive national development. Speaking at ANU’s 34th graduation ceremony in Koforidua, he emphasised that private universities should not be viewed as profit-making ventures but as mission-oriented...
[Ghanaian Times] The government’s announcement to recruit 6,100 trained teachers in 2026 has brought a sigh of relief to many unemployed educators who have long sought absorption into the classroom.

England’s teacher shortage is fuelled by burnout and unpaid overtime. New working patterns would help without compromising results
Can you guess which professionals in England work 26 hours of overtime a week without compensation, give up time with friends and family to deal with the workload and often find themselves on call in the holidays? Not CEOs, bankers or even doctors, but teachers. No...