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MPs and parents worry shake-up may abolish vital education, health and care plans that SEN children rely on
Downing Street is facing another bruising battle following last week’s humiliating retreat on welfare reforms, as MPs, campaigners and parents voice concern at its overhaul of special needs education for children in England.
A letter to the Guardian, signed by dozens of special needs and...
Decades ago, a generation of UK schoolchildren unwittingly took part in an initiative aimed at boosting reading skills – with lasting consequences
Throughout my life, my mum has always been a big reader. She was in three or four book clubs at the same time. She’d devour whatever texts my siblings and I were studying in school, handwrite notes for our lunchboxes and write in her diary every...
Trump’s cuts to the N.E.A. and the N.E.H. will leave America depleted.
Making decisions that align long-term goals and short-term rewards is challenging, but it can lead to better choices and richer lives.
Government announces £500m project to provide single point of access for health, education and wellbeing services
One-stop shop family hubs will be rolled out across England to give parents advice and support, the government has announced. The centres will offer help with breastfeeding and housing issues, as well as supporting children’s early development and language, ministers said.
The...
Almost 300 researchers have applied for for positions at Aix-Marseille University after Trump unleashed his attack on academia
It was on a US-bound flight in March, as Brian Sandberg stressed about whether he would be stopped at security, that the American historian knew the time had come for him to leave his home country.
For months, he had watched Donald Trump’s administration unleash a...
I went to West Africa to report on girls’ education. I left convinced that the Western feminist movement has grown far too comfortable fighting only for itself.
Jobs working with children are largely done by women, leaving many boys, especially in low-income areas, with few men as role models.
Zohran Mamdani’s responses on a 2009 college application were criticized by his mayoral rivals. The blowback was dismissed by his supporters as a politically motivated attack.
[Nile Post] As part of the ongoing Seven Days of Service campaign, the Rotary Club of Kansanga and the Rotaract Club of Bunga on Tuesday led a powerful Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) intervention at Bugonga Primary School in Entebbe. The day focused not only on improving access to clean water but also on empowering students with practical hygiene knowledge.
[Ghanaian Times] The Underground Mining Alliance (UMA), a subcontractor of Newmont Ahafo Mines, has allocated $60,000 towards corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in the Asutifi North District of the Ahafo Region for the year 2025.
[Ghanaian Times] A delegation from the Zimbawean Parliament has expressed keen interest in Ghana’s innovation centres and the linkages that exists between the country’s education, industry and entrepreneurship.
[Liberian Observer] The National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL), under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Education Initiatives Program, has awarded scholarships to 20 outstanding Liberian students. The official signing and awarding ceremony took place on Monday in Monrovia, marking a renewed commitment by NOCAL to invest in Liberia’s next generation of leaders and professionals.
After initial concerns, pupils are said to be more focused and have better social interactions with each other
Bans on smartphones in Dutch schools have improved the learning environment despite initial protests, according to a study commissioned by the government of the Netherlands.
National guidelines, introduced in January 2024, recommend banning smartphones from classrooms and almost all...
[New Dawn] Twenty university students from across Liberia have benefited from full scholarships from the National Oil Company of Liberia to complete undergraduate studies in the sciences.
[GroundUp] Outspoken activist died last week aged 86
[Daily Trust] An indigenous group in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the Abuja Original Inhabitants Youths Empowerment Organization (AOIYEO), has filed a lawsuit at the FCT High Court against the FCT Administration and the six area council chairmen over the prolonged strike by primary school teachers, council workers, and health personnel.
[Vanguard] Abuja — Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, yesterday met with chairmen of FCT area councils, the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, and the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, to discuss the reopening of public primary schools in the FCT.
[Vanguard] “Shall we begin?” sounds formal and old-fashioned to many ears today, while “Should we start?” feels natural and contemporary. Yet both expressions serve similar functions, highlighting one of English’s most intriguing modal verb pairs. Understanding when to use “shall” versus “should” isn’t just about grammar. It’s about navigating social expectations, cultural contexts, and...
[Premium Times] In this exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES, the NIIA DG speaks about his formative years in the classroom, an unusual experience teaching Liberia’s top government officials, and his thoughts on the direction of Nigeria’s higher education and the evolution of ECOWAS at 50.
[Nile Post] Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Joel Ssenyonyi, has graduated with a Masters Degree in Organisational Leadership and Management from Uganda Christian University (UCU).