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[Ghanaian Times] Universities in Ghana have been urged to take a leading role in addressing gender-based violence (GBV), described by experts as a growing threat to access, participation, and completion in higher education.

[Ghanaian Times] The MTN Ghana Foundation has awarded scholarships to 500 students under its MTN Bright Scholarship Scheme. This year’s recipients, drawn from 45 public tertiary institutions nationwide, include 300 students and 200 teachers pursuing further studies.

[Nile Post] The Rotaract Club of Kigo7Lakes Golf has marked a significant achievement with the completion of Phase One of its Ubuntu: Compassion in Action Project at Wisdom Hub Nursery and Primary School in Katende, Mpigi District.

[Nile Post] The Stromme Foundation Uganda has launched a new school feeding program aimed at improving the welfare, nutrition, and learning conditions of children in Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres within Bidibidi refugee settlement.

[Liberian Observer] – The Alsandra Vocational and Technical Institute (AVTI), Branch #2, on Saturday held its First Circle Graduation Convocation at the Calvary Baptist Church in Kakata, with a strong call for graduates to embrace entrepreneurship as a path to self-reliance and national development.

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[Shabait] Awat and Freselam Elementary and Junior Schools in Asmara have provided awards to 418 outstanding students who scored high marks in the eighth-grade national examination for the 2024/2025 academic year.

[Nile Post] A group of Ugandan lawmakers is urging Parliament Speaker Anita Among to immediately recall the House to address the ongoing teachers’ strike, which has severely disrupted the education sector.

[Nile Post] Makerere University has commenced disbursing the remaining portion of food and living-out allowances for government-sponsored students, following the release of second-quarter funds from the government.

[Health-e] 23-year-old Othandiweyo Mkula from Tsolo in the Eastern Cape is on a mission to help prevent more young people in his community from acquiring HIV.

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[Vanguard] Abuja–Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Geoffrey Nnaji, yesterday pleaded with authorities of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, to release his academic transcript without further delay and stop playing further politics with the vital document.

[Daily Trust] The federal government, through the ministries of Education and Agriculture and Food Security, in partnership with state governments, has unveiled a new initiative to modernise Nigeria’s agricultural education and equip young people with skills for a technology-driven agricultural sector.

[Vanguard] The federal government has inaugurated the Mahmud Yayale Ahmed-led Expanded Negotiation Committee for Tertiary Institutions to accelerate discussions with academic and non-academic unions across universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education.

[This Day] The Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, has been caught in an alleged certificates forgery scheme, with the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) disowning the Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) degree certificate which the minister submitted to the Senate during his screening in August 2023.

[263Chat] The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Budget, Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion has launched public consultations ahead of the 2026 National Budget with citizens urging the Government to increase spending on healthcare, education and social services to ease the impact of the rising cost of living.

[New Times] Rwanda has been selected among four African countries to receive support from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to develop school-based climate solutions and integrate them into teaching and learning.