[Nile Post] Pearl Bank has donated water tanks and assorted food items to Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) in celebration of Ramadan and Women’s month season that are key highlights during this season.

[Nile Post] At least 91 pupils from three primary schools in Ibanda District have been directed to repeat Primary Seven and resit the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) after their results were cancelled by the Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) due to examination malpractice.

[Nile Post] Young Ugandans have been urged to embrace education, learn new languages, and seize international opportunities.

[Ghanaian Times] His Royal Majesty Ohempon Dr. Yeboah Asiamah, Paramount Chief of Atebubu and President of the Atebubu Traditional Council, on Wednesday paid a high-level courtesy call on the Administrator of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), Mr. Paul Adjei, to seek support for critical educational infrastructure in the Atebubu Traditional Area.

[Daily News] Dar es Salaam — Construction of the Weights and Measures building at Dar es Salaam’s College of Business Education (CBE) is 93 per cent complete, advancing the institution’s capacity to meet growing business education and skills demand.

[Daily News] Dar es Salaam — THE Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Culture and Sports has expressed satisfaction with the construction pace of the modern printing plant at Tanzania Standard (Newspapers) Limited (TSN), noting that it will attract a large domestic market and strengthen the company’s financial sustainability.

[Daily News] Dodoma — THE Tanzania Teachers’ Rights Protection and Defence Association has urged the government to direct employers to allow workers to join trade unions of their choice in order to end the challenges that face some employees when seeking union membership.

Leqaa Kordia, 33, had been held in a Texas facility, where she said her health had declined. She was arrested during a 2024 protest and then detained by ICE in March 2025.

[Leadership] Dr Bala Maijama’a Wunti has provided free unlimited internet access for Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi (ATBU), to improve access to digital learning resources.

[SAnews.gov.za] The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has dismissed as false and misleading a social media claim alleging that a student received a payment of R630 434.44 from the scheme.

[Scrolla] Joburg EMS is warning parents and schools about a dangerous new trend called ‘Chuff’ where learners inhale fire extinguisher contents. Inhaling fire extinguisher chemicals can lead to breathing difficulties, pneumonia, seizures and death, the Johannesburg Emergency Management Services has warned.

[SAnews.gov.za] The North West Department of Education has moved to dispel misleading information currently circulating on social media of a photo of a 54-year-old woman allegedly arrested for beating a 12-year-old learner to death for not wearing proper school uniform.

[GroundUp] Heavy rains in Vhembe have washed away bridges and damaged roads

[Capital FM] Nairobi — Kenya’s ambition to provide nutritious, locally sourced meals to millions of learners through the National Home Grown School Meals Programme is bold and necessary. With close to three million children reached in 2025 and a longer-term goal of ten million by 2030, the scale of the promise is clear. National targets, however, tell only part of the story. The more difficult...

[This Day] PwC Nigeria and Lagos Business School (LBS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deliver specialised sustainability and climate-focused capacity-building programmes for sustainability professionals, senior executives and board members across Nigerian organisations.

Leaders and parents worry that a widening economic divide amid the current affordability crisis could amplify the role that money plays in access to a robust education in New York.

After the University of Florida restricted the Republican organization from operating on campus, the group sued the university arguing its First Amendment rights were violated.

The documentary about Vladimir V. Putin’s wartime indoctrination of Russian schoolchildren won an Oscar at Sunday’s Academy Awards.

[Namibian] Many Teachers rely on side businesses to make ends meet, yet punitive audits risk demoralising the very educators tasked with shaping Namibia’s future.

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