Liberia: Liberia Rated Among World’s Worst in Education
[New Dawn] Monrovia — The international human rights organization, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has rated Liberia among the worst-performing education systems globally.
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South Africa: Elim School Building Was Declared Unsafe Almost Five Years Ago – Learners Are Still in It
[GroundUp] “What if the ceiling or pillars collapse?” asks grade 11 learner
Liberia: School Fees Push Children Out, Suffocate Parents
[Liberian Observer] A new report by Human Rights Watch has cast a harsh spotlight on the country’s struggling education system, warning that mandatory registration fees in public schools are systematically excluding children from classrooms and financially suffocating parents who are struggling to keep their kids in school.
Struggling with the nine times table? I have a failsafe method | Adrian Chiles
Apparently, nines are the hardest to grasp for primary school children. If only they’d learned how to cheat like me
Maths was never my thing. I quite enjoyed it at O-level, to the extent that I chose to do it at A-level. As early as the first week of the A-level course, however, it became abundantly clear that the subject was quite beyond me. I simply couldn’t make head or tail of what the...
A Defense of a Liberal Arts Education in the Age of A.I.
Making the case for a “useless” education.
60 Percent of Grades at Harvard Were A’s. Enough Is Enough.
We deserve an A-minus for effort.
What Graduation Speakers Are Telling the Class of 2026
Will A.I. replace them? Graduation speakers addressed student uncertainty about the future with jokes and words of wisdom.
Schools are ‘pipeline’ to joblessness for many people, says ex-Labour adviser
Ban social media and reform education to tackle scandal of young people not in work or study, says Peter Hyman
Schools have become a “pipeline” to worklessness for a large cohort of young people in the UK, according to an influential former Labour adviser who has called for urgent action to help a “lost generation”.
Peter Hyman, a former adviser to Tony Blair and Keir Starmer, told the Guardian...
For Columbia’s Class of 2026, a Toasty Graduation Day Caps Years of Heat
They encountered demonstrations and ultimatums from the Trump administration. At Wednesday’s commencement, it was all about the sweltering weather.
Why Are Kids Using A.I. at School?
A.I. is replicating the pattern followed by every ed-tech quick fix.
Backlash over Department for Education videos with Gemma Collins
The education secretary defends videos starring The Only Way Is Essex star promoting post-16 education.
Uganda: Nche Calls for Competency-Based Health Training
[Nile Post] The Executive Director of the National Council for Higher Education, Prof Mary Okwakol, has called for major reforms in nursing and midwifery training, saying Uganda’s health education system must shift from exam-oriented learning to competency-based training that produces work-ready graduates.
School Choice Is Creating Two Separate School Systems
Plus, plans for a national voucher program.
British Council staff in Italy to strike over proposed 80% workforce cut
Soft power institution faces funding crisis linked to Covid-era government loan due to be repaid by September
Staff at the British Council in Italy will go on strike over deep cuts that would slash about 80% of its workforce due to a funding crisis facing the organisation.
Out of 130 of its teaching staff across Rome, Milan and Naples, 108 are being targeted as teaching activities in Italy face...
Harvard College will limit the number of students who can receive A grades
Mandatory cap on top grades at one of America’s most prestigious colleges will go into effect in fall of 2027
Harvard faculty has voted to impose a roughly 20% cap on A grades in an effort to curb decades of grade inflation that, the faculty argues, degrades the value of top-tier academic achievement at the college.
The mandatory cap on top grades at one of America’s most prestigious colleges...
San Diego Mosque Shooting Follows Alarm About Rising Islamophobia
Muslims pointed to a rise in overt hatred online, political attacks and harassment in the months before the killing of three people outside an Islamic center.
Harvard Caps A’s as Selective Colleges Attack Grade Inflation
Faculty members overwhelmingly approved a limit on the number of top grades they can give to about a fifth of their undergraduate classes.
Liberia: School Fees Block Children’s Access to Education
[HRW] Monrovia — Eliminate Registration Fees; Expand School Grants; Improve Education Quality
Nigeria: Nigerian Scholar Shot Dead Before MBA Graduation in Ohio
[Leadership] A 30-year-old Nigerian athlete and graduate student, Oluwabukola Pereira, was shot dead on Friday, May 8, during a robbery at Arise Auto Centre in Lockland, Ohio, where she worked part-time, just days before her scheduled MBA graduation.
Malawi: Malawian Students Are Not Failing – the Education System Is What Is Failing to Fully Support Their Success and Potential
[Nyasa Times] Studying in the United States has been one of the most revealing experiences of my academic life. As a graduate of the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (formerly Malawi Polytechnic), I have had the rare privilege of experiencing two higher education systems that both claim to value excellence–yet produce very different outcomes.
Liberia: ULFA Gets New President
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — The University of Liberia Faculty Association(ULFA) made a seamless transition when it inducted a new corps of officers to steer the affairs of the Association for the next two years, successfully bringing an end to the leadership of Dr. Edna Johnny, who led ULFA for more than four years, from 2021 to 2026.