TUESDAY, 25 JANUARY 2022, 17:05
[Parliament of South Africa] The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology, Ms Nompendulo Mkhatshwa, says Sol Plaatje University (SPU) is a model that could be used for future South African universities.
The two stairgates were placed one above the other, an inquest hears.
Four headteachers describe the obstacles they have had to overcome to reach senior leadership roles
School governors in England to be offered anti-racism training
Josephine Okokon, head of St Martins-in-the-Field high school for girls, London
My race became an issue very early in my career as a teacher and I began to discover these subtle, covert barriers. I was often the only female teacher of...
[The Point] Ernest Aubee, a proud former class teacher of the Commissioner General of The Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), Yankuba Darboe, has expressed delight over his ex-student’s laudable leadership qualities.
Move to change recruitment culture comes amid concerns about lack of racial diversity among headteachers
Free online anti-racism training is to be made available for the first time for the 300,000 governors and trustees who control recruitment of senior staff across maintained schools, academies and multi-academy trusts in England.
The move comes amid concerns about a stark lack of racial...
[New Dawn] Five students of the African Methodist Episcopal University (AMEU) have departed Liberia for Spain under a partnership agreement to study at Jaen University in Spain.
The SAT will go completely digital by 2024 amid questions about whether college admissions tests are fair, or even necessary.
The official figures also show a quarter of schools with teachers and leaders’ absence rates above 15%.
[Ghanaian Times] On January 14, this year, the Ghana Education Service (GES) announced the introduction of a semester-based academic calendar for all basic schools, including kindergarten and primary schools.
[Ghanaian Times] The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has proposed to stakeholders in the education sector,to develop a coherent policy that will guide parents’ contributions through levies and dues to public schools.
[allAfrica] Hello and welcome to Africa’s focus on peacebuilding and Africa, Silence The Guns. I’m Juanita Williams and today we speak about the role of young people in peacebuilding, made all the more critical because of the continent so-called youth bulge, which means that now more than half of Africa’s population is under the age of 25. And by 2050, that population will reach over 830...
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — The fourth batch of TVET Instructors under the European Union funded “YOUTH RISING” Project have departed Liberia for Zambia and South Africa respectively.
The 1938 silk dress, passed down by the family of the bride, was saved from being thrown out.
[Ghanaian Times] The Labone Senior High School Old Students Association (LOSA) 1996 A- level group has handed over a renovated girls’ dormitory to the Labone Senior High School in Accra yesterday.
[Daily Trust] The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has said that 10.5 million children are out of school in Nigeria, which is the highest rate in the world.
[New Era] As government embarks on transforming the education sector and embracing changes, the urgent need to invest in inclusive digital learning technology that benefits all Namibian children is all too clear.
[New Times] Rwandan graduates from Atlantic International University (AIU) have threatened to sue Higher Education Council (HEC) as they attempt to overturn the cancellation of their academic equivalences.
[Ghanaian Times] The Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has expressed worry about the lack of formal training in management for most head teachers and head mistresses of pre-tertiary public schools in the country.
[Ghanaian Times] The government has backtracked on its decision to implement the semester system at the basic level, that is from kindergarten through primary to the junior high school level.
[Ghanaian Times] CRI applauds Minister of Education for efforts to transform education sector
[Nyasa Times] As a measure to preserve lives following warnings from the Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services of an impending Tropical Cyclone Ana, the Ministry of Education has instructed all learners in Southern Region not to report for school from Tuesday, January 25.