[Capital FM] Nairobi — The Consortium of Secondary Schools Alumni Associations of Kenya (COSSAAK) has called for an urgent nationwide audit of dormitory safety and emergency escape systems in all boarding schools following a series of school fires and student unrest incidents, including the devastating blaze at Utumishi Girls Senior Secondary School that claimed 16 lives.

[The Conversation Africa] The West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) is a high-stakes test. For decades, it has served as the gateway to post-secondary education across five countries: Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and The Gambia. But is it fair?

[Nile Post] The Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda (PSU) has rejected key provisions of the National Education and Training for Health Policy 2025, calling for its suspension over concerns about internship integration, regulatory oversight and the readiness of university curricula.

[Nile Post] The Uganda Medical Association (UMA) has established a Technical Working Group (TWG) to review the controversial National Education and Training for Health Policy 2025 and assess its implications before finalising its position on the framework.

[New Times] Mount Kigali University has called on graduates and young people to stand firm against genocide ideology and all forms of hate speech. The higher learning institution made the call as it joined the nation in the 32nd commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

[Daily News] Cambridge — Tanzania’s banking transformation and its broader macroeconomic impact took centre stage at the University of Cambridge recently.

[Daily News] Dodoma — The National Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (NACTVET) has officially opened admissions for certificate and diploma programmes for the 2026/27 academic year.

Readers respond to Michal Leibowitz’s Opinion guest essay about Deep Springs College, an experimental school in the California desert.

[New Dawn] – The Ministry of Education (MOE) has ordered the immediate release of all West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) candidate numbers and examination information to eligible students. The Ministry warned that schools found withholding such information over unpaid tuition or other fees will face administrative sanctions.

Many musicians, filmmakers and artists earn less than the Education Department’s proposed guidelines for alumni, imperiling federal aid for students in those programs.

Kids Dance, from the New York Public School for Dance, is debuting a work featuring alumni. That’s not the only way former students are involved with the school.

[Ghanaian Times] The Evangelical Presbyterian (EP) Church College of Education at Amedzofe in the Ho-West District of the Volta Region, has launched its 80th anniversary celebration with a fund raising to finance legacy projects at the College.

[Ghanaian Times] A Professor of Applied English Linguistics, Prof. Joseph Benjamin Archibald Afful, has called for a comprehensive review and redesign of foundational learning programmes in Ghanaian universities to ensure they meet contemporary global demands and remain relevant.

[Liberian Observer] The National Teachers Association of Liberia Credit Union Cooperative Society (NTALCUCS) has announced a net surplus of more than L$20.4 million for the 2025 fiscal year and officially broken ground for the construction of its first permanent headquarters, signaling a new phase in the growth of one of Liberia’s fastest-growing cooperative financial institutions.

[Liberian Observer] The University of Liberia (UL) on Friday officially launched a Division of Athletics and Sports – the first ever, as the university institutionalizes athletics and sports and recognizes them as vital contributors to academic achievement, community engagement, and national development.

[Premium Times] Teachers nationwide are holding a peaceful rally on Tuesday to protest the abduction of their colleagues and pupils from schools in Oyo State. The victims are still in captivity for over two weeks now.

[Premium Times] The directive followed an order from the national leadership of the NUT, which expressed concern over the prolonged detention of the abducted teachers and learners by their captors.

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala — The Ministry of Education and Sports has dismissed claims circulating both online and offline that schools across Uganda have been closed or suspended because of Ebola.

[Nile Post] Police in Ngora District are investigating a fire outbreak that occurred on the morning of May 31, 2026, at Mukura Union Vision Primary and Secondary School in Mukura Town Council.