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Education

Surge in graduates becoming teachers boosts recruitment for maths and sciences

Yesterday at 19:42 PM, via The Guardian

DfE figures showed an 11% increase in teacher trainees in England this year compared with 2024, the biggest rise after the pandemic

A surge in the number of recent graduates signing up to become teachers has helped the government in England meet crucial recruitment targets in subjects including maths and sciences for the first time this decade.

New figures from the Department for Education...

Regulators open inquiry into University of Greater Manchester amid fraud claims

Yesterday at 17:41 PM, via The Guardian

University is already being investigated by police over ‘allegations of financial irregularities’ and has suspended three of its senior staff

The University of Greater Manchester is being investigated by England’s higher education regulator amid mounting allegations of financial misconduct, bribery and bullying.

The Office for Students will examine whether the former University of Bolton had...

Outcry in Italy over sex education bill to crack down on ‘gender ideology’

Yesterday at 17:18 PM, via The Guardian

Legislation is needed to stop leftwing politicians ‘bringing drag queens and porn actors into schools’, minister says

A restrictive sex education bill backed by Georgia Meloni’s far-right government and intended to crack down on “gender ideology and the woke bubble” has provoked fury in Italy.

Italy is one of the few EU countries not to have compulsory sex education in schools despite evidence...

South Africa: Emfuleni Learners Stuck in Broken Schools While Officials Look Away

Yesterday at 15:35 PM, via AllAfrica

[Scrolla] Maxeke Secondary School has no security, no water, no electricity and no toilets for more than one thousand six hundred learners, and is short of desks. Motsewapele Primary School has had no electricity for three years and owes more than sixty thousand rand in water bills despite being a no-fee school.

Ghana: Pojoba ’80 Hands Over Gh¢450,000 Conference Hall to Alma Mater

Wednesday at 20:27 PM, via AllAfrica

[Ghanaian Times] The 1980 year group of Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary (Pojoba ’80) has handed over a newly constructed ultra-modern conference hall with a state-of-the-art washroom to the school as part of activities marking 50 years since they entered the institution and completing 45 years ago.

Ghana: Private Universities Key to National Development

Wednesday at 20:27 PM, via AllAfrica

[Ghanaian Times] The President of All Nations University (ANU), Professor Samuel Herbert Donkor, has highlighted the critical role of private universities in complementing public institutions to drive national development. Speaking at ANU’s 34th graduation ceremony in Koforidua, he emphasised that private universities should not be viewed as profit-making ventures but as mission-oriented...

Ghana: A Sigh of Relief to Unemployed Teachers

Wednesday at 20:27 PM, via AllAfrica

[Ghanaian Times] The government’s announcement to recruit 6,100 trained teachers in 2026 has brought a sigh of relief to many unemployed educators who have long sought absorption into the classroom.

The Guardian view on a four-day week for teachers: a clever way to end the staffing crisis

Wednesday at 20:25 PM, via The Guardian

England’s teacher shortage is fuelled by burnout and unpaid overtime. New working patterns would help without compromising results

Can you guess which professionals in England work 26 hours of overtime a week without compensation, give up time with friends and family to deal with the workload and often find themselves on call in the holidays? Not CEOs, bankers or even doctors, but teachers. No...

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