[GroundUp] A North West school owes over R600,000 after defaulting on rental agreements for two photocopiers and a phone system. Meanwhile 789 learners are left with broken toilets and crumbling classrooms

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — The President of the Association of Liberian Students Studying in Europe (ALSSE),Julius Nyerere Gbowee, has challenged Liberian students to resist the urge to pause their personal and professional development while seeking academic opportunities abroad.

[Leadership] The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has clarified why some candidates who sat for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) are seeing the message “No Result Yet” when attempting to check their scores.

[Leadership] As candidates sit for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), computer literacy continues to pose anxiety for many.

[Leadership] The All Northern Schools Conference 2026, aimed at reshaping the future of schooling in Northern Nigeria, is set to hold between 5th and 7th May 2026 in Kano.

[Daily Trust] The Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), Angela Ajala, has raised the alarm over a growing shortage of qualified teachers, saying Nigeria faces a deficit of nearly 200,000 teachers at the basic education level.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu — Somalia’s education minister has called for a unified national curriculum and stricter controls on teacher qualifications, warning that the federal system has complicated oversight and consistency in the sector.

[Liberian Observer] The education system is confronting what officials now describe as a quiet but far-reaching emergency–one that is not immediately visible in enrollment figures or classroom attendance but is steadily undermining learning outcomes across the country.

[This Day] Ado Ekiti — The Chancellor of Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology (BOUESTI), Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, has called for urgent, collective intervention to sustain the institution’s growth, warning that dwindling support could undermine its long-term prospects.

[This Day] Ado-Ekiti — A professor of Parasitology at Ekiti State University (EKSU), Samson Adewole, has warned that the rising burden of parasitic diseases poses a serious threat to Nigeria’s workforce and economic stability, calling for urgent and coordinated national intervention.

[This Day] The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) recently honoured the Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University, Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, and 44 other distinguished Nigerians, as part of activities marking its 45th anniversary.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — 4Life Zoe Technical Vocational Training School has announced the extension of hundreds of additional scholarships to officers of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) in a move aimed at strengthening skills development within Liberia’s security sector.

[Daily Trust] Parents of both primary and secondary schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) under the umbrella of the Parents Teachers Association (PTA) have called on the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike to intervene in the ongoing teachers strike.

A test verified by The New York Times found that clothes for some of the viral dolls contained cotton from the Xinjiang region of China, which is banned in the United States.

[Capital FM] Nairobi — Lawmakers are now pushing for a formal policy change to declare education subsidised rather than fully free, after the government admitted it has been unable to fully finance the free education programme.

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