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[Vanguard] The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has, on Wednesday, threatened to disrupt academic activities through strike, accusing the Federal Government of not keeping to her own side of the bargain concerning the 2019 Memorandum of Action.
[Vanguard] The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has, Thursday, threatened to disrupt academic activities through strike, accusing the Federal Government of not keeping to her own side of the bargain concerning the 2019 Memorandum of Action.
Wannabe animators from across the world are now flocking to Middlesbrough.
Home Office ‘did not have the expertise’ to check data used to accuse students of cheating
The student accused by UK of cheating at English
A government watchdog has criticised the Home Office for failing to protect students wrongly accused of cheating in an English language test that they were required to sit as part of a visa application process.
About 2,500 students have been forcibly...
Angela Rayner says a Labour government would make it a core element at primary school
Labour has pledged to make the global climate emergency a core element of the school curriculum from primary school onwards, in response to demands by young people taking part in a series of school climate strikes.
As young activists around the world prepare for another day of strike action on Friday,...
[Daily News] NKASI District Police in Rukwa Region have detained for interrogation, a Kirando Secondary School Form Two student, Venance Kasolo (17) for allegedly impregnating a fellow student in Form One.
Anthony Warner says clearing takeaway shops from near schools is not about tackling obesity
A policy of banning takeaway food shops near schools has been branded “inherently racist” and more about gentrification than tackling obesity.
The comments were made by the food writer Anthony Warner, who calls himself the Angry Chef, at the opening session of the Hay Festival in Wales.
We asked children around the world to tell us why they will be taking part in Friday’s climate strikes. Here’s what they said
I’m taking part on Friday because adults, and especially politicians, have not done enough to save our future. We have to get them to listen to us and believe what scientists have to say. I’m participating in a strike located in Tampere. We will get together on Sori...
Creative subjects will be given greater prominence on new website for students
Arts education organisations have welcomed a decision by the Russell Group of research-led universities to scrap its controversial list of preferred A-levels, after long-running criticism that it has contributed to a devaluation of arts subjects.
The group’s list of so-called “facilitating subjects”, including...
[Observer] Although the Bassa language is not widely taught in Liberia, it is, however, taught at Spiritan Academy, one of Monrovia’s elite schools, which sent student and faculty representatives to the official launch of Jaadeh! at the University of Liberia on 10 May. (Photo courtesy: Front Row Media Liberia)
[Observer] An exterior view of the modern teachers’ quarters for the Corporal G. Woah Public High School in Panta District, upper Bong County
[Guardian] Abuja -The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu has directed the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) to commence the distribution of science kits to selected secondary schools in all the 36 States of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT).
[Nation] Kenya is seeking to carve a niche as an international hub for higher learning with a new policy targeting local universities.
[This is Africa] Kenya and South Africa have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide a foundation for the introduction of Kiswahili as an elective language in the South African educational system. This is South Africa’s next step in fully integrating Kiswahili as an indigenous language to promote unity and social cohesion with fellow Africans.
[Ghanaian Times] The Galaxy International School has organised its annual scholarship exams for over 1,000 students from both private and public schools across the country.
[News24Wire] The process of changing the name of Hoërskool Hendrik Verwoerd has been ongoing for years, the former principal of the school has told News24.
[Namibian] THE finance minsitry will hold a press conference today to discuss the situation at the Namibia Student Financial Assistance Fund and other issues.
Three candidates – Alice Oswald, Andrew McMillan and Todd Swift – issue campaign statements, as efforts to exclude Swift gather steam
Just weeks after Simon Armitage was named the UK’s next poet laureate, the contest for the country’s second most important role in poetry has begun. Voting has opened for Oxford University’s next professor of poetry, with two of the country’s best known...
[Guardian] Chairperson of OMEP, Lagos State Chapter, Mrs. Olusola Ademosun, has stressed the need for managers of the sector to pay adequate attention to early childhood education, saying it is one sure way of achieving complete learning.
[Foroyaa] Real Time Consulting (RTC), chartered certified accountants and consultants, have urged the National Accreditation and Quality Assurance Authority (NAQAA), to employ more Internal Audit Staff including a Manager, for more efficiency and effectiveness.
Day-to-day individual choices matter less than we think, but national policies seem to matter a lot.