[New Era] All public vocational training centres (VTCs) in Namibia will soon be upgraded to technical and vocational education and training colleges.

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala — Products of the new lower secondary school curriculum are confident, can communicate better and can apply the acquired knowledge, skills and attitudes in reaI life situations.

[Premium Times] The two new institutions are the Federal University of Agriculture and Development Studies, Iragbiji, Osun State and the Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences, Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti State.

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[ENA] Addis Ababa, — The significance of mother tongues in the preservation of cultures and heritages was underscored in the face of endangered mother languages due to globalization.

[Namibian] The government has developed a school grant policy to address challenges caused by a larger chunk of the education budget being allocated to teachers’ salaries, while textbooks and stationery remain underfunded.

[New Zimbabwe] The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has implored the government to scrap the current set-up of two examination boards for Ordinary and Advanced Level students arguing that this is increasing inequalities among learners.

[New Times] The Ministry of Education is reviewing a more than 20-year-old education policy to align it with labour market demands, the National Strategy for Transformation (NST2), and Rwanda’s Vision 2050, the Minister of Education, Joseph Nsengimana has said.

[GroundUp] Parents say their children are subjected to poor learning conditions at Solomon Mahlangu Primary School

[The Patriot] Recently, the Junior Certificate of Education exam results were released. Although they showed a small improvement on the previous year’s results, they still make for dismal reading. And still barely 1% of candidates obtained an overall A grade; in contrast to the too many candidates who only achieved lower grades – D, E and U. And results in rural schools are even worse. Our...

[This Day] Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, yesterday reaffirmed African School of Governance (ASG), commitment towards addressing a leadership gap through training focused on corporate governance, gender equity, and public-private collaboration.

[Parliament of South Africa] The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education has welcomed today’s engagement with the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) on its readiness for the 2025 academic year.

[Premium Times] Mr Moghalu was appointed as the inaugural president of ASG in October 2024

[This Day] A Nigerian, Urinrin Otite, from Delta State, has made history by becoming the first-ever graduate of the Master of Science in Catastrophe Modeling and Resilience program at Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, United States.

[Namibian] Pupils from various schools at Rehoboth recently hosted events honouring the life and legacy of the first president of an independent Namibia, Sam Nujoma.