FRIDAY, 20 JUNE 2025, 03:17
School leaders and teachers say findings on climate risks make for ‘grim reading’
Children in England face prolonged “lost learning” caused by extreme heat and flooding at school, according to research on the potential impact of the climate crisis on education.
School leaders and teachers said the scenarios published by the Department for Education were “grim reading” regarding the climate...
[Capital FM] Nairobi — Kenya is gearing up for a full digital takeover as Google Kenya now partners with schools and key education stakeholders in efforts to digitize learning fully.
[Premium Times] The guidelines will affect all applicants for F visas, which are mainly issued to students.
A report into Dundee University says its financial crisis was caused by a “self-inflicted” failure of its oversight system.
Witch trials, Radio Free Europe and Green Day were all fair game for middle- and high-school competitors, who got their hands dirty for the sake of learning a full history – thorns and all
It only took 10 minutes for the trio of eighth-grade girls to recount the life story of Carol Ruckdeschel, the alligator-wrestling environmental activist sometimes called the “Jane Goodall of sea...
[Capital FM] Nairobi — Troubled Moi University is now seeking Sh800 million in financial support from the government to restructure its operations, as it battles long-standing liquidity problems that continue to cripple the institution.
[New Zimbabwe] The US State Department says it will resume scheduling appointments for international student visas, but will ask all applicants to make their social media accounts public for enhanced screening.
[Ethiopian Herald] Capitalizing on early childhood development (from conception to six years) is significantly useful in producing competent, responsible, patriotic, healthy citizenry, as this age level is the most decisive in social construction. Such a bold move is tantamount to nurturing nursery seedlings to get resilient, fruit-oriented, and unwavering trees, making a dense forest....
Readers reflect on salvaging what college students don’t take home. Also: Poetry that questions; the risks of self-driving trucks.
[FrontPageAfrica] Tienpo — Dartuken Public School, a government-run elementary institution located in River Gee County’s District #1, Tienpo District, has been forced to close its doors after years of struggling with a critical shortage of teachers and lack of government support.
[Namibia Economist] The U.S. Embassy in Namibia has announced that 16 Namibians have been selected for the 2025 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders.
We are honoring the Top 10 winners of our Student Open Letter Contest by publishing their entries. This one is by Claire Mauney, age 16.
As temperatures rise towards the weekend Elizabeth Rizzini finds out how likely we are to see school closures.
[Ghanaian Times] THE Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Accra Metro Central District held is First Quadrennial Delegates Conference in Accra with a call on the government, employers not to compromise on teacher motivation and support.
The civil service, judiciary and media are still dominated by the privately educated 7%. Lasting change is not a pipe dream – but it’s up to us
For the first time in our history, we have a cabinet made up entirely of people who went to state schools. Several, including prime minister Keir Starmer, come from working-class backgrounds; some, such as deputy prime minister Angela Rayner, were...
[Daily Trust] The FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has commended the critical contributions of women in transforming Nigeria’s education sector, emphasising their active roles in administration, mentorship and research.
[Daily Trust] The scandal that rocked the conduct of the West African School Certificate Examinations this year has further eroded the credibility of the nation’s educational system. The incident summarises that the organiser of the examinations, the West African Examinations Council, failed in its responsibility to safeguard the integrity of its examinations.
[African Union] A four-day intensive training on Gender Responsive Education Sector Planning (GRESP) is currently underway in Antananarivo from 17th to 20th June 2025. The workshop, organised by the African Union International Centre for Girls and Women’s Education in Africa (AU CIEFFA), aims to strengthen the capacity of AU CIEFFA ministry focal points in education sector planning. The...
Beginning on Juneteenth, a restored Virginia schoolhouse where enslaved and free Black students were taught to read is on view in Colonial Williamsburg.
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[Vanguard] The management of Olabisi Onabanjo University in Ogun State has sparked a conversation online over the enforcement of its ‘no bra, no examination’ policy.