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[Leadership] Walk into almost any public school in Nigeria, and you feel the weight of history pressing down on the desks. Much of the system still operates to the rhythm of colonial-era regulations and syllabuses, which were conceived for a world that no longer exists.
[New Times] Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture (RICA) campus located in Bugesera District is the recipient of the 15th Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design awarded by Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD). This was announced by GSD on July 10.
[Liberian Observer] Alfred Brownell sat school exams with the sound of gunfire and explosions in the distance.
[Vanguard] Sokoto — Sokoto State is undergoing a significant educational transformation, particularly in the empowerment of adolescent girls, through the impactful Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) project.
The Department of Education case is the latest example of an unexplained decision bowing to Trump
Just when we thought the US supreme court couldn’t sink any lower in bowing and scraping to Donald Trump, it issued a shocking order last week that brushed aside important legal precedents as it ruled in the president’s favor. In that case, the court’s rightwing supermajority essentially gave...
How a history professor went down an 18-year-long rabbit hole in search of obsolete machines, hoping to save them before they faded into oblivion.
[SAnews.gov.za] The Western Cape Education MEC, David Maynier, has announced that a total of 21 700 matric learners attended the “Back on Track” programme during the winter school holidays across the eight educational districts in the province.
The fund to compensate Newcastle students for strike action remains open, so the figure could rise.
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — The Liberia Chapter of the West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists (WAPCP) was officially launched in Monrovia over the weekend with a call for greater support from the Government of Liberia (GoL).
The Trump administration’s efforts to deport foreign students who espoused pro-Palestinian views under a little-used foreign policy provision have no obvious legal parallel.
Principal at kindergarten in Gansu province reportedly wanted to attract more enrolments by ‘enhancing’ the colour and look of the food served to children
Chinese authorities have arrested six people and launched disciplinary investigations into almost 30 others after more than 230 kindergarten children were poisoned by food coloured with industrial-grade lead paint
The incident, which occurred...
Some say devices enhance learning, while others worry about the further increase in screen time.
Teaching years 1 to 6 in one class is “almost impossible” says the local education authority.
With 16-year-olds soon able to vote, classroom debate has never been more vital. But how do you teach inclusivity while fielding accusations of ‘wokery’?
Parents’ evening. Two words that many parents assume are a source of dread for teachers. But most will tell you this is a misconception. Why? Because the evening tends to offer a rare insight into the children we teach. It is, generally, a...
A hearing in Boston on Monday is expected to shape the future of negotiations between the White House and the nation’s oldest university.
The Ombudsman says the council should have reviewed the child’s education plan.
It is only the second time in the organisation’s 116-year history that it has released new badges.
He was among the historians who challenged national myths about the compromises his country made after being occupied by Germany in World War II.
Readers respond to an essay by Roger Rosenblatt about death, memory and love. Also: How Medicaid cuts will hurt college students.
Student midwives working thousands of hours unpaid in NHS fear lack of vacancies despite staff shortages
A student midwife who fears she will be unable to get a job after completing 2,300 hours of unpaid placement work in the NHS is calling for guaranteed posts for newly qualified midwives who otherwise will be forced to abandon the profession before their careers begin.
Aimee Peach, 43, is due...
Six weeks can feel like a long time for parents, but are shorter summer breaks a good idea?