Zimbabwe: Schools Defy Govt Directive On Holiday Lessons
[The Herald] Some schools, especially private ones, have defied a Government directive banning holiday lessons and are charging learners for classes they are conducting during the holidays.
Education
Football-based mentoring found to boost wellbeing for at-risk pupils in England
Charity that uses football to help pupils build relationships found to improve happiness in Greater Manchester project
Intensive mentoring for troubled schoolchildren using football kickabouts has significantly increased wellbeing, delivering happiness boosts equivalent to an unemployed adult getting a job, a study has found.
A project involving more than 2,000 pupils in dozens of secondary...
Seychelles: Our Ocean Conference – Seychelles to Pilot Integration of Ocean Science in School Curriculum
[Seychelles News Agency] Seychelles will pilot a project this year that integrates ocean science in its school curriculum, said President Wavel Ramkalawan on Tuesday at the heads of state high level segment in the 9th Our Ocean Conference in Athens, Greece.
Columbia University president testifies at congressional antisemitism hearing
Nemat Shafik will be grilled by House committee in exchanges that promise to become heated and confrontational
Allegations of antisemitism at a top US university are being heard in a widely anticipated congressional hearing on Wednesday, amid continuing unrest on American college campuses over Israel’s war in Gaza.
The president of Columbia University, Nemat Shafik, along with senior...
Higher education was easily accessible to disabled people during Covid. Why are we being shut out now? | Rosie Anfilogoff
The pandemic showed that remote learning is effective. It’s absurd that universities are going back to processes that exclude us
Rosie Anfilogoff is the winner of the 2024 Hugo Young Award (19-25 age category) recognising young talent in political opinion writing
My route to university was never going to be simple. While my friends were flicking through university brochures and choosing Ucas...
Paedophiles could lose parental rights under new law
It comes after the BBC reported a mum’s fight to stop her ex-husband getting access to their child.
Rwanda: Ministry of Education Honors Former Employees, Students, Teachers Killed in Genocide
[New Times] The Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) commemorated 77 former employees, as well as teachers and students who lost their lives during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.
Nigeria: Tenure Policy – NUC Management ‘Ignores’ Director’s Retirement Notice
[Premium Times] Sources told this newspaper that due to the systemic issues at NUC, the circular on the tenure policy was not presented to the management and staff of the agency.
#BringBackOurGirls kept global attention on Nigeria’s stolen Chibok girls. It also gave some a brighter future | Helon Habila
The campaign that came to prominence when 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped from their classes in 2014 has had an impact beyond its first rallying cries
It was a kidnapping that changed Nigeria’s image internationally. For many, the first inkling of what was going on in the country’s north-east was after April 2014, when 276 girls were snatched from a school in Chibok by the Islamist militia...
Reading Lessons by Carol Atherton review – breathing new life into old texts
How one teacher wrestles meaning and relevance from classics of English literature
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the books you studied at school are the ones that stick with you for ever. In my case it was Pride and Prejudice, but for you it might have been Macbeth or Malorie Blackman’s Noughts and Crosses. These are the texts you know by heart because, once upon a time,...
South Africa: South African Study Shows the Power of Sharing Daily Experiences for Teachers to Learn How to Include All Learners
[The Conversation Africa] Globally, more than 258 million children and young people between the ages of 6 and 17 are not in school. In South Africa, the figure stands at 232,000 for children aged between 7 and 17. The main reasons they’re not attending school are related to the quality of education, financial constraints, disability and child or teenage pregnancy.
Call to ban smacking in England and Northern Ireland
Physical punishment at home can have a lasting impact and end in abuse, children’s doctors warn.
Michaela school will keep its prayer ban – but as a Muslim teacher I know it doesn’t have to be this way
Kids pausing their football so a friend can pray; theology chats over lunch – I’ve seen the richness that religious diversity brings to school life
A Muslim student at Michaela community school in Brent, north-west London, has lost a high court challenge to the school’s ban on prayer rituals. As a Muslim secondary schoolteacher, I have to say I am disappointed – but not surprised.
The appeal...
Muslim student loses school prayer ban challenge
Michaela School was entitled to enforce a ban on prayer rituals, the High Court has ruled.
Tunisia: Tunisian AI Institute to Be Set Up Next Academic Year (Minister)
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis — “The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research is working to set up Tunisia’s first artificial intelligence (AI) institute at the University of Tunis, covering all training fields, at the start of the next academic year if the necessary preparations proceed as planned,” Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister Moncef Boukthir said on Tuesday.
Liberia: U.S. Embassy Dedicates ‘American Shelf’ At AMEU
[Liberian Observer] The United States Embassy near Monrovia has inaugurated a new educational resource called the “American Shelf” at the African Methodist Episcopal University (AMEU) near Monrovia. This initiative, launched on April 11, 2024, aims to promote knowledge sharing, cultural exchange, and innovation between Liberia and the United States.
Nursery boss ‘killed baby she strapped to beanbag’
Kate Roughley, 37, is accused of the manslaughter by ill-treatment of nine-month-old Genevieve Meehan.
Ghana: Govt Has Done Little to Improve Our Condition of Service – Teachers Union
[Ghanaian Times] The three teacher unions in the country say they are disappointed about the lacklustre attitude of the government towards the negotiation with teachers for better conditions of service.
South Africa: Leadership, Resilience Is Behind the Success of One Rural School
[Daily Maverick] It is possible for South African schools facing huge challenges to get noteworthy results.
Liberia: Ameu Pres. Lauds U.S. Government for Supports
[New Dawn] Americans’ support for the African Methodist Episcopal University has been recognized, as the University recently applauded America for continuous support.
Top London school’s ban on prayer rituals not unlawful, high court rules
Michaela community school, run by former government social mobility tsar Katharine Birbalsingh, introduced ban last March
A ban on prayer rituals at one of the highest-performing state schools in England, famous for its strict discipline code and high-profile headteacher, was not unlawful, a high court judge has ruled.
The case against Michaela community school in Brent, north-west London, was...