FRIDAY, 05 DECEMBER 2025, 23:32
Legislation is needed to stop leftwing politicians ‘bringing drag queens and porn actors into schools’, minister says
A restrictive sex education bill backed by Georgia Meloni’s far-right government and intended to crack down on “gender ideology and the woke bubble” has provoked fury in Italy.
Italy is one of the few EU countries not to have compulsory sex education in schools despite evidence...
More than 200 pupils of Nazareth House primary school in Derry are at home for a second day because of concerns over the building’s roof.
[SAnews.gov.za] Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister Buti Manamela has expressed serious concern over reports of an alleged degree-selling syndicate operating at the Vaal University of Technology (VUT), reportedly involving foreign nationals.
[Scrolla] Maxeke Secondary School has no security, no water, no electricity and no toilets for more than one thousand six hundred learners, and is short of desks. Motsewapele Primary School has had no electricity for three years and owes more than sixty thousand rand in water bills despite being a no-fee school.
[DA] The DA has always and will always defend the rights of schools to determine their own language policy as enshrined in law.
The council says repurposing an old school will “create urgently needed places locally”.
[Premium Times] The investigation follows fresh national outrage triggered by the recent abduction of 25 female students from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi and over 200 others in St Mary Catholic School in Niger State.
[New Times] Going to school is still a challenge for many children with disabilities in Rwanda. They face bullying, inaccessible classrooms, and a shortage of teachers trained to support them.
[GroundUp] Content producers get away with fake news and clickbait
The plaintiffs, white and Asian students, said they would qualify for scholarships given out by the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, but for their race.
[Ghanaian Times] The 1980 year group of Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary (Pojoba ’80) has handed over a newly constructed ultra-modern conference hall with a state-of-the-art washroom to the school as part of activities marking 50 years since they entered the institution and completing 45 years ago.
[Ghanaian Times] The President of All Nations University (ANU), Professor Samuel Herbert Donkor, has highlighted the critical role of private universities in complementing public institutions to drive national development. Speaking at ANU’s 34th graduation ceremony in Koforidua, he emphasised that private universities should not be viewed as profit-making ventures but as mission-oriented...
[Ghanaian Times] The government’s announcement to recruit 6,100 trained teachers in 2026 has brought a sigh of relief to many unemployed educators who have long sought absorption into the classroom.
England’s teacher shortage is fuelled by burnout and unpaid overtime. New working patterns would help without compromising results
Can you guess which professionals in England work 26 hours of overtime a week without compensation, give up time with friends and family to deal with the workload and often find themselves on call in the holidays? Not CEOs, bankers or even doctors, but teachers. No...
[Ghanaian Times] The Deputy Minister for Education, Dr. Clement Apaak, has commended the Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (SDD-UBIDS) for its expanding role in national development. Speaking at the university’s fourth congregation in Wa, where he represented both the President and the Minister for Education, Dr. Apaak praised the institution for its...
[Ghanaian Times] The graduates of Accra Technical University (ATU) have been urged to pursue further professional studies to build different skills to stay competitive in today’s fast-changing digital world.
[Capital FM] Nairobi — The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has issued a strong warning to the public over a surge in fraudsters claiming they can manipulate candidates’ scores during the marking of national examinations.
[The Point] At the solemn commemoration of the 81st anniversary of the ‘Thiaroye Massacre’ of World War II veterans in Senegal, His Excellency President Adama Barrow, commended his Senegalese counterpart President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and the Government of Senegal for their steadfast commitment to the establishment of truth on this “dark chapter of our shared history.” The international...
[Ghanaian Times] The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has described the outcome of the 2025 WASSCE as a true reflection of students’ performance in the country. According to the Service, the results represent a credible assessment of candidates’ academic abilities and highlight the strengthened integrity of the examination process.
[263Chat] Government has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening disability-inclusive policies and institutional reforms as part of its Vision 2030 development agenda.
[Nyasa Times] Teachers at Lilongwe Private School continue to voice serious concerns about alleged mismanagement, favoritism, and poor working conditions in the primary section.