South Africa: Gauteng Battles to Place Learners
[GroundUp] Many parents are disappointed with the schools they’ve been offered
SUNDAY, 18 JANUARY 2026, 12:45
[GroundUp] Many parents are disappointed with the schools they’ve been offered
[263Chat] The Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (ZIMSEC) has released the November 2025 Ordinary level results with a pass rate of 35 percent up from 33.19 percent in 2024.
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — The Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP), has formally honored the Provost of the Postgraduate College, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, Professor Ayodeji Samson Olatunji Ogunjuyigbe, for his outstanding contributions to advancing fiscal decentralization and strengthening institutional capacity in Liberia.
[Capital FM] Nairobi — The KPC Foundation has launched a nationwide Grade 10 vetting exercise for the Inuka Scholarship for Students with Disabilities, targeting all 47 counties.

Pair will be absent ‘for short period’ from vocational trainer, whose charity is under investigation by Charity Commission
The two most senior executives at City & Guilds have been put on leave shortly after a scandal over millions of pounds of bonuses triggered a Charity Commission investigation into the vocational training body.
City & Guilds has told staff that its chief executive, Kirstie...
[SAnews.gov.za] The MEC for Education in KwaZulu-Natal, Sipho Hlomuka, has encouraged learners who did not meet the requirements for the 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations to take advantage of the department’s Second Chance Programme.

The Conservatives want to see ban of all under-16s from social media, but the Lib Dems say that would be a “blunt instrument”.
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[The Conversation Africa] South Africa’s schools still carry the imprint of apartheid, where resources, language and geography were deliberately divided according to “race”. Many communities today remain deeply unequal in terms of school infrastructure and resources.
[SAnews.gov.za] MEC for Education in the Western Cape, David Maynier, says the province will continue working tirelessly to place all children who are still seeking school placements as the country begins the 2026 academic year.
[Daily Maverick] Three years ago, Daily Maverick visited Lavender Hill High School in Cape Town, which had a matric pass rate just under 70%, to explore the stories of success and adversity behind the statistics. Returning in 2026, we found the pass rate had risen to 89% for the class of 2025 – a 20% jump.
[Nile Post] Former Minister of Education, Geraldine Namirembe Bitamazire, has died at the age of 84.

Campaigners claim firm has bought sway over the teaching of science, technology, engineering and maths
Campaigners have accused BP of having an insidious influence over the teaching of science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) in the UK through its relationship with the Science Museum.
Documents obtained under freedom of information legislation show how the company funded a research...

After a decade of trying for a baby, Caroline and her husband decided they needed to build a different future.
The National Endowment for the Humanities is giving more than $40 million to programs that have been embraced by conservatives as a counterweight to liberal-dominated academia.
In a case over the First Amendment rights of noncitizen scholars, a federal judge proposed extending protections to members of two academic groups behind a lawsuit.
[Health-e] This week marked the start of the school year for learners across South Africa. Parents in Soshanguve Block KK, north of Pretoria, had an extra school preparation task on their hands-reinforcing a make-shift bridge.
The University of Arkansas withdrew a job offer to a South Carolina legal scholar after state officials learned that she had signed a legal brief concerning transgender athletes, state lawmakers said.
As immigration agents and protests lead some families to keep children home, schools around the Twin Cities are offering a remote option for the next several weeks.
[Capital FM] Nairobi — If even half of Kenya’s Members of the National Assembly adopted the approach used in Kiharu Constituency, public education across the country could look markedly different, with lower fees, stable learning, and fewer disruptions.
[Premium Times] In celebrating Biodun Jeyifo at eighty, and reflecting on Fanon at one hundred, there could be no more appropriate keynote voice than that of Priyamvada Gopal.