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Education

Sri Lankan student could be deported from UK after one-day student fee delay

Yesterday at 12:41 PM, via The Guardian

Coventry University reported Navodya De Silva, 25, to Home Office after £8,000 arrived late, causing termination of visa

A Sri Lankan university student says her life has been ruined because a one-day delay in paying her tuition fees led to her being thrown off her degree course and at risk of deportation.

Navodya De Silva, 25, secured a place at Coventry University to study international...

Liberia: Liberian Educator Bishop Simpson Honored After 48-Year Lifelong Service

Yesterday at 12:33 PM, via AllAfrica

[New Dawn] Paynesville, Liberia, April 15, 2026 – Renowned Liberian educator and clergyman Bishop Dr. Leo M. Simpson has been honored upon his retirement after 48 years of dedicated service to education in Liberia, a remarkable milestone that has drawn praise from institutions and individuals across the country and abroad.

UK parents: have you considered switching your children from school dinners to packed lunches?

Yesterday at 11:48 AM, via The Guardian

We would like to hear parents’ views on their children’s school meals

The government is to announce an overhaul to school food standards in England that will lead to dishes such as fish and chips and steamed sponges being banned. The new rules, which are part of efforts to lower the rates of childhood obesity, will apply from September.

We would like to hear parents’ views on their...

Namibia: Over 400 Rundu School Furniture Repaired

Yesterday at 11:21 AM, via AllAfrica

[New Era] Rundu — The chronic shortage of school furniture at two local secondary schools in Rundu has been significantly eased following a N$90 000 sponsorship from KDG Autolink.

South Africa: How the Education Department Plans to Keep Pregnant Learners in School

Yesterday at 10:43 AM, via AllAfrica

[Daily Maverick] The Department of Basic Education is seeking to permanently end the quiet expulsion of pregnant learners. Draft regulations propose an ironclad academic safety net and mandatory reporting laws, though legal advocates warn that schools are still actively finding ways to push expecting teens out of the system.

Nigeria: NANS Gives 48-Hour Ultimatum Over Abucted Unijos Student, Threatens Nationwide Protest

Yesterday at 07:23 AM, via AllAfrica

[Leadership] The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Federal Government and Plateau State Government over the abduction of a University of Jos (UNIJOS) student, John Arum, warning of a nationwide protest and shutdown of socio-economic and academic activities if urgent action was not taken to rescue him.

‘An incalculable loss’: Hampshire College to close doors after fall semester

Yesterday at 00:59 AM, via The Guardian

Massachusetts liberal arts college laments ‘heartbreaking reality’ and says financial pressures to blame

A Massachusetts liberal arts college is set to close permanently due to low enrollment and financial problems.

The board of trustees of Hampshire College, a small liberal arts school in Amherst founded in 1965, pointed to “financial pressures” that have been “compounded by shifting...

Uganda: Museveni Commissions Pan-African Research Complex At Kyankwanzi

Tuesday at 20:20 PM, via AllAfrica

[Nile Post] At the sidelines of the ongoing National Resistance Movement (NRM) Leaders’ Retreat in Kyankwanzi, President Museveni has commissioned the construction of the Rtd Gen Caleb Akandwanaho School of Research and the Walter Rodney Block.

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