[New Dawn] – The Liberian Cooperative Standard Education School System (LICOSESS) has marked a significant milestone by graduating its first cohort of Associate of Arts (AA) degree students in Maryland County. Nineteen students received AA degrees, and forty others were awarded “C” Certificates during the institution’s 8th graduation convocation–its first to include the AA Degree program.

[New Dawn] – Bong County University’s Vice President for Administration, James K. Saybay, has strongly defended the institution’s leadership, highlighting what he described as a sweeping transformation of the university and firmly rejecting allegations surrounding the departure of former Procurement Director Lawrence N. Yallah.

[Liberian Observer] Since the end of the civil war, Liberia has made determined efforts to rebuild its education system. Schools have been reopened across the country, classrooms constructed, and thousands of children who once had no access to schooling are now enrolled. These achievements deserve recognition. After years when education nearly collapsed, restoring access was both urgent and...

[Liberian Observer] The campus of Effort Baptist Church School buzzed with energy and excitement on Friday as 12th grader Terrence Baller of the Student Unification Party (SUP) was elected President of the Student Council in what school authorities hailed as a free, fair, and transparent process.

[Liberian Observer] The Ministry of Education has acted in the St. Theresa Convent case. A fine has been imposed. A nationwide ban has been issued. Disciplinary proceedings have been ordered. Enforcement has finally followed controversy.

[Liberian Observer] The Ministry of Education has imposed a LRD 500,000 fine on St. Teresa Convent Catholic School, ordered disciplinary proceedings against supervising staff, and issued a nationwide ban preventing Liberian rapper Christoph the Change from performing at school-related events for the remainder of the academic year, concluding that a February 7 performance constituted a serious...

[Ghanaian Times] The School of Languages at the University of Ghana has called for urgent and coordinated action to safeguard Ghana’s indigenous languages from decline.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — A dispute over academic honors at the University of Liberia has escalated into a legal and institutional standoff, as the announced dux of the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law has filed a four million United States dollars libel lawsuit against exiled Liberian activist Martin K. N. Kollie, while the University’s Board of Trustees has suspended the official...

[Daily Maverick] Victorian-era buildings of the Klein Karoo that have escaped the developers’ wrecking ball.

[Daily Trust] Students of Government Day Secondary School, Galadanchi, Dutse, have expressed joy and relief over the release of Walida Abdulhadi.

Philosophers have long wrestled with what to do about the onlookers and profiteers surrounding those who have done terrible things.

At a gala in New York, the orchestra recognized two of his daughters, who are underwriting a scholarship to its academy.

[Premium Times] Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to the President, gave the assurance on Thursday during a meeting with committee members at the State House in Abuja.

[Leadership] The Niger State government has announced the reopening of tertiary institutions in Niger North senatorial district after three-month closure following the spate of kidnappings in the State.

[GroundUp] Vice-chancellor agrees to meet with unions within 48 hours

President Trump’s approach is a revival of the mission of empire — acquiring the territories and resources of sovereign peoples.

[This Day] Just last December, the United Nations marked the International Day of Persons with disabilities reinforcing global commitment to disability inclusion in all aspects of social, economic, cultural and political life of people with disabilities.

[Dabanga] Nyala / Khartoum — The Sudanese Teachers Committee warned on Wednesday that “the multiplicity of decision-making centres regarding secondary school certificate examinations, and links to areas of military control, practically opens the door to a divided educational reality, and indicates a de facto separation of the Sudanese state, even if it is not officially declared”.

The meeting comes after agents raided the home and office of Alberto Carvalho, the Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent. The F.B.I. also searched the Florida home of a consultant with ties to the schools chief.

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, and others respond to a Nicholas Kristof column. Also: Reagan’s warning about nuclear weapons; aging doctors.