[This Day] Senior and junior secondary school students across the country have been invited to enter the 2026 Bishop Mike Okonkwo National Essay Competition. Entries opened on March 16 and will close on June 30, 2026.

[This Day] A Nigerian academic and researcher at Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Dr. Ada Peter, has been recognised among 25 women shaping conversations on the future of higher education across Africa, by the Education Collaborative.

[This Day] Abakaliki — A leading aspirant for the office of the Senate President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Alfred Nwuruku, has advocated that the Nigerian students’ community be adequately carried along in all federal government educational reforms.

[This Day] Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Dangote Fertiliser Limited recently donated school materials worth N241 million to 3,704 students in host communities in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, as part of efforts to support education and promote inclusive community development. Funmi Ogundare reports that the intervention reflects a broader commitment to improving access to learning and ensuring that...

[This Day] · Reveals over 1.1 million children returned to school in 2025, 15 million still out-of-school

[Premium Times] The programme, supported by the World Bank and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), is a nationwide initiative expected to benefit more than 29 million children, train 500,000 teachers, deliver 13,000 new classrooms, and reintegrate millions of out-of-school children into the formal school system.

Tired of seeing its elementary-school children struggle with online temptations, the town of Greystones proposed a ‘no smart devices’ code. Most everyone bought in.

Kirsty Coventry, the first woman to lead the International Olympic Committee, has frequently spoken about what she says is the need to protect women’s competitions at the Olympic Games.

[263Chat] Teachers under the banner of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) have issued a petition to the government warning of industrial action if long-standing grievances over pay and working conditions are not addressed.

[263Chat] Primary and Secondary Education Minister Torerayi Moyo has hailed the opening of a new research centre at Mbare High School as a milestone in expanding access to modern learning tools in high-density suburbs.

[UCT] As a child, Buyani Mazeka stuttered so severely that he communicated with his hands. He wrote in mirror image, every word reversed, every sentence flipped, and repeated a grade before the problem was identified.

[Africa Check] No, Kenya Medical Training College admissions and placements not handled via personal numbers, ignore fake document online

[Vanguard] History was made recently at the 2025/2026 matriculation ceremony of the Federal College of Fisheries and Maritime Technology, FCFMT, Victoria Island, Lagos, as a total of 1,200 students, the highest number since the school’s inception, were admitted into various programmes.

[GroundUp] Multiple deadlines have been missed

[Capital FM] Nairobi — Kenya’s First Lady Rachel Ruto has joined fellow First Spouses from around the world at a high-level summit in White House focused on the future of education and technology.

[Vanguard] On the outskirts of Lagos, where one of Africa’s largest industrial ecosystems is redefining Nigeria’s economic landscape, a quieter but equally powerful transformation is unfolding — one rooted in classrooms, not construction sites. Across Ibeju-Lekki, thousands of students are experiencing a different kind of impact — not measured in barrels of refined petroleum or tonnes of...

A show at the Library for the Performing Arts examines the golden age of magic in New York City, from the 1870s to just before World War II.

Students and others are asking universities, including Harvard and Ohio State, to take down the names of high-profile donors with connections to Jeffrey Epstein. They have not done so yet.

[Health-e] Broken floors, pit toilets and no electricity are exposing learners and teachers to daily health and safety risks at two schools near King William’s Town in the Eastern Cape.

[New Times] Rwandan student Daniel Adesiyan emerged as the winner of the African Spelling Bee competition, securing the continental title after a tense three-round contest held on March 20 in Harare, Zimbabwe.