FRIDAY, 28 NOVEMBER 2025, 08:22
[Ghanaian Times] Out of 94 private universities operating in the country, only 24 have successfully obtained a charter as required under the Education Regulatory Bodies Act, 2020 (Act 1023), the Minister of Education, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, has revealed.
[Leadership] The first private university in Niger State, Newgate University, Minna, the state capital is set to graduate 207 students, with 14 of them emerging with first class degrees at its maiden convocation on Wednesday next week.
[Nile Post] Democratic Front (DF) candidate Unicent Ainebyona has launched a strong attack on Lwemiyaga County MP Theodore Ssekikubo, accusing the veteran legislator of presiding over more than two decades of neglect, particularly in the education sector.
[New Times] A pilot project in Bugesera District has found that schools can reduce internet costs by more than half, yet gaining faster and more reliable connections.
[Nile Post] President Museveni, the NRM presidential candidate, has cautioned arts teachers against pressuring the government over salary increases.
Councils welcome move but OBR says it is a significant fiscal risk and could lead to 4.9% real fall in spending per pupil
The government will take over full responsibility for special educational needs spending from local councils, it was revealed at the budget, prompting warnings that the Department for Education could be facing a £20bn timebomb in two years.
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The school, one of several to face pressure campaigns from the Trump administration, would pay a $75 million fine and have its research funding restored under terms of the agreement being discussed.
[Liberian Investigator] The Noble Second Floor (NSF) of the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law (LAGSL) successfully hosted its Annual Charity Fundraising Dinner on Friday, November 21, 2025. The elegant evening attracted strong support from the Executive and Legislative branches of government, showing a united commitment to improving legal education and access to justice in Liberia.
It can feel wrong to encourage young people to shoot for the stars – yet if no one did, our world would be empty of the artists, actors, athletes and visionaries who give it so much pleasure and meaning
Who wants to crush a kid’s dreams? Not me. But what to say when asked by a teenager about a career in the media? With tens of thousands of media, journalism and other graduates crowding into...
[Namibian] One of the most important political decisions taken this year is that there will be free tertiary education from 2026.
[Nile Post] A District Inspector of Schools was among 30 people who appeared before the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Mengo on charges of aiding and abetting examination malpractice during the 2025 Primary Leaving Examination (PLE).
[This Day] The management of Lekki Port, promoter of Lekki Deep Seaport, has announced the award of scholarships to 60 undergraduate students from its six host communities.
[Premium Times] The state of disrepair at Tsintsiya Primary is more than an isolated infrastructural failure. It reflects systemic neglect
[Africa Check] IN SHORT: Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Education told Africa Check it did not shut down 47 schools and that a viral circular claiming otherwise should be disregarded.
[Ghanaian Times] More than 3,100 basic schools across Ghana are set to be equipped with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) resources, with 299 schools in 29 districts of the Greater Accra Region benefiting from the latest phase of the B-STEM rollout.
[Leadership] For decades, honorary degrees have served as a symbolic recognition of exceptional service, innovation, or influence in society.
This documentary looks back at a group of teenagers who, in the early 1990s, created a high school video project that ended up breaking real news.
[Nile Post] Namutumba District is grappling with a deepening education crisis as daily teacher absenteeism reaches unprecedented levels, with an estimated 270 teachers missing from school each day.
[allAfrica] Nairobi, Kenya — The world is facing increasing inequalities, crises, and needs, which are undermining the support available to millions of people. Global experts have warned that funding gaps and uneven political will threaten progress in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Reduced budgets, restrictive policies, and rising anti-gender movements are...
What does it mean to lose a language? And what does it take to save it? Those were the big questions being asked in Barcelona recently
There’s an Irish saying, tír gan teanga, tír gan anam: a country without a language is a country without a soul. Representatives of some of Europe’s estimated 60 minority languages – or minoritised, as they define them – met in Barcelona recently to...
[Nyasa Times] The barbs traded between the government and the opposition in Parliament on Monday, November 24, 2025 transported me back to childhood–those dusty afternoons after school when grudges were not settled with words but with bare-knuckles. if someone wronged or insulted you during class, the matter never ended in the classroom.