[Shabelle] Mogadishu — Somalia’s education minister has called for a unified national curriculum and stricter controls on teacher qualifications, warning that the federal system has complicated oversight and consistency in the sector.

[Liberian Observer] The education system is confronting what officials now describe as a quiet but far-reaching emergency–one that is not immediately visible in enrollment figures or classroom attendance but is steadily undermining learning outcomes across the country.

[This Day] Ado Ekiti — The Chancellor of Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology (BOUESTI), Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, has called for urgent, collective intervention to sustain the institution’s growth, warning that dwindling support could undermine its long-term prospects.

[This Day] Ado-Ekiti — A professor of Parasitology at Ekiti State University (EKSU), Samson Adewole, has warned that the rising burden of parasitic diseases poses a serious threat to Nigeria’s workforce and economic stability, calling for urgent and coordinated national intervention.

[This Day] The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) recently honoured the Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University, Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, and 44 other distinguished Nigerians, as part of activities marking its 45th anniversary.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — 4Life Zoe Technical Vocational Training School has announced the extension of hundreds of additional scholarships to officers of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) in a move aimed at strengthening skills development within Liberia’s security sector.

[Daily Trust] Parents of both primary and secondary schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) under the umbrella of the Parents Teachers Association (PTA) have called on the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike to intervene in the ongoing teachers strike.

A test verified by The New York Times found that clothes for some of the viral dolls contained cotton from the Xinjiang region of China, which is banned in the United States.

[Capital FM] Nairobi — Lawmakers are now pushing for a formal policy change to declare education subsidised rather than fully free, after the government admitted it has been unable to fully finance the free education programme.

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Two school districts had similar policies that required students to use facilities that were gender neutral or aligned with their sex assigned at birth.

[Ghanaian Times] Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Sapeliga Community Day Senior High School (SHS) will become fully operational beginning September this year, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Zebilla Constituency, Mr Ebenezer Alumire Ndebilla, has disclosed.

[Daily Trust] Striking teachers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) yesterday turned back students of both public primary and secondary schools who reported for the third-term academic session.

[Daily Trust] Team Kosofe and Mushin Local Government Areas in Lagos secured victories yesterday in the football matches of the inaugural Scalepea-Mah Development Association (SAMDA) Nigeria U-13 tournament.

[This Day] Lagos Is Playing Host to the 2nd Edition of the Na — Schools from across the country have converged on Lagos for the four-day tournament, organised by the Nigeria School Sport Federation (NSSF) in collaboration with the Nigeria Volleyball Federation (NVBF), with support from the Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC).

[Liberian Investigator] The Liberia Football Association, in partnership with the Inter-School Sports Association, has concluded its U-15 inter-school grassroots football leagues in Grand Gedeh, Rivercess and River Gee counties, part of a nationwide effort to strengthen youth development across all 15 counties with support from the CAF Impact Project.