FRIDAY, 05 JUNE 2026, 01:45
[This Day] There is a quiet crisis unfolding in the halls of our universities. As generative artificial intelligence becomes a staple of the modern toolkit, a parallel industry has emerged promising to catch the machines at work. For many lecturers and academic boards, these AI detectors have been welcomed as a digital thin blue line, a way to maintain the sanctity of original thought.
Ofqual chief says invigilators are being trained to detect devices like smart glasses and hidden earpieces.
The union argues that instead of cutting teacher recruitment, the government should use falling pupil numbers to make class sizes smaller.
Civil rights scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw warns Birmingham City University’s decision part of extremist campaign that has ‘travelled across Atlantic’
A leading US civil rights scholar has urged Birmingham City University (BCU) to reverse its decision to close its black studies course, comparing it with the attack on diversity, equity and inclusion in the US.
Kimberlé Crenshaw, a professor of law...
Internal documents show how tech giants grabbed children’s attention throughout the day, a strategy that schools say has undermined education.
The boss of X, Tesla and SpaceX is the world’s richest person and has used his platform to make his views known on a vast array of topics.
[Leadership] The protest by teachers over the abductions of their colleagues and school children in Oyo and Borno States continued yesterday in Zamfara, Yobe and Akwa Ibom States. Teachers in Abuja and states across the country had been protesting the kidnapping incidents.
[Vanguard] ABUJA — The Senate yesterday asked the Federal Government to intensify efforts and deploy all necessary resources for immediate rescue of teachers, pupils and students abducted by terrorists in Oyo and Borno states.
Stronger checks likely to be needed in England to safeguard reputation of GCSE, AS and A-levels, says Ian Bauckham
Cheating in exams could be magnified by the new generation of wearable hi-tech devices such as smartglasses or invisible earpieces, according to England’s qualifications watchdog.
Ian Bauckham, the head of the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual), also...
[Capital FM] Nairobi — Loreto Girls’ High School Limuru has been closed indefinitely following a student unrest incident reported on Tuesday, June 3.
[The Conversation Africa] South African teacher education qualifications are expected to comply with the Minimum Requirements for Teacher Education Qualifications. But evidence points to gaps in teacher competence and the quality of instruction. Many students who enrol for teaching at South African universities have lower grade 12 results than those studying other degrees. This means...
[The Conversation Africa] In most multilingual African countries, language policy is a highly charged and controversial issue. It touches on regional identity, religion and political power – as is evident in Chad, in central Africa.
The man, Alexander Stepnowsky, was arrested on Tuesday on the Lower East Side, almost a month after the episode.
New crisis at former vocational charity involves alleged withholding of data and breaching redundancy laws
City & Guilds is facing potential legal and industrial action over claims it has been “dishonest” over plans to shed about 400 UK staff.
Officials at the Unite union allege the owner of the training and qualifications body has been “unlawfully withholding key information during transfer...
DfE plans to withdraw funding for assistive software, saying it is now rarely needed due to ‘widely available free tools’
Disability campaigners have called on the government to halt plans to cut funding for specialist tech support for tens of thousands of disabled students in England.
Almost 10,000 people have signed a petition opposing Department for Education (DfE) proposals to withdraw...
[SAnews.gov.za] The Western Cape Education Department has announced the temporary closure of all public ordinary and special needs schools in the Eden and Central Karoo Education Districts on Wednesday and Thursday due to severe weather conditions forecast for the region.
[Daily News] THE government will on June 6 recognise outstanding pre-primary, primary and secondary school teachers during the Fourth National Teaching Skills Competition, as part of efforts to improve the quality of teaching and learning across the country.
[Premium Times] The union said its meeting with the governor centred on its ongoing strike, demand for the rescue of the victims and strengthening of security across schools in the state.
[Vanguard] OSOGBO — FOLLOWING rumours of terrorists’ invasion of some towns in Osun State, Governor Ademola Adeleke, yesterday, reassured residents of adequate security across schools in the state.
[Leadership] International students planning to study in Ireland for more than three months must now obtain a long-term study visa before travelling, the country’s Immigration Service Delivery (ISD) has announced.
[Leadership] The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has explained why it is opposed to any move to shut down schools in Borno State amid worsening insecurity, saying closure would amount to conceding victory to terrorists seeking to disrupt education in the state.