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The president of Bard College raised millions to save his school from closure. As he sought donations, he talked with Jeffrey Epstein about music, watches and young female musicians.

A group of academics at the University of British Columbia say the school’s D.E.I. policies and practices, which include land acknowledgments, violate a law that requires universities to be “nonpolitical.”

[Capital FM] Nairobi — A growing trend of schools picking up learners in the early hours of the morning has sparked concern among parents and the public, after a Kenyan man confronted a school driver for collecting children at 4 a.m.

[Premium Times] As of 2025, Zamfara State had approximately 455,947 out-of-school children, according to Zamfara SUBEB and UNICEF data

A growing number of states are debating whether to alter their policies on summoning child protection officials if a student has excessive absences.

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[New Times] President Paul Kagame on Wednesday, February 18, received a delegation of global education and development leaders at Village Urugwiro, ahead of the Global Learning Conference 2026, which opens tomorrow in Kigali.

[Nyasa Times] Reports reaching Nyasatimes have revealed a disturbing trend in Machinga District where some school children are skipping classes to repair potholes on a major highway in order to beg for money from passing motorists.

[Afrobarometer] Most citizens support women’s autonomy in marriage and childbearing decisions.

[New Dawn] The Liberia Standards Authority (LiSA) has concluded a high-level engagement session with representatives from academia and various regulatory bodies, aimed at strengthening collaboration between the authority and its institutional partners.

[Daily Maverick] Many no-fee schools in South Africa don’t have the resources to provide the academic and non-academic support that learners and staff need. Through working together as a school community and mobilising the support of nonprofit organisations, Kraaifontein High School managed to increase its matric pass rate by more than 30 percentage points in two years.

[Daily Maverick] More than a decade after warnings about rising learner numbers, classrooms at Walmer High remain overcrowded, with temporary prefab structures in visible decline and little progress on construction of a second school despite provincial budget allocations.

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala — A new group of 20 Ugandan students has been selected to benefit from the Airtel Africa Tech Fellowship, a Shs 3.85 billion initiative aimed at supporting talented learners from disadvantaged backgrounds who are pursuing studies in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The programme, run by the Airtel Africa Foundation, will fully cover...

Linda McMahon is shocked — shocked! — that there’s been a backlash to the Department of Education’s ‘History Rocks!’ tour.

[Leadership] Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh has marked a personal milestone after graduating from a discipleship class at Streams of Joy International, the ministry led by Pastor Jerry Eze.