THURSDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2026, 12:38
[This Day] Sokoto — The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in partnership with the governments of Sokoto, Kebbi, and Zamfara states, is taking steps to strengthen Early Childhood Education (ECCE) in the region.
[FrontPageAfrica] Capitol Hill — The leadership of the House of Representatives has summoned authorities of the state-run University of Liberia (UL) to answer concerns over what lawmakers describe as “very exorbitant” graduation fees being charged to students.
[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia — The President of the University of Liberia, Dr. Layli Maparyan, has formally declared Ms. Izetta Jones Howe the legitimate Valedictorian (Dux) of the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law, following an internal investigation sparked by public allegations questioning her academic standing.
[Leadership] Governor of Kebbi State, Nasir Idris, has flagged off the distribution of 12,779 furniture to secondary schools.
A fifth-grade teacher and his principal wife hid in their bedroom as dozens of people who believed he might be a kidnapper appeared on their suburban street.
In some schools, Yondr, a pouch marketed to keep kids off devices, has proved no match for actual children.
A compelling and fitfully harrowing child’s-eye account of a mother’s unravelling
Stefan Merrill Block was nine when his mother pulled him out of school. It was the early 1990s and the family had recently moved from Indianapolis to Plano, Texas, where Block’s father had started a new job. While Block and his older brother, Aaron, had been wrenched away from their schoolmates, their mother had...
The Nobel laureate Richard Axel is not accused of wrongdoing but called his association with Jeffrey Epstein a “serious error in judgment.”
[Namibian] The government has approved a 5% salary increase for civil servants for the 2026/27 financial year – and a further 5% for 2027/28.
Lawsuit is latest action by Trump administration against a university and escalation of president’s feud with California
The justice department sued the University of California, Los Angeles on Tuesday, alleging the university created a hostile work environment for Jewish and Israeli faculty and staff after protests against the war on Gaza broke out across campus.
The lawsuit claims UCLA...
Education leaders and MPs say government needs to be careful about mental health impact on leaders and teachers in already overstretched sector
Teachers and schools face “a huge ask” implementing the government’s special needs proposals affecting hundreds of thousands of children, according to education leaders and MPs who otherwise gave the plans a cautious welcome.
Under the plans unveiled by...
The Trump administration accused the University of California, Los Angeles, of not doing enough to curb antisemitism.
Teachers at two Greater Manchester schools took to the picket lines after claims of violent children
[Ghanaian Times] The Ministry of Education (MoE) has warned that it will no longer tolerate assaults on teachers in their line of duty by students or any other persons in the country.
[Premium Times] Unilever Nigeria, in partnership with GEP, handed over newly renovated classroom blocks, upgraded sanitation facilities with modern toilets, and introduced sustainable energy solutions through solar panels
A new study from the Pew Research Center finds teens think chatbot-assisted cheating has become “a regular feature of student life.”
Councils seek powers to require more schools to take children as heads say funding would meet needs.
Unite Group cuts rents at some universities and raises cash by selling London site to joint venture for £186m
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A drop in the number of international students coming to the UK has hit the student housing provider Unite Group, which lowered its profit outlook for the third time in four months as weaker demand prompted it to cut rents in some cities.
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Some graduates in England say “punishing” student loan repayments have led them to cut their hours at work.
[GroundUp] Judge finds no “exceptional circumstances” to justify Wesley Neumann’s immediate return to Heathfield High
What is behind the growing anger over plan 2 student loans and what could reforms mean for graduates?
Pressure is building on the government to reform the student loans system, with politicians and campaigners piling in, and a minister conceding there are “problems” with the current set-up.
Yesterday the consumer champion Martin Lewis – who last month locked horns with Rachel Reeves –...