THURSDAY, 08 JANUARY 2026, 20:36
Ministers promised a ‘change of approach’, but their new tax could tip weaker institutions over the edge
Education opens doors, and the expansion of higher education begun under New Labour means that millions of young people who would not previously have gone from school to university have now done so. From 336,000 places accepted in 1997, the total rose by 68% to 563,000 in 2022. In last...
Hundreds of schools have been closed due to the snow and cold temperatures.
Ray Jayawardhana, the incoming president, is an astrophysicist, but leaders at the California Institute of Technology also praised his credentials as a communicator at a time when science is under attack.
[Capital FM] Murang’a — Education continues to be a cornerstone of development in Murang’a County, as the County Government announced it will pay school fees for over 50,000 students across various education levels as schools reopen this week.
[Vanguard] Inclusion-focused consultancy, Vulpes Inclusive Engagement, has urged government to integrate disability inclusion into the education system from the earliest stages, saying accessibility must go beyond the provision of physical infrastructure.
The lawsuit challenges a conservative effort to punish those who criticized Mr. Kirk in the aftermath of his killing.
[FrontPageAfrica] – A Catalyst for Economic Growth and Innovation in 2026 and Beyond: Not a Time of Empty Garbage of Meaningless Noisemaking
[FrontPageAfrica] Ganta, Nimba County — In a heartfelt ceremony recently at the Peace Empire Hotel in Ganta, Nimba County, Chief Justice Yarmie Quiqui Gbeisay publicly acknowledged Mrs. Eleanor Suah Badio for her pivotal role in advancing education in his life.
Increasingly, teens are given only parts of books, and they often read not in print but on school-issued laptops
Reading fiction has been such a joy for me that my heart broke a little to learn recently that many schools no longer assign full books to high school students.
Rather, teens are given excerpts of books, and they often read them not in print but on school-issued laptops, according to...
The president is deploying his domineering tactics in unexpected places.
University undergraduates are forming northern societies, but in other circumstances we find different ways to be ourselves
Of course they weren’t being mean, but each time my university friends jokingly echoed my Leeds-accented “no” with a noise that is perhaps best approximated as “nerhhh”, I found myself undergoing elocution conditioning. Within a year, the identifying...
Rethink Food is helping to fund initiatives to cut hunger in schools across Leeds.
From Duolingo to GDP, how an obsession with keeping score can subtly undermine human flourishing
Two years ago, I started learning Japanese on Duolingo. At first, the daily accrual of vocabulary was fun. Every lesson earned me experience points – a little reward that measured and reinforced my progress.
But something odd happened. Over time, my focus shifted. As I climbed the weekly...
Freed from Auschwitz, she was silent about her ordeal for four decades. Then she decided to dedicate her life to educating people about the dangers of prejudice.
[Nile Post] Police at Kira Road Division have launched investigations into the sudden death of Dr.L Tom Patrick Mugizi, a lecturer at Victoria University and Makerere University Business School (MUBS).
[Capital FM] Nairobi — Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja on Monday morning joined cooks and staff at Muthangari Primary School to prepare meals for learners as schools reopened for the 2026 academic term.
[Capital FM] Nairobi — Schools across the country are expected to resume learning today as the new academic term begins, marking the end of the festive holiday break.
[Leadership] As schools reopen in Kwara State today, the Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, has introduced a radio-based learning initiative to expand learning access beyond the traditional classroom structures.
[Leadership] First Lady, Remi Tinubu, has described Braille as an important tool for inclusion, dignity and independence for the blind and visually impaired persons.
Because families have complicated schedules.
Higham Lane School, part of Central England Academy Trust, said it will stay shut until Wednesday.