Gen Z is increasingly turning to trade schools in hopes of future-proofing their careers against A.I. But getting their parents and peers on board can be a challenge.

[DW] The children were abducted some two months ago at three schools in the town of Orire in Nigeria’s southwestern Oyo state.

[Leadership] Parents of the 42 Mussa Primary and Junior Secondary School pupils and students, as well as the 36 Lassa Government Day Secondary School Students,in Askira-Uba local government area of Borno State, still in the hands of the Boko Haram terrorists weeks after their abduction, have gone spiritual seeking God’s intervention over the safe return of their children.

[Vanguard] ABUJA: Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the Federal Government’s continued escalation of the cost of public education, describing the recent increase in fees for Federal Unity Colleges and the reported approval of a uniform ₦50,000 examination fee for West African Examinations Council WAEC and National Examinations Council NECO candidates from 2027 as cruel.

[New Dawn] Monrovia, July 13, 2026: The National Teachers Association of Liberia and Education International have called for increased government investment in public education, improved teacher welfare, and stronger regulation of private education providers.

Utah Valley University doesn’t want to be known as the place where Charlie Kirk was assassinated, and even a discussion of memorializing that day has provoked division.

Kerri K. Greenidge appeared to lose her professorship at Tufts University after scholars began scrutinizing her 2022 book, “The Grimkes,” which is no longer listed on its publisher’s website.

Lawyers for the outlet, New Brunswick Today, said that the order, while a partial victory, still violated the First Amendment. They plan to appeal.

The novelist Dinaw Mengestu, who was elected seven months ago, said the article “continues this approach toward defending some rights while not defending others.”

Readers respond to an editorial about lessons from Graham Platner’s failed Senate campaign. Also: The Smithsonian’s goal.

[Nile Post] MUKONO: One teacher was killed and several students injured on Friday morning after a passenger train collided with a bus carrying Mwebaza High School students on a study trip to Jinja at the Namumira railway crossing in Mukono Municipality.

One hundred years after his birth, the French philosopher remains hugely influential, both revered and reviled for ideas that eerily anticipated our day.

[Vanguard] ABUJA — President Bola Tinubu has transmitted the National Secondary Education Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2026 to the Senate, seeking legislative approval for reforms aimed at strengthening the administration and governance of public senior secondary education in Nigeria.

[Leadership] The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Taraba State University (TSU) chapter, has urged the Taraba State Government to expedite the implementation of outstanding agreements reached with the union to avert another round of industrial action.

[Leadership] President Bola Tinubu has transmitted the National Senior Secondary Education Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2026 to the Senate, seeking legislative approval to strengthen the administration and governance of public senior secondary education across Nigeria.

[Nyasa Times] Minister of Higher Education Bright Msaka has assured Parliament that no student will be forced to abandon their university education because of the recent tuition fee increases at public universities, seeking to calm a row that has spread rapidly across political parties, student bodies and civil society since the hikes were announced.

[Daily News] Dodoma — THE government has launched a massive infrastructure project to build 1,090 advanced-level secondary classrooms, dormitories and sanitation facilities across mainland Tanzania.