[GroundUp] Policy to close small schools forces children to walk far to get to school

[Vanguard] President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Niger State Governor, Umar Bago, on the safe return of 100 students abducted from a Catholic school in the state last month.

[Premium Times] The children were handed over to the governor by representatives of the National Security Adviser (NSA) office

[Daily News] Belgium — FORMER Tanzanian President, Dr Mrisho Kikwete, who is also the Chairperson of the Board of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), speaks with the Vice Chairperson of GPE, Ms Christine Hogan, during the global education institution’s meeting held this week in the Belgian capital, Brussels.

The U.S. Supreme Court directed a lower court to review the ban, which applies to strict vaccine requirements in New York schools.

With the end of school shutdowns, children’s mental health appointments fell sharply, though other factors may have contributed.

The protest was over the removal of another instructor, who gave a failing grade on a paper about gender that relied on the Bible as its main source.

We’ve done more this year to protect children from the harms of smartphones and social media. Is it enough?

[Nile Post] Makerere College School old students under their umbrella association, MACOSA have chosen to keep lawyer Dennis Ssembuya as the association president under a new constitution is ushered in.

[Vanguard] The management of Lagos State University (LASU) has expressed strong outrage over a viral video titled “Bandits Prank on Lasuites” that caused panic within the university community after it was uploaded online on Friday, 5th December 2025.

Caleb E. Nelson, a leading originalist law professor, challenged the conventional wisdom of the “unitary executive theory” in an article that was debated in the parties’ briefs ahead of Monday’s arguments.

[UCT] Associate Professor Zarina Patel, a leading scholar in urban sustainability and environmental governance at the University of Cape Town (UCT), has been elected to the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf). She joins 45 of the country’s most distinguished researchers in the 2025 intake, with UCT contributing 20% of this year’s cohort.

“Taking children from their families is not normal,” a speaker told the crowd in Queens, where Yuanxin Zheng attended school until being detained.

Many states have proposed bans on the sale of ultraprocessed foods in schools. The problem is the way they define ultraprocessing.

[Nile Post] unyiiro Primary School in Iganga has received new toilets from the Korea Foundation for International Healthcare (KOFIH), supported by the Community Chest of Korea, in a move aimed at improving sanitation and hygiene for learners.

[Nyasa Times] Minister of Education, Science and Technology Bright Msaka has outlined sweeping fee reforms as part of the government’s plan to roll out the Free Secondary Education Policy, setting clear timelines for the abolition of various charges in public secondary schools.