[Capital FM] Nairobi — As schools reopen across the country for the 2026 academic year, thousands of students from informal settlements and marginalised communities in 11 counties are returning to classrooms with renewed hope following the award of full scholarships by Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO).

[Ghanaian Times] An octogenarian and retired business executive, Mr Godwin Kwashie Anagbo, has appealed to the government to totally, or at least partially, wash its hands off mission schools to save money for national development.

[Premium Times] The Minister said no beneficiary on a valid federal government scholarship has been abandoned.

[Capital FM] Nairobi — President William Ruto on Wednesday convened Education Ministry stakeholders at State House, Nairobi, in a high-level meeting aimed at addressing key challenges in Kenya’s education sector, including school funding, reforms, and policy implementation.

Enrollment increased to more than 301,000 as the system prepared for a budget debate in Sacramento.

The institution, long regarded as independent, is facing a White House deadline to hand over records about its content and will see turnover that could reshape its governing board.

Austin Peay State University in Tennessee also reinstated Darren Michael, a tenured acting professor whose post about Mr. Kirk’s killing inflamed conservatives.

[Vanguard] The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State, yesterday, disclosed that it is working with relevant authorities to unravel the circumstances behind the death of one of its medical students, Timilehin Toromade.

[Vanguard] Faqced with inadequate accommodation as over 30,000 students jostle for about 8,000 bed spaces, the management of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, may approve squatting for students with their colleagues, just as it vowed to sanction those engaged in hostel racketeering.

[Capital FM] Nairobi — The National Police Service’s ambition to establish a National Police University continues to gain momentum, marking a transformative chapter in police training and leadership development in Kenya.

[Capital FM] Nairobi — The government is set to roll out the NYOTA Project Business Support Component Phase Two following the successful completion of mandatory classroom training by youth beneficiaries in 27 phase two counties.

[This Day] With the dawn of a new year, stakeholders have called on the government and the ministry of education to draw lessons from past experiences and take the necessary measures to ensure the smooth running of the education sector in 2026. Uchechukwu Nnaike and Funmi Ogundare report

[This Day] To early identify innate skills and potential beyond educational abilities, education experts have called for more extracurricular platforms that allow children to engage in activities that can spot and note them on time.

[Ghanaian Times] President John Dramani Mahama has said that government would work with the teacher unions to undertake reforms across all levels of the educational ladder, to adequately prepare Ghanaian children for the future.

[Ghanaian Times] Hundreds of passengers stranded at major terminals in Accra as work and school resume. Acute intercity bus shortage causes frustration, long queues, and missed reporting fears amid post-Christmas travel rush.

The university is reviewing courses under new rules restricting teaching about race and gender. Administrators told a philosophy professor to cut some lessons on Plato to comply.

[Afrobarometer] Most citizens say women should have the same chance as men of being elected to public office.

[Premium Times] In January 2025, PREMIUM TIMES reported that the Oxford English Dictionary added Nigerian terms, including Japa, 419, agberoo, abi, area boy, yahoo boy, yahoo, Edo, and Kanuri, to its global lexicon.

[The Conversation Africa] Academics today, around the world, are confined by the way their research output is measured. Indicators that count the number of times their work is cited by other academics, and the relative prestige of journals that publish their papers, determine everything: from career development to research funding.