[New Times] The government has set one of Africa’s most ambitious higher education targets: increasing tertiary enrolment from the current 9 percent to 27 percent by 2030, effectively tripling the share of young people accessing university education.

[Nile Post] Four teachers, including the head teacher of Arengesiep Secondary School in Nabilatuk District, have been arrested over allegations of reporting to work while intoxicated during school hours.

A Times’s analysis of 16 years of available federal data shows federal agencies lag in processing requests for government records.

[Ghanaian Times] A Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Smile Gavua Dzisi, has called on school heads in the country to strictly enforce all the necessary disciplinary measures to stem the increasing spate of indiscipline among students.

[Nyasa Times] Maranatha Academy’s education scholarship initiative remains central to the institution’s mission of supporting academically gifted but financially disadvantaged students across Malawi, according to the school’s managing director, Dr Ernest Kaonga.

South Florida State College fired an English professor after she assigned a story about a teacher who talks about sex with her students. Now the professor is suing.

[UCT] The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Department of Molecular and Cell Biology recently hosted Grade 12 science learners from Langa High School, Kulani Secondary, Ikamvalethu Secondary and Isilimela Secondary in KwaLanga for an immersive job-shadowing programme. The learners explored microbiology, DNA extraction, anatomy and biosafety laboratories, observed tuberculosis (TB) research in...

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[New Dawn] – House Speaker Richard Nagbe Koon has urged Liberian youth to pursue education, innovation, integrity and patriotism, saying their talents and determination will help shape the country’s future.

[New Dawn] – The Salvation Army has dedicated a new training college for officers and pastors serving its Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea Territory.

[Capital FM] Nairobi — Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has urged Kenya and the United Kingdom to place education, research and skills development at the heart of their healthcare partnership, saying a well-trained workforce is critical to achieving universal health coverage and strengthening health systems.

[New Times] The National Examination and School Inspection Authority (NESA) has released the official academic calendar for the 2026/27 school year, with the first term set to begin on September 7.

[FrontPageAfrica] Paynesville — Every transformative journey begins with adversity and for Dr. Anita Korgbe, the road to becoming one of Liberia’s respected educators, youth mentors and faith leaders was shaped by hardship, resilience and an unwavering belief that education and faith can change lives.

[New Dawn] MONROVIA — The African Methodist Episcopal University (AMEU) has broken ground for the construction of a modern three-story academic annex featuring 25 classrooms, as part of efforts to expand learning facilities for its growing student population.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — The Vanguard Student Unification Party (SUP) of the University of Liberia(UL) has submitted a sweeping petition to the Government of Liberia(GoL), demanding immediate action to address what it described as the country’s “rampant and unbearable crises of jobs and justice.”

[Daily Maverick] Ukrainians have protested against Russia’s ‘militarising and indoctrinating’ South Africa’s youth after a social media post showed pictures of a schoolboy in Russian uniform that had been taken in a museum in the Russian city of Chelyabinsk.

A law firm hired by Interlochen, the arts school and camp, to look into alumni complaints of sexual abuse fielded dozens of disturbing accounts, primarily from decades ago.

Investigators said museum leaders compelled staff members to inflate time sheets and improperly draw on funds meant for a geological survey.