Malawi: Free Secondary Education Exposed – Government Sends Underpaid Primary Teachers to Patch a Broken System
[Nyasa Times] This policy decision reveals far more about government unpreparedness than it does about innovation in education.
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[Nyasa Times] This policy decision reveals far more about government unpreparedness than it does about innovation in education.
[Nile Post] Maria Junior Buryanshungwe Primary School in Kitagwenda District has emerged as one of Uganda’s top five best-performing primary schools in the 2025 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), according to results released by the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB).
[SNA] – The Prime Minister, Professor Kamil Idris, visited on Saturday afternoon the General Headquarters of Ansar Al-Sunnah Al-Muhammadiyah (Sunna Supporters) Group in Khartoum.
The Trump administration has lowered the bar for a deal with the university, backtracking on its insistence on a $200 million payment to the government, The New York Times has learned.
[Namibian] On a misty Thursday morning in the village of Pamohi in the northeast Indian state of Assam, children walk to school carrying two bags. One holds their books; the other contains 25 cleaned and sorted plastic bags and bottles.
Many Americans are growing both exhausted and frightened by Trump’s scorched-earth, hyperpartisan, fire-ready-aim approach to the presidency.
[SNA] Khartoum, Feb. 1, 2026 (SUNA) – The Ministry of National Education and Orientation has announced the schedule for the 2026 Secondary School examinations, set to begin on April 13.

Action could begin next week in some of state’s largest districts including San Diego, San Francisco and LA
California is facing the prospect of massive teacher strikes across the state as conflicts over working conditions, pay and special education staffing reach a boiling point.
The strikes, which could begin as soon as next week, have been approved by thousands of educators – affecting...
[Premium Times] Hammid Taju, 78, was the oldest PhD graduate at UNILAG’s 56th convocation, earning a doctorate in French.

Demand for year 7 pupils is expected to fall by 7.6% over the next four years, with similar numbers expected in primary schools
Schools in London could lose £45m in funding over the next four years as pupil numbers continue to fall, with secondary schools facing cuts to staff and curriculum as their budgets dwindle, a report has warned.
Until now primary schools in the capital have been worst...
[Leadership] Youths in Kano State, under the platform of the Youth-Led Education Lab, have declared education a fundamental right, pledging to take ownership of reforms and demand accountability from government, institutions and communities to strengthen the state’s education sector.
[Leadership] Members of Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG), Yaba Cell, have raised the alarm over the impending collapse of a school building owned by the Lagos State government in the Yaba area of the state.

Croydon school’s principal says success of Olivia Dean and Lola Young is a ‘brilliant celebration’ of free arts education
As the Grammy winners took to the stage in Los Angeles on Sunday night, one common thread emerged: many had once walked the halls of a comprehensive school in Croydon, south London.
British performers Olivia Dean, who won the prestigious gong for best new artist; Lola Young,...

Birth rates have dropped from 2,000 a year to around 1,400 in the last decade, a council says.
[This Day] In Nigeria, the academic calendar has, for too long, behaved like a fragile truce rather than a dependable promise. Families plan for semesters the way coastal communities plan for storms: with caution, with backups, with a quiet readiness to start again after everything has been interrupted. Students have learned to measure time not by sessions completed but by months lost–months...
[This Day] Ihere is no other family in the history of Africa in which there are five generations of graduates from Oxbridge-level universities.

We’d like to hear from graduates about how they’re faring with paying back student loans. Have you experienced large increases in outstanding debt?
In last year’s budget Rachel Reeves froze the salary threshold for plan 2 loan repayments for three years from April 2027 – which means borrowers will have to pay even more towards their student loans as they benefit from pay rises.
Student finance...

George Mitchell chaired the talks which led to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.

Exclusive: Charities and experts fear changes to special needs education in England may weaken legal protections
UK politics live – latest updates
Ministers have been warned that any dilution of legal rights for disabled children and their families would cross “red lines”, as the government prepares substantial changes to special education needs and disabilities (Send) provision in England.
The...
[Daily News] Dodoma — LOANS for higher learning students in the country are projected to surpass 1tri/- in the next financial year, from current 916.7bn/-.
[Capital FM] Kisumu — President William Ruto on Monday used the launch of the NYOTA programme in Kisumu to mount a robust defence of his administration’s education reforms, saying his government is deliberately fixing a broken system inherited from the previous regime.