[New Dawn] MONROVIA — The Government of Liberia, through the Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA), has completed the installation of solar energy systems in 121 health and education facilities across 13 counties, significantly expanding electricity access in rural and underserved communities.

[Nile Post] Sudan’s younger generations, particularly children over the age of five, are facing severe challenges in exercising their fundamental right to education due to the economic collapse that has gripped the country as a result of the war that has been raging since April 2023.

One nonprofit, Defending Education, initiated nearly a dozen civil rights investigations targeting diversity programs and transgender policies.

Our Washington correspondent Michael Bender explains how the Trump administration is trying to use a civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination to roll back protections for transgender students.

Huge memory-chip profits from the global A.I. boom have increased interest in semiconductor factory work. But behind the hype are uncertain job prospects.

A group of government interns is campaigning for a paid wage, reigniting a debate over ethics and opportunity in one of the world’s most expensive cities.

[Capital FM] Nairobi — The Universities Fund has released Sh4.2 billion in scholarships to public universities to support more than 400,000 continuing undergraduate students under the Student-Centred Funding Model (SCFM).

[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone — For decades, the rhythm of morning assembly across schools countrywide has played out against a backdrop of quiet decay.A generation of learners have walked through school gates to face the same stubborn realities of blistering paint peeling off classroom walls like old sunburns, teacher housing wearing the scars of prolonged neglect and school grounds...

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala — President Yoweri Museveni has appointed Dr. John Chrysostom Muyingo as Acting Minister of Education and Sports.

[Nile Post] President Museveni has appointed State Minister for Higher Education John Chrysostom Muyingo as Acting Minister of Education and Sports, temporarily filling the vacancy left by First Lady Janet Museveni, who has been out of public view for months following a serious illness.

[Premium Times] School closures have affected thousands of pupils across Oyo State, disrupting academic activities in the final weeks of the school term.

[Nile Post] President Museveni has directed the introduction of four new vocational courses in Presidential Industrial Hubs to expand opportunities for youth skilling and employment across the country.

South Sudan is the world’s newest nation and its education system is on the verge of collapse, putting an entire generation at risk.

Texas is set to pass what may be the first state-mandated book list for public school students. It focuses on classic literature and includes Bible excerpts.

Wanting to make top schools look less like country clubs and more like the country shouldn’t be a partisan issue.

Now, the professor is in a fight with the university over whether he can use M.I.T. money to promote a book critical of the school.