In an age of increasingly capable machines, it makes sense for schools to value creativity and life skills as part of a well-rounded education
Societies evolve and schools are under pressure to adapt, but some features of education policy are perennial. For example, modernisation will always be denounced as a dilution of standards. Inevitably, Conservatives have leapt on recommendations by an...
[Nile Post] The Uganda Police Force has arrested several teachers and UNEB officials in connection with cases of examination malpractice during the ongoing Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE 2025) across the Greater Masaka region. The arrests, made on November 3, 2025, underscore growing concerns about the integrity of national exams.
[Daily Maverick] The official, Vuyiseka Mboxela, made an unexpected return to work on Monday, 4 November, even though her suspension had been extended to 26 November.
[Daily Maverick] The high court in Johannesburg has ordered Operation Dudula to stop harassing foreign nationals and directed the police and key government departments to enforce the ruling.
A report shared exclusively with the Guardian documents how a civil rights law has become a tool to impose ideological priorities on US schools
US government investigations into universities over antisemitism allegations surged following the 7 October 2023 attacks and Israel’s subsequent war in Gaza, with more investigations open in the last two months of that year than in the two decades...
[Capital FM] At least five people have been arrested in Nairobi and other regions across the country for allegedly impersonating candidates in the ongoing Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations.
[Ghanaian Times] The Ministry of Education has launched the Foundational Learning Action Tracker (FLAT) to improve teaching and learning outcomes at the basic education level.
[Ghanaian Times] GHANA has renewed its commitment to promoting digital literacy, integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI), and strengthening foundational learning as part of efforts to transform its education system into a leading hub of academic excellence in Africa.
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — Nineteen Liberian students studying in India under the Monrovia Consolidated School System (MCSS) scholarship program are raising alarms over what they describe as neglect and abandonment by the institution’s current administration.
[Nile Post] A major examination scandal has hit Kisoro District after a teacher was arrested for allegedly leaking the PLE Science paper to candidates before the official start of the exam.
[Vanguard] ABUJA –THE Federal Government said, yesterday, said it has literally met demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, claiming the last strike embarked upon by the union was unjustified.
[Leadership] Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu has given a firm directive to the Ministry of Education to ensure that university students remain in school, saying the Federal Government was doing everything humanly possible to prevent further strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
[Capital FM] Nairobi — The government will settle the outstanding Sh7.76 billion owed to public university staff under the 2017-2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in phases over the next three years, Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has said.
Experts say pupils should spend less time in exam halls and more time on activities like life skills, sport and work experience
National curriculum review: 10 key recommendations
A review of England’s curriculum has recommended reducing the amount of content and emphasis on exams and instead focusing more on life skills and “enrichment”.
The review, led by Prof Becky Francis, wants pupils to...
Proposals include shortening length of GCSE exams, a new diagnostic test in maths and English, and expanding RE
Curriculum ‘should focus less on exams and more on life skills’
The year-long curriculum and assessment review headed by Prof Becky Francis was asked by the government to look at primary, secondary and aged 16-19 phases of state education in England. It heard more than 7,000 responses...
