SUNDAY, 21 APRIL 2019, 14:06
[Govt of SA] Parents must uphold the right to education and dignity for learners with intellectual disabiliities, says Deputy Minister Bogopane Zulu
[SAnews.gov.za] Government is stepping up the gear in the provision of technologically advanced schools to ensure the cultivation of much-needed skills.
[Nation] The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) on Tuesday insisted that teachers will be recruited and promoted on the basis of available vacancies and taking into account existing establishments.
[Daily News] PUBLIC aw areness on environmental protection is still needed despite the fact that the campaign for it has been there since the first phase government of Mw alimu Julius Nyerere.
[The Conversation Africa] Vice-chancellors of Kenya’s 33 public universities are demanding a three-fold tuition fee increase. They point out that the proposed fee increase will merely meet the actual cost of providing university education.
[Nation] Retrenchment of teaching and non-academic staff is looming at universities after 107 courses failed to attract students.
[Guardian] Considered an innovation in Nigeria, the biometric verification mode adopted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to ward off cheats and eliminate examination malpractice at the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has again brought up the system for scrutiny as students and parents cry blue murder, writes Head, Education Desk, Iyabo Lawal.
My experience running a course empowering homeless people to apply to university showed me how many barriers they face
When Lucy Davis left school at 12, falling into addiction and ultimately homelessness, the last thing she thought she’d be doing at 30 was going to university. But now she’s planning to start a fine art degree in September.
Davis is one of five students – all homeless and...
Two teaching unions criticise an internship for teachers run by Stranmillis University College.
[Premium Times] Researchers have been warned against plagiarising the works of others as is now the trend in modern writing globally.
‘Shocking’ data reveals one in 12 schoolchildren in 2012-2017 cohort were removed from rolls without explanation
An investigation into the true scale of “off-rolling” from schools in England has found that more than 49,000 pupils from a single cohort disappeared from the school rolls without explanation.
Researchers from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) said that one in 12 pupils (8.1%)...
Many schools in England using pupil premium funds to avoid deficits, Sutton Trust says
School budget cuts are “endangering” efforts to improve education for poor pupils, according to a survey that found two-thirds of headteachers say they have cut staff to make ends meet.
The survey of 1,700 teachers and school leaders in England, published by the Sutton Trust educational charity, found that...
NEU says strict behaviour codes in some schools are ‘damaging to pupil mental health’
A leading teaching union has branded increasingly draconian zero-tolerance behaviour policies in schools in England as “inhumane” and “damaging to pupil mental health”.
The National Education Union (NEU), which is holding its annual conference in Liverpool this week, said zero-tolerance approaches to...
Teachers tell how zero tolerance behaviour policies are sending pupils into isolation rooms for hours.
[Foroyaa] A fourteen-team tournament featuring lower basic schools drawn from Niumi has teed off with ActionAid International The Gambia its backer.
[New Republic] The founder and CEO of the Gbarwine Literacy Program has donated several assorted school materials to over 500 school children who are beneficiaries of the program.
[Premium Times] Thousands of candidates who sat for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) would have their results withheld for engaging in examination malpractices.
The Bauhaus was born in Weimar, but was forced to flee the conservative city. Now it’s back with a centenary museum – as Germany’s far right rises again
The German city of Weimar has long bathed in its historic cultural heritage, boasting such illustrious former residents as Goethe, Schiller, Bach and Liszt. Its quiet cobbled streets are lined with creamy stuccoed piles where great men of...
[Foroyaa] The 10th April 2000 student demonstration that saw the massacre of 14 students by Gambian armed security men, was yesterday commemorated.
[This Day] The Chief Executive Officer of Slot System Limited, Mr. Nnamdi Ezeigbo has urged institutions in the country to embrace e-learning to expand their learning and business outcomes.
[Shabait] Mendefera -Owing to the active participation of administrations encouraging adult education program was registered in the Southern region in the past five years. The report was made at an activity assessment meeting conducted on 11 and 12 April in Mendefera city.