[Capital FM] Nakuru — The death toll from the tragic fire at Utumishi Girls Academy has risen to 15, with more than 100 students hospitalised with injuries as rescue and emergency response efforts continue.

[Capital FM] Nairobi — Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka has called on the government to ensure that expressions of grief over the tragic fire at Utumishi Girls Academy are matched with urgent reforms to improve safety standards in schools across the country.

[Capital FM] Nakuru — At least 10 students have been confirmed dead following a devastating overnight fire that razed a dormitory at Utumishi Girls Academy in Nakuru.

[Liberian Observer] Liberia has launched a pioneering, evidence-based school drug prevention initiative aimed at addressing rising concerns over substance abuse among young people, with education and development advocates describing it as a major shift toward structured, prevention-focused intervention in the education sector.

[New Times] A new nutrition-focused initiative promoting the cultivation of iron-rich beans and vegetables in school farms is set to improve diets and reduce school feeding costs for more than 445,000 learners in Karongi, Nyamasheke and Rusizi districts.

Ball State University is the latest institution to agree to pay workers who lost their jobs over their posts about the conservative activist.

[HRW] Prosecutor Investigates Authors of Statement as Crackdown on Dissent Deepens

The American Federation of Teachers recommended “no screens” at all for those in second grade or younger, and no A.I. chatbots for students in elementary school.

[This Day] Abuja — The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Education Board has begun a partnership with Values And Opportunities (VANDO) Global Limited Purpose to Career (P2C) Programme to equip young secondary school leavers with the right career tools.

[Africa Check] No, Kenya’s teachers commission hasn’t released mandatory list of approved teaching subject combinations; viral document fake

[GroundUp] The state is using the public works programme to avoid paying them the national minimum wage

[Daily Maverick] The Government of National Unity defends a R149-billion higher education budget while facing sharp criticism from opposition parties over NSFAS failures and pressing student issues.

[GroundUp] Parents of learners at KwaZulu-Natal school demand more action

[L’Express] We wish to bring attention to the lived reality of supply teachers in Mauritius – a group that plays a crucial role in keeping schools functioning every single day, yet continues to face serious structural inequalities. Supply teachers are expected to fully perform as classroom teachers, yet under very different conditions. This raises important questions that deserve the Ministry...

[This Day] In what many stakeholders have described as another bold statement of confidence in young Nigerian excellence, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Prof. Segun Aina as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), entrusting one of Nigeria’s most critical educational institutions to a 40-year-old scholar, technocrat, and examination systems expert.

[This Day] At the Commonwealth Institute Universities Leaders Conference held recently in Lagos, university administrators, financial experts and education strategists explored practical ways institutions can diversify revenue sources, strengthen alumni engagement, commercialise research and build strategic partnerships capable of sustaining quality higher education. Funmi Ogundare reports

A federal judge also said that the government had offered no real justification for limiting a professor’s ability to express opinions in the classroom at the U.S. Military Academy.