[New Times] Higher Education Council (HEC) has launched a nationwide outreach programme targeting higher learning institutions, in a move aimed at assessing and improving the quality of education, governance, and programme delivery.

[Daily News] Dar es Salaam — THE Tanzanian government is intensifying efforts to accelerate digital education as it positions technology a central pillar in transforming teaching methods while equipping students with future-ready skills.

[Premium Times] NAN reports that on 28 April, parents and guardians of a Catholic Church-owned nursery and primary school protested a 43 per cent fee increase arbitrarily imposed by the management just before the third term began.

On the campus of Wagner College, a cutting from a chestnut tree has been planted. It once grew in Amsterdam outside Anne Frank’s window.

The historian Helena Rosenblatt traces the roots of liberalism and the values that many have forgotten.

[Leadership] Education experts and development partners have called on the governments of Kano, Katsina and Jigawa States to prioritise dedicated budgetary allocations for Early Childhood Care, Development and Education (ECCDE) as a critical step towards addressing the rising number of out-of-school children in the region.

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[New Times] The National Examination and School Inspection Authority (NESA) has released the national exams timetable, with exams set to kick off in July.

[SAnews.gov.za] Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela has placed the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) under administration due to governance instability within the institution.

[Scrolla] The national government has seized full control of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS).

[African Arguments] In Femi Kayode’s thriller Lightseekers (2021) the protagonist Philip Taiwo investigates the brutal murder of three students in the fictional university town of Okriki in the Niger Delta. Woven into the plot are aspects that shape the everyday life of many universities in Africa’s most populous country: strikes, corruption, underfunding, and political, religious, and ethnic...

[The Conversation Africa] Across Africa and beyond, education systems are shifting to curricula designed to build critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

[Vanguard] As Nigeria marks the Mental Health Awareness Month this May, there is a growing but under-acknowledged crisis. As far back as 2018, an estimated 14.3 million Nigerians between the ages of 15 and 64 were reported to have used drugs, with about 3 million living with drug use disorders, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC, 2018). Since then, emerging studies...

[Vanguard] No fewer than 18 young Nigerians have been awarded fully funded scholarships worth over $2.1 million to study at the prestigious Berklee College of Music, following the successful completion of the inaugural Tiwa Savage Music Foundation intensive programme.

[SAnews.gov.za] Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela has outlined an ambitious “system reset” for the post-school education and training (PSET) sector.

[SAnews.gov.za] Basic Education Minister, Siviwe Gwarube, has called for urgent and sustained investment in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) as a critical foundation for improving learning outcomes, advancing gender equality, and driving long-term economic growth across Africa.

[Leadership] At least two students and a driver from the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) have died following a tragic road accident along the Calabar-Itu Highway.

[Leadership] The four universities in Delta State have collectively graduated 8,362 students in the 2025 graduation cycle, just as only Delta State University, Abraka produced 5,109 graduates.

[Leadership] The Environmental Health Council of Nigeria (EHCON) in collaboration with the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has announced the unbundling of the existing Higher National Diploma (HND) programme from four National Diploma (ND) programmes into 14 specialised, skills-based areas in environmental health and public health across Colleges of Health Sciences and...