FRIDAY, 08 AUGUST 2025, 12:40
More than £500m was deposited into schemes used to pay fees upfront before VAT announcement
Money saved using schemes to avoid paying VAT on private school fees could be clawed back by the government, tax experts have said, after it was revealed that the schemes had raised more than £500m.
Analysis by the Daily Telegraph found that the UK’s wealthiest private schools took in £500m last year...
Attainment gap between pupils from wealthy and deprived areas closes only slightly despite being SNP’s core mission
Ministers in Scotland are facing intense criticism over a sluggish increase in exam passes by teenagers from deprived areas after repeated promises to greatly improve performance.
Opposition parties and Scotland’s largest teaching union said progress in closing the attainment...
[Vanguard] The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has urged the public to disregard viral messages claiming that the results of certain schools have been cancelled.
[The Point] In a landmark move to bolster education and youth empowerment, the Banjul City Council (BCC), under the leadership of Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe, has disbursed over one million dalasis (D1,000,000) in scholarships to deserving students for the 2025 academic year, reaffirming its commitment to investing in human capital.
[Nile Post] Kamwenge District has registered a total of 5,027 pupils to sit the 2025 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), reflecting a 3% increase from the previous year’s total of 4,876 candidates.
Plus, remembering “the Willy Wonka of cheese.”
Three Opinion writers debate whether universities should make a deal with the administration.
A decline in the number of children and rise in the number of choices has created a crisis for public schools. Some are trying new strategies to recruit students.
[Leadership] The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Monday released the results of the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) for school-based candidates, with data showing poor performance in English and Mathematics.
[Vanguard] As part of its on-going immigration crackdown, the US government yesterday, warned that international students who either skip classes or leave their programme would have their visa revoked.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis, August 5 — President Kais Saied chaired, on Monday afternoon at the Carthage Palace, a meeting that included Minister of Education Noureddine Nouri, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mondher Belaid, Minister of Employment and Vocational Training, Riadh Chaoued, Minister of Youth and Sports, Sadok Mourali, Minister of Religious Affairs, Ahmed...
[Daily Trust] Parents, others blame CBT for poor performance
The fines are given when a child registers 10 unauthorised half-day school absences, a council says.
[The Conversation Africa] South African learners consistently struggle with reading comprehension, performing poorly in both international and local assessments. A significant issue is that 81% of grade 4 learners (aged 9 or 10) are unable to read for meaning: they can decode words, but do not necessarily understand them.
The university was open to spending $500 million, but a $50 million settlement with Brown has prompted new debates in Cambridge.
Before 9/11, she ran a dry cleaning business in Massachusetts; in the aftermath, she returned home after decades away to educate young girls.
A statistical analysis found that the number of fake journal articles being churned out by “paper mills” is doubling every year and a half.
[Ghanaian Times] The Minister for Finance, Mr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has disclosed that the President, His Excellency (H.E) John Dramani Mahama, has introduced a Tertiary Education Scholarship Scheme for children of cocoa farmers.
The university is turning to a former law school dean to lead the school as it faces pressure from Republicans in both Virginia and Washington, D.C.
Alan Garber told faculty a settlement with White House is not imminent, according to Harvard’s student newspaper
Harvard University president Alan Garber has told faculty a deal between the Ivy League institution and the Trump administration is not imminent – and denied reports that the university is considering a $500m settlement with the White House, Harvard’s student newspaper the...
Spikes in the number and influence of briefs filed by historians have prompted questions about the role scholars should play in litigation.