Nigeria: 38 Ekuru Worshippers Freed, 51 Students Rescued, 13 Niger Teachers Still in Captivity
[This Day] *Tinubu: I Won’t relent, we’ll secure Nigeria
Education
Nigeria: Better Late Than Be the Late
[This Day] The panic closure at the weekend of public boarding secondary schools by, at the last count, six Northern state governments, hot on the heels of the closure of forty-one Federal Unity Colleges by the Federal Ministry of Education, reminded me of a huge billboard that Nigeria Police used to erect on highways in the 1970s. It was warning motorists against over speeding. The police...
Nigeria: FCT Teacher, Serah Yusuf, Emerges Winner of 2025 Maltina Teacher of the Year Competition
[Premium Times] Ms Yusuf, adjudged the winner of the 2025 Maltina Teacher of the Year Competition, received a cash prize of ₦10,000,000 (ten million naira), an all-expense-paid overseas capacity development training, and a ₦30 million school infrastructure project
Are Schools a Problem?
We look into the mental health crisis affecting American youth.
Starmer says sorry for leading pupils in 6-7 dance
The prime minister performed a version of the viral dance with primary school children, before being told it was not allowed.
Dozens of US universities at risk of funding cuts over supprt for DEI
State department proposes excluding 38 institutions from Diplomacy Lab partnership including Harvard and Yale
More than three dozen universities including Harvard, Yale, Stanford and Duke have their participation in a federal research partnership on the chopping block after the state department proposed to suspend them over their diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practices.
Last week, the...
Ghana: Labone Shs Takes Delivery of 3,282 Mono Desks
[Ghanaian Times] The Ministry of Education (MoE) has assured that it is working around the clock to procure 200,000 mono desks for 100 double-track Senior High Schools (SHS) to support their transition to a single-track system for a favourable learning environment. This effort forms part of the Ministry’s commitment to systematically and sustainably close furniture gaps across all second-cycle...
I’m a Professor. A.I. Has Changed My Classroom, but Not for the Worse.
My students’ easy access to chatbots forced me to make humanities instruction even more human.
Rwanda: Young Graduates Find Prosperity, Purpose in Agribusiness
[New Times] Growing up in Rusizi District, where farming was a common source of livelihood, Mico Mariette disliked agriculture.
Protest over future of university language courses
The University of Nottingham has suspended entry for new students on modern language courses.
PM visits East of England to mark free school meal expansion
Tens of thousands of children in the region are set to be eligible for the scheme, the government says.
Nigeria: Reported Abduction of Children and Teachers From a Secondary School in Niger State, Nigeria
[Unicef] Dakar/Abuja — Scores of children and teachers were reportedly abducted from a secondary school in Niger State, Nigeria, in the early hours of Friday, just days after a separate attack in Kebbi State on Monday led to the abduction of 25 girls from a boarding school.
Nigeria: Names of 265 Students, Teachers Abducted in Niger Released
[Vanguard] The Catholic Diocese of Kontagora in Niger State has published the full list of 265 students and teachers from St. Mary’s School, Papiri, who remain in captivity.
Nigeria: Kebbi School Girls’ Abduction Deliberate Attempt to Undermine Educational Development – CSOs
[Vanguard] The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Kebbi has described the recent abduction of schoolgirls in the state as a deliberate attempt to undermine educational development in the region.
Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Moves to Mandate Citizenship Education in Universities
[Premium Times] The curriculum will emphasise participatory governance, diversity, peace, justice, and value-based learning, ensuring universities produce not just graduates, but responsible citizens committed to nation-building.
Uganda: Parents Urged to Prioritise Quality Education in School Selection
[Nile Post] Parents have been advised to be careful when choosing schools for their children and to first analyze what their children are likely to learn from those schools.
Children told to wear layers amid heating issues
Bishop’s Cleeve Primary Academy says it is applying for funding to replace its heating system.
The school with almost 100% attendance – and how they did it
Attendance rates remain significantly lower than in 2019, but one school is bucking the trend.
UK politics: Risk of Maccabi Tel Aviv facing antisemitic attacks not ‘predominant’ reason for match ban, police tell MPs – as it happened
West Midlands police’s assistant chief constable says threat of violence by Maccabi fans was more important consideration
Badenoch says the government should be cutting regulation.
And she claims she can do this because, when she was business secretary, she was able to cut regulation. As an example, she says she ruled about mandatory ethnicity pay reporting.
Fewer and fewer people are working...
Nigeria: 265 Pupils Kidnapped From St. Mary’s School Are Still in the Hands of Kidnappers – Bishop Tells Fides – ‘This Is the Work of Criminals’
[Agenzia Fides] Abuja — “The kidnappers are almost certainly criminals seeking illicit gain by demanding a ransom for the release of the young people they have captured,” Msgr. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna of Kontagora, the diocese where several hundred students were kidnapped on November 21 by armed bandits who stormed St. Mary’s Catholic primary and secondary school in the community of Papiri, told...
Roya Mahboob Seeks New Ways to Educate Afghan Girls Under Taliban Rule
The entrepreneur Roya Mahboob is building off-line apps, underground networks and a global robotics team to educate Afghan girls unable to attend school.