Gambia: Mobse Launches Africa’s First Master’s Program in Emis to Advance Data-Driven Education
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Africa: Dirty Money’s Hiding Spots – How Corruption Funds Disappear Overseas
[TI] Imagine billions of dollars siphoned from public funds – money meant to build schools, hospitals and infrastructure – vanishing into a web of offshore accounts, luxury real estate and shell companies. This isn’t fiction; it’s the stark reality of how corruption drains resources from Africa and other regions, leaving people to bear the cost.
A volcanic explosion every 15 minutes: how Australia’s museums are turning to tech to lure us in
Museums are using VR and immersive experiences to boost attendances – and while it can provide an amazing spectacle, critics say it can be an expensive distraction
It starts with a low rumble, then an explosion and a deafening roar. A pyroclastic flow bursts from the volcano and hurtles towards us at a frightening speed. Showers of ash appear to pummel the space around us – well technically,...
Morocco: Preschool – 3,700 Classes Opened in Morocco for 2023-2024 School Year
[MAP] Rabat — Some 3,700 new preschool classes were opened for the 2023-2024 school year, reflecting major growth in the field of preschool education through efforts to promote generalization, a press release from the Moroccan Preschool Foundation (FMPS) says, following its 18th Board of Directors meeting, held recently in Rabat.
Nigeria: First Lady Boosts OAU Endowment Fund to N200m to Support Girl-Child Education
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Zimbabwe: University Experience – Survival of the Fittest
[The Herald] The university experience, often idealised as a journey of self-discovery and academic achievement, can feel more like a battlefield where only the fittest survive.
Uganda: More Arrested As Police Rue Mob Action Over Death of Kyambogo University It Personnel
[Nile Post] Police have said they have made more arrests as investigations into the death of an IT personnel at Kyambogo University in Namugongo near the martyrs shrine continue.
Mother ‘scared’ while testing school walking route
Surrey County Council says it spends around £65m a year on school transport.
Nigeria: Nigerians Decry High Fees in Private Schools, Lament Quality
[Premium Times] A cross-section of the respondents blamed the phenomenon on the lack of effective monitoring of schools by government regulatory agencies.
‘The school system is broken’: Why more parents are home-educating their children
The BBC speaks with parents who insist the school system is “broken” as latest government estimates point to a rise in home education.
Private Schools Group Apologizes After Claims of Antisemitism at Event
After criticism from Jewish groups over speeches at a conference, the president of the National Association of Independent Schools said future addresses would be vetted.
The Guardian view on reforming special needs education: a demanding test for ministers | Editorial
The system has been stretched to breaking point. The government needs to come up with a plan
The urgent need for reform of the special educational needs and disabilities (Send) system in England is arguably the greatest challenge facing the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson. A crisis that built up over the past decade, and whose full impact was eased but also disguised by Conservative...
What kind of society would willingly traumatise its children in the name of education? | John Harris
As claims about practices in two flagship London schools are investigated, it’s time to stop and think about what schools are really for
Ask the average Westminster politician about schools policy and the response will focus on issues that never seem to go away: funding, teacher shortages, and the drive to somehow uncouple unequal educational outcomes from children’s social and economic...
How Student Phones and Social Media Are Fueling Fights in Schools
Cafeteria melees. Students kicked in the head. Injured educators. Technology is stoking cycles of violence in schools across the United States.
Being far from my son’s care home is ‘devastating’
Louise Johnstone’s son Leo has a genetic condition and is being cared for 90 miles away in Preston.
Top English academy trust faces safeguarding review over ‘emotional abuse’ of pupils
Observer investigation into London school has sparked an inquiry into allegations that teachers harmed mental wellbeing of children
A school in one of England’s leading academy trusts is to face an independent safeguarding review after an Observer investigation exposed allegations of emotional abuse of children over two decades.
After an emergency multi-agency meeting on Tuesday, Jim Gamble,...
‘I received a first but it felt tainted and undeserved’: inside the university AI cheating crisis
More than half of students are now using generative AI, casting a shadow over campuses as tutors and students turn on each other and hardworking learners are caught in the flak. Will Coldwell reports on a broken system
The email arrived out of the blue: it was the university code of conduct team. Albert, a 19-year-old undergraduate English student, scanned the content, stunned. He had been...
Primary school children left in tears after vicar tells them ‘Santa isn’t real’
Rev Dr Paul Chamberlain apologises for talk at Hampshire school after angry parents said he ‘ruined Christmas’
Breaking the illusion that Santa is not real is a parental ritual usually handled with painstaking care.
For students at a primary school in Hampshire, however, their childhood wonder was torn to shreds after a vicar told pupils the bearded gift-bearer was made up.
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‘A whole new world opened up’: the radical project taking Israel-Palestine into schools
Issues often deemed too controversial for the classroom are bread and butter for Parallel Histories, which teaches children to see hot-button topics from both sides
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It has dominated the news agenda for the past 14 months, but inside most British classrooms, it’s as if 7 October never happened. Half a million pupils studied history at GCSE or A-level last...
To Dial Down Campus Tensions, Colleges Teach the Art of Conversation
Dialogue is an essential part of college. As anger over the war in the Middle East has brought upheaval to campuses, it has also become a key way schools try to reduce conflict.
‘NI students choose between heating or eating’
Students in Northern Ireland are going without heating and skipping meals, a survey has revealed.