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The Trump administration wants colleges and universities to share information about the race and gender of applicants to make sure they’re not using racial preferences in admissions.
The historic images of a father known as Renty and his daughter Delia will be honored today in a ceremony by their new steward, a museum in South Carolina.
[Daily Trust] Engineering construction company, Julius Berger Nigeria PLC celebrated International Women’s Day 2026 with outreach activities in Abuja, Lagos, and Port Harcourt schools.
The high schoolers fighting back against tech use.
[Premium Times] The UNN official was sanctioned for relying on an incomplete documentation to erroneously confirm that Mr Nnaji graduated from the university.
[Health-e] As the midday sun intensifies, Busisiwe Khumalo is inside her homein Maitland, Cape Town.
Plus, iPads in kindergarten.
New York’s dentists are aging, and a “retirement cliff” has left a shortage of people in the job.
Troy Closson, who reports on education at The Times, discusses how he covers the largest school system in the country.
[Premium Times] ASUU-UNILAG also accused the university of failing to pay Earned Academic Allowance (EAA) to academics in the Akoka Campus.
[Premium Times] LASEMA said it previously advised the school against using the building due to safety concerns.
[New Times] The Minister of State for Education, Claudette Irere, has emphasised that higher education must play a central role in advancing regional integration within East African Community (EAC).
[Nyasa Times] In a significant turn of events for thousands of students and academic institutions, the High Court in Zomba has temporarily put a stop to a decision that had cast doubt on the validity of qualifications from the Business Management Education Centre (BMEC).
Through his lawyers, Alberto Carvalho, who was put on leave after the F.B.I. raided his home and office, said that his actions were appropriate but that he would respect the investigative process.
The ex-deputy PM told the BBC he would “take on the chin” any criticism surrounding his involvement
[Nile Post] Uganda’s top young French learners were celebrated at the fourth edition of the Njogera Français 2026 competitions, as educators and diplomats highlighted the growing importance of French for career readiness, regional engagement, and global opportunities.
[Nile Post] St. Patrick Secondary School Nabisoigi (SPACK) in Kibaale Town Council marked a decade of academic excellence and regional transformation with the commissioning of the new Nadiope IV Boys Dormitory.
Two doctors affiliated with the university and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital stepped down after an external report found that the administrators mishandled allegations of abuse against Robert Hadden.
[Capital FM] Nairobi — High traffic on the Kenya Medical Training College admissions portal has temporarily disrupted access to admission letters for successful applicants.
As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities – and society at large
Lea Pao, a professor of literature at Stanford University, has been experimenting with ways to get her students to learn offline. She has them memorize poems, perform at recitation events, look at art in the real world.
It’s an effort to reconnect them to the bodily experience...
[Nyasa Times] The Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) has proposed that 10 percent of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) be allocated specifically to improving education standards at constituency level, citing persistent underfunding and growing challenges in Malawi’s public education sector.