[Shabait] Awat and Freselam Elementary and Junior Schools in Asmara have provided awards to 418 outstanding students who scored high marks in the eighth-grade national examination for the 2024/2025 academic year.
[Nile Post] A group of Ugandan lawmakers is urging Parliament Speaker Anita Among to immediately recall the House to address the ongoing teachers’ strike, which has severely disrupted the education sector.
[Nile Post] Makerere University has commenced disbursing the remaining portion of food and living-out allowances for government-sponsored students, following the release of second-quarter funds from the government.
The administration is trying to make nine universities an offer they seemingly cannot refuse
Sticks are bad, but sometimes corruption through carrots is worse. The Trump administration – after having brutally cut federal funding earlier this year – is now trying to make nine universities an offer that they seemingly cannot refuse. In exchange for preferential treatment in funding and...
[Health-e] 23-year-old Othandiweyo Mkula from Tsolo in the Eastern Cape is on a mission to help prevent more young people in his community from acquiring HIV.
[Vanguard] Abuja–Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Geoffrey Nnaji, yesterday pleaded with authorities of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, to release his academic transcript without further delay and stop playing further politics with the vital document.
[Daily Trust] The federal government, through the ministries of Education and Agriculture and Food Security, in partnership with state governments, has unveiled a new initiative to modernise Nigeria’s agricultural education and equip young people with skills for a technology-driven agricultural sector.
[Vanguard] The federal government has inaugurated the Mahmud Yayale Ahmed-led Expanded Negotiation Committee for Tertiary Institutions to accelerate discussions with academic and non-academic unions across universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education.
[This Day] The Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, has been caught in an alleged certificates forgery scheme, with the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) disowning the Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) degree certificate which the minister submitted to the Senate during his screening in August 2023.
[263Chat] The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Budget, Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion has launched public consultations ahead of the 2026 National Budget with citizens urging the Government to increase spending on healthcare, education and social services to ease the impact of the rising cost of living.
[New Times] Rwanda has been selected among four African countries to receive support from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to develop school-based climate solutions and integrate them into teaching and learning.
Jon Coles tells of shock at lack of planning by government and says it was ‘perfectly clear’ schools would likely close
The leader of one of the largest academy trusts in England has described the Department for Education’s failure to do any planning for school closures before lockdown in March 2020 as “an extraordinary dereliction of duty”.
Jon Coles, the chief executive of the United Learning...
[Daily Trust] The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has honoured the Governor of Adamawa State, Rt. Hon. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, with the Golden Award of Excellence for Education and Teacher Friendliness.
Many students don’t do the reading and don’t speak up in class, according to a report. Now, professors are trying to change a campus culture they say hurts achievement and stifles speech.
[ANGOP] Ramiros — Over the past four years, the Republics of Angola and South Korea have strengthened cooperation in the areas of health and education, said the South Korea ambassador to Angola, Kwangjin Choi.
The 24-hour day might be perfectly synced to men’s hormonal cycle – but the menstrual cycle takes a longer view …
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Once a month without fail I decide to give up on all my goals and ambitions. “There’s just no point,” I sigh to my mother, who smiles and asks what day of my cycle I’m on. I grumble back, insisting it has nothing to do with...
[UCT] A new report, The First 100 Paychecks: An Investigation into South Africa’s new professionals, by the University of Cape Town (UCT) Liberty Institute of Strategic Marketing, has revealed that South African graduates find the transition to adulthood more challenging than ever. Over 80% of surveyed graduates view their degrees as worthwhile investments, but many struggle with independence...