THURSDAY, 28 AUGUST 2025, 22:34
[Leadership] Minister of Education, Dr Olatunji Maruf Alausa, Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other dignitaries have commended the philanthropic gesture of the executive vice chairman/chief executive officer of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Hon. Tunji Bello, in donating a modern auditorium to Lagos State University (LASU), Epe Campus.
[Leadership] The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has said that the upkeep loan disbursement for students is now strictly tied to the academic session of each institution.
[SAnews.gov.za] A 51-year-old school principal, Cornelius Sebothoma, who stands accused of sexually assaulting a learner appeared before the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Thursday where he was granted R3 000 bail.
[GroundUp] Hundreds of SADTU members marched to the Thabo Mofutsanyana education offices to demand that the district director step down
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis, August 22, 2025 — President Kaïs Saïed made an unannounced visit, on Thursday, to the National Pedagogical Center, where he strongly denounced “endemic corruption” within a number of educational institutions across Tunisia. He vowed that “anyone found guilty of corruption will fully face justice.”
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — A high-level United States Congressional Delegation visited Liberia’s Ministry of Education (MOE) on Wednesday to assess the impact of recent funding realignments by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Liberia’s education sector.
[FrontPageAfrica] Congo Town — The Africa International Institute of Science and Technology (AIIST) University College has graduated 125 students in various academic and professional disciplines, marking its 16th Commencement Convocation held at the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Ministerial Complex in Congo Town.
[Daily News] Geita — MWANZA Region has topped the Lake Zone in this year’s Form Four Mock Examinations, with a commanding 94.11 per cent pass rate across all schools.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis — President Kais Saied paid a visit on Thursday to the National Pedagogical Centre, before walking to Souk Al-Asr, Maâkal az-Zaïm and then to the Al-Najah neighborhood in Mellassine.
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This year’s GCSE results in England delivered something that teachers and policymakers had craved in recent years: stability, at least for most 16-year-olds.
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[African Union] Adopted by the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU), at its 1296th Open Session held on Wednesday, 13 August 2025 on Education in Conflict Situations.
The Danish government announced this week that it planned to make books exempt from a 25 percent value-added tax.
[Premium Times] With WASU, the flames of independence in Africa, could not be put out.
The GCSE pass rate has fallen again this year. Here’s what you need to know.
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