[Scrolla] NSFAS approved over 660,000 students for 2026 after teams worked around the clock to process more than 180,000 resubmitted documents. About 21,483 applications remain stuck due to outstanding documents while 85,662 are still being verified by the scheme.

[Independent (Kampala)] On every school day in Uganda, hundreds of learners, teachers, support staff, and visitors converge in one place. Different ages. Different backgrounds. Different needs. One shared responsibility: safety.

[SAnews.gov.za] Government has congratulated Professor Vukosi Marivate on the recommendation by the United Nations Secretary-General to appoint him as a member of the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence.

[Premium Times] KWASU’s Registrar, Kikelomo Sallee, in a statement on Thursday, said Mr Agboluaje was on his way to the campus to write an examination when the accident happened

[Leadership] About 10,000 school girls from Ibarapa communities have participated in a two-day initiative educating girl children on safe sexual life and hygienic menstrual management propelled by the senator representing Oyo South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Dr Sharafadeen Alli.

Many Americans will see bigger refunds and new deductions, while others may be revisiting the dreaded alternative minimum tax. Don’t panic just yet.

[Daily Maverick] The shared-facility model separates physical infrastructure from institutional identity. Multiple fully fledged schools, each with its own language of instruction, leadership, governance and pedagogical culture, can operate from the same physical site. They share facilities, not identity. Space, not soul.

[This Day] Ibadan — A retired diplomat, Ambassador Akinremi Bolaji, has made a compelling case for prioritising education without geographical location as a fundamental pillar for the development of society.

[Capital FM] Nairobi — The uptake of online learning in Kenyan primary and secondary schools remains low, despite high awareness among parents, a new report shows.

The internet and a new film have breathed life into old conspiracy theories about one of the world’s most famous landmarks.

[The Conversation Africa] Higher education institutions are frequent casualties in violent conflicts. In Palestine, Ukraine and Sudan, to mention only a few recent examples, university campuses have been bombed. Academics, staff and students have been killed, injured or displaced. Teaching, learning and research have been undermined or come to a halt.

Demonstrators, who were demanding that the university provide more protection for international students, blocked Broadway.

As head of the New York Foundation for the Arts, he oversaw almost $23 million in grants and helped bring arts education to struggling schools.

This group show is less self-conscious than slicker surveys, but its offerings are just as worthwhile.

[Ghanaian Times] AFRICA stands at a pivotal moment in its education journey. Across Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and other countries across the continent are working to improve their domestic education systems. However, pressures stretch across the entire system, threatening the very heart of education. UNICEF warns that six million more children may be left out of school over the...