Microsoft said it would provide cash, artificial intelligence tools and computing services to schools, colleges and nonprofit groups.

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against two California agencies, accusing them of violating Title IX by allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ sports.

Researchers in the NOAA program were furloughed because funds to pay them were not available.

[Radio Dalsan] MOGADISHU – As Somalia ramps up preparations to participate in the upcoming Arab University Games in Doha, Qatar, the country’s Minister of Youth and Sports, Hon. Mohamed Abdulkadir Ali, held a key meeting with the Qatari Ambassador to Somalia, Dr. Abdullah bin Salem Al Nuaimi, to discuss Somalia’s involvement and future cooperation in youth and sports development.

[Leadership] Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will hold its annual Policy Meeting today to determine the modalities for admission into Nigeria’s tertiary schools for the 2025/2026 academic session.

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[Ghanaian Times] The Asutifi North District Director of Education in the Ahafo Region, Ms Naomi Asante, has appealed to the government to provide additional infrastructure for deprived basic schools in the district, particularly at the pre-school level in order to help address overcrowding.

[Vanguard] The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Examinations Board, has officially announced the commencement of the second phase of the Year 2025 Entrance Examination for the state’s Model Colleges and Upgraded Junior Secondary Schools, excluding Vetland Junior Grammar School, Ifako-Ijaiye.

[Premium Times] The bill was read for the first time on 2 July.

[Premium Times] The institution will be located in Gudi, Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, and is expected to be formally unveiled in November 2026, when Nigeria hosts the World Public Relations Forum (WPRF).

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — The Liberian Senate has passed an Act to amend and restate the River Gee County Vocational and Technical Training Institute, officially elevating it to a full-fledged institution now known as the River Gee Technical College.

[Liberian Observer] What Exactly are We Accelerating?

[Ethiopian Herald] – The Oromia Education Bureau has announced a comprehensive and ambitious plan to transform the regional education sector, backed by a substantial 66.4 billion Birr budget.

[New Zimbabwe] THE University of Zimbabwe (UZ) administration has suspended six students for holding a demonstration on campus in support of their striking lecturers in May.

[Premium Times] In the communique, the union’s leadership directed the Abuja teachers to return to the classrooms on Wednesday.

[SNA] – The General Administration for Admission, Evaluation, and Authentication of Certificates at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has announced the extension of the electronic application period for general admission for students of the postponed Sudanese Certificate, 2023 until next Thursday, July 10, instead of the previous date of July 7.

The kindergarten’s cooks used inedible pigments to decorate buns and cakes, the authorities said. Eight school officials and employees were detained.

[Leadership] The Federal Government has declared that any admission into Nigeria’s tertiary institutions conducted outside the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) will be considered illegal.

[Leadership] The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), alongside heads of tertiary institutions and other key stakeholders, has fixed the minimum admissible scores for the 2024/2025 academic session into Nigeria’s higher institutions at 150.

[Premium Times] The president said the union is prepared to escalate its action if the federal government fails to pay lecturers’ July salaries by the end of the month