Leqaa Kordia, 33, had been held in a Texas facility, where she said her health had declined. She was arrested during a 2024 protest and then detained by ICE in March 2025.

[Leadership] Dr Bala Maijama’a Wunti has provided free unlimited internet access for Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi (ATBU), to improve access to digital learning resources.

[SAnews.gov.za] The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has dismissed as false and misleading a social media claim alleging that a student received a payment of R630 434.44 from the scheme.

[Scrolla] Joburg EMS is warning parents and schools about a dangerous new trend called ‘Chuff’ where learners inhale fire extinguisher contents. Inhaling fire extinguisher chemicals can lead to breathing difficulties, pneumonia, seizures and death, the Johannesburg Emergency Management Services has warned.

[SAnews.gov.za] The North West Department of Education has moved to dispel misleading information currently circulating on social media of a photo of a 54-year-old woman allegedly arrested for beating a 12-year-old learner to death for not wearing proper school uniform.

[GroundUp] Heavy rains in Vhembe have washed away bridges and damaged roads

[Capital FM] Nairobi — Kenya’s ambition to provide nutritious, locally sourced meals to millions of learners through the National Home Grown School Meals Programme is bold and necessary. With close to three million children reached in 2025 and a longer-term goal of ten million by 2030, the scale of the promise is clear. National targets, however, tell only part of the story. The more difficult...

[This Day] PwC Nigeria and Lagos Business School (LBS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deliver specialised sustainability and climate-focused capacity-building programmes for sustainability professionals, senior executives and board members across Nigerian organisations.

Leaders and parents worry that a widening economic divide amid the current affordability crisis could amplify the role that money plays in access to a robust education in New York.

After the University of Florida restricted the Republican organization from operating on campus, the group sued the university arguing its First Amendment rights were violated.

The documentary about Vladimir V. Putin’s wartime indoctrination of Russian schoolchildren won an Oscar at Sunday’s Academy Awards.

[Namibian] Many Teachers rely on side businesses to make ends meet, yet punitive audits risk demoralising the very educators tasked with shaping Namibia’s future.

Readers respond to a column by Nicholas Kristof. Also: Artificial intelligence pitfalls in school.

[Vanguard] Veteran actress , Eucharia Anunobi has opened up about her difficult relationship with her father, revealing that he strongly opposed her education and career ambitions simply because she was a girl.

Does “choice” in Idaho mean vouchers for private-school tuition or publicly funded remote learning that has brought AP classes and advanced math to the state’s rural reaches?

[Premium Times] Management says affected students’ dressing appeared “moderate and appropriate” as investigation begins into conduct of dress code committee members.

[Nile Post] Education stakeholders in Mityana District have called on the Ministry of Education and Sports to introduce systems that regulate how learners access the internet while using computers distributed to schools under the government’s digital learning initiatives.

[Nile Post] The Buganda Minister for Sports, Youths and Talents, Robert Serwanga, has lauded the growing participation and impressive talent demonstrated by students in this year’s Buganda schools’ sports competitions.

[Nile Post] Kabale University joined the global community in commemorating the International Day of Mathematics, using the occasion to encourage appreciation of mathematics as a source of hope, innovation, and practical solutions to societal challenges.