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Education

Zimbabwe: Zimsec June Exam Leak Plotter Arrested

16 April at 19:32 PM, via AllAfrica

[The Herald] A 23-year-old man who created a WhatsApp group with over 900 members in a bid to leak the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) Ordinary and Advanced level June examination papers appeared in court yesterday.

Trump calls Harvard ‘a joke’ and says it should no longer receive federal funds

16 April at 18:26 PM, via The Guardian

University is first in nation to rebuff onerous demands, including federal oversight of students and departments

Donald Trump has declared that Harvard University should no longer receive federal funds, calling the pre-eminent university in the US a “joke” that “teaches hate and stupidity”.

Harvard made headlines on Monday by becoming the first university to stand up against a series of onerous...

Rwanda: Back-to-School Plan for Boarding Students Announced

16 April at 17:42 PM, via AllAfrica

[New Times] The National Examination and School Inspection Authority (NESA) has released the official schedule for the return of boarding school students ahead of the third and final term of the 2024/2025 academic year, with learners countrywide expected to report back between April 21 and 24.

In Sweden, parents get time off work to introduce their kids to school. Americans need this too

16 April at 17:00 PM, via The Guardian

Parents can do inskolning as part of their 480 days of paid leave per child – as an American, this was a foreign concept

About a month ago, I sat on a tiny wooden chair, hand-embroidering a thick cotton pillowcase in dim candlelight. Eight Swedish children softly sang a good morning song over tiny cups of peach-colored herbal tea.

This is not a tale of a tradwife textile artist living off the...

Trump-style book censorship is spreading – just ask British librarians | Alison Hicks

16 April at 16:28 PM, via The Guardian

UK schools are coming under pressure to remove titles from their shelves. It’s not coming from the place you might think

For all its talk of free speech, the Trump administration seems remarkably comfortable with censorship. Earlier this year, children studying at Pentagon schools (serving US military families) were prevented from accessing libraries for a week while officials reviewed their...

Trump sues Maine over transgender athletes in schools amid funding threats

16 April at 16:04 PM, via The Guardian

Justice department lawsuit escalates a battle over Title IX as Maine vows to fight federal funding cuts in court

The Trump administration sued Maine on Wednesday for allowing transgender girls to compete in school sports, dramatically escalating a confrontation that has already seen threats to cut the state’s education and school lunch funding.

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the lawsuit...

Alarm on campus after FBI raid on Chinese cybersecurity professor’s home

16 April at 15:47 PM, via The Guardian

Xiaofeng Wang was fired by Indiana University on same day as raid – and Asian students fear political motivation

When FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents descended recently on two homes owned by Xiaofeng Wang, a Chinese national and cybersecurity professor at Indiana University, many in the idyllic college town of Bloomington were shocked.

In December, Wang had been questioned...

Nigeria: Why FG Should Establish Education Database, Others – Salami

16 April at 12:19 PM, via AllAfrica

[Vanguard] The Proprietress/ Director of School, Epitome Primary School, Isolo, Lagos, Mrs Bunmi Salami, has stressed the significance of establishing a national education database, saying it would help the government to track students’ progress, identify areas of improvement and boost policy-making.

Liberia: TU Student Selected for Prestigious U.S. Leadership Program

16 April at 12:14 PM, via AllAfrica

[Liberian Observer] William V. S. Tubman University (TU) is pleased to announce that Brenda Wisner, a distinguished student from the College of Business & Administration , has been selected to participate in the 2025 Study of the U.S. Institutes (SUSI) Madeleine K. Albright Young Women Leaders Program on Economic Empowerment.

Kenya: MPs Contest ‘Flawed’ Teacher Promotions By TSC

16 April at 11:16 AM, via AllAfrica

[Capital FM] Nairobi — The recent promotion of over 151,000 teachers by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has sparked a storm in the National Assembly, with Members of Parliament condemning the exercise as flawed, opaque, and potentially fraudulent.

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