April 25
Nigeria: FG Closes FGGC Abaji Over Fence Project
Daily Trust
The Federal Government Girls College (FGGC), Abaji has been closed for two weeks, after resumption of third term academic session, to allow for the reconstruction of the collapsed… Read more »
April 24
Uganda: China and WFP Join Forces to Boost School Meals and Promote Access to Education in Uganda
WFP
The Government of the People's Republic of China has provided funding to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for the provision of school meals to over 165,000 children in… Read more »
Nigeria: Initiative Increases Enrolment in Kebbi Schools
Premium Times
Alongside Sokoto and Yobe States, Kebbi is ranked high on the list of states with high number of out-of-school children in Nigeria. Read more »
Seychelles: Greenpeace Teams Up With University of Seychelles for Seagrass Research Onboard Rainbow Warrior
Seychelles News Agency
The Greenpeace ship, the Rainbow Warrior, arrived in Port Victoria in Seychelles after a week-long expedition with a team of scientists and students from the University of… Read more »
April 23
Nigeria: ASUU Threatens Strike Over Attacks On Lecturers in Uniben
Daily Trust
The University of Benin chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it will not resume academic activities next Monday, citing concerns about increased… Read more »
Nigeria: Low Turnout As Schools Resume in FCT
Daily Trust
There was low turnout of pupils/students of both secondary and primary schools across the six area councils of the FCT as schools resume for 3rd tern academic season on Monday. Read more »
Nigeria: Unilag Begins Award of Double Certificates
Daily Trust
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has introduced a new programme called the Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Business Incubation Certification (EIBIC), which will lead to students… Read more »
Nigeria: Kudos, Caution On Student Loans
Daily Trust
On April 3, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed into law the Student Loans (Access to Higher Education) Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2024, which creates the facility for… Read more »
Nigeria: Private School Owners Beg Govt On Improved Security, Tax Reduction, Others
Vanguard
Private school proprietors, under the aegis of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, NAPP, have appealed to government to provide adequate security, reduce… Read more »
Nigeria: Police, Ogun Govt On Trail of Killers of Babcock Varsity Lecturer
Vanguard
A lecturer with Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo in Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State, Professor Yinka Olowojobi, has been shot dead at a relaxation centre in Iperu. Read more »
April 22
Nigeria: Govt Announces 18 Years As Minimum Age for Tertiary Education
Premium Times
"The minimum age of entry into the university is 18, but we have seen students who are 15, 16 years going in for the entrance examination." Read more »
Kenya: 12 African Ministers of Education to Convene in Nairobi for Paset's 6th Forum On Skills and Industrialization
Capital FM
At least 12 African Ministers of Education are expected to gather in Nairobi for the 6th Forum of the Partnership for Skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering, and Technology… Read more »
Nigeria: Breaking Gender Barriers Through Education
Africa Renewal
Nigerian gender advocate roots for empowerment of women and girls Read more »
South Africa: Academics With Disabilities - South African Universities Need an Overhaul to Make Them Genuinely Inclusive [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Very little research has been conducted about academics with disabilities working in South African universities. This means their stories, and the challenges they face in the daily… Read more »
Liberia: Petition Awaits GOL for MOE Budget Increment
Liberian Observer
Educational Stakeholders in Bong County say plans are underway to petition the government of President Joseph N. Boakai and Jeremiah Kung through the Bong County Legislative Caucus… Read more »
Kenya: Huawei to Sponsor University Students to Undergo Tech Training in S.Africa
Capital FM
Huawei Kenya is set to sponsor selected students from different universities in the country in a technology teaching program in South Africa. Read more »
April 21
Nigeria: The Delay, the Relay, the Display - Reflections As Prof Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello Clocks 60
Vanguard
A starting point will be to felicitate our motherly scholar and scholarly mother, the vice chancellor of Lagos State University, LASU, as she joins the league of sexagenarians on… Read more »
Nigeria: Borrow Pit Collapses, Kills 7 Almajiris in Kebbi
Leadership
Seven Qur'anic School pupils popularly called Almajiris studying at Malam Dan-umma Qurnic School at Bayan Science, Badariya area, in Birnin Kebbi local government area of Kebbi… Read more »
Nigeria: Gov Eno Offers Job, Scholarship to Wife, Daughter of Businessman Killed By Kidnappers
Leadership
Akwa Ibom State governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has offered job opportunity to the wife of a businessman, Sylvanus Ukpong who was killed by kidnappers and given a scholarship to the… Read more »
Nigeria: Rotimi (Johnson) Sankore (1966-2024)
Vanguard
Rotimi Johnson - later Rotimi Sankore - was my high school classmate at the very prestigious Government College Umuahia. We were of the "Class of '78". That is, we were of the… Read more »
April 20
Nigeria: Nigeria's Tunde Onakoya Shatters World Record with 60-Hour Chess Marathon
Premium Times
He originally set out to do 58 hours, Onakoya persevered for a grueling 60 hours. Read more »
April 19
Liberia: CSOs Lobby With Lawmakers for Increment in Education Budget
Liberian Observer
The Education Advocacy Coalition recently concluded a meeting with lawmakers to rally for an increase in the national educational budget from 16.3 percent to 20 percent. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Chitepo School of Ideology Important in Safeguarding Gains of Liberation Struggle
The Herald
The liberation war was fought and Independence won in 1980 but some subversive elements continue to undermine the gains of the struggle. Read more »
April 15
Africa: 5 Questions Schools and Universities Should Ask Before They Purchase AI Tech Products [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Every few years, an emerging technology shows up at the doorstep of schools and universities promising to transform education. The most recent? Technologies and apps that include… Read more »