April 15
Africa: 5 Questions Schools and Universities Should Ask Before They Purchase AI Tech Products
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 »
April 22
South Africa: Academics With Disabilities - South African Universities Need an Overhaul to Make Them Genuinely Inclusive
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 »
April 17
South Africa: Social Media for Sex Education - South African Teens Explain How It Would Help Them
Most teenagers dread talking about sex with their parents. Their parents feel the same way. In some societies it's considered taboo to even broach the subject. And, even where… Read more »
April 16
South Africa: South African Study Shows the Power of Sharing Daily Experiences for Teachers to Learn How to Include All Learners
Globally, more than 258 million children and young people between the ages of 6 and 17 are not in school. In South Africa, the figure stands at 232,000 for children aged between 7… Read more »
April 15
South Africa: Digital Textbooks Expand Learning for Engineering Students - South African Study
In the past four years it's become increasingly common for part or all of a university student's learning to happen online. This transition to digital learning platforms has… Read more »
April 10
South Africa: South Africa Is Short of Academic Statisticians - Why and What Can Be Done
Our world is awash with data. A 2019 article published by the World Economic Forum estimated that, by 2025, about Read more »
April 09
Africa: Nine Out of 10 Kids Are Not Developmentally On Track in Literacy and Numeracy - Study of 8 African Countries
Children develop an enormous amount during their early years - socially, physically, emotionally and cognitively. What happens between the ages of 0 and 8 years can predict… Read more »
April 01
Africa: Africa's PhDs - Study Shows How to Develop Strong Graduates Who Want to Make a Difference
The challenge for universities is to produce graduates who can work with others to produce knowledge and research that can change institutions and societies for the better. Read more »
March 25
Africa: Rural Schools in South Africa Can Produce Good Exam Results Too - Study Shows What's Behind One Success Story
Each weekday, hundreds of thousands of children and teenagers in South Africa's rural areas (which make up just over 31% of the country's total area) make the journey to school.… Read more »
March 24
South Africa: Parents Who Believe Their Children Can Have a Better Future Are More Likely to Read and Play With Them - South African Study
Every day, a small group of women make their way through the community of Sweetwaters, near the South African city of Pietermaritzburg, with bags of toys and books. They work as… Read more »
Africa: Worried About How to Support Your Child's Education? Here Are Four Useful Steps You Can Take
Parents play a crucial role in supporting their children's learning. Their involvement lays the foundation for success both inside and outside the classroom. This makes a parent's… Read more »
March 21
Ghana: Ghana's Free High School Policy Is Getting More Girls to Complete Secondary Education - Study
Education drives economic growth and individual well-being. Secondary education, in particular, plays a crucial role. In recent decades, this recognition has encouraged several… Read more »
March 06
Africa: Fake Academic Papers Are On the Rise - Why They're a Danger and How to Stop Them
In the 1800s, British colonists in India set about trying to reduce the cobra population, which was making life and trade very difficult in Delhi. They began to pay a bounty for… Read more »
Africa: U.S. Christian Right Has Taken Aim At LGBTIQ+ Rights, Sex Education and Abortion in Africa - New Book
A new book - The US Christian Right and Pro-Family Politics in 21st Century Africa - reveals the role played by some right wing US Christian groups in trying to spread their social… Read more »
February 28
Africa: Understanding How the Brain Works Can Transform How School Students Learn Maths
School mathematics teaching is stuck in the past. An adult revisiting the school that they attended as a child would see only superficial changes from what they experienced… Read more »
February 22
Africa: Learning in Two Languages - Lessons From Francophone Africa On What Works Best
Children living in multilingual communities often learn in a language at school that does not match the language they speak at home. This mismatch makes it challenging for them to… Read more »
February 06
Nigeria: The Plight of Women Fishers in Lagos's 'Floating Slum'
Makoko, a coastal fishing community in Lagos, Nigeria, was established by fishermen in the 19th century. It is considered the world's largest "floating slum". There are conflicting… Read more »
January 27
South Africa: Matric Results - South Africa's Record School Pass Rates Aren't What They Seem - What's Really Happening in the Education System
South Africa's matric (grade 12) class of 2023, which wrote final school-leaving exams late last year, has been hailed by the country's minister of basic education for achieving… Read more »
January 23
South Africa: Three South African Universities Have New Approaches to Assessing Students
South African higher education faces many complex challenges rooted in the legacy of apartheid. They include the fact that many students are unprepared for or excluded from higher… Read more »
January 24
Namibia: Learning to Read in Another Language Is Tough - How Namibian Teachers Can Help Kids
In a classroom in Namibia's northern Oshikoto region, a teacher has written English vocabulary words on the chalkboard. She asks her learners to read them aloud. When they stumble… Read more »
January 23
Africa: Education Has a Huge Role to Play in Peace and Development - 5 Essential Reads
Nelson Mandela was a famous advocate for the value of education. In 1990, the man who would become South Africa's first democratically president four years later told a high school… Read more »
January 18
Africa: Students Do Better and Schools Are More Stable When Teachers Get Mental Health Support
When it comes to mental health at school, typically the focus is on helping students, especially as they emerge from the pandemic with heightened levels of anxiety, stress and… Read more »
January 22
Kenya: Kenyan Universities Are Very Short of Professors - Why It Matters and What to Do About It
A Kenyan vice-chancellor recently went public about the scarcity of university professors. There are fewer than 1,000 professors for the country's 68 universities and 562,925… Read more »
January 17
Kenya: Should Kenya Abolish All School Exams? Expert Sets Out Five Reasons Why They're Still Useful
The role of examinations in Kenyan schools is under scrutiny. This is because there is a lot that is wrong with the country's examinations, a situation that threatens to derail… Read more »
January 09
Africa: Phd Students' Mental Health Is Poor and the Pandemic Made It Worse - but There Are Coping Strategies That Can Help
A pre-pandemic study on PhD students' mental health showed that they often struggle with such issues. Financial insecurity and feelings of isolation can be among the factors… Read more »