August 23
Kenya: 10,000 Appeals Lodged As Students Contest New Funding Model
Capital FM
Nearly 10,000 aggrieved students have so far registered appeals through the Higher Education Financing (HEF) portal contesting the new university funding model. Read more »
South Africa: Taxi Bosses Demand Children Use Their Services to Get to School
GroundUp
But taxi association denies the letter is from them Read more »
Nigeria: Why We Reduced University, Tertiary Institutions Fees in Delta - Gov. Oborevwori
Premium Times
Delta State Governor Sherriff Oborevwori says he recognises the importance of education. Read more »
Kenya: Mbadi Says No Funds to Employ 20,000 Additional JSS Teachers
Capital FM
National Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi says government has no finances to employ an additional 20,000 Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers amid a looming teachers' strike… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Govt Introduces 'Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology' to Local Authorities Training Manuals, CCC Agrees to Programme
New Zimbabwe
The government has introduced a heritage-based course for mayors, chairpersons and councillors in local authorities that will include the Zanu PF's 'Herbert Chitepo School of… Read more »
August 22
Kenya: Chief Justice Koome Roots for Free Tertiary Education to Resolve Funding Inequalities
Capital FM
Chief Justice Martha Koome has proposed free higher education in a bid to resolve bursary overlaps and unjust classification of students under the new funding scheme. Read more »
South Africa: Basic Education Sets Record Straight On School Feeding
SAnews.gov.za
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has moved to set the record straight following recent allegations regarding the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP). Read more »
South Africa: Nsfas Battles Backlogs, Staff and Tech Woes As MPs Criticise R2m Rent for Swish Cape Town Offices
Daily Maverick
'It is better that we decentralise NSFAS and take it down to provinces, so that each and every province is able to deal and resolve its own issues especially around the appeals,'… Read more »
South Africa: Exorbitant Vice-Chancellor Salary Packages Suggest Something Is Fundamentally Broken in Our Higher Education System
Daily Maverick
The reported excessive and unjustifiable vice-chancellor remuneration packages are an insult to the growing precarity that a lot of staff members face in our universities. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian University Suspends Campus News Publication Over Critical Report
Premium Times
Without providing details, the Nigerian university accused the publication of not adhering to "journalistic standards and university policies". Read more »
Nigeria: ASUU Braces for Industrial Action Over Non-Implementation of Agreements
Leadership
The Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU), may have primed itself for industrial action, unless the federal government settled issues of concern the union raised within 21… Read more »
Uganda: Army Wants Education Ministry to Host Kiswahili Council
Independent (Kampala)
The Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs wants the Uganda National Kiswahili Council to be hosted under the Ministry of Education and Sports as the suitable institution to… Read more »
Nigeria: Another ASUU Strike Looms As Union Gives Govt 21 Days Ultimatum
Premium Times
ASUU asked the governments to address all the "outstanding issues" hindering the development of the nation's universities. Read more »
Ghana: President Akufo-Addo Inaugurates Silver Jubilee Building At Uds, Fulfilling a Promise to Advance Education
Ghana Presidency
In a significant ceremony at the University for Development Studies (UDS) in Tamale, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo inaugurated the newly constructed Silver Jubilee… Read more »
August 21
South Africa: King Promises to Help As Extortion Hits Mthatha Schools
GroundUp
Syndicate closing down businesses and schools Read more »
Nigeria: 21-Year-Old Female Student's Body Found in Refuse Dump
Leadership
A 21-year-old student of Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa, identified as Mojisola Awesu, has been reportedly killed by suspected ritualists in Ilorin, the state… Read more »
Nigeria: NCCE Approves 30 Programmes for College of Education Gindiri
Leadership
The National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) has approved the full accreditation of 30 programmes in the College of Education Gindiri in the Mangu local government… Read more »
Liberia: 'Bridge the Generational Gaps By Building Generational Wealth,' Dehpue Zuo Tells Nimba University Graduates
Liberian Investigator
Graduates of Nimba University have been encouraged to bridge generational gaps by building generational wealth through education, skills, and talents for a new Liberia. Read more »
Nigeria: Benue Subeb Revives Early Childhood Education in Public Primary Schools
This Day
The Executive Chairman of Benue State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr. Grace Adagba, has called on education secretaries and Early Childhood Care Development Education… Read more »
Nigeria: Council Chairman Awards Bursary to Over 400 Undergraduates in Rivers
This Day
The Chairman, Caretaker Committee of Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area, Evans Bipi, has awarded bursary to over 400 undergraduates of the local government in tertiary institutions… Read more »
Nigeria: Tackling Out-of-School Crisis in South-West to Improve Educational Outcomes
This Day
Developing effective models to enhance retention, transition and completion in secondary education to mitigate the challenges of out-of-school children in the six South-West states… Read more »
Nigeria: Oyeweso Calls for Recruitment Facility Upgrade At OAU
This Day
The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Professor Siyan Oyeweso, has expressed concerns over government policies that hinder the recruitment… Read more »
Rwanda: With All Our Efforts, All Children Can Attain ECD Education
New Times
The National Child Development Agency (NCDA) and partners have just concluded the ECD (Early Childhood Development) Conference 2024 under the theme "Nurturing tomorrow: Advancing… Read more »
August 19
South Africa: Unlocking the True Value of Women's Work in School Nutrition
Daily Maverick
This Women's Month -- 30 years since the end of apartheid -- demands meaningful change. We need to shift from words to action. Recognising the work of the women who feed the… Read more »