Educators who participated in an illegal strike in 2012 that lasted for two weeks have been given warning letters by the ministry of education. Read more »
According to a report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), one million children in the country do not attend school despite free ... Read more »
In a bid to streamline agencies of government and reduce the cost of governance, the government has scrapped the National Examinations Council and the Joint Admissions and ... Read more »
Dr. Osama al-Abd, former president of Al-Azhar university, was dismissed after hundreds of students were left ill from food poisoning. Read more »
A number of gunmen shot dead four teachers and injured four pupils in separate attacks on two primary schools in Maiduguri. Read more »
The Ekiti State University has expelled five students for allegedly raping a female student. Read more »
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has expressed disgust over the appalling condition of the country's education system, describing the ministry that oversees the sector as a "big ... Read more »
At least 28% of schoolgirls in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands are HIV positive. The country's Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi says around 94 000 schoolgirls were pregnant in ... Read more »
South Africa's basic education minister, Angie Motshekga, is being dragged to court over the issue of a lack of teachers in the Eastern Cape. A teachers union earlier called for ... Read more »
Engineering students of the University of Abuja who have been protesting for several months over non-accreditation of their programme are to be relocated to other universities. Read more »
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