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Africa: New Surveys of Children Highlight Education Challenges Across Eastern and Southern Africa
Unicef, 12 November 2024
Ahead of World Children's Day 2024, data from multiple countries reveal children's awareness of their rights, but significant barriers to education persist Read more »
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South Africa: South Africa's Classrooms Should Have a 'Box' of Languages to Help Children Learn - New Bilingual Education Policy Is a Start
The Conversation Africa, 5 November 2024
Language has always been used as a political football in South Africa. This can be traced back to the competing English and Dutch colonisers, from the 17th to the early 20th… Read more »
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Africa: Transforming Africa With the Power of Education
IPS, 1 November 2024
Africa Youth Day Statement by Education Cannot Wait Executive Director Yasmine Sherif Read more »
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Africa: 251 Million Children Still Out of School Worldwide, Unesco Reports
UN News, 31 October 2024
Despite decades of educational progress and international commitments, a quarter of a billion children and youth remain out of school worldwide, UN education agency UNESCO's latest… Read more »
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South Africa: Education Key for African Children
SAnews.gov.za, 18 September 2024
Speaker of the National Assembly, Thoko Didiza, has told a gathering of the Speakers of African Parliaments that the education of African children in the 21st Century is dependent… Read more »