The private educational institutions in South Africa have started to earn international recognition, as five schools made it to the prestigious Spear’s Schools Index 2025 list. Spear’s Magazine compiles the list each year, which consists of the best private schools from around the world, including those known for excellence other than academics alone. What Sets […]
There is a rampant fraud currently sweeping across the nation that is targeting prospective applicants who hope to gain from the popular OPay scholarship scheme. Opay scholarship scam warning, However, the issue at hand is that while OPay has indeed offered an actual scholarship scheme worth over ₦1.2 billion, it also seems that scammers are […]
South Africa’s Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga has detailed some of her department’s plans to provide personal protective equipment to learners. Motshekga announced last week that the country’s schools would reopen for Grade 7 and Grade 12 students on June 1, 2020. Responding in a parliamentary Question and Answer session yesterday, Motshekga said that […]
Increase in jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso since 2017 has led to the closure of more than 2,000 schools, according to a Human Rights Watch report released Tuesday. Citing the Ministry of Education, the report says 2,500 schools have been closed, depriving nearly 350,000 students access to education. At least 222 education workers have been […]
Private school owners in the country under the aegis of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, NAPPS, have called on the Federal Government to embark on a gradual reopening of schools in the country, beginning with students in terminal classes such as primary 6, Junior Secondary School Class Three and Senior Secondary School […]
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is expected to announce this week when schools will officially reopen. After consultations with various stakeholders, Motshekga has promised to brief the nation on Thursday, her department said in a statement. Motshekga is expected to provide details of the final dates and detailed plans for the phased approach to the […]
Several schools and colleges in Harare have been turned into isolation centres to hold hundreds of Zimbabweans who are returning from neighbouring countries and further afield. Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Clifford Motera revealed that they had prepared a number of quarantine centres around the capital. He said: […]
The population survey consisted of early graduates over the past decade, current students, parents and legal guardians, council leaders (LC1), teachers, school leaders, and district staff in some regions. Despite these efforts, dropout rates in secondary education have increased. However, despite these efforts, secondary school dropout rates have been increasing. According to UNESCO, dropout rates […]
Minister for Education and Sport, Janet Kataaha Museveni has said that if everything goes according to plan, the schools will open again later this month. On March 18, President Museveni ordered all schools in the country to be closed for 30 days as one of the ways to fight the spread of the deadly coronavirus […]
Several people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus in KwaZulu-Natal after coming into contact with a 45-year-old teacher who died of Covid-19. The teacher, from Platt Drive Primary in Isipingo, south of Durban, died on Tuesday after testing positive about a week ago, according to the Department of Education. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize confirmed the […]
Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara has approved the appointment of Prof. Mustapha Mohammed-Akanbi as substantive Vice Chancellor of the State University, Malete. Hajia, Sa’adatu Modibbo the state’s Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Science and Technology, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Ilorin. Modibbo said that the appointment followed the recommendation of the University Governing […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Wednesday maintained that it will not suspend its ongoing strike until the Federal Government honours its agreements with the union. This was disclosed by Dr Ezekiel Agbalagba, the ASUU branch chairman, Federal University of Petroleum Resources (FUPRE), Effurun, Delta state while speaking with the News Agency of […]
Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Umahi, has directed for the immediate close down of all private and public nursery, primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in the state. The directive was part of measures to contain any possible spread of the ravaging dreaded Coronavirus in the state. In a statement issued by the Secretary to Ebonyi […]
Bayero University Kano(BUK) has suspended lectures for one month and asked students to go home, as part of measures to contain coronavirus. The university suspended lectures following a circular from the Federal Ministry of Education through the National Universities Commission (NUC), ordering the closure of universities. BUK Public Relations Officer, Malam Lamara Garba, said on […]
Government will not return land to the white former commercial farmers but only to the indigenous farmers and those that were under the Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (BIPPA) who were affected during the land reform, Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri has said. Minister Shiri was explaining the Statutory Instrument […]
The department slammed fraudulent attempts to confuse the public, which might contribute to ‘hysteria’. The department of basic education dismissed as fake news a document purporting to be a circular saying that schools would close for four weeks from Monday. “South Africans must ignore the misleading document as it was not issued by the department. […]
Sudan’s has ordered the closure of schools and universities for one month from Saturday to control the spread of coronavirus, a statement from the cabinet said. The statement said all public gatherings, such as weddings and social events, will also be banned. On Friday, Sudan announced its first case of the novel coronavirus following the […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Saturday has urge the federal government to, as a matter of urgency, declare a five-year state of emergency in the education sector by allocating 26 per cent of its annual budget to the sector. The union claimed that the allocation of 26 per cent of federal and […]
Gayaza High School’s Corby House dormitory housing 60 students caught fire on Friday night. The headteacher Robinah Kizito Katongole assured parents and the public of students’ safety despite the fire incident. She also noted that students are receiving counseling to help them overcome the trauma. Kizito has appealed to the parents and well-wishers to help […]
