To enable more chances for foreign students to study in Poland, the 2026 Stefan Banach Scholarship Program was established. The Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) conducts this program specifically meant for international students hailing from developing nations. The provision of tuition fees, stipend for the entire duration of the study, along with other […]
The ICCR India-Africa Maitri Scholarship 2026 is progressing into the allocation stage, whereby many African students continue monitoring their application status via the official A2A Portal. At present, applicants are able to log into the portal and check for any updates with regard to admission or allocation to universities, as well as receive a scholarship […]
The World Bank has indicated that about 87% of children in Sub Sahara Africa cannot read and understand a simple story at the age of 10. It has described the situation as a global learning crisis, adding that many children were in school but were lacking quality education. The World Bank Acting Country Manager, Dr […]
The Second Lady, Hajia Samira Bawumia, has been named the first of seven global honourees by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll), in partnership with Ashden. This is in recognition of her contribution towards mobilising action for the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7; the call for universal access to modern reliable, renewable and affordable […]
The BBC Africa Eye has released a year-long investigation documenting the sexual harassment behaviour of some lecturers at the University of Lagos and the University of Ghana. In the 13-minute video released by the media house on Monday, Dr Boniface Igbenuhue, a lecturer of the Faculty of Arts in Unilag, the current sub-dean and the […]
Following successful conclusion of the 9th Bi-National Commission of South Africa and Nigeria meeting in Pretoria, South Africa, which was elevated to the level of heads of state, both countries have agreed on issuing 10-year visas to businessmen, academics and frequent travelers. According to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, […]
The Minister for Education Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh says Ghana will get to a point of adopting the Comprehensive Sexuality Education, CSE, programme for basic schools. The Minister said even though we are not at the level of adopting it now we will do so in future but it will be culturally sensitive so it […]
Ghanaian startup, Dext Technology Limited, is to supply 500 schools in the United Kingdom educational resource packs including its widely acclaimed Science Set that will be used to help build students creative capacity and introduce problem-solving as well as innovation. According to a release by the company, the project is a collaboration between the Ghanaian […]
About one-third of African students studying in the U.S. are Nigerians, an official said on Wednesday. The Cultural Affairs Officer of the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria, Malia Heroux, made this known during an education fair for Nigerian students seeking admission into American universities for undergraduate and graduate studies. The fair, organised by the EducationUSA Advising […]
Receiving the award at the FOCOS NYC Gala ceremony, President Akufo-Addo noted that orthopaedic health conditions are severe among low and middle-income countries, which are less resourced to provide adequate access to orthopaedic care. In Ghana, it is estimated that the injury results in an estimated 2,772 disability-adjusted life years per 100,000 people annually. That […]
At least seven children were killed and more than 50 injured on Monday when a classroom collapsed in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, officials said. Television stations showed images of rescue workers sifting through metal sheeting and slabs of concrete at the Precious Talent school, and carrying white body bags to an ambulance. “There have been 57 […]
The Eastern Cape Department of Education (ECDoE) has announced that it’s set on introducing information and communication technology (ICT) to the classroom. This is part of the departments plan to ensure that its classrooms are prepared for the fourth industrial revolution. According to the ECDoE, ICT devices have already been distributed to educators across the […]
Eleven-year-old Nigerian artist, Waris Kareem, has emerged the recipient of the Taiwan’s Chou Ta-Kuan Cultural and Educational Foundation 22nd Fervent Global Love of Lives Award for 2019. NAN reports that the Representative of Taiwan in Nigeria, Amb. Vincent Yang, made this known in Lagos on Wednesday. Yang noted that Kareem stood out among other 2,723 […]
The world’s best teacher, who hails Kenya, Peter Tabichi, is set to address the 74th United Nations General Assembly, which brings together world leaders from the organisation’s 193 members. Tabichi, who won the 2019 Global Teacher Prize in March this year, is a member of the St Franciscan Friars, a religious order founded by St […]
Some 51 Ghanaian students have returned home from an agriculture training programme in Israel. They left the country in 2018 for a practical agriculture training across cooperative farms in Israel called kibbutz. The training lasted for a period of 11 months and provided the Ghanaian students the opportunity to acquire knowledge in greenhouse farming, among […]
While ANC leaders often face criticism for putting the party ahead of the country’s economic and social well-being, the ANC Veterans League says it will take a strong ANC to save South Africa. On Monday, Veterans League president Snuki Zikalala said the party’s infrastructure needed to be firmed up for it to play a more […]
Dr. Yakubu Nura, a lecturer at the University of Maiduguri, Borno State, has won the World Physics Competition by defeating about 5720 contenders from 97 countries. World Championship-2019 in Physics (Einstein’s planetary equation) acknowledged the outstanding international contributions and selected him “based on international meritorious competition”. Dr. Nura’s research article was announced winner among 5721 […]
Minister of State for Tertiary Education, Ghana, Professor Kwesi Yankah, says there is an estimated students’ attrition of almost 50 per cent in tertiary institutions within Africa. He said there is a low gross enrolment ratio in tertiary education within Africa, and that an abysmally low percentage of those whose ages fall within the bracket […]
Civil servants are not happy with Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube’s failure to urgently deal with the issue of their remuneration, with a teachers’ union calling him a human epidemic. Recently, Ncube announced that government workers will get their 13th cheque, come November this year. However, the Apex Council, an umbrella body for all civil service […]
Sudan’s military council spokesman said on Friday that nine soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) were dismissed and detained in connection with recent violence in the cities of Omdurman and El-Obeid. Spokesman Lieutenant General Shams El Din Kabbashi added that the governor of North Kordofan state and its security council will be held accountable […]