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Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud announced Sunday the country will hire a record 3,000 new teachers to try to bridge a wide education gap. The move follows a four-fold increase in the Somali ministry of education's budget for 2023. But critics...

Umalusi is concerned about the allegations of cheating involving some candidates and teachersUmalusi, the Quality Council for General and Further Education and Training, has learnt from the media that there are some candidates who have been caught chea...

#ClassOf2022: Matric exams conclude successfully in the Western CapeThis week, a very successful National Senior Certificate (NSC) exam session comes to a close in the Western Cape.Rewrites will take place over the next two days, with 7 candidates reta...

Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This [coronavirus] one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next. (Roy 2020)This special issue of the Journal on Education i...

Excellencies, colleagues, and friends,Each morning, as we send our children to school, we have many hopes for them.We hope they will learn something new, develop their talents, make friends, and feel a sense of belonging.We hope that their education an...

Nigeria’s cabinet, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a National Language Policy for use in all primary schools across Africa’s most populous nation.The major highlight of the policy is that the first six years of basic education should b...

On November 18, Nigerian police arrested a 24-year-old final-year student of Environmental Management and Toxicology at the Federal University of Dutse, Aminu Adamu Muhammed, over an alleged defamatory tweet he posted in June. The tweet, which later we...

DAR ES SALAAM— Tanzania’s University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) has conferred an honorary degree on President Samia Suluhu Hassan in recognition of her outstanding contribution to education and human right.Also, the public academic institution honoured th...