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Kenya primary schools to host secondary students
Students in junior secondary schools coming into place next year in Kenya’s new curriculum will be hosted in…
Nigerian student Aminu Adamu Mohammed accused of defaming Aisha Buhari
Outrage is growing in Nigeria after a university student was arrested and charged with defaming President Muhammadu Buhari’s…
Ugandan students leave schools amid Ebola fears
Learners in Uganda are heading back home after the government closed schools two weeks earlier than originally scheduled…
Nigeria passes bill on interest-free student loans
The Nigerian parliament has passed a bill seeking to establish a bank that can grant loans to students…
GOP-led states press Supreme Court to keep Biden student debt forgiveness on hold
A collection of Republican-led states argued on Wednesday that the Supreme Court should keep President Joe Biden’s student…
Indonesia earthquake: Many schoolchildren killed as toll soars to 268
Many of those killed and injured in a major earthquake on the Indonesian island of Java were children,…
South Africa to investigate “unsolvable” exam equation
Solving a maths equation can tricky at the best of times, so spare a thought for the South…
‘Gogo’ Priscilla, world’s ‘oldest pupil’ dies at 100
Kenya’s Priscilla Sitienei, who was thought to be the world’s oldest school pupil, has died peacefully at home…
Unisex toilet plan in South African schools opposed
A group of South Africans have started a petition against plans by the department of basic education to…
Exams in Eswatini postponed ahead of planned protests
Eswatini has postponed school-leaving for English and Siswati language exams to December, the education ministry has announced. It is…