Curriculum Review Consultations Draw Fire - Parents, Teachers Demand CALA Scrapping
New Zimbabwe
The recent call by the Primary and Secondary Education Ministry for stakeholders to give their input into the new curriculum has already started drawing fire amid widespread calls… Read more »
Govt Criticised for Blaming Covid-19 for Country's Literacy Crisis
GroundUp
Department of basic education needs to take responsibility for "devastating" literacy rates, say opposition and civil society Read more »
New University Funding Model to Solve Cash Crisis in Public Institutions - Monari
Capital FM
The new university funding regime announced by President William Ruto will see the current scenario of cash crisis bedeviling public universities dwindle. Read more »
Direct Entry - JAMB Announces New Deadline for Pin Sales, Registration
Premium Times
JAMB has also expanded registration areas in Lagos to cater for more candidates ahead of the new closing date. Read more »
Opposition to Ask Watchdog to Probe Expenditure at Ministerial Houses - South African News Briefs - May 22, 2023
allAfrica
Opposition to Ask Public Protector to Probe Alleged Corruption in Maintenance of Minister's Homes Read more »
Behind UCT Council Chair Babalwa Ngonyama's Resignation [analysis]
Daily Maverick
UCT Council Chair Babalwa Ngonyama announced in an email on Monday that she is resigning from her role, citing her concerns about a panel tasked by the council with investigating… Read more »
Govt Warns Against Charging Public School Learners Fees
Nyasa Times
Secretary for Education, Chikondano Mussa has warned education officers against charging learners in public primary schools user fees, saying this contributes to high drop out… Read more »
A Proposal to Upskill the 81 Percent of Grade 4 Children in South Africa Who Can't Read [analysis]
Daily Maverick
We propose that the Treasury provides an additional conditional grant to enable provincial education departments to ensure that improving reading skills is adequately and equitably… Read more »
Report Reveals How Climate Change Denies Children Right to Education
Daily News
THE Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) has launched a report on climate change effects, among others, it shows that children were denied the right to education due to people's… Read more »
ABUAD, a Catalyst for Change in Nigeria, Says Afe Babalola
This Day
The founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola, says the university has become a major catalyst for positive change in society in Nigeria, Africa and… Read more »
Committee to Enhance Education-Labour Market Link Launched
Daily News
IN efforts to improve education quality, the Ministry for Education, Science and Technology has launched the Industrial Advisory Committee which will determine need for… Read more »
Revised Law to Centralize University Placement Regardless of Sponsorship
Capital FM
The Ministry of Education is mulling an amendment to the Universities Act to allow centralized placement of both State-sponsored and self-sponsored students to higher learning… Read more »
Sudan Crisis - Reps Ask Nigerian Universities to Absorb Returnee Students
Premium Times
Rep says Nigerian universities must give the returnees the opportunity to continue their education in Nigeria Read more »
South Africa's 10 Year-Olds Are Struggling to Read - It Can Be Fixed [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
More than 80% of South Africa's grade 4 pupils - who are on average nine or 10 years old - cannot read for meaning. That means they can't answer basic questions about or draw… Read more »
National Reading Plan to Be Revised As SA Grapples With Poor Early Grade Learner Literacy [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Efforts by the Department of Basic Education to revise its National Reading Plan are under way, with officials pushing a 'refined focus' on early childhood and African home… Read more »