Jihadist threat closes schools in Burkina Faso province
Ouagadougou – The threat posed by jihadist groups has forced the mass closure of schools in Burkina Faso’s eastern province... Read more
yesterday
‘We want to study,’ DRC pupils say as they protest for schools to reopen amid teachers’ strike
Kinshasa – Hundreds of secondary school pupils demonstrated outside the Democratic Republic of Congo’s parliament on Thursday, calling for lessons... Read more
22 Oct
Africa’s top university to bar unvaccinated from campus
Johannesburg – The University of Cape Town will require all staff and students to be vaccinated against Covid-19 from January,... Read more
21 Oct
Eswatini shuts schools ‘indefinitely’ amid new wave of protests
Mbabane – Eswatini, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, said on Saturday it had shut its schools “indefinitely with immediate effect” as... Read more
16 Oct
Some girls return to school as Taliban seeks to manage image
Kabul – Girls have returned to some secondary schools in a northern province of Afghanistan, Taliban officials and teachers said... Read more
5 Oct
Congolese children trade life as miners for a chance at school
Kipushi – Lined up under a hot sun in Kipushi, a mining city in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo,... Read more
27 Aug
SA schools to remain open despite increasing Covid-19 cases
Schools around the country will remain open despite rising Covid-19 cases, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has said. Motshekga... Read more
20 Jun
FULL SPEECH | Motshekga speaks on DBE response to Covid-19
Greeting to everybody present in the media briefing, and to those watching on various platforms. The Council of Education... Read more
20 Jun
