More than 80% of 10-year-olds in SA battle to read – study
Johannesburg – Eight out of 10 South African schoolchildren struggle to read well by the age of 10, according... Read more
17 May, 2023
Revealed: how Angie Motshekga’s reading plan failed SA’s children
The vast majority of ten-year-old children in South Africa cannot read for meaning. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks By Daneel Knoetze... Read more
11 May, 2023
Haitian schools becoming targets of violence: UNICEF
United Nations – Schools in Haiti, previously considered safe havens from the Caribbean nation’s turmoil, have become increasingly targeted... Read more
10 Feb, 2023
Shining example
Launched in August 2013, the University of Mpumalanga (UMP) is one of the first public universities to be established... Read more
8 Feb, 2023
Kenya teachers get bail after forcing pupils to simulate sex
Nairobi – Six Kenyan teachers accused of forcing primary school pupils to simulate sex as a punishment were released... Read more
7 Feb, 2023
Kenya’s school reform is entering a new phase in 2023 – but the country isn’t ready
Janerose Mutegi Kibaara, Kenyatta University The start of the 2023 school year in Kenya marks an important occasion: the... Read more
19 Jan, 2023
Brain drain: Zimbabwe fears losing teachers to the UK
Bulawayo – After an exodus of nurses, Zimbabwe now faces losing its teachers as a new British recruitment policy... Read more
17 Dec, 2022
Amnesty urges Senegal to tackle abuse in Koranic schools
Senegal – Many children in Senegal’s Koranic schools face multiple abuses as well as financial exploitation through forced begging,... Read more
13 Dec, 2022
NGO says Burkina Faso jihadist attacks rob million students of school
Ouagadougou – More than 5 700 schools have been closed in Burkina Faso due to the security situation, with... Read more
24 Nov, 2022
PICS | World’s oldest pupil dies in Kenya aged 99
Nairobi – The world’s oldest primary school student, Priscilla Sitieni, whose resolve to acquire an education in her 90s... Read more
19 Nov, 2022
