Lagos News

Lagos to add scrabble to school curriculum

Education 13 Jul, 2017

Scrabble to help Lagos students with English language. Plans are underway to introduce scrabble to the curriculum of Lagos state secondary schools according to reports by the News Agency of Nigeria (...

Nairobi News

Arson attacks in Kenyan schools

Education 02 Aug, 2016

Opposition urges Kenyan education cabinet secretary to resign over school fires. Kenya's opposition Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) alliance has asked the government to declare the recen...

Lagos News

Lagos to make Yoruba compulsory in schools

Education 16 Jun, 2016

All public schools in Lagos to teach Yoruba language. The teaching of the Yoruba language could soon be compulsory in all public primary and secondary schools across Lagos, according to a proposal...

Lagos News

Landmark floating school in Lagos collapses

Education 14 Jun, 2016

Residents of Lagos slum vow to rebuild floating school. A floating three-storey school in the Lagos waterfront shantytown Makoko has collapsed during heavy rains, despite being built to withstand s...

Dar Es Salaam News

Tanzania gets free secondary schooling

Education 21 Dec, 2015

Tanzania's private schools told to reduce fees. From January all children in Tanzania will have access to free primary and secondary school education, as part of a major overhaul of the education s...

Cape Town News

Student protests across South Africa

Education 22 Oct, 2015

Riot police intervene in Cape Town protest over increased college fees. University campuses in Cape Town and around the country have been rocked by student demonstrations against rising university...

Maputo News

Mozambique pledges bilingual education by 2017

Education 23 Mar, 2015

Education ministry to teach Portuguese as foreign language Education is to become fully bilingual in Mozambique, with the country's primary school children being taught in 16 Mozambican languages...

Dar Es Salaam News

Tanzania drops English as language of instruction in schools

Education 26 Feb, 2015

Tanzanian schools to teach through Swahili Tanzania is to replace English with Swahili as the language of instruction in the country’s schools, as part of a major shake-up of its primary and...

Nairobi News

University of Nairobi skyscraper expansion

Education 23 Apr, 2014

Construction is under way of a 22-storey skyscraper The University of Nairobi is building a 22-storey skyscraper on a green site at its main campus to deal with its ever increasing student populati...

Nairobi News

Major construction project at Nairobi University

Education 20 May, 2013

The University of Nairobi has launched the construction of a 22-storey building at its main campus in the city's central business district, to meet increasing academic activities and provide expanded...

Addis Ababa News

Addis Ababa University to set up technology business centre

Education 20 Jan, 2013

Addis Ababa University is to establish a Technology Business Incubation Center and Science and Technology Park. The centre, which will focus on promoting excellence in entrepreneurship development...

Lagos News

Mandarin to be taught in Lagos schools

Education 26 Nov, 2012

The governor of Lagos Babatunde Fashola has defended the state government's plan to introduce Mandarin as an operational language into the curriculum of all public schools across Lagos in the 2013-201...

Arusha News

Walking Tall schools project launched in Arusha

Education 29 Oct, 2012

The national museums of Tanzania and Kenya and the Tanzanian antiquities department have come together to organise a programme of educational tours for secondary schools, being launched in Arush...

Lagos News

Floating schools proposed for Lagos water slum

Education 09 Oct, 2012

A floating three-storey school has been proposed for the Lagos waterfront shantytown Makoko by Nigerian urban architect Kunlé Adeyemi, whose plans would see the school constructed out of 16 flo...

Cape Town News

Police in Cape Town schools

Education 03 Oct, 2012

Six schools in Cape Town are to have their own in-house police officers to oversee the safety of pupils and staff, as part of a pilot project scheduled to begin at the start of 2013. The first scho...

Dar Es Salaam News

Teachers divided over strike in Tanzania

Education 31 Jul, 2012

Some of Tanzania's 200,000 primary and secondary school teachers began a strike for better working conditions on 30 July. The striking teachers are demanding a more than 100 per cent increase...

Nairobi News

Suggestion boxes at Lagos schools

Education 30 Jul, 2012

Suggestion boxes for children to report instances of abuse or harassment by parents, guardians, teachers and others have been introduced in all public secondary schools across Lagos State. The init...

Arusha News

Swahili teachers for work in Uganda

Education 23 Jul, 2012

Dr Shukuru Kawambwa, the Tanzanian Minister of Education and Vacation Training, recently welcomed with enthusiasm the suggestion of their neighbouring country Uganda to import Swahili teachers from Ta...

Arusha News

Kenyan University inaugurates Arusha Campus

Education 09 Jul, 2012

The Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology has officially launched its Arusha Centre at the beginning of July 2012. Short Executive Courses for executives and senior officers in gov...