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Education New Zealand

A private school admits to inadequate treatment of a sexual misconduct complaint.

A independent girls' boarding school in Auckland has acknowledged that it refused to investigate sexual misconduct charges between a faculty member and a 16-year-old pupil...

Education New Zealand Politics

Teachers will get support they need to teach new history curriculum, PM says

February 7, 2021

Teachers will receive support to ensure they can teach the new history curriculum with confidence, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Photo:...

COVID-19 Education New Zealand

Covid-19: Schools prepare for lockdown ahead of reopening

January 29, 2021

Schools have not even reopened for the year and they are already preparing emergency plans for dealing with another lockdown. Schools are now revisiting their...

Education Nigeria

School reopening: Your children are safe – Private school owners tell parents

January 19, 2021

The Nigerian Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) has assured parents and guardians of the safety of their children and wards as schools resume...

Education Nigeria

‘We may resume strike’ — ASUU warns FG

January 6, 2021

Top officials of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have warned that lecturers might be forced to resume its recently suspended strike if the...

Education Nigeria

Paid entitlements: new strike looms in universities in the country over formula sharing

January 4, 2021

The National Association of Academic Technologists has given a 14-day notice of strike to the Federal Government. University staff are opposing the perceived...

Education Israel Middle East Nigeria

JAMB has lost its first third President in 2020 in the name of Professor Isa Baba Mohammed

December 30, 2020

Professor Isa Baba Mohammed, Chairman of the 5th and 6th Governing Board of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), is dead. Mohammed is the...

COVID-19 Education Nigeria

School reopening, worship centres, others caused COVID-19 second wave — Lagos commissioner

December 29, 2020

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has attributed the reasons for the second wave of COVID-19 to the opening up of...

Education Nigeria

Shehu Sani reacts to ASUU’s termination of nine months strike

December 24, 2020

Shehu Sani, former Kaduna Central Senator, on Wednesday said he hoped the terms of the agreement between the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and...

Education Nigeria

ASUU gives govt conditions for lecturers to resume lectures

December 23, 2020

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Wednesday, gave government condition for its members to resume their duties. ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi said...

Education Nigeria

What not to celebrate: 55 year old primary school in Delta state gets a signboard for the first time

December 18, 2020

A signboard was installed at Oton Primary School in Sapele, Delta State for the first time in 55 years. It was gathered that the...

Education Nigeria

JAMB awards N375m to 5 best performing tertiary institutions in Nigeria (FULL LIST)

December 18, 2020

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on Thursday, gave N75million award to each of the five best performing tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The University...

Education Nigeria

I did it because of ASUU strike, lockdown, says landlord who waived 2020 rent for Abia students

December 17, 2020

The strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the COVID-19 lockdown that left many without income are two main reasons why Stephen...

Man pays off boss’ library fees for book 48 years overdue

December 17, 2020

A California man paid off his boss' library fines for a book that's been overdue for 48 years as both "a joke" and a Christmas...

Africa Education Nigeria

SSCE: WAEC rolls out new measures to effectively punish students, supervisors, schools engaged in cheating

December 15, 2020

The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has disclosed that students involved in examination malpractices would be barred from taking the West African Senior School Certificate...

Education Nigeria

ASUU: We’re all on strike –LAUTECH refutes resumption rumours

December 9, 2020

The Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso Chapter of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has dissociated itself from a resumption calendar released by...

Education New Zealand

NZ students record worst results in maths and science

December 8, 2020

New Zealand's 13-year-olds have recorded their worst-ever results in a major international maths and science test. Photo: 123RF The Year 9 students' scores in the...

Education United States

Federal student loan payments suspended until end of January

December 5, 2020

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on Friday said the suspension of federal student loans payments and accruing interest set to end on Dec. 31...

COVID-19 Education United States

National math and reading tests in U.S. postponed until 2022 due to coronavirus

November 27, 2020

National math and reading tests used to track U.S. students’ knowledge in those subjects are being postponed until 2022 due to the coronavirus outbreak, the...

Education New Zealand

Efforts under way to fill overseas student quota for border exemption

November 24, 2020

Officials are trying to allow dozens of overseas masters students into this country under a new border exemption announced by the government last month. File...

Education Nigeria

How to curb rots in Nigeria’s education, health sector – ASUU

November 23, 2020

For Nigeria’s education sector to receive the desired facelift, a ban must be placed on the children of public office holders seeking foreign education. The...

Academic Article Education

How to paraphrase sources

November 23, 2020

Paraphrasing means formulating someone else’s ideas in your own words. To paraphrase a source, you have to rewrite a passage without changing the meaning of...

Education Nigeria

Anxiety as WAEC Withholds results of Ekiti candidates over alleged indebtedness

November 5, 2020

Panic has gripped parents and candidates who sat for the 2020 West African Examinations Council (WAEC), as the body withheld the results of all candidates...

Education Nigeria

NECO announces new date for SSCE

November 2, 2020

The National Examinations Council (NECO), on Monday, announced that 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) in all states and Abuja, will resume on November 9....

Education Nigeria

NECO postpones exam over #EndSARS protests

October 19, 2020

The National Examination Council has postponed Paper I Computer Studies Practical’s scheduled for Monday, October 19, 2020, until November 16. A statement released by the Head,...

Education New Zealand

What’s changed for schools and ECE under Labour-New Zealand First?

October 7, 2020

The principal of decile one Windley School, Rhys McKinley, has no doubt his 300 pupils are better off after three years of the Labour-New Zealand...

Education France

Bad idea of life: French primary school teacher who spent £35k covering his body in tattoos is banned from kindergarten because he gives children nightmares (photos)

September 28, 2020

A French primary school teacher, who spent £35,000 covering his body in tattoos was forced to stop teaching at a kindergarten because he gives children...

Education Nigeria

Frustrated graduate from Katsina reportedly sets all his certificates ablaze due to inability to secure a job

September 26, 2020

A young graduate from Katsina state identified as Usman Abubakar has reportedly burnt all his certificates including National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) University degree, WAEC. ...

Education New Zealand

University of Waikato launches taskforce to address racism

September 26, 2020

Academics who made allegations of racism at the University of Waikato are welcoming the outcome of an independent review. The University of Waikato campus. Photo:...

Education New Zealand

Māori school to deliver ultimatum to ministry after delays to rebuild

September 25, 2020

Te Rūnanga nui o ngā kura kaupapa says institutional racism is the cause of total immersion Māori schools being dropped down the list for repairs...

Education United States

US moves to restrict Nigerian students to two-year courses

September 25, 2020

The United States is seeking new guidelines that could restrict some international students, including those from Nigeria, from admission of more than two-year period. If...

Education New Zealand

NCEA credits reported to Qualifications Authority drop 20%

September 23, 2020

The pandemic has caused a 20 percent slump in the number of NCEA credits schools have reported to the Qualifications Authority. It's expected results will...

COVID-19 Education United States

Colleges reopenings in-person likely added 3,000 U.S. COVID-19 cases per day: study

September 22, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A social distancing marker is seen on an empty University of Southern California (USC) campus, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19),...

COVID-19 Education United States

New York City delays return to school again

September 17, 2020

A teacher conducts a lesson with students during an outdoor learning demonstration for New York City schools in front of the Patrick F. Daly public...

COVID-19 Education New Zealand

School told of positive Covid test two days after notification

September 17, 2020

A South Auckland School acted within minutes of finding out one of its pupils was positive for Covid-19, the principal says. Photo: Chapel Downs School...

COVID-19 Education New Zealand

Covid-19: Conspiracy theories keeping kids out of school, principals say

September 17, 2020

Principals are blaming conspiracy theories about the pandemic and economic turmoil for persistently low school attendance in Northland. File photo. Photo: 123RF Education Ministry figures...

Education New Zealand

Dilworth School Board says convictions have resulted from previously reported sex abuse allegations

September 17, 2020

The school at the centre of an historical sex abuse investigation says it has previously reported allegations of sexual abuse to the police which have...

Education New Zealand

Staff member wants apology over medical education pathways cap

September 16, 2020

An Otago University staff member wants an apology from senior leadership for the way it's dealt with a proposal to impose caps on preferential entry...

Education New Zealand World

Six children among 40 people injured after train and school bus collide near Palmerston North hospitalised

September 15, 2020

Children among 40 people injured after train and school bus collide near Palmerston North Forty people have been injured after a school bus was hit...

Education New Zealand

Dozens of children injured in New Zealand after school bus collides with train

September 15, 2020

Dozens of children were injured in New Zealand on Wednesday after a school bus collided with a train at a level crossing in the North...

Education Nigeria

Universities won’t reopen until our demands are met – ASUU

September 14, 2020

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has asked the Federal Government to honour the agreement it had with the union before making any announcement on...

Education Nigeria

Ekiti fixes date for reopening of schools

September 13, 2020

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has announced that primary and secondary schools in the state will reopen from September 21. Fayemi, who disclosed this...

Education Nigeria

Only JSS 3, SSS 2 students will resume Sept 21 – Lagos

September 13, 2020

The Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, has announced the plans for both public and private schools’ resumption in the state after the...

Education Nigeria

UNICAL gets first female Vice Chancellor

September 12, 2020

Prof. Florence Obi has been appointed as the 11th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar. The one-time deputy Vice-Chancellor of the institution emerged victorious over...

Education New Zealand Politics

Teachers want answers on $11.7M private Green School fund

September 12, 2020

Taranaki educators want more details explained about how a $11.7 million grant of public funds was granted to an expansion project at a privately-run environmentally...

COVID-19 Education United States

Children carried COVID-19 home from Utah childcare centers, infecting family members: U.S. report

September 12, 2020

Twelve children who likely contracted COVID-19 at three childcare operations in Utah infected some of their parents and siblings, according to a U.S. study, adding...

Education Nigeria

WAEC conducts exams in Chibok — first time after abduction of schoolgirls

September 11, 2020

For the first time in six years, secondary schools in Chibok, Borno state, have participated in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WAEC). Abdul-Khalifa...

Education Nigeria

IMSU lecturer who was arrested while trying to sleep with a student, to be probed by management

September 11, 2020

The management of Imo State University (IMSU) in Owerri has reacted to the viral video of one of its lecturers identified as Emmanuel Agumuo, who was arrested...

Education Nigeria

UNILAG crisis: SSANU, NASU defend registrar, allege assault by ASUU

September 11, 2020

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) have backed Oladejo Azeez, the...

COVID-19 Education France

We’re striking: French teachers walk out of college after coronavirus cases

September 10, 2020

Teachers at a junior high school in central Paris went on strike on Thursday, forcing the school’s closure, after support staff were quarantined following two...