South Africa: R198-Million School for the Blind Incomplete and Left to Ruin
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[Capital FM] Nairobi — Kenya’s First Lady Rachel Ruto has joined fellow First Spouses from around the world at a high-level summit in White House focused on the future of education and technology.
[Vanguard] On the outskirts of Lagos, where one of Africa’s largest industrial ecosystems is redefining Nigeria’s economic landscape, a quieter but equally powerful transformation is unfolding — one rooted in classrooms, not construction sites. Across Ibeju-Lekki, thousands of students are experiencing a different kind of impact — not measured in barrels of refined petroleum or tonnes of...
A show at the Library for the Performing Arts examines the golden age of magic in New York City, from the 1870s to just before World War II.
Students and others are asking universities, including Harvard and Ohio State, to take down the names of high-profile donors with connections to Jeffrey Epstein. They have not done so yet.
[Health-e] Broken floors, pit toilets and no electricity are exposing learners and teachers to daily health and safety risks at two schools near King William’s Town in the Eastern Cape.

GP says long waits for support mean some doctors feel forced to prescribe medication outside of guidelines.
[New Times] Rwandan student Daniel Adesiyan emerged as the winner of the African Spelling Bee competition, securing the continental title after a tense three-round contest held on March 20 in Harare, Zimbabwe.
The influencer, Zhang Xuefeng, was known for no-nonsense, some said cynical, advice about how to win in China’s educational rat race. He died at 41.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is banking on savings from a delay he is seeking in the state mandate for smaller class sizes. He is also scaling back a commitment to expand a rental assistance program.
The first lady, Melania Trump, believes that more children should be educated by ‘humanoid educators.’
[Nile Post] The Katikkiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga, has advised African leaders that the continent’s true wealth lies in education, urging stakeholders across Uganda to prioritize quality learning.
[Vanguard] …These sad tales unheard of — Pa Usikpedo

The Christian independent school was attended by 40 students.

Nick Turley says the head of a school where a boy died in the Manchester bombing is supporting him.
[This Day] Bullying is an evil, that appears to have always existed in Nigerian Schools. However, recent statistics indicate that bullying is not only escalating in nature, judging from some of the heinous bullying incidents that Nigerians have watched in various video footages, but seems to be almost intractable.
A union for about 950 full-time faculty members who are not on the tenure track said that 95 percent of its instructors would earn more than $100,000.
[FrontPageAfrica] Tappita City — In Zuatuo Town, Tappita, lower Nimba County, over the weekend, residents erupted in cheers and rhythmic clapping over the weekend, celebrating a transformative pledge from one of their own, Bob Yeenuah Kartoe, Deputy Director General for Administration at the National Food Assistance Agency (NFAA) and a proud Nimba County native.
[Liberian Investigator] The National High School Championship opened Tuesday at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex with high drama, as GW Gibson High School advanced to the football semifinals following a tense penalty shootout victory over Free Pentecostal Global Mission School of Lofa County.
[New Times] Africa College of Theology has launched two new postgraduate programmes designed to close skills gaps in faith sector by training leaders who can provide sound theological teaching and respond to growing social challenges such as mental health struggles and family conflicts.
[Ghanaian Times] The government has intensified efforts to combat period poverty and improve menstrual hygiene among schoolgirls, with the distribution of free sanitary pads to vulnerable institutions in Accra.