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Burkina Faso is rewriting the history textbooks used in its schools, in a reform officials say will change how European expansion and African resistance are taught. Secondary Education Minister Moumouni Zoungrana announced a review of history, geography and civic education materials. He said Euro...
Education
A US-based Ghanaian academic, Dr Kofi Akamani, has been shot dead in Illinois, United States, with his wife arrested in connection with the incident. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to reports of a shooting at about 5 p.m. on Saturday near Lake Road, between Murphysbor...
Education
Long before bedtime apps and recorded music, Ewe mothers soothed their babies with lullabies passed from one generation to the next. A video of young pupils in a Ghanaian school singing those same songs has now drawn fresh attention to the tradition not as a revival, but as a reminder that the pr...
Education
A Ghanaian international student pursuing an MBA at York St John University in the United Kingdom has publicly alleged severe bullying, humiliation, harassment and related incidents since arriving in the UK. In a public statement shared on LinkedIn, Eunice Taveng said her initial concerns led her...
Education
At least 24 schoolchildren have been killed after a fire tore through a densely packed neighbourhood in rebel-held Bukavu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials say. The blaze broke out on Thursday morning in the Cimpunda area of Kadutu commune before spreading to two nearby schools,...
Education
Teachers in Ghana have taken their protest to the Ghana Education Service, demanding payment of salary arrears stretching up to 14 months. An aggrieved teacher said years in the classroom have left many with little to show. “You can teach in Ghana for 25 years and still have nothing to show for i...
Education
US academic Nathan Cofnas has been allowed to resume some of his duties at Ghent University in Belgium while a disciplinary inquiry into his conduct continues. Cofnas had accused late Cambridge University professor Jason Arday of plagiarism. Arday, 41, was found dead in London this month, days af...
Education