Education

Nigeria says it wants primary school teachers to conduct lessons in local languages instead of English, which is currently used. But how practical is that in a country where more than 600 different tongues are spoken? Kareem Abiodun…

After graduating from Miami Beach Senior High School, a 17-year-old Florida teen Ashley Adirika took an audacious step to apply to several Ivy League schools. The idea was to take all her chances to finally fulfil her dream of attending…

An Ethiopian father of 11 has become a social media sensation in the country after he enrolled at a university at the age of 69. Orphaned at a young age, Tadesse Ghichile, couldn't continue his formal education after middle school until…

By my late 20s, I’d hit a point in my life when I was feeling lost, struggling to find work, and had to move back home with my family. I’d tell all my friends I didn’t know what to do. One of them reminded me that I’d always loved beauty:…

The schools Mokhudu Machaba, went to is nothing like what South Africa is offering today. In fact, in the cities it is much better than the rural areas. That’s why she decided that, after her training she would take the knowledge she…

When Yvonne Connolly took up a post as headteacher of Ringcross Primary school in North London the British media made quite a fuss. She received racial abuse but did not let the backlash stop her from delivering a good education service to…

Dropping out of school in primary four when her father died was the last thing 57-year-old Elizabeth Yamoah wanted. She really loved school and always wanted to become a nurse. Now a mother of four and a grandmother to five, she’s…

Stephen Akpabio-Klementowski tells the extraordinary story of how he transformed his life through education. Stephen strives daily to educate students on the essence of prison; what it’s meant for against the reality of what really…