AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoNSFAS Accountability: South Africa’s Public Protector says more than 40,000 students across 76 institutions were improperly funded by NSFAS, costing R5.1bn, and is urging the Higher Education, Finance and SARS to fix the benchmarking model. University Disruption: Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) has suspended all academic activities and ordered students to vacate residences after protests and campus shutdowns. School Funding Court Fight: Three Makhanda schools have taken the Eastern Cape education department to court over years of underfunding below the national per-pupil target. Youth Employability Bursaries: InnoVent’s bursary programme is pushing beyond tuition support toward employability outcomes as youth unemployment and skills mismatch remain major pressures. Student Safety & Rights: A South African private school, St Stithians, says it won’t fuel speculation as police investigate the deaths of two teenagers. Regional School Sports: Zimbabwe is ready to host the Cossasa Games in Bulawayo (Aug 31–Sep 2), while Kenya’s schools lead FEASSA rugby and hockey semi-final races in Tanzania. School Meals Impact: Kenya’s Food4Education founder Wawira Njiru wins the German Africa Prize for scaling school feeding to 660,000 children across 1,900 schools.
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