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A new early learning center in Cape Town is helping young children heal from gender-based violence while getting ready for school. The Philisa Young Minds Academy combines traditional preschool education with specialized trauma support for its most vulnerable students.
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South Africa's education minister is taking on corruption networks to protect reforms that have already created 115,000 new early learning spaces. She's ordered lifestyle audits of senior officials after uncovering attempts to exploit a program feeding nearly 10 million children daily.
Entertainment industry leaders in Nigeria are teaming up to create culturally grounded content that shapes how young children learn and grow. The new coalition brings together filmmakers, musicians, and child development experts to strengthen the country's future workforce.
A new program teaching parents how to turn picture books into conversations is helping children arrive at school ready to learn. The "Books Together" approach shows measurable improvements in language skills and social development.
New research reveals that cardboard boxes, buttons, and fabric scraps outperform pricey STEM toys in developing critical thinking skills in preschoolers. The study found children played longer and engaged in more scientific reasoning with simple household items than with specialized educational products.
Ethiopia has constructed more than 34,000 kindergartens in five years, giving four million children access to early learning. The initiative is part of a nationwide reform preparing the country for future economic challenges.