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Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, the UN's envoy for global education, has proposed a five-point plan to pressure Afghanistan and incentivize the Taliban to reverse their bans on s… Read More

This year, 27.2% of A-levels in the UK were awarded top grades, down from 36.4% last year but still higher than any pre-pandemic year. England had the lowest share of A and A* grades at 26.5… Read More

The world is not on track to achieve the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, with progress on more than half of the SDG targets being weak or insufficient. In particular, p… Read More

Eleven schoolgirls in Goa were hospitalized after being pepper-sprayed by fellow students as a prank. The incident occurred during class, causing some girls to feel breathless and uneasy. Th… Read More

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), has announced ten "guarantees" for the upcoming assembly polls in Chhattisgarh, including free electricity, monthly… Read More

Huynh Tieu Huong, known as the "Mother Teresa of Vietnam," has dedicated her life to caring for abandoned and homeless children in Vietnam. Despite enduring hardships herself, including abus… Read More

The Saskatchewan education ministry has announced new policies regarding sex education and pronoun use in schools. Under the new policies, parents must be informed about the sexual health ed… Read More

The Taliban's policies in Afghanistan, including the closure of hair salons and beauty parlors and the prohibition of women working in NGOs, have led to increased poverty and despair for Afg… Read More

According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), global fossil fuel subsidies reached a record $7 trillion in 2022, equivalent to over 7% of global GDP. These subsidies make fossil fuels… Read More

"Titian, who graced not only the city of Venice but all Italy and other parts of the world with his wonderful paintings, deserves to be loved and revered by artists and in m… Read More

A Muslim student in Muzaffarnagar, India, who was slapped by his classmates at the orders of a school teacher, was taken to Meerut for a medical checkup after complaining of being disturbed… Read More

A school boy in Uttar Pradesh, India, who was slapped by his classmates on the instructions of a teacher, is moving to another private school with the support of the Jamiat-e-Ulema Hind orga… Read More

Under India's presidency, the Digital Economy Working Group (DEWG) of the G20 focused on harnessing the potential of the digital economy. The meetings, held in various Indian cities, aimed t… Read More

Oklahoma's largest school district, Tulsa Public Schools, has retained its accreditation after a battle with State Superintendent Ryan Walters. Walters blamed the district's low academic per… Read More

More than 100 schools were fully or partially shut days before the beginning of the new term over fears a type of concrete used to build them could suddenly collapse. The Department for Educ… Read More

A teacher in Karnataka, India, has been transferred and is under investigation after allegedly telling two Muslim students to "go to Pakistan" during a scolding. The incident, which took pla… Read More

In Afghanistan's Logar province, where girls' access to education has been suspended, over 1,000 women and young girls are learning to read, write, and calculate for the first time through l… Read More

Ministers are being urged to address concerns over the safety of aerated concrete in schools as students return for the new term. Over 100 schools, 41 hospitals, and at least six courts are… Read More

Former education mandarin Jonathan Slater has claimed that Rishi Sunak, the current Chancellor, halved the number of schools to receive funding for a Government rebuilding programme. Slater… Read More

The Department for Education has released a list of schools that have confirmed reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, which is prone to crumbling. This is a breaking news story, and update… Read More

Porterville, California's school district has partnered with Climate Action Pathways for Schools (CAPS), a nonprofit organization, to provide high school students with environmentally-focuse… Read More

The Yukon Ombudsman released a report stating that the Yukon education department should have immediately informed parents of Hidden Valley Elementary School about sexual abuse allegations a… Read More

Canada added 40,000 jobs in August, double the expected amount, but only half of what is needed to keep up with population growth. The employment rate declined by 0.1 percentage points to 61… Read More

The Education Cannot Wait (ECW) organization has released its annual report highlighting the need for increased funding for education in emergencies. The report reveals that 224 million chil… Read More

Prince George, a city in British Columbia, has seen a significant increase in black bear sightings and complaints, resulting in more bears being killed by conservation officers. In August al… Read More

Egypt's Ministry of Education has banned the wearing of full-face veils in public and public schools. The decision has sparked debate on social networks in the country. The decree allows the… Read More

Pregnant people exposed to extreme heat are at a higher risk of developing life-threatening complications during labor and delivery, according to a study published in the Journal of the Amer… Read More

A total of 18 aid workers, including one American woman, have been arrested by Taliban officials in Ghor province, Afghanistan, for allegedly "propagating and promoting Christianity." The de… Read More

Edsoma, an AI-powered reading, education, and communication platform for children, has raised $2.5 million in a seed round led by Shaquille O’Neal. Founder and CEO Kyle Wallgren did no… Read More

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated 16 residential schools in Uttar Pradesh, costing around Rs 1,115 crore, to provide quality education to needy children. These schools, called Ata… Read More

Chinese government's efforts to assimilate ethnic minorities in Tibet, including through the education system, are leading to a decline in the Tibetan language and culture. Tibetan diaspora… Read More

Leading charities and experts have submitted a report titled "What About The Children?" to the UK Government, stating that the harm caused to children during lockdown was preventable. The re… Read More

A new study conducted by researchers from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) has found that greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural residue burning in India ha… Read More

Ajay Verma, the incharge of the Mahakal police station in Ujjain, has taken responsibility for the medical treatment, education, and marriage of a 12-year-old rape survivor who was turned aw… Read More

The Biden administration has announced its new plan to cancel student debt after its original policy was struck down by the Supreme Court. The U.S. Department of Education has released its a… Read More

The Madhya Pradesh police solved the Ujjain rape case by scanning footage from over 700 CCTV cameras and interrogating hundreds of people. The accused, an autorickshaw driver, was arrested f… Read More

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan is set to announce a ban on mobile phones in state school classrooms in the UK. The ban will apply during both lessons and break times and aims to address… Read More

Fighting between the junta troops and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) in Myanmar's Shan state has forced over 1,000 civilians to seek shelter in China. Since the military co… Read More

More than 130,000 teachers in Myanmar are still part of the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), which was formed to protest the military coup in February 2021. Despite facing hardships and re… Read More

Millions of Ukrainians who fled the country during Russia's invasion in 2022 are expected to return once conditions allow. The Ukrainian government, with support from the United Nations and… Read More

Harvard University professor Claudia Goldin has been awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for her research on the gender gap in the labor market. Goldin's work, which spans 200 years of wome… Read More

Bangladeshi edtech startup 10 Minute School has raised $5.5 million in pre-Series A funding, the highest seed-stage funding for a Bangladeshi startup to date. The company aims to democratize… Read More

The Madras High Court in Tamil Nadu, India, has declared that hospitals refusing to perform organ transplants if donors are not relatives are acting illegally. The court stated that the Tran… Read More

The International Day of Rural Women is observed annually on October 15 to honor the significant contribution of rural women in agriculture and natural resource management. The theme for 202… Read More

The Supreme Court's decision to overturn affirmative action has made college admissions essays more important for high school students applying to colleges. This change has made the applicat… Read More

A 44-year-old Naga sadhu, identified as Ram Sahare Das, was allegedly strangled inside Ayodhya’s Hanumangarhi Temple. The incident occurred on October 18, and the police suspect a man… Read More

China is planning to enhance "patriotic education" in schools, universities, and religious institutions, including in Hong Kong, to strengthen loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party and Pres… Read More

Scientists are launching a project to collect genetic material from 500,000 people of African descent in order to create the world's largest database of population genomic information. The a… Read More

Burundi has become the 100th country to implement FIFA's Football for Schools program. The program aims to make football more accessible to young people by incorporating it into the educatio… Read More

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has filed a lawsuit to stop the establishment of the nation's first religious public charter school. The school board voted in favor of the St. Isi… Read More

Hong Kong leader John Lee has pledged to eradicate dissent in the city with new laws, stating that the "root causes of chaos haven't yet been eliminated". Lee plans to introduce new national… Read More

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted searches at 11 locations in Rajasthan, including the premises of state Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra and a Congress candidate from Mahua… Read More

Sungai Watch, founded by environmentalist Sam Benchegjib and his two siblings, is an organization dedicated to cleaning up Indonesia's heavily polluted rivers and preserving aquatic ecosyste… Read More

Parliamentarians from around the world have called on Japan to conduct an independent investigation into the Chinese government's rights abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang and to sanction Co… Read More

Norland College in the UK is known for providing highly trained and sought-after nannies, including those who work for the royal family. The college offers a four-year training program that… Read More

Colorado voters will decide on two statewide ballot measures in the upcoming election. Proposition HH asks voters to allow the state to keep surplus tax revenue and lower property tax rates… Read More

Primary schools in Gurugram and Faridabad have been ordered to close due to rising pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR). The Air Quality Index (AQI) in the districts has been "extr… Read More

A new Centre of Excellence in Rwanda, developed in partnership with the French-based Institute for Research into Cancer of the Digestive System (IRCAD), is providing surgeons with a conduciv… Read More

Universities, including Yale, are being pushed to address mental health concerns on campus after student suicides. Yale recently settled a lawsuit related to a student suicide in 2021 and ha… Read More