Schools for millions of students in Nepal were closed Friday as tens of thousands of teachers protested in the capital against an education reform bill in parliament. Teachers have been demonstrating in Kathmandu since Wednesday against the School Education Bill while teachers’
The issue of RAAC has grabbed headlines and caused great concern for parents and schools. The Education Select Committee is summoning Ministers to seek urgent answers. Whilst only a small percentage of the country’s schools are directly affected, we can be
The Education Secretary has admitted that hundreds more schools in England could be beset with crumbling concrete. Speaking on the BBC this morning, Gillian Keegan said around 1,500 schools are yet to return their surveys detailing discovery of RAAC – around 10
Piers Morgan has vented his fury at Educatiobn Secretary Gillian Keegan for not making herself available to answer questions “and be held to account” on the concrete crisis gripping scores of schools. With children set to return this week, at least 154
A furious father has sent his daughter to Poland after complaining about a “creepy and vile” BBC video set to be shown to his child as part of her sex education. Michael Doherty, a Christian, engaged in an angry exchange with his
Australia on Friday launched a “national wellbeing” dashboard of indicators to measure progress on issues like health, education and the environment, one that it hopes will lead to a better balance between economic and social objectives. It will track indicators across five
AI-powered chatbot tutors will likely revolutionize traditional education and benefit students with one-on-one training, according to a University of California, Berkeley professor of computer science. ChatGPT has already made its mark among students, as younger generations rushed to use the chatbot that
Plans to force all secondary schools in Northern Ireland to teach children about abortion access and contraception forced a Tory MP to quit his Government job, it’s been revealed. Robin Millar, a Welsh MP who only entered parliament in 2019, said the
Nine-year-old Milana Minenko doesn’t play piano anymore. During the day, she attends public school in Poland, where she and her mother fled from the war in March 2022. In the evenings, her mother helps her follow Ukraine’s curriculum to keep up with
Nearly 80 young girls in Afghanistan were poisoned in two separate attacks over the weekend, according to a local education official. The attacks were said to have taken place in the northern Sar-e-Pul province over Saturday and Sunday. This is a