カテゴリー: Schools
In the remote state of Meghalaya, foraged foods are helping to diversify state-provided menus – and tackle chronic malnutritionExcited chatter and the clattering of steel plates drown out the din of the monsoon rains: it is lunchtime in Laitsohpliah go…
Cliff Southcombe and Marianne Hood believe it is time to foster a greater understanding of the British empire and its impactFew in the UK are aware of one of the most egregious historical structures built in the name of colonial profit: the Great Hedge…
Report reveals how US Christians, Catholic schools and Islamists fight sex education, LGBTQ+ and equal rightsExtreme religious groups and political parties are targeting schools around the world as part of a coordinated and well-funded attack on gender…
A 92-year-old woman, in an area of India with low literacy rates, is inspiring others to learn how to read and writeThe age range at Chawli primary school in Bulandshahr, northern India, has been wider than at other schools since the 92-year-old Salima…
Beijing steps up its efforts to tighten control of what is taught in its classrooms, deterring western teachers from working in the countryA new “patriotic” education law is set to put a squeeze on British schools in China as Beijing steps up its effor…
Human Rights Watch warns bar on women means unqualified men now teach boys, fewer subjects are taught and beatings are routineThe Taliban is causing “irreversible damage” to Afghanistan’s education system through the reintroduction of corporal punishme…
New curriculum from 2025 part of push to create sense of national identity among schoolchildrenHong Kong is to introduce “patriotic” education in all primary schools by 2025, in the government’s latest push to “systematically cultivate” a sense of nati…
Schools in Kumamoto have purchased two mechanical assistants to help children regain confidence in dealing with teachers and classmates A city in Japan is tackling a rise in truancy with the help of a robot assistant that officials hope will encourage …
We are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.This week, from 2015: It began with a test-fixing scandal so massive that it led to 2,000 arrests, including top polit…
Primary school pupils run free in shorts while a secondary school has gone ahead with uniform changes despite protestsIt’s break time at Valayanchirangara primary school and the pupils run freely beneath the mango trees and palms. Girls race against th…
Pilot scheme launched in what is thought to be the last country to reopen schools since March 2020Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThousands of children have returned to their classrooms after more than 18 months of home stud…
Hundreds of millions of children fell behind around the world as schools closed during the pandemic. We look at four countries as pupils try to resume their education‘Lost generation’: education in quarter of countries at risk of collapse, study warnsC…
Covid, climate breakdown, poverty and war threaten return to school after pandemic kept 1.5bn children out of classes‘Their future could be destroyed’: the global struggle for schooling after Covid closuresThe education of hundreds of millions of child…
Fatima Khalil school has given some children the first taste of education – and love – in their livesLaughter and excited chatter burst out of the colourfully painted classrooms. In a quiet garden schoolhouse amid the jam-packed Afghan capital, Kabul, …