Education
- Education, Global development, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘I wasn’t allowed to study, but I will make sure no girl in this village hears those same words’
Health worker Naushaba Roonjho was ostracised by her family in Pakistan for wanting to work but now she is cam…
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South Korea exam chief quits after complaints English test was too hard
Notoriously difficult entrance exam is regarded as gateway to economic security and even a good marriageThe ch…
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‘Reframes history’: fears Māori knowledge diluted in plan to revise New Zealand curriculum
Minister rejects claims Māori history is being sidelined in rewrite which includes cutting some references to …
- Afghanistan, Culture, Documentary films, Education, Film, Literacy, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, World news
Writing Hawa review – Afghan woman fights for freedom as the Taliban close in
Najiba Noori’s thought-provoking documentary follows her mother, finally getting her chance at autonomy just a…
- Activism, Afghanistan, Education, Malala Yousafzai, Pakistan, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, World news
‘To the men who ran the world, I was just a photo op’: Malala Yousafzai on growing up, getting cynical – and how getting high nearly broke her
The global icon of women’s education is ready to tell the full story of her turbulent recent life, from arguin…
- Afghanistan, Education, Faith schools, Gender, Global education, Islam, Religion, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women under the Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘Send your daughters or you get no aid’: the Taliban are making religious schools girls’ only option
Food handouts and employment are increasingly tied to Afghan families’ agreement to strict Islamic educationWh…
- Education, Environment, Food, Foraging, Global development, Global health, Health & wellbeing, India, Indigenous peoples, Life and style, Nutrition, School meals, Schools, South and Central Asia, Stunting, World news
Fish mint, Himalayan chives and berry pickle: how wild ingredients are transforming school dinners in India
In the remote state of Meghalaya, foraged foods are helping to diversify state-provided menus – and tackle chr…
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Arrests in China after more than 230 kindergarten children poisoned by lead paint in food
Principal at school in Gansu province reportedly wanted to attract more enrolments by ‘enhancing’ the colour a…
- Artificial intelligence (AI), Asia Pacific, China, Computing, Education, Exams, Higher education, Students, Technology, Universities, World news
Chinese tech firms freeze AI tools in crackdown on exam cheats
Suspension comes as 13m students take four-day gaokao tests for limited spots at country’s universitiesBig Chi…
- Donald Trump, Education, Harvard University, Higher education, India, South and Central Asia, Trump administration, US education, US news, US politics, US universities, World news
‘They are in shock’: Indian students fear Trump has ended their American dream
Those hoping to study in US are in limbo or looking elsewhere after president’s targeting of foreign studentsF…
- Cold war, Communism, Education, Environment, Europe, Geology, Health, Kazakhstan, Nuclear waste, Nuclear weapons, Russia, Science, Soil, South and Central Asia, Ukraine, Waste, World news
Atomic Secrets: a Chornobyl scientist warns of a toxic future
Dmitry Kalmykov is a Ukrainian scientist who has dedicated his life to investigating environmental disasters, …
- Cold war, Communism, Education, Environment, Europe, Geology, Health, Kazakhstan, Nuclear waste, Nuclear weapons, Russia, Soil, South and Central Asia, Ukraine, World news
Atomic Secrets: a Chornobyl scientist warns of a toxic future
Dmitry Kalmykov is a Ukrainian scientist who has dedicated his life to investigating environmental disasters, …
- Africa, Culture, Education, Global development, India, Language, Language resources, Languages, Nigeria, Rohingya, Science, South and Central Asia, World news
From Igbo to Angika: how to save the world’s 3,000 endangered languages
With half of all languages predicted to die out in decades, activists are turning to online tools to preserve …
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Colonial legacies like the Great Hedge of India should be taught in schools | Letter
Cliff Southcombe and Marianne Hood believe it is time to foster a greater understanding of the British empire …
- Afghanistan, Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Brazil, Children, Christianity, Curriculums, Education, Gender, Ghana, Global development, Islam, LGBTQ+ rights, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Philippines, Religion, Saudi Arabia, Schools, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, World news
Religious groups ‘spending billions to counter gender-equality education’
Report reveals how US Christians, Catholic schools and Islamists fight sex education, LGBTQ+ and equal rightsE…