Global education
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Student’s sexual assault and murder shows women’s safety in India ‘not a priority’
Despite reforms, campaigners say Mumbai killing proves lack of progress in protecting students since 2012 ‘Nir…
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Ban weekend homework for overworked Filipino pupils, says lawmaker
Sam Verzosa says education is in crisis as children study for hours but underperform in testsA lawmaker in the…
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Streets ahead: a landmark for the Delhi newspaper run by homeless children
Balaknama’s reports on sexual abuse, police brutality and child labour, written by teenagers, have transformed…
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Taliban minister defends closing universities to women as global backlash grows
Neda Mohammad Nadeem says ban was necessary to prevent mixing of genders as rare protests break outThe ministe…
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Taliban ban Afghan women from university education
Higher education ministry issues indefinite order three months after thousands sat entrance examsAfghanistan’s…
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‘I am sure they will change’: Taliban swap guns for pens to learn about human rights
Young men who have spent most of their lives in combat are learning how to behave with civilians as the Taliba…
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Afghan universities reopen with strict rules for female students
Women required to attend separate classes and follow dress code at facilities in Kandahar and Helmand as they …
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Outcry over ‘blatant misogyny’ in Indian English exam
Nationwide test for teenagers included passage indicating female independence was undermining discipline in th…
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Uncertainty hovers over Helmand’s schools as Taliban ban older girls
At Malalay school in Lashkar Gah, female staff struggle into work despite anxiety over their jobs and half the…
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Taliban ban girls from secondary education in Afghanistan
Government announces re-opening of high schools for boys but makes no mention of girlsThe Taliban have effecti…
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‘Their future could be destroyed’: the global struggle for schooling after Covid closures
Hundreds of millions of children fell behind around the world as schools closed during the pandemic. We look a…
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‘Lost generation’: education in quarter of countries at risk of collapse, study warns
Covid, climate breakdown, poverty and war threaten return to school after pandemic kept 1.5bn children out of …
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‘Once-in-a-lifetime chance’: the rural children winning rare places at an elite school in India
Stiff competition and cultural barriers are overcome by students gaining access to an education out of reach f…
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Missing school: how art can help girls in Nepal get an education – in pictures
Some of the UK’s best-loved illustrators, including Axel Scheffler, Debi Gliori and Jackie Morris, have create…
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Locked out of school: Pakistan’s digital divide has students struggling
When Covid shut schools, fees still had to be paid even if rural pupils could not access online lessons Iqbal …