カテゴリー: Global education
When Covid shut schools, fees still had to be paid even if rural pupils could not access online lessons Iqbal Khan works as a chauffeur in Lahore. His children are in his home village in a rural area north of Peshawar. Both of these very different area…
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, …
Students from a small community traditionally known for weaving are beating the odds to gain coveted university placesHe had tossed and turned all night. When he finally got out of bed at 4am, Anand Kumar realised his parents had too.The 17-year-old wa…
Bringing skateboards to children in Madhya Pradesh gives them enthusiasm to go to school and gives girls a confidence in themselvesThe children skid into the dusty courtyard at breakfast time, grabbing skateboards from a stack near a tethered brown cow…