Category : Education
Girls in Africa quitting school over cost of living crisis, says charity
Camfed calls for six-year plan to get 6 million girls into school, warning that drop-out rate is limiting children’s chances Governments and donors need to...
World needs 44m more teachers in order to educate every child, report finds
Unesco analysis shows that sub-Saharan Africa accounts for a third of the shortfall, but that Europe and North America are lacking too The world needs...
Canada man who allegedly yelled anti-trans hate at girl banned from school sports
Nine-year-old, who is not transgender, left in tears by incident at shot put final as anti-trans hate on the rise across the country A Canadian...
Malawi’s Rastafarian children return to school after ban on dreadlocks is lifted
Schools told to honour court order as families seek compensation and training for pupils who missed education because of their hair About 1,200 Rastafarian children...
Egyptian army has turned Sinai schools into military bases, says rights group
Exclusive: group says military is compromising children’s right to education with its campaign against militants Egyptian forces have taken over 37 schools and transformed them...
‘I came here to escape’: Toronto tackles caste-based discrimination in schools
Activists hopeful as Canada’s largest school district takes first step towards banning caste discrimination When Vijay Puli arrived in Toronto with his wife and baby...
Canada: university president to take leave amid controversy over Indigenous ancestry claim
Incident involving Vianne Timmons is latest high-profile case of apparent cultural identity fraud The president of a Canadian university has apologized and is taking a...
Forgotten photos show how Kenyan archaeologists unearthed secrets of their own country
Exhibitions in UK and Africa rewrite history by celebrating discoveries of overlooked black excavators in colonial era The photographs are rare, the subject choice unusual,...
New Zealand pulls funding for school Shakespeare festival, citing ‘canon of imperialism’
Secondary school competition ‘did not demonstrate the relevance to the contemporary art context of Aotearoa’ New Zealand’s arts council has pulled funding for a Shakespeare...