Education News
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Bejing -
In a secretive school in China's capital rows of students face a giant video projection of Xi Jinping, making careful notes on the lecture on their leader's guiding principles.
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Seoul -
An event to promote women's rights in South Korea featuring female opposition party supporters pulling down their shorts has drawn widespread criticism, with many saying the stunt revealed a patriarchal culture in the party and Korean society generally...
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Paris -
Nearly two decades after France phased out conscription for men, some 2,000 teenagers Sunday began trialling a new national service, a pet project of French President Emmanuel Macron.
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Thimphu -
In many countries teachers have a rough time but not in Bhutan, the small Himalayan kingdom famous for striving for Gross National Happiness, where their pay is being doubled.
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Budapest -
Hungary's top scientific body warned Wednesday that a planned takeover of research institutes by Prime Minister Viktor Orban "threatens" academic freedom and provides an "alarming" blueprint for other EU governments to follow.
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Washington -
The United States said Monday it was committed to welcoming Chinese nationals for "legitimate" studies but acknowledged increased visa scrutiny after Beijing warned its students of risks.
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Washington -
The United States said Monday it was committed to welcoming Chinese nationals for "legitimate" studies but acknowledged increased visa scrutiny after Beijing warned its students of risks.
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Oxon Hill -
The world's premier spelling bee has ended in an unprecedented eight-way tie after hours of intense competition among American youngsters tackling some of the English language's most obscure words.
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Suncheon -
Hyper-wired South Korea is the world's 11th-largest economy, one of its most technologically advanced countries, and the first to launch a nationwide 5G network.
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Suncheon -
When the tune of "Twinkle twinkle little star" plays in her South Korean classroom octogenarian pupil Nam Yang-soon sings along with classmates more than 70 years her junior.
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Cambridge -
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday urged the world to do "everything humanly possible" to combat climate change and pledged to do her part.
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Bras -
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in dozens of cities in Brazil on Thursday for a second nationwide demonstration in as many weeks over the government's plan to slash education spending.
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Bras -
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Brazil's capital Thursday following calls for a second nationwide demonstration in as many weeks over the government's plan to slash education spending.
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Dhaka -
Bangladesh has ordered state-funded Islamic seminaries to appoint female mentors to prevent violence against women and children, an official said Thursday, after at least 16 people were charged with the horrific murder of a teenage student.
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Kabul -
The number of attacks on schools in Afghanistan nearly tripled last year, UNICEF said Tuesday, cutting children's access to education amid worsening security in the war-torn nation.
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Tashkent -
Uzbek student Luiza Muminjonova wanted to work in the country's booming Islamic tourism sphere but last year she was expelled from a university in the capital Tashkent.
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Girls Who Code CEO Reshma Saujani and Girls Who Code Canada Programs Coordinator Kathryn Semogas share their perspective on the need for role models in tech for the next generation.
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Vienna -
Austrian MPs on Wednesday approved a law aimed at banning the headscarf in primary schools, a measure proposed by the ruling right-wing government.
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Ramallah -
A booklet promoted by the Palestinian education ministry hailing president Mahmud Abbas has received criticism and mockery online, prompting the government to stress it is not an official text.
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Paris -
French first lady Brigitte Macron, a career-long teacher, is set to return to the classroom in a new chain of adult training colleges that she is helping set up.
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To deliver high performing teams, effective workplace learning is required. One means to do this, exploiting new technology, is to apply immersive media technology for corporate training. The founder of a new company explains more.
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Atenas -
Every month, when his respiratory medicine runs out, Dionysis Assimakopoulos heads to the most unlikely pharmacy in Athens.
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Highlands Ranch -
A teenaged student was fatally shot and multiple others were wounded Tuesday in a school shooting by fellow pupils in the US state of Colorado, across town from one of the worst gun massacres in the country's modern history.
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Highlands Ranch -
At least eight teenaged students were wounded Tuesday in a school shooting by fellow pupils in the US state of Colorado, police said, across town from one of the worst gun massacres in the country's modern history.
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Rio De Janeiro -
Hundreds of students and professors protested against public education funding cuts outside a military high school in Brazil on Monday where far-right President Jair Bolsonaro was attending a ceremony.
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Fpo -
The mother of a Chinese student admitted Friday she paid $6.5 million to the man at the heart of a US college admission scandal but said she was duped into believing the sum was a charitable donation.
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Rabat -
Over 70 demonstrators were left wounded Thursday after Moroccan police used water cannon to disperse a rally in the capital by thousands of contract teachers protesting over their employment terms.Teachers chanting "Social justice!
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Cape Town -
Black-and-white pictures were projected onto the wall of a South African classroom and gospel music played evocatively in the background.The pictures told a chilling tale: Angry protesters. Policemen beating crowds. Corpses lying scattered on the road....
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Paris -
Both admired and loathed as the training ground for France's political leaders, the Ecole Nationale d'Administration will learn Thursday whether it is to be scrapped by President Emmanuel Macron for being a symbol of out-dated elitism.
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Atenas -
Every month, when his respiratory medicine runs out, Dionysis Assimakopoulos heads to the most unlikely pharmacy in Athens.
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The NPPA is possibly the most important and influencial news photographer association in North America. Screen Grab from NPPA site
File photo: A nurse in nurses' station. goodcatmum (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Young students looking at an interactive whiteboard. svonog
Yours truly, Jenna, interacts with Betty, a Pacific white-sided dolphin at SeaWorld San Antonio on August 11th, 2010 during an "Adventure Camp" program at the park. SeaWorld San Antonio's Adventure Camp programs are aimed at students who have a strong interest in seeking animal-related careers and include several interactions and hands-on experiences with marine animals such as dolphins, beluga whales, sea lions, penguins, and sting rays. For college students, these programs are offered in March
The BBC micro:bit computer BBC
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus during the fall uwgb admission
The system is broken. Let's fix it.
Arvind Gupta teaching Indian children about science Courtesy Arvind Gupta
Boys at St. Andrew's College in Toronto From St Andrew's College website
Protest against the new education system in Hong Kong, July 29, 2012. Video screen capture
Protest signs in London, relating to outrage over government cuts to education by Selena Sheridan
Protest in Malaga, Spain on April 15, 2012 Alfredo P. Chomón
Hibaq Gelle, Toronto-based Somali-Canadian youth activist. HG
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice answers questions on the Middle East crisis with President George W. Bush at the White House in 2006. Eric Draper-US Government/Wikimedia Commons
A primary school classroom in France Wikicommons
Protesting cuts to distance education in Alberta.
Muslim National School in Clonskeagh in Dublin - one of only two state funded schools for Muslim children in Ireland . RTENewsNow
School bus Photo by Atomic Taco
Protest against the new education system in Hong Kong, July 29, 2012. Video screen capture
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