Education

In South Africa, pupils in 3,000 schools still use pit toilets
Human rights and education activists say South Africa is not prioritising hygiene standards in schools in rural areas.
Published On 22 May 2023
DeSantis bans funding for Florida college diversity programmes
Ron DeSantis, Florida governor and likely US presidential candidate, says programmes impose an ‘ideological agenda’.
Published On 15 May 2023
Rewriting of Indian history anti-Muslim, anti-reason: Irfan Habib
The historian tells Al Jazeera lies and falsehoods are being glorified in textbooks by India’s right-wing government.
Published On 10 May 2023
From: Centre Stage
Islam’s influence on the US
A conversation with John Esposito, distinguished professor and author of books on religion, Islam, and Islamophobia.
Video Duration 17 minutes 52 seconds
Published On 4 May 2023

Protesting teachers took to the streets across the country all last week demanding better rights and payment of arrears.

The acclaimed international journalist from Guinea has been appointed as a Global Champion for Education Cannot Wait.

Growing number of school districts across the country are accommodating Muslim students by calling off classes on Eid.

Ban in US state bars classroom discussion of gender identity and sexual orientation through high school.

Government removes significant historical and scientific facts from textbooks as it pursues a Hindu supremacist agenda.

An Oklahoma board voted 5-0 to reject an application for the US’s first taxpayer-funded religious charter school.

The boy’s family says that he has an ‘acute disability’ and had been under their supervision in weeks before shooting.

Researchers hope first-ever ‘Arctic Snow School’ in Nunavut will bolster cooperation, understanding of changing region.

Books on race and gender identity are the subject of a record number of book bans in the United States.

A headmaster in Belfast’s Ardoyne community invokes the wisdom of philosophers to help children deal with conflict.

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