The Pakistani education advocate – who was shot by the Taliban for her activism – was speaking exactly 10 years after her landmark ‘Malala Day’ address to youth at UN Headquarters in New York, where she called for global action against illiteracy, poverty and terrorism. Passionate message UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed introduced Malala, saying…
Unintended teenage pregnancies are significant among poorer parts of the north of the country, where accessibility to service and information is harder to reach than elsewhere, and there is anecdotal evidence in some schools showing an increase during the COVID-19 pandemic. Palang Jo, or Youth’s Power, is an NGO based in Phrae in northern Thailand whose…
Photo: Social Media An Indian woman living in Britain for education was killed, the police arrested two suspects involved in the incident. According to Indian media reports, a 27-year-old woman named Kontham Tejaswani was found dead in her room in London. It is being told that Kontham Tejaswani belonged to the historical city of Hyderabad…
Complaints about sex education in British schools were from teachers’ unions; Photo: File London: The UK has decided to review the sex education curriculum in schools by a panel of experts. According to the British Broadcasting Corporation, an expert panel has been set up to review sex education in UK schools, with updated guidance coming…
The paper Can countries afford their national SDG4 benchmarks? by the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was written as input for the spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It focused on Goal 4 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,…
The issue is under the microscope this week at the latest session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD), taking place at UN Headquarters in New York. Delivering opening remarks, Ms. Mohammed began by highlighting the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan, who have been banned from high school and university, calling this “one…
New Delhi: Plans to delete the criminal history of the RSS from school curricula in India are moving fast, a plan has emerged. According to details, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nefarious plan to change the criminal history of RSS in the country has been exposed. Even the Indian media could not remain silent when…
The Red Fort was built during the reign of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan In India, the Central Board of Secondary Education and the state boards of education in Uttar Pradesh removed lessons from the Mughal Empire from the history curriculum. India’s National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), while revising the history syllabus, has…
He said the history of slavery is one of suffering and barbarity that shows humanity at its worst. “But it is also a history of awe-inspiring courage that shows human beings at their best – starting with enslaved people who rose up against impossible odds and extending to the abolitionists who spoke out against this…
Secretary General of OIC is addressing the meeting. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will send a delegation of scholars to Afghanistan for negotiations regarding women’s education and employment in Afghanistan. OIC Secretary General Hussain Ibrahim Taha said that discussions are ongoing with the relevant authorities of Afghanistan with the support of the International Jurisprudence…
