In Nigeria, UN deputy chief and Malala champion girls’ right to education
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…
INTERVIEW: Supporting comprehensive sexuality education in Thailand
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…
An Indian woman living for education was killed by a Brazilian citizen
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…
Britain’s decision to review sex education in schools after strong objections
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…
New UNESCO report reveals $97 billion barrier to reaching education targets
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…
UN commission examines threats to global education goal
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…
Plan to delete RSS criminal history from education curriculum exposed
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…
Boards of Education removed lessons from the Mughal Empire from the curriculum
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…
Fight slavery’s ‘legacy of racism’ through education: Guterres
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…
A delegation of OIC scholars will go to Afghanistan for talks on women’s education and employment
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…