Students in US State Sue for Right to Civics Education
Students in Rhode Island are asking a federal appeals court to affirm that all public school students have a constitutional right to a civics education, saying that they aren’t taught how to meaningfully participate in a democratic and civil society an…
China Steps Up Assimilation of Ethnic Minorities by Banning Languages in Schools
TAIPEI — After experiments aimed at assimilating ethnic minorities in Tibet, Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang, the Chinese government now is moving to apply its cultural assimilation policy for managing all minority populations by eliminating classroom inst…
Eswatini Shuts Schools Amid New Wave of Protests
MBABANE, ESWATINI — Eswatini, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, said Saturday it had shut its schools “indefinitely with immediate effect” as the country faces a wave of pro-democracy protests.Students of the tiny, landlocked nation formerly known as Sw…
Covid-19: Uganda’s education minister blocks reopening of international schools
Uganda’s Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Museveni, who is also the country’s First Lady, has rejected pleas by the Belgian ambassador to reopen international schools before the end of the year.The envoy had made the request to the government am…
Nobel Prize in Literature Awarded to Tanzanian Novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah
This year’s Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah for his body of work detailing the refugee experience and how colonialism shaped African culture.At a news conference at the Swedish Academy’s headquarters i…
Three Share Nobel Prize for Physics for Work on Climate Change
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Tuesday announced the Nobel prize in physics goes to three scientists for their work in helping to understand complex physical systems, work that has proved valuable in quantifying and predicting climate.At a Stock…
Media Groups Voice Concern about Turkey’s Planned Social Media Law
ISTANBUL — Social media regulations are expected to be on the agenda for Turkey’s national assembly when it reconvenes in October.Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development (AKP) party is preparing a draft law covering false news and disinformation online…
Afghan Girls Boarding School Temporarily Relocates to Rwanda
With Afghanistan in the hands of the Taliban, which had banned young women from formal education, the country’s only girls boarding school is temporarily relocating to Rwanda for a “study abroad” session.Shabana Basij-Rasikh, the co-founding president …
28 Abducted Baptist School Students Freed in Nigeria
Armed kidnappers in Nigeria have released 28 of the more than 120 students who were abducted at the beginning of July from the Bethel Baptist High School in the northern town of Damishi.Church officials returned those children to their parents at the …
140 Students Abducted in Northwestern Nigeria?
Armed kidnappers have taken 140 students from their boarding school in northwestern Nigeria, local officials announced Monday. Attackers opened fire on the Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna state early Monday, abducting most of the 165 pupils boardi…