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UK: Labour pledge return of education maintenance allowance and maintenance grant

Education unions reacted positively to the Labour Party’s announcement on 17 August that it will restore the education maintenance allowance and the maintenance grant if it wins power at the next general election.

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Australia: Support staff celebrated as vital for quality education

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Afghanistan: Rise in Military Use of Schools

Security Forces, Taliban Threaten Children’s Lives, Education

Afghan security forces are increasingly using schools as bases during military operations in Taliban-held areas, putting children at risk and depriving thousands of an education, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Aug 17. The Afghan government should take immediate steps to curtail security force use of schools for military purposes.

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World Social Forum: Spotlight on free quality public education

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Afghanistan: Rise in Military Use of Schools

Security Forces, Taliban Threaten Children’s Lives, Education

Afghan security forces are increasingly using schools as bases during military operations in Taliban-held areas, putting children at risk and depriving thousands of an education, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Aug 17. The Afghan government should take immediate steps to curtail security force use of schools for military purposes.

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Filipino teachers ready to improve minorities’ rights

Action plans to promote and protect the rights of minorities, particularly for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people, were devised at an Education International workshop for teacher unionists in the Philippines.

This event, held in Manila from 2-4 August, was organised by the Education International (EI) Asia-Pacific office. It was attended by 19 participants from five EI national affiliates: the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), the Federation of Free Workers - Trade Federation VIII (FFW), the Philippine Public School Teachers' Association (PPSTA) (SMP-NATOW), the Teachers' Organisation of the Philippine Public Sector (TOPPS), and the Samahang Manggagawang Pilipino-National Alliance of Teachers and Office Workers (SMP-NATOW).

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Ugandan parliament orders Bridge Academy schools closed

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Leading the agenda for data production to monitor education 2030

Monitoring progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) on education requires more and better quality data, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). The UIS is launching two new tools to kick-start this process: an eAtlas mapping out the currently available global education indicators, and a Digest that sets out a roadmap to improve the measuring of education quality and equity. These new data products are the latest in a set of UIS initiatives to address the gaps in the education monitoring agenda.

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Ecuador: Time is pressing to halt the imposed dissolution of the teacher union UNE

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Australia: teacher honoured for work with indigenous students

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Northern Territory educator Sally Mackander.