Education

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How best to teach the Holocaust 70 years after liberation

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One of the warning signs at the camp fence

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DAVOS: EI General Secretary sends clear message that public education is no commodity

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EI to help solve labour conflict in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

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UK absent parents now paying maintenance cash at record levels

The number of absent parents who are now paying towards the cost of their children through the Child Support Agency has hit an all-time high.

The number of absent parents who are now paying towards the cost of their children through UK Child Support Agency (CSA) has hit an all-time high, thanks to tough enforcement rules now in place.

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Teachers’ strike highlights Kenya’s education challenges

A Kenyan school made global headlines on Monday when children, some as young as seven, protesting against the seizure of their playground by property developers, were tear-gassed by police.

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Poorest students receive up to 18 times less public education resources than the wealthiest, says UNICEF

UNICEF calls on governments, donors and the private sector not only to invest more, but also to invest more wisely in education

In many countries around the world, significantly less public resources are used to educate children in the poorest 20 per cent of society than their counterparts in the most affluent 20 per cent, according to a new report issued by UNICEF on January 22, 2015. This difference can be as much as 18 times.

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Opinion: The Right to a Good Teacher

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A moroccan pupil and his teacher in a primary school class in Tifelte near Rabat learning arabic.

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Adolescents twice as likely to be out of school as children of primary school age, say UNESCO and UNICEF

New report shows why ‘business as usual’ won’t lead to universal primary or secondary education

Around 63 million adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15 years are denied their right to an education, according to a new joint report from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and UNICEF, Fixing the Broken Promise of Education for All: Findings from the Global Initiative on Out-of-School Children, released during the Education World Forum on January 19.

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France turns to education in an effort to strengthen common values

In response to the attacks that plunged France into mourning and reflection, the country’s education minister met with education unions, as well as parents and students, to identify the best ways of re-establishing shared values.

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European unions: education is a public good, not a commodity

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