Tanzania: efforts underway to keep teens in school
Gabon: striking teachers call for social dialogue to improve the education system

Gabon's teachers demonstrating.
Wales should continue reforms to boost quality and equity of school system
Wales should continue its efforts to reform the curriculum and raise the standards of teaching in order to improve the quality and equity of its school system, according to a new OECD report.
Gabon: striking teachers call for social dialogue to improve the education system
The Syndicat de l'Education Nationale (SENA), an affiliate of Education International (EI), re-launched a teachers' strike on 31 October 2016, an action which followed an original strike on 16 January 2016, but was suspended on 30 January in...
France and Canada: 58th and 59th countries to endorse Safe Schools Declaration
Serbia Champions Early Childhood Development: 17,000 Additional Preschool Spaces with World Bank Support
Serbia has joined global leaders in Early Childhood Development by investing in its children to support their success, drive the long term competitiveness of the Serbian economy, and create growth and jobs. Serbia is adding about 17,000 preschool...
Kenya: Blow to Bridge International Academies
Ten schools owned by the edubusiness Bridge International Academies will have to close in Kenya because of low educational standards.
Multilingual education is 'absolutely essential,' UNESCO chief says on Mother Language Day

A little girl reads her paper in class in rural Nepal.