Education

A focus on quality education crucial to achieving 2030 development goals

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Educators’ role central in helping youth to challenge violent extremism, OSCE event concludes

The education sector can play a crucial role in preventing young people from succumbing to ‘pull factors’ leading to violent extremism and terrorism, participants said at an OSCE-sponsored event dedicated to countering violent extremism and...

OECD report calls for increased support and investment in teachers

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EI issues apology to Korean affiliate

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Aiming for the skies, refugee girl must first finish school

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Nyahok (centre) attends primary school in the refugee camp in Gambella, Ethiopia.

UK Home Office launches child abuse whistleblowing helpline

UK Minister for Preventing Abuse, Exploitation and Crime, Karen Bradley, has officially launched a new whistleblowing helpline for employees to speak out about child protection failures.

Unions get ready to drive the Education agenda forward

Affiliates from Asia and Africa have learnt first-hand how to coordinate and put forward their strategies within the new framework of the Education 2030 agenda that was adopted by UNESCO member States in Paris last autumn. Two workshops in Nairobi and...

Treatment of asylum seeking students raises ire of Australian principal

Despite a recent High Court ruling that declared Australia’s offshore processing of asylum seekers as lawful, high school principal Paul Dingle is publically airing his opposition to the system.