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Like father, like son: Prince George to attend Eton College

Britain's Prince George will attend the prestigious private school Eton College from September, Kensington Palace announced Tuesday, following in the footsteps of his father and heir to the throne Prince William.

India blocks Telegram before retest exam to curb cheating

India blocked access to Telegram messenger on Tuesday ahead of a retest of a nationwide medical college entrance examination, after a scandal last month over a question paper leak.

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Millions of Chinese students sit for gruelling 'gaokao'

Hundreds of young Chinese students clutching pens and their IDs shuffled into a testing centre in blue-skied Beijing on Sunday, swarmed by parents, joining millions sitting for the national high-stakes university entrance exam.

Word nerds have a weekend on the tiles at Thailand's Scrabble title

If he were no longer physically able to play Scrabble, 86-year-old Tan Jin Chor said he would "shut the lights and call it a day", but his love of the word game has kept the veteran verbophile competing.

Fire in Kenya girls' school dorm kills 16

A fire in a girls' dormitory in Kenya on Thursday killed 16 children and hospitalised 79 in the latest deadly blaze to hit a school in the east African country.

Ukrainian strike on college in Russian-occupied town kills 18: officials

The death toll from a Ukrainian strike on a college and its dormitory in a Russian-occupied town in eastern Ukraine has risen to 18, Russian officials said on Saturday.

Lights out for Cuban students as blockade bites

It's the middle of the night in Havana, but Alejandro Benitez is just getting down to work.

Drones to fight school shooters? One US company says yes

A new idea for combatting America's horrific problem of school shootings is to unleash an unarmed drone to confront the attacker, like a giant buzzing insect.

UK's Catherine on first official foreign trip since cancer revelation

Britain's Princess Catherine starts a two-day visit to Italy on Wednesday focused on early childhood development, in her first official foreign trip since her 2024 cancer diagnosis.

After backlash, Mexico cancels plan to cut school year for World Cup

Mexico canceled plans to shorten its school year ahead of the World Cup after widespread backlash from parents, think tanks and local authorities, a government source told AFP Monday.

Ostathi, Operated by UniHouse, Pioneers the Middle East's First Digital Infrastructure Linking Structured Workforce Development to Verified Income

World Bank and Jordan Ministry of Digital Economy-Funded Programme - Delivering the Region's First Auditable Connection Between Structured Capacity Development and Verified Income

Teen shooter kills two at Brazil school

A teenager shot dead two staff members and injured two other people, including an 11-year-old girl, on Tuesday in the latest school shooting to rock Brazil.

France launches one-euro university meals for all students

French university canteens began offering one-euro meals to all students regardless of income on Monday, in a measure designed to address financial hardship.

From Adele to Raye, the UK school nurturing future stars

If there was a recipe for success in the entertainment industry, the BRIT School in London should maybe get a standing ovation for hitting all the right notes.

Teachers protest as Turkey buries school shooting victims

Thousands of teachers protested in Turkey on Thursday after two school shootings in two days left the country reeling, with the authorities cracking down on social media as crowds gathered for the funerals of nine victims of the second shooting.

Turkey launches internet crackdown ahead of funerals for shooting victims

Turkey cracked down Thursday on social media posts praising two school shootings in two days which have left the country reeling, ordering dozens of arrests ahead of funerals for the victims, who were mostly children.

Turkey to hold funerals for victims of school shooting

Funerals will be held on Thursday for nine people killed when a 14-year-old opened fire at a school in Turkey, sending shock waves across the country.

Turkey school shooting wounds 16, attacker dead

An ex-student opened fire at his former high school Tuesday in Turkey, wounding 16 people including students before killing himself in a showdown with police, officials said.

Escaped wolf forces school closure in South Korea

A wolf that escaped from a zoo in South Korea remained at large Thursday, authorities said, prompting a local school to close over safety concerns as the search continued.

New Paris mayor pledges to prevent sexual violence in preschools

The French capital's new mayor on Friday pledged to prioritise preventing sexual violence in after-school programmes, after allegations that poorly recruited school monitors abused preschool pupils.

Lebanon kids struggle to keep up studies as war slams school doors shut

In a classroom turned shelter for displaced families, teenager Ahmad Melhem follows a recorded lesson on a tablet as the war between Hezbollah and Israel interrupts education for hundreds of thousands of students in Lebanon.

What we know about the UK's deadly meningitis outbreak

UK health authorities are probing 27 cases linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak believed to have spread at a nightclub in southeast England.

'Punished' for university: debt-laden UK graduates urge reform

Graduate Gina Tindale, 22, left university £90,000 ($120,000) in the red, a common experience across the UK where young people saddled with huge debts are calling for a reform of the student loan system.

Mexico considering social media restriction for minors: minister to AFP

Mexico is considering implementing an Australia-style social media restriction for minors, Public Education Secretary Mario Delgado told AFP.

Melania Trump to preside over UN Security Council meeting

Melania Trump will preside over a UN Security Council meeting next week, her office has announced, in the first such appearance by a US first lady.

Ex-US Treasury chief Summers quits Harvard over Epstein ties

Former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers resigned from his teaching post at Harvard University over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the Ivy League institution said on Wednesday.

Turkey's Erdogan dismisses secular critics of Ramadan school plan

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday defended a directive introducing Ramadan-related activities in public schools, rejecting criticism from opponents who said the move undermined Turkey's secular principles.

Nigeria paid Boko Haram ransom for kidnapped pupils: intel sources

The Nigerian government paid Boko Haram militants a "huge" ransom of millions of dollars to free up to 230 children and staff the jihadists abducted from a Catholic school in November, intelligence sources told AFP.

Masterminds Education Named "Most Nurturing Early Education Environment" at UAE Business Awards 2026; Standardizes Early Learning Model with 12-Student Class Cap Structured as Two Learning Groups of Six

Dubai-based provider marks 10 consecutive years of recognition and reinforces a whole-child program delivered through ultra-small learning groups

As Estonia schools phase out Russian, many families struggle

When Estonian mother Jelizaveta Ponomarjova's elder daughter started fourth grade in September, she did not understand what her teacher was saying.

In post-Maduro Venezuela, pro- and anti-government workers march for better pay

Supporters and opponents of Venezuela's government protested on Monday for better salaries and pensions, marching separately although united in their demand for a decent income.

UK schoolgirl game character Amelia co-opted by far-right

A purple-haired anti-migrant cartoon character featured in a UK government anti-extremism programme has been co-opted by the far right, appearing in AI-generated videos circulating around Europe and the United States.

Difficult dance: Cambodian tradition under threat

Cambodian master classical dancer Penh Yom walks between her teenage students, painstakingly adjusting a bent-back finger here and the tilt of a head there, as she passes on a centuries-old art form.

Chinese homeschool students embrace freer youth in cutthroat market

Fourteen-year-old Estella spends her weekdays studying Spanish, rock climbing or learning acupuncture in her living room as part of her homeschooling since she left China's gruelling public school system.

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