Back to school after Typhoon Bopha
Six months after Typhoon Bopha took more than 1,000 lives and displaced more than a million people, teaching and learning are starting up again in elementary schools across affected parts of the Philippines.Read more: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/philippines_69114.html
KANO, NIGERIA, 14 May 2013 (IRIN) - Around 15,000 children in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, have stopped attending classes since February 2013, according to a Borno State Ministry of Education official who preferred anonymity, as Boko Haram extremists continue a wave of attacks on state schools.
Most of the children are primary school students, according to the official. Thus far Boko Haram (BH) has burned or destroyed 50 of the state’s 175 schools, he said. Teachers in the state confirmed the estimate.
Tens of thousands of students in Chile have resumed their protests for free education with marches in major cities.
The march in the capital, Santiago, was largely peaceful, but there were isolated clashes, authorities say.
Riot police said that they had been attacked with petrol bombs. Police used water cannons and tear gas to break up one group of protesters.
Chilean students have been staging protests for free, high-quality education since 2011.
Wednesday’s action was the second nationwide protest this year.
The police estimated the number of protesters in Santiago at more than 37,000 but organisers say 80,000 people took to the streets. (via BBC News - Chile students resume protests for free education)
… I simply asked the students to tell me their experiences, and they bravely and honestly did – even with a video camera in the room. They talked about the family members they have lost – every single one of them knows someone who has been shot. They talked about their fears that an unspeakable tragedy like Newtown could happen at their own school, and their doubts they would survive to live a full lifetime. And they talked about the senselessness of the violence—people getting shot over a pair of shoes.
These are kids who deserve the best. They’re trying to do all the right things, and they deserve more than we adults have done for them. It’s our job to create a climate where they can grow and learn free from fear, and as you will hear, we are far from succeeding at our task. We need to do better.
(via The Impact of Gun Violence: A Conversation with Students | ED.gov Blog)
The Quebec Ministry of Education is proposing to allow four-year-old children from underprivileged families to attend elementary school full-time as part of a campaign to curb the province’s disturbingly high dropout rate.
More than one in three students in the province – 36 per cent – leave school without graduating. And studies showed that most of them come from poor families. For instance, a study conducted in 2008 by the Montreal Health and Social Services Agency concluded that 35 per cent of 5-year-old kindergarten students on the Island of Montreal were from needy families, showed signs of neglect and had learning disabilities that would likely impede their academic progress.
[Mauritania] On 28 January, pupils at a secondary school in Aere Mbar, a small village in southern Mauritania, ransacked the school, slightly injuring one of their teachers. They broke and burnt doors, tables and windows. This furious outburst was triggered by severe overcrowding in one of their classes: 105 pupils.
![[US] Students from the Bronx Global Learning Institute for Girls write about education (part 1 of 4)
[…] Recently, a group of students from the Bronx Global Learning Institute for Girls who had learned about the tragic events in Pakistan that had left 14-year old Malala severely wounded wrote to The United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) expressing their solidarity, outrage and passion for education. Today we’d like to introduce you to each of these girls and their thoughts on education. (via Students from the Bronx Global Learning Institute for Girls write about education (part 1 of 4) | Back on Track)](http://25.media.tumblr.com/7f64124d69b8642ac44046a3b1fd05db/tumblr_mhtzmuy9681qb8rnio1_400.jpg)
[US] Students from the Bronx Global Learning Institute for Girls write about education (part 1 of 4)
[…] Recently, a group of students from the Bronx Global Learning Institute for Girls who had learned about the tragic events in Pakistan that had left 14-year old Malala severely wounded wrote to The United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) expressing their solidarity, outrage and passion for education. Today we’d like to introduce you to each of these girls and their thoughts on education. (via Students from the Bronx Global Learning Institute for Girls write about education (part 1 of 4) | Back on Track)
It is hard to picture the scene in 21st-century Europe, but as debt-ridden Portugal heads into a new year of economic crisis, schools are stepping in to feed children who would otherwise go hungry at home.
One school in a poor district of north Lisbon stayed open over the Christmas break to serve up lunch to around 40 pupils, aged four to 18, out of its 800 enrolled students.
“Otherwise the children risked going hungry for two weeks,” explained its headmaster, who preferred to remain unnamed. (via School throws safety net to hungry Portuguese kids | ArabNews)
Giant technology firm Intel Corp is committed to assisting the education sector in Thailand with the aim to encourage the country’s students to get the latest innovative technologies as learning tools.
The company continues to launch the future classroom pilot project to help encourage schools in Thailand to get technologies as learning tools, said Accharas Ouysinprasert, country manger of Intel Microelectronics (Thailand).
The future classroom model is an education solution tailored for one-to-one eLearning in classrooms around the world, beginning in December 2012. (via Intel remains committed to Thai education - The Nation)
Schooling suspended in Gaza
via Schooling suspended amid Israeli airstrikes in Gaza | United Nations Radio)
