Nigeria: Terrorists Release Zamfara University Students Seven Months After Abduction
[Premium Times] The released students spent over 200 days in the terrorists’ camp following their abduction last September.
Education
Can you solve it? Art thou smarter than Shakespeare?
Don’t make this a comedy of errors
Today’s puzzles come from the quill of Rob Eastaway, the bard of brainteasers, whose latest book Much Ado About Numbers is a journey into Shakespeare’s mathematical life and times.
1. Hours and hours
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Childcare in England failing and falling behind much of world, charity says
Fawcett Society warns sector is lacking in ambition and delivery and calls for free ‘universal’ hours
Labour in a bind over much-needed childcare reform
England’s childcare system is failing and falling behind those of much of the rest of the world, a UK charity for gender equality and women’s rights has said.
The Fawcett Society said childcare in England was failing on several fronts:...
‘We are operating as a charity’ says head teacher
Chris Currie from Killinchy Primary School says it is “impossible” to work within his school budget.
Who has been treated most unfairly by history?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
Which individual has been treated most unfairly by history? Alex Middleton, Rutland
Post your answers (and new questions) below or send them to nq@theguardian.com. A selection will be published next Sunday.
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World’s top cosmologists convene to question conventional view of the universe
Meeting at London’s Royal Society will scrutinise basic model first formulated in 1922 that universe is a vast, even expanse with no notable features
If you zoomed out on the universe, well beyond the level of planets, stars or galaxies, you would eventually see a vast, evenly speckled expanse with no notable features. At least, that has been the conventional view.
The principle that everything...
Schools in England and Wales using ‘gender toolkit’ risk being sued by parents
Leading barrister warns that the kit – used to support gender-questioning children – is likely to be in breach of equality laws and could violate pupils’ rights
Schools in England and Wales have been warned by one of the country’s leading equality and human rights barristers that the “toolkit” many of them use to support gender-questioning children is unlawful.
The toolkit, introduced by...
How to Reduce Student Absenteeism
Readers discuss the reasons for the spike since the pandemic and how to lure students back.
Biden’s Student Loan Repayment Plan Is Being Challenged. Here’s What to Know.
The income-driven plan known as SAVE has reduced payments for millions of borrowers. Lawsuits by Republican-led states are seeking to upend it.
At Berkeley, a Pro-Palestinian Protest Disrupts a Dinner at a Dean’s Home
Pro-Palestinian supporters disrupted a dinner for law students. There was a tussle over the microphone and conflicting claims of harm.
$7.4 Billion More in Student Loans Are Canceled, Biden Administration Says
The announcement is the latest in a piecemeal approach the White House is using to target more specific subsets of borrowers.
Fears pupils prefer processed food to school meals
Reasons for children not wanting school meals include portion sizes and noisy canteens.
South Africa: Nzimande Dissolves NSFAS Board
[SAnews.gov.za] Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Professor Blade Nzimande, has dissolved the board of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and placed it under administration.
South Africa: Elections 2024 – What the Major Political Parties Say About Education
[GroundUp] We sent questions to the ANC, DA, EFF, IFP, FF Plus, ActionSA, PA, MK Party and RISE Mzansi
Nine-year-olds added to malicious WhatsApp groups
Schools warn thousands of parents on Tyneside about malicious group chats on the messaging app.
With States Banning DEI, Some Universities Find a Workaround
Welcome to the new “Office of Access and Engagement.” Schools are renaming departments and job titles to try to preserve diversity programs.
Rwanda: Govt to Distribute New Book On Genocide History for Children, Youth
[New Times] Rwanda Basic Education Board (REB) has said that in the upcoming fiscal year, it plans to distribute a new book detailing the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi to students and young people in schools.
Teen’s joy as skateboarding added to GCSE sports
Skateboarding is one of 13 new sports which will be allowed as part of GCSE PE from September 2026.
Call to continue free period products in schools
The government’s scheme which offers free period products in schools is due to end in July.
South Africa: Stellenbosch University Senate Members Call for End to Israel’s ‘Brutal and Barbaric’ Destruction in Gaza
[Daily Maverick] The following statement was submitted for discussion to the Stellenbosch University Senate. We are awaiting a special meeting of the Senate to further debate the matter. The signatories below have signed in their individual capacity as members of the Stellenbosch University Senate.