
Number of term-time school holiday fines hits another record high
New government data shows that fines for term-time holidays have risen again in the last academic year.
MONDAY, 09 FEBRUARY 2026, 00:41

New government data shows that fines for term-time holidays have risen again in the last academic year.

Ceredigion council said it was based on research linking excessive smartphone use to anxiety and depression.
Summer Boismier, a high school English teacher in Oklahoma, lost her teaching license after she protested a book ban. Now she is fighting to return to the classroom.

Policy intended to keep more children sanctioned for non-violent bad behaviour in school in ‘internal exclusion’ units
Suspending pupils from school will be reserved for the most serious cases of bad behaviour including violence, according to the latest government guidance to be issued to schools in England.
The Department for Education (DfE) is to announce a consultation on behaviour policy to...
[Daily Trust] The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that Nigeria faces a major public health and education challenge, with only 11 percent of schools nationwide having access to basic Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services.
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Harvey, who is deafblind, struggled in mainstream nursery during wait for EHCP – and parents fear he could lose out again
Parents in England fear losing support for disabled children due to Send reforms
Harvey Hind has just turned five. He can count to a thousand. He can recite the alphabet – forwards and backwards – and he loves Play-Doh and cars.
The youngest of three children, Harvey is...

Survey by disability charity finds 45% of parents of children with complex needs ‘worried support will be taken away’
‘We’ve fought so hard’: family’s worry as England’s Send overhaul looms
Parents of disabled children fear that the government’s reforms to special needs education in England could mean they lose vital support, according to a new survey that highlights the high stakes facing...
[AIM] Maputo — The Mozambican government on Tuesday announced that the start of the 2026 school year will be delayed by a month because of the catastrophic flooding that has gripped much of the southern provinces.
The man, now 44, said that a teacher in Newark repeatedly sexually abused him in the 1990s.
[Health-e] As Durban temperatures reached 30 degrees this week, one school resorted to holding classes outside.
[Daily Trust] The Chairman of the Cross River State Sports Commission, Lawrence Itanya, has announced plans to revive school sports across the state, describing it as the foundation of sustainable sports development.
[Vanguard] Lagos — The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Kosiso Chukwem-Nenyem, alleged to have sent bomb threat messages to two schools in the Ikeja Government Reserved Area (GRA), Lagos, last week.

More than 800 school staff have been on strike across 20 schools in the West Midlands.
The central bank’s policy stance can influence consumer savings and borrowing, from car financing to home equity loans. Here’s how it works.
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba — When Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed appeared at Addis Ababa University (AAU) on 02 January 2026, to mark its 75th anniversary, many expected him to reflect on the university’s journey and its contributions to Ethiopian society. As the occasion was the first time Prime Minister Abiy addressed the AAU community, the moment called for more than ceremony. It invited a...

The school was inspected after concerns were raised over its decision to postpone an MP’s visit.

Geography student Ethan Brown should have been awarded a 2:1 degree but was wrongly told he could not graduate.
[GroundUp] Parents demand removal of Eastern Cape school principal
If college education is merely a transaction, educators — and facts — are vulnerable.