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Academia 4 years ago

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One year after the coup, Myanmar children face learning, life loss

The Myanmar junta has fired over 125,000 teachers, as well as more than 13,000 professors and university staff, accounting for 45 percent of all teaching and administration staff at universities.

Academia 4 years ago

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Rape: When our families, schools and religion betray us

The issue of sexual harassment and violence and the way it is being addressed is a reflection of deep seated social and political ills in Indonesia.

Editorial 4 years ago

Terror group’s facelift

JI and other terrorist groups may no longer spread fear through bomb blasts and other acts of violence but sow good deeds to reap public sympathy and instill their beliefs.

People 4 years ago

Ugandan teachers turn coffin-makers after schools shut

Livingstone Musaala, who was forced to quit his teaching job following school closures, turned to coffin-making to pay the bills and help his community.

SE Asia 4 years ago

More than 125,000 Myanmar teachers suspended for opposing coup

The suspensions have come days before the start of a new school year, which some teachers and parents are boycotting as part of the campaign that has paralysed the country since the coup cut short a decade of democratic reforms.

Lifestyle 4 years ago

Indonesian teacher dons clown costume to inspire children to learn the Koran

Islamic teacher Yahya Edward Hendrawan, dresses up as a clown to inspire children to approach reading and reciting the Koran with cheer.

World 5 years ago

Homeschooling taking off in US as pandemic shutters schools

Homeschooling "exploded" when the virus caused school closures across the country in March 2020, according to the National Home School Association, based in Colorado.

People 5 years ago

Indian educator wins $1 million global teaching prize

An Indian teacher was on Thursday named the winner of a $1 million (£774,700, €823,175) prize for his work transforming the lives of young girls in a rural village.

National 5 years ago

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Reopening of schools raises question over safety procedures

The government's decision to allow children to return to classrooms for the remainder of the 2020-2021 school year, or from January to July next year, has raised questions about schools' readiness to prevent further spread of the coronavirus.

People 5 years ago

Jamaican teacher turns Kingston walls into blackboards

With most schools in Jamaica still closed due to the pandemic, schoolteacher Taneka Mckoy every day braves the risk of stray gunshots from gang warfare and the oppressive Caribbean heat as she trudges around her inner city Kingston community to write lessons on blackboards painted on its walls.

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