Schools

The TikTok protests: Why children are rioting in schools across the UK?

School students across Britain are going on a rampage flipping desks, kicking doors, and refusing to enter classrooms. These stirs, headmasters warn, are becoming a TikTok trend. Most pupils are protesting against a new rule that states that toilets will be locked during lesson time

How UK schools are tackling the growing effect of influencer Andrew Tate and his misogyny

Educators across the UK are banding together to fight back against social media influencer Andrew Tate's messages, realising only too late the extent of his influence among their students

Explained: How a humanitarian crisis unfolded in Afghanistan after the Taliban’s takeover

The Taliban had taken over Kabul on 15 August in 2021 following which former President Ashraf Ghani fled the nation. Since then, the country has undergone a slew of changes, including the exclusion of girls from education, press restrictions, and the imposition of repressive policies

Delhi Vigilance Directorate flags Rs 1300 crore scam by AAP govt in construction of classrooms, recommends probe

The construction cost for additional classrooms in 193 schools escalated by up to 90 per cent in the name of 'richer specifications' without calling tender

Explained: What is the PM SHRI scheme announced by Narendra Modi under which 14,500 schools will be upgraded?

Under the Pradhan Mantri Schools For Rising India (PM SHRI), schools will be upgraded with state-of-the-art laboratories, smart classrooms, libraries, and sports equipment. These ‘model schools’ will ‘encapsulate the full spirit’ of the National Education Policy, 2020, said Narendra Modi

Afghanistan: Taliban fighters swap guns for books as hundreds return to school

Since the Taliban swept back to power in August last year, hundreds of fighters have returned to school, some either came on their own or were pushed by their commanders

Single-sex schools or co-ed? Kerala witnesses raging debate over child rights panel order

In a landmark order, the panel has directed the state government that there should only be co-education institutions in the southern state from the academic year 2023-24

Calcutta HC asks CBI to probe 'illegal' appointments of primary teachers in Bengal schools

Justice Gangopadhyay directed the central agency to institute a case and start an investigation forthwith into the alleged illegal appointments to primary schools

Sri Lanka closes schools, limits work as it battles acute fuel shortage

State- and government-approved private schools closed Friday amid the worsening fuel shortage, with thousands of people waiting in queues at fuel stations across the country for days at a time

No student or staff should be allowed entry into schools without thermal scanning: Delhi govt

The guidelines were issued in the wake of a spike in coronavirus patients in the city that on Thursday logged 965 cases, 1,009 on Wednesday, 632 on Tuesday and 501 on Monday