Although investing in school health and nutrition has a positive effect on children’s academic outcomes, one-third of schools worldwide still do not have access to drinking water and basic sanitation facilities, three UN agencies said in a report publi…
Pope Francis is set travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan at the end of the month – a visit the pontiff had earlier been forced to postpone due to health issues.Pope Francis will visit the DRC from January 31 to February 3 and …
UNITED NATIONS— UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and his special envoy for global education, Gordon Brown, launched a multi-billion-dollar International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd).
With COVID-related school disruptions setting back children around the world, activists implored world leaders Monday to prioritize school systems and restore educational budgets slashed when
Published by Philippines Daily Inquirer MAPUTO — Mozambique will remove a seventh grade natural science textbook from schools after outrage on social media over content
Published by Daily Monitor Wary of former president Idi Amin’s henchmen, Robie Kakonge, daughter of UPC giant John Kakonge, fled with her mother to the
Published by Philippines Daily Inquirer Less than 15 percent of schoolchildren in the Philippines, or about three in every 20, can read simple texts in
Published by Daily Monitor Agriculture today faces a number of pressing issues mainly as a result of climate change. It is no longer easy for
Published by Nation (Nigeria) Why should our 54 countries not lend weight to each other in international bodies, compounding our influence as the EU does?
NAIROBI— Education ministers at the 21st Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM) in Nairobi, Kenya, have issued a joint statement in which they recognised the urgent need to increase investment in education and skills at all ages, with pa…
Nigeria has evacuated at least 1,800 of its citizens from Ukraine since Russia’s invasion, but says that 80 Nigerian students remain trapped in the southern city of Kherson. Russian forces have captured the city, and the students this week called on th…
BLANTYRE, MALAWI — The U.N. children’s agency, UNICEF, is assisting Malawi’s students to continue their education in areas affected by a recent tropical storm.Students in the country’s 17 flooded districts are taking their lessons outdoors, in the shad…
