education

Schoolteacher stabbed by pupil in western France

RENNES, France, May 27, 2024 (AFP) - An 18-year-old pupil was detained in western France on Monday after stabbing his…

Columbia University cancels main graduation ceremony due to Gaza protests

NEW YORK, May 6, 2024 (AFP) - Columbia, the prestigious New York university at the heart of US campus protests…

Clashes at UCLA pro-Palestinian protests in US campus unrest

Clashes broke out on Wednesday at pro-Palestinian demonstrations on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, as dozens…

Police arrest Columbia students, clear occupied building in campus unrest

By Ana FERNÁNDEZ NEW YORK, May 1, 2024 (AFP) - Dozens of helmeted police flooded Columbia University's campus in the…

Bangladesh reopens schools despite heat alert

DHAKA, April 28, 2024 (AFP) - Millions of students returned to their reopened schools across Bangladesh Sunday despite a lingering…

Police detain 100 as pro-Palestinian camp cleared at US university

BOSTON, April 27, 2024 (AFP) - Police detained about 100 people as they moved in to clear an encampment of…

Afghan girls and women cling to glitchy, lonesome online learning

By Aysha Safi and Susannah Walden KABUL, March 20, 2024 (AFP) - Sequestered at home in a remote Afghan town,…

New Era University inks historic MoU with Russian news agency Sputnik

Building bridges through education and media Manila, Philippines - January 15, 2024 - The New Era University (NEU) has taken…

Harvard president resigns after rows over plagiarism, anti-Semitism

By Gregory WALTON NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2024 (AFP) - The president of Harvard University resigned Tuesday after coming under…

French school in shock after 12-year-old threatens teacher with knife

By Laurent BANGUET, Clarisse LUCAS RENNES, France, Dec 14, 2023 (AFP) - A 12-year-old schoolgirl threatened a teacher with a…

Harvard faculty back president after anti-Semitism testimony controversy

WASHINGTON, Dec 11, 2023 (AFP) - Hundreds of Harvard faculty have signed a letter backing the university's president after her…

New Zealand to ban cellphones in schools to address literacy crisis

WELLINGTON, Dec 1, 2023 (AFP) - Cellphones will be banned in schools across New Zealand, conservative Prime Minister Christopher Luxon…

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