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More than half of Syrian children out of school

About half of school-age children in Syria are missing out on education after nearly 14 years of civil war, Save the Children said on Monday, calling for ‘immediate action’.

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3,100 Native Americans died in US boarding schools: report

From 1819 until the 1970s, the United States ran hundreds of Indian boarding schools across the country to involuntarily assimilate Native children into European settler culture, including forced conversion to Christianity...

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ISD celebrates Victory Day

International School Dhaka observed the 54th Victory Day of Bangladesh on Monday with a heartfelt assembly by bringing together the whole school community to honour the country’s rich history and sacrifices of the martyrs.

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Online school admission lottery on Tuesday

The online lottery for student admissions in classes I to IX in public and private schools across the country for the academic year 2025 will be held on Tuesday...

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Mass uprising leaves 55pc children traumatised: study

Ever since the July-August student-led mass uprising, 55 per cent primary schoolchildren have been living in a state of fear struggling with serious mental health consequences, according to a study revealed on Monday in the capital...

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Ex-minister Faruk Khan, 3 others remanded

A Dhaka court on Sunday placed four people, including former civil aviation and tourism minister lieutenant colonel (retired) Muhammad Faruk Khan, on three-day remand each in a case lodged over the murder of schoolboy Shamim in the capital’s Dhanmandi area during the July-August mass uprising...

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Bangladesh envoy in Athens hosts educational session

Bangladesh’s ambassador to Greece Nahida Rahman Shumona hosted an educational session for students of Filothei Preliminary School of Athens marking International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3...

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More schools needed for students with special needs

THIS is unacceptable that the authorities have not been able to open the school for students with visual impairment in Pabna in seven years after its construction. The two-storey Integrated Visually Impaired School was constructed with public funds in 2017 in the district, where there are about 6,225 visually impaired people and at least 25 per cent of them...

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Schools closed in Beirut after deadly raid

Schools in Beirut were closed on Monday after rare strikes on central districts of the Lebanese capital killed six people including  Hezbollah’s spokesman, the latest senior figure slain by Israel.

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Eight dead in knife attack at China school

Eight people were killed and 17 others wounded Saturday in a knife attack at a vocational school in eastern China, and the suspect was arrested at the scene, police said...

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Primary schools empty as smog persists in Delhi

Residents in India’s capital New Delhi again woke under a blanket of choking smog on Friday, a day after authorities closed primary schools and imposed measures aimed at alleviating the annual crisis.

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Kids feel less family support, more school pressure: WHO

Youths in Europe, Canada and Central Asia feel less family support and more school pressure than before, the World Health Organisation warned Wednesday, urging countries to improve teens’ social environments...

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Punjab shuts schools in smog hit main cities

Pakistan’s most populated province of Punjab on Wednesday ordered schools closed in smog hit main cities, shifting them to online learning until November 17, a minister said, as the...

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Rural schools in Bangladesh

I love visiting schools and seeing children learn, play and engage with one another. I developed this fascination for schools only after finishing my own schooling in rural Bangladesh. In my...

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Fresh sectarian violence erupts in Khagrachari

A teacher of Khagrachari Government Technical School and College was beaten to death on Tuesday for allegedly raping a Class VII student of Tripura community, triggering a fresh sectarian violence between...

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Glenrich celebrates GlenXplore Day

The Glenrich International School Uttara organised an event titled GlenXplore Day to celebrate the upgrade of the Uttara campus in the capital on Saturday...

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Israeli strike on Gaza school, houses kills 16

An Israeli air strike hit a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City on Saturday, with Palestinian rescuers reporting five dead and the Israeli military saying it had targeted Hamas militants...

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A critical need for the future

SINCE the July-August uprising, there has been a significant discourse on reforming Bangladesh’s education system, particularly focusing on primary and middle school curriculum and textbooks. However, one of the most urgent issues in middle school education has been largely overlooked — the critical shortage of qualified teachers. Bangladesh’s...