The Taliban’s acting higher education minister on Sunday imposed a ban on co-education classes in Afghanistan, saying that “the women will be allowed to study in university, but they won’t be sitting in the same classroom with the men.

Taliban 2.0: Women allowed to study, but ban on co-education classes in Afghanistan

An internal communique issued by China’s Shanghai University has raised eyebrows of many after it ordered its colleges to report students who identify as LGBTQ+ or “non-heterosexual”.

Chinese university asks colleges to compile list of LGTBQ+ students, stokes fears of ‘crackdown’

As authorities on Spain's Canary Islands struggle to accommodate a sharp rise in the number of undocumented migrants arriving on its shores, a local man has turned his garage into a classroom teaching Spanish.

Meet the Spanish man who uses his garage as a free language school for migrants

UK on Thursday opened post-study work visa for international students. The graduate route visa was announced by UK Home Secretary Priti Patel. The applications are open from this week.

UK opens graduate route visa for Indian, other international students

Schools across the globe shut doors in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the last year, students, teachers and parents have been forced to adapt to the “new normal”. What are the challenges of online learning? Is it all doom and gloom or can these challenges be turned into opportunities? Let's hear what students and faculty members from Mumbai's Mount Litera School International have to say.

Online Education: Challenges and Opportunities

A Malaysian teenager is facing major backlash for speaking out against the passivity shown towards rape culture in the country’s schools. Ain took to TikTok to point to excesses teachers take with words, especially while referring to traumatic crimes like rape.

How a Malaysian teenager's fight against rape culture in schools caused national backlash

In a camp for Syrian refugees in east Lebanon, Mohammad and his three sisters fear they will be out of school for a third consecutive year because remote learning is out of reach.

'I want to study': Lebanon crisis cancels school for many

More than 11,000 academics and other university staff opposed to Myanmar's ruling junta have been suspended after going on strike in protest against military rule, a teachers' group said.

Thousands suspended at Myanmar universities as junta targets education 

Karmen Bastyur is one of thousands of people from Roma families in Hungary that have been particularly hard hit by the pandemic. Many already marginalized Roma adults lost their jobs as Hungary's economy buckled under lockdowns, pushing their families into deeper impoverishment and food insecurity. Some have reported selling their belongings, like mobile phones, to make ends meet.

Hungary's poor Roma struggle with remote education

Does having school at the beach sound like a dream? After a year of remote learning and socially distanced classrooms, one school in the Spanish region of Murcia is doing just that, trying to combine clear air and a new way of teaching.

A day at the Spanish beachside classroom

Private tuitions is one of the most profitable businesses in India. With 1 out of 4 Indian students taking private coaching - Indian parents are forced to bear the cost of school fees and exorbitant coaching costs.

Gravitas: What Byju's acquisition of Aakash tells us

One of Bob Dylan’s most important early albums, “Bringing It All Back Home” from 1965, has the kind of cover that can strain eyes and fuel speculation. It is a photograph of Dylan, in a black jacket, sitting in a room full of bric-a-brac that may or may not mean something, staring into the camera as a woman in a red outfit lounges in the background.

Sally Grossman, immortalised on a Dylan album cover, dies at 81

The largest public school system in the United States has been accused of perpetuating racism. A group of students in New York City claim that the admission process for students is racist, and favours white students.

New York City's public school system perpetuates racism, a lawsuit claims

The Western education system and pedagogic approaches even though defined by some variations are undoubtedly better. Among other things, this explains the enduring appeal of Western universities to international students.

On the pros and cons of education in a Western University

Globalisation is not going to die. It will assume a new form and character if the lessons from the recent past have been learnt and absorbed. With renewed focus on multilateralism after the election of Joseph Biden to the highest office in the United States, a fairer globalisation might emerge.

In the emerging world, being skilled will be as important as being educated

Judit Polgar might be the one woman in the world who knows how Beth, the heroine of the hit Netflix series 'The Queen’s Gambit,' really feels. Like Beth, Polgar, who is from Hungary, stood out during her career because she regularly beat the world’s top players, including Garry Kasparov, in 2002, when he was ranked No 1.

How 'The Queen's Gambit' started a new debate about sexism in chess

Nigeria has the highest number of children out of school & now due to the pandemic young girls in the country are struggling to remain in school. Watch the report to know more.

Young girls in Nigeria struggle for education

A few days after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, David Letterman sat behind his desk at CBS’s “Late Show” and shared the story of a rally in Choteau, Montana, to raise money for New York.

David Letterman isn’t here to cheer you up this time

As COVID-19 cases in China sink to new lows, the world's largest population of university students is heading back to campus in a migration defined by lockdowns, patriotic education and cutting-edge surveillance equipment.

Facial recognition and bathtime bookings: How China's universities are reopening

The flight of Sudiksha Bhati's dreams crashed even before taking off, according to her father, who said his 20-year-old daughter wanted to help rural children access education.

Sudiksha Bhati wanted to help rural children access education, says father of US student killed in mishap

An Ecuadorean teenager has set up an improvised school under a tree in a poor neighborhood of northern Guayaquil for some 40 students who haven't been able to study during the COVID-19 lockdown for lack of internet access.

Ecuador teen teaches class under a tree for kids without internet

In the aftermath of the implementation of China’s controversial national security law in Hong Kong, which bans criticism of the Chinese administration, and subverts pro-democracy protests, schools are now being asked to review textual content.

Schools in Hong Kong will review teaching material to 'positively teach' students

Schools have been forced to make a shift to digital classrooms amid the Coronavirus pandemic, but is this model effective? Do we have the right modules or tutorials for online education? Are teachers prepared for remote teaching? What about disadvantaged children and families who have no access to smart technologies? Will the lack of brick-and-mortar classrooms have long-lasting consequences for children? Or can online education be an effective alternative in a post-Covid world? Watch the show to find out.

Hard Reset: Impact of Coronavirus on Education

Pope Francis on Friday (June 5) spoke about the importance of education, and invited people to commit themselves to caring for the environment.

'Education is listening and celebrating life', Pope Francis says in video conference with Latin first ladies

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