The desire to study and help her family led Alisson Goez, an eight-year-old girl from rural Medellin in Colombia, to sell her drawings to buy a computer to attend virtual classes from home during the coronavirus quarantine

Colombian girl sells art to buy computer for home studies

Paris bookstore Ici Librairie redrew its floor plan as it reopened on Monday (May 11) after France lifted strict lockdown measures in the fight against the novel coronavirus.

Paris bookstore reopens after lockdown, stacking alcohol gel next to bestsellers

Israel partly reopened nurseries and kindergartens on Sunday (May 10), increasing the number of children who have returned to daycare as part of efforts to revive the economy as coronavirus worries subside.

Preschoolers return as Israel further eases coronavirus curbs

Group of teachers working to keep education available for displaced children in Atmeh camp, turn to lessons via WhatsApp as threat of coronavirus forces the tent school to close.

Fearing corona, young teachers turn to Whatsapp lessons in Syria camp

UK school pupils practices a foot-to-foot 'handshake' on Wednesday (March 4) that has been adopted around the world as a way stop spreading the coronavirus.

UK school practices handshake with feet as coronavirus spreads

Completing formal school education from a school-based in rural areas can feel like a 12-15-year-long hurdle race! These hurdles spare no student. The cultural, social, and economic factors make special provisions for female students.

A hurdle race: Education in rural areas

Ivy League universities such as Harvard and Yale are now being investigated by the US Department of Education on suspicion that they received undisclosed funds from foreign countries.

375 million dollars from foreign countries to Ivy League schools, US Department of Education investigates

India needs funds for education, but foreign funds come with strings attached. India's education system needs urgent reform and money. This is a young country - a demographic jackpot.

WION Edit: Foreign financial Influence in universities -  lessons for India

There is a record hike in Indian students choosing foreign universities, however, we have seen many times children opt for global education because either their parents want them to go overseas, or their friends and fellow classmates study abroad. Shweta Khurana explains how peer pressure on students for global education increases the internal pressure and unhealthy competition, and they should be allowed to make their own choice.

Students should not be compelled to opt for global education

Zurich is emerging as a favourite city among Indians. More and more Indians are migrating to the Switzerland city, Indians are attracted by its education, system and, startup culture.

WION Wallet: Switzerland's banking, fintech centre attract Indians

The changes to the charter of Fudan University in Shanghai, considered one of China's more liberal institutions, came to light on Tuesday when the education ministry said it had approved alterations for three universities.

Change to Chinese university's charter dropping 'freedom of thought' stirs debate

National Students' Union of India, the Congress' student wing, on Tuesday held a 'Chhatra Adhikaar Rally' in Delhi against the Central government's education policies.

Delhi: NSUI holds rally against government's education policies

Bangladesh is blocking hundreds of thousands of Rohingya children from accessing meaningful education, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, urging authorities to lift restrictions on schooling in refugee camps.

Rohingya child refugees in Bangladesh being denied education: Human Rights Watch

Teenagers from four big Chinese regions outshone Western contemporaries nations in a keenly watched survey of education capabilities published Tuesday, which also showed no improvement trend in developed countries over two decades.

China outshines West in survey on educational capabilities

Members of Pakhtun Council at Punjab University (PU) in Pakistan on Sunday staged a protest after Alamgir Wazir, former chairman of the council, allegedly went missing from the university.

Pakistan: Protests erupt at Punjab University after former chairman goes missing

The youth has a major role to play in the vision of "New India" and the Centre was coming up with new education policy to strengthen the education system in the country and make education employment-oriented, Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal said on Friday.

Centre to strengthen education system, make it employment-oriented: Ramesh Pokhriyal

A delegation of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students on Wednesday reached the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD). The Ministry has appointed a high power committee for discussion with students and administration to restore the normal functioning and peaceful resolution of all issues in the University.

Delegation of JNU students reaches Ministry of Human Resources Development

Hong Kong's chief executive said Tuesday that protesters occupying a city-centre university had to surrender if the three-day stand-off was to be resolved peacefully.

University protesters in Hong Kong must surrender to resolve stand-off peacefully: Carrie Lam

The number of Indian students studying in the United States increased by nearly three per cent in 2018-19 over the last year to 202,014, as per the 2019 Open Doors Report released on Monday.

Indians studying in US increase by 3 per cent in 2018-19: Report

Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala urged the Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank to include climate change and sustainability as subjects in the education curriculum.

Chautala urges MHRD to include climate change, sustainability as subjects in school curriculum

Rashtrapati Bhavan will host a conference of the Directors of IITs, NITs and IIEST, Shibpur next week. "Rashtrapati Bhavan will host a conference of the Directors of IITs, NITs and IIEST, Shibpur on November 19, 2019.

Rashtrapati Bhavan set to host conference of educational institutions' directors next week

Commenting on the protest organised by the Jawaharlal Nehru Students` Union (JNUSU) over fee hike, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday and said that the institution must protect itself from such "controversies".

JNU must protect itself from controversies: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Serving a population of nearly 1.4 billion, the Indian education sector is huge. Addressing the needs of such a large, dispersed and diverse population has its own challenges.

Higher education reforms imperative to push India story

Teachers Day is celebrated every year on September 5 to acknowledge the contribution of teachers in shaping an individual's life. The day commemorates the birth anniversary of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, former President of India and an exemplary teacher.

Teachers need to be treated as valued professionals

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