A number of International schools in China are facing a drop in foreign students enrollment and mass resignation by International teachers, this is because of the stringent zero covid-19 policy our next report has more on this.

Foreign students and teachers drop out of Chinese schools amid stringent covid-19 curbs

Indian Government's Union Ministry of Education has encouraged schools to start courses early in the morning and decrease work hours to enable children cope with the heatwave sweeping throughout the country.

India's deadly heat wave: Govt issues guidelines for schools, asks to modify timings

A little known but century-old ban on jazz in schools in a US city has been reversed unanimously, an AP report said. The move was taken by the school board of New Orleans.

US city reverses century-old ban on jazz in schools unanimously  

School in Kashmir Valley opened on Wednesday after a gap of 32 months. Children were seen donning school uniforms and rushing for classes early in the morning. The happiness on their faces was apparent.

Schools re-open after a gap of 32 months in Kashmir Valley

Hong Kong is struggling to cope as COVID-19 cases rises to record highs and overwhelms its hospitals. Daily infections have multiplied 13 times over the past two weeks from about 100 cases at the start of February to over 1300 on February 13th, authorities are scrambling to control the deepening outbreak.

Hong Kong's daily covid-19 cases multiply 13 times in last two weeks

Bangladesh has decided to extend its decision to keep schools shut amid a rise in Covid-19 cases, driven by the Omicron variant. The move has triggered a debate among parents and teachers on whether these closures will have a long-term impact on children. Mariam Wardak tells you more.

South Asia Diary | Bangladesh school closure triggers debate

In view of the dip in the daily confirmed cases of coronavirus, the government of Indian national capital has decided on Friday to reopen schools for all classes from nursery onwards.

With dip in Covid cases on mind, India's national capital orders reopening of schools, colleges, gyms

After a religious school in Australia sent families enrolment agreements to indicate that transgender students will only be recognised by "biological sex", the human rights commissioner of the state said that schools cannot use contracts to avoid responsibilities under anti-discrimination law.

Schools cannot use contracts to avoid responsibilities under anti-discrimination law, says Australian official

Hong Kong has suspended kindergarten and primary schools until next month to slow the spread of Covid-19. All in-person classes and playgrounds will remain shut until the beginning of the Lunar New Year break after which the city administration will start its vaccination program for children above the age of five.

Hong Kong: Kindergarten and primary schools shut until next month to slow Covid-19 spread

Evelyn Forde hoped that January would bring some relief. As the head teacher at Copthall School in north London, she spent the final weeks of 2021 dealing with major staffing shortages as the omicron variant of the coronavirus began tearing across the city.

London schools are determined to stay open. Staff illnesses make it hard.

The omicron surge threatens to upend any sense of peace in the nation’s education system. After a holiday break that saw COVID-19 cases spike unrelentingly, a small but growing list of districts — including Newark, New Jersey; Atlanta; Milwaukee; and Cleveland — moved temporarily to remote learning for more than 450,000 children.

‘It’s chaos’ as schools confront omicron

Several school districts across the US were shut after there were shooting threats made using the social media platform TikTok. The social media company said that it has found no evidence of such and is working to remove videos.

US schools cancel classes due to shooting threats on TikTok

David C Banks began his first morning as New York City’s schools chancellor-in-waiting with a warning to the city’s educational bureaucracy: The nation’s largest school system had betrayed too many of its students by paying the salaries of administrators who did not improve the lives of children, funded by a bloated budget that produced abysmal results for too many Black and Latino students.

New NYC schools chancellor vows to tackle education bureaucracy

With the conversion of restrooms into gender-neutral on mind, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is asking all schools in the district to adopt a new signage. Regarded as a "big step for gender equity," the initiative tells the schools to display a sign outside restrooms to inform students, whether male or female, that they may use the restroom, which aligns with their gender identity.

Watch: For gender equity, schools in US district eliminate sex-specific restrooms

Schools, colleges and offices will re-open on November 29 in India’s national capital Delhi, the state’s environment said on Wednesday, as the city’s air quality showed signs of marginal improvement.

Delhi to reopen schools, offices on Nov 29 as air quality improves marginally

Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry said that extremism in Pakistan lies not in madrasas but in schools and colleges, where teachers were hired as part of a conspiracy to “basically teach extremism” during the 80s and 90s.

Major reason behind extremism in Pakistan is schools & colleges, not madrasas, says Fawad Chaudhary

Pakistan Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said that extremism in the country originates from ordinary schools and colleges and not Madrasas.

Ordinary schools, colleges behind extremism not Madrasas: Pakistan minister Fawad Chaudhary

In a striking revelation, Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday said that extremism was not rooted in madrasas, but schools and colleges in Pakistan.

Extremism in Pak not rooted in madrasas, but schools, colleges, says Minister

A secondary school in London, Ark All Saints academy is trying to stop its students from using “basically” at the beginning of sentences and it is also trying to get rid of phrases such as “oh my days” in a crackdown on “fillers” and “slang” in the classroom.

London school bans slang terms to 'guide' the students

Children in Bangladesh flooded back into classrooms on Sunday as schools reopened after 18 months, one of the world's longest coronavirus shutdowns. The resumption came after UNICEF warned that prolonged school closures during the Covid-19 crisis were worsening inequities for millions of children across South Asia.

Bangladesh schools reopen after 18-month COVID-19 shutdown

Schools reopened in India's Himalayan desert town of Leh and IT hub Bengaluru for students belonging to classes 6 to 8 on Monday as the number of coronavirus cases declined.

Schools reopen in parts of India in further easing of restrictions

As the students around the world begin going back to schools, experts have urged parents to abandon fears of Covid in schools and send children back to classrooms for their wellbeing.

Schools are not 'drivers' of Covid infections in UK: Experts

Hundreds of schools in Jakarta threw their doors open to students Monday, as some parents resisted the return to in-person learning weeks after Indonesia overtook India and Brazil as the pandemic's global epicentre.

Indonesia's capital reopens some schools despite parent fears

Witnessing an improvement in the COVID-19 situation in Indian Capital, the government announced on Friday that schools for classes IX to XII, colleges and coaching institutions will reopen from September 1.

Indian Capital reopens schools for classes IX to XII from September 1

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