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Burundi overturns school ban on pregnant girls and young mothers
Campaigners welcomed the move but said more action is needed to curb the sexual exploitation of young girls and high rates of teen pregnancies.
“Education for girls is indispensable for ending the generational cycles of poverty and disease”
A Global Youth Ambassador from DRC tells why equal access to quality education is vital for the future of her country and the wider world.Â
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Indonesia plans to hire 100,000 teachers this year
They must be prepared to teach the most marginalised children as the country strives to improve the quality of its vast school system.
Why one in four Palestinian boys drop out of school by the age of 15
Getting through checkpoints, violence at school and classes they see as irrelevant are among the reasons given for so many adolescents leaving education.
15 of the most dangerous countries to go to school
Many children around the world who are just trying to get an education run the risk of being attacked, abducted or having their schools used for military purposes.
Turkish teachers trained to help traumatised Syrian children
A programme is showing educators how to support refugee students who have been affected by seeing conflict and having to leave their homes.
Morocco aims to get every child into pre-primary education
A 10-year plan to enrol 730,000 extra students will require 55,000 new teachers and 57,000 additional classrooms.
Graffiti shows plight of children robbed of their freedom and education
Today, on World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, we look at efforts to raise awareness about the problem in poverty-ridden slums.
Brothers who overcame disabilities to launch their own preschool
They only have one arm each - but the Chirwa brothers decided to do something to help the under-fives in their village in Malawi.
New prime minister Imran Khan wins over Pakistanis with promises of education reform
With 22 million children out of school, the former cricket star said his government would lift the quality of state-run schools.