The Primary School in East Palo Alto, co-founded by Dr Priscilla Chan, is closing after the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative decided to halt funding. The school combined education, healthcare, and family support for low-income children.
Despite immense parental devotion and sacrifice in Hong Kong, a gap often exists between parents' perceived love and children's felt support, a phenomenon linked to family dysfunction and potentially impacting child well-being.
The ABVP has called for a statewide school bandh in Telangana, protesting private school fee hikes, government school infrastructure issues, and staff shortages. The shutdown aims to push for reforms in both private and government education sectors.
Turkey's Minister of National Education, Yusuf Tekin, announced that the mid-term break will continue in the 2026-2027 academic year. One break will be in the first semester, and the second will coincide with Ramadan Bayram.
The English Schools Foundation (ESF) in Hong Kong introduces a 'through-train' system, guaranteeing students a place from kindergarten (K1) through to secondary school graduation (Year 13), starting with the 2027-28 academic year.
Tainan City's Education Bureau has announced the reassignment of 24 elementary school principals for the 115th academic year, involving school mergers, closures, and end-of-term transfers. The move aims to inject new energy into Tainan's education system by aligning school characteristics with local needs.
Karnataka revokes 2022 hijab ban, permits limited religious symbols (hijab, turban, sacred thread, rudraksh) with uniforms across all educational institutions from the next academic year, sparking BJP accusations of 'vote-bank appeasement'
Federal student loan interest rates will rise in the 2026-27 academic year, according to an exclusive analysis provided to CNBC.
Hong Kong schools have recorded net student rises for two consecutive years, with the current academic year seeing an increase of about 7,200 pupils, a surge that an industry leader has attributed to the influx of dependants of admitted talent. The Education Bureau published enrolment figures on its website on April 28. The data covers all government, aided, private, international and direct subsidy scheme schools at the time of the annual headcount exercise in September 2025. To determine the...
Hong Kong's largest international school group sees reserves more than triple to HK$3.75 billion over a decade, outpacing local universities, amid efforts to offset reduced government subsidies through tuition fees and nomination rights.
A nursing school in Gopalganj sparked controversy with a notice barring female students from marrying during their academic session, threatening removal from rolls. The civil surgeon promptly cancelled the order, asserting education rights are not tied to marital status. An inquiry is underway against the principal, who claimed the notice was an advisory to prevent study disruptions.
The UK government has announced that universities in England failing to protect free speech could face fines of up to £500,000 or 2% of their income under a new complaints system run by the Office for Students (OfS). The scheme, launching from the new academic year, will allow staff, external speakers and non-student members to raise concerns about providers free of charge. From April 2027, new registration conditions will enable the regulator to fine universities for breaches of their duties under the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act, which came into force in August 2023.
The UK government has capped student loan interest at 6% for the 2026-27 academic year to offset inflation risks linked to the conflict in Iran. While high earners may see a slight reduction in debt growth, many lower-income borrowers will face higher interest rates than currently.
