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Respect for teachers is a great credit to China: former Eton head

The public respect in China for teachers is "a great credit" to the country, a former headmaster of Britain's prestigious Eton College has said.

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Turkey fires 28,000 teachers over coup, Kurdish militant links

Turkey has fired almost 28,000 teachers and suspended more than 9,000 others for suspected links to the failed July coup and Kurdish militants, deputy prime minister Nurettin Canikli said Monday.

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Mexican students become victims in teachers' conflict with gov't

Mexico's decades-long conflict between dissident teachers and the government has left generations of students with incomplete educations, according to non-governmental organization Mexicanos Primero (Mexicans First).

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Three dead, 45 injured as labor union clashes with police in Mexico

A violent clash between members of a dissident teachers' union and police in southern Mexico on Sunday has left three dead and 45 injured, as law enforcement attempts to dislodge the protesters from blocking a local highway.

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Nigerien teachers start 48-hour strike

​Nigerien teachers on Thursday began a 48-hour strike across the entire national territory over what their union, SYNACEB, said was the refusal by the government to satisfactorily respond to their demands.

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Japan's education ministry exposes mass violations of textbook censorship rules

​Japan's education ministry said Friday that more than half of the nation's publishers of school textbooks had broken strict censorship regulations, with thousands of teachers potentially being paid illicitly to provide input to the books.

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China aiming to foster better teachers

Chinese schools have been recruiting younger and better-educated teachers over the past five years, according to a report released by the Ministry of Education on Monday.

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Confucius temple free to teachers since 2016

China's 15 million teachers are to be exempted from paying for tickets to visit the Confucius temple, family mansion and cemetery, according to Qufu city in east China's Shandong Province.

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Kenyan leader urges striking teachers to resume duty

​Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday evening called on striking teachers to reconsider their stance and resume duty, reiterating that the present economy cannot sustain an expanded wage bill.

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Teachers will get a lesson for accepting gifts

Teachers in Shanghai who have accepted gifts or cash from students or their parents will be disqualified from applying for professional titles that confer higher rank and more pay, the municipal education commission announced ahead of Teachers' Day, which fell on Thursday.

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"Pretty yet humble" schools bedevil rural education

Six students, four grades: This is the enrollment of Mengjiashan Primary School, built and designed for about 100 students, in the landlocked province of Gansu in northwest China.

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Chinese premier commends nation's teachers

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang commended Tuesday the country's 15 million teachers for their contribution to China's development, two days ahead of the National Teachers' Day.

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Chinese premier commends nation's teachers

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang commended Tuesday the country's 15 million teachers for their contribution to China's development, two days ahead of the National Teachers' Day.

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English versus Chinese education systems

​An English country village seemed the most unlikely place to determine the best education system between two nations a million kilometers apart culturally.

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Young Nepalese seek permanent teaching jobs amid job scarcity due to quakes

​Despite that two strong earthquakes have rattled Nepal, thousands of Nepalese teachers queued up Thursday to take the examinations for permanent teaching positions.

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Over 150 injured in teachers' protest in Brazil

Over 150 people were injured on Wednesday in a confrontation between protesting teachers and the police in southern Brazil.

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Xinjiang short of bilingual teachers

China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has a shortage of more than 30,000 teachers proficient in both Mandarin and one local language, according to the regional education authority on Tuesday.