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Team of psychologists to help depressed Hong Kong pupils after four suicides in five days

Schools will receive better student-counselling support from a team of psychologists provided by the government after four pupils committed suicide in five days.

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Housing -- the new price of education

Parents want the best for their kids, and, for some, the cost is no issue.

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High-school subject selections linked to Australia's gender wage gap: study

​The huge wage gap between men and women in Australia can be explained by subject selections made in high school, an Australian study has found.

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130 schools in S. India closed over leopard scare

More than 130 schools in the southern Indian state of Karnataka's capital Bengaluru were closed Thursday after three leopards strayed into the campus of one of the schools in the last three days.

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Five killed in Canada school shooting, suspect in custody

Five people died in a school shooting on Friday in Canada's western Saskatchewan province and two others were seriously wounded, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.

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Class suspension——a gray area on hazy days in Beijing

While some students were happy to skip school, others saw little to celebrate. Some parents also worried their kids may fall behind if they miss several days of lessons.

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China medical school admits animal cruelty following online outcry

Xi'an Medical School apologized Monday for mistreating the dogs it used in clinical experiments, after photos and videos of infuriated animal lovers across the country.

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One in four young Australians don't finish high school: report

​A landmark Australian study has revealed that one in four of the nation's students do not earn a high school certificate or vocational equivalent.

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School's discrimination against HIV carrier illegal

That a senior high school in Hebei province recently refused to enroll a teenage girl because she had tested positive for the human immunodeficiency virus, even though local authorities claimed to have arranged a suitable school for her, underscores the urgent need to eliminate the ingrained prejudice against those carrying the virus.

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UNICEF warns millions of Syrian children deprived of education

​The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday said conflict, violence and displacement happening in Syria have made more than two million children in the country unable to go back to school and another 400,000 at risk of dropping out of school.

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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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Students in quake-struck SW China start semester in new school

Students of a middle school in a township in southwest China's Yunnan Province that was hit by an earthquake one year ago moved to a new school building on Tuesday as the new semester began.

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CPC party school adjusts campus layout

The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee's Party School has adjusted its campus layout and unveiled statues of communist figures to boost party spirit and inspire officials, according to the school's authority.

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School safety highlighted as new semester begins

​September marks the start of the new school year in China. As students return to campus, school safety has become the center of attention across the country.

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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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Aussie gov't to audit school prayer groups amid allegations of religious extremism

​The New South Wales (NSW) government will audit prayer groups across the state's school system following allegations that a 17-year-old has been preaching radical Islam at a Sydney high school.

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6 students injured in Sri Lanka during lab experiment

​Six students from a local school in Chilaw of the North Western province of Sri Lanka, were rushed to hospital with burn injuries on Tuesday when they were exposed to chemicals in the school's laboratory.