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Taiwan private school explores mainland market

Taiwan school operator Tsai Hsing has signed an agreement to purchase a kindergarten in Kunshan City in eastern province of Jiangsu, paving the way to introduce Taiwan private education to the Chinese mainland.

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New York City mayor declares Lunar New Year a public school holiday

​Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday announced Lunar New Year an official public school holiday in New York City, which will allow tens of thousands of students of Asian descent to celebrate the festival without having to miss class.

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Afghan children are victims of continuing insurgency in Afghanistan

​In the conflict-ridden Afghanistan, children are the most vulnerable sector of society bearing the brunt of war as many of them lost their fathers in the conflict and are forced to work on the streets to support their families.

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More children in Middle East, North Africa at risk of no schooling

​One in every four children and young adolescents in the Middle East and North Africa region are either out of school or at risk of dropping out, a UN spokesperson said Thursday, citing a new report.

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Chinese school to be re-opened in eastern India city

At a time when bilateral trade, cultural and tourism exchanges between India and China are going up, a Chinese school in India's eastern state of West Bengal is likely to see revival.

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Mass student poisoning reported in S. Africa

Hundreds of primary school learners in South Africa have been hospitalized after being poisoned, the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) claimed on Sunday.

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Three missing British girls cross into Syria

​Police in Britain said Tuesday that three British girls who have been reported missing now have believed no longer in Turkey and have crossed into Syria.

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Alibaba founder opens college for entrepreneurs

Alibaba founder Jack Ma and seven other entrepreneurs opened a school for business startups in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Monday.

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China beefs up efforts to help underprivileged children

When 23-year-old Yu Runhan first began teaching at a remote middle school in southwest China's Yunnan Province, educating the students proved a daunting challenge.

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Girls beaten and forced to sell their virginity

Seven teenage girls allegedly thrashed and threatened five girl students in Wuqi senior high school on Sept 21, 2014, according to local public security bureau.

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Boy with HIV assured of care, education

China's health authority has pledged to assure Kun Kun, an 8-year-old boy with HIV/AIDS, the right to medical treatment, a living allowance and a school education.

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Severe overloading behind fatal China school van crash

Both vehicles involved in a tragedy that killed 11 kindergarten children last month were overloaded to almost twice their capacity, an official investigation has declared.

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Indian-controlled Kashmir offers prayers in absentia for slain in Pakistani school

​As Pakistan mourns massacre of children in a deadly attack on army- run school at the hands of terrorists from Pakistani Taliban, people in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday offered prayers in absentia for the slain.

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141 killed, 133 injured in Pakistan's Peshawar school attack

​At least 141 people including 132 children were killed and 133 others injured on Tuesday in a terrorist attack at the army-run public school at the Pakistan's northwestern provincial capital of Peshawar, said a spokesman of the Pakistani army.

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Several girls raped, school confirms

Authorities in Yunxian county, Yunnan province, confirmed that they are investigating sexual assaults against at least three high school girls. The confirmation comes days after allegations surfaced in the media that a dozen or more girls had been forced into prostitution.

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Internet technology raises educational hopes for rural children in Bangladesh

​A charming, yet revolutionary television commercial has been garnering a great deal of attention on and off the airwaves and changing the way people in Bangladesh think about education, particularly in poorer, more rural areas, as local students are being taught by teachers hundreds of miles away in Dhaka via the Internet.

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Commencement for bachelors held at private university in DPRK

The first batch of graduates getting their bachelor's degrees at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) are ready to leave campus Wednesday and embark on a new chapter of life.