Gender inequality, early marriage and household work on girls have culminated into unequal participation of girls in education and increased disparity in South Sudan, the UN children's fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
In a classroom of the elementary school affiliated to the Renmin University of China, 11-year old Yao Bohan swings from left to right before a computer screen, occasionally shouting. The character on the screen follows his movements and jumps high to eat a fruit every time he shouts.
China is making "a big stride" in quality education and is moving towards education for sustainable development, a top UN official has said.
Some 22.5 million Vietnamese pupils and students across the country on Monday are attending a ceremony marking the beginning of a new school year.
Survey of parents in 15 countries and regions shows US and Britain remain top choices
A China-built secondary school in South Sudan's capital Juba has helped kept the aspirations of students despite the uneasy environment in the war-torn nation.
Elizabeth Truss, then British parliamentary undersecretary of state for education andchildcare, looks on as two students demonstrate math skills in a primary school inShanghai during an exchange program in 2014. [Photo/Xinhua]
"What are the essential conditions for pregnancy?" "What is safe sex?" "If you or your partner fell pregnant, what would you do?" In a rural middle school in Yingjiang County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, teacher Nie Yongxian is giving a ninth grade class a sex-ed lesson.
Students living at the Dadaab refugee camp in northeast Kenya have appealed to the government to delay the closure of the camp to enable them to sit for examinations later this year.
124 universities from China including 82 from the Chinese mainland, 7 from Hong Kong, 34 from Taiwan and 1 from Macao have entered into the list of "QS University Rankings: Asia 2016" – a ranking of the 350 top universities in Asia.
"The main obstacle on our way to get higher education is the indecent traditions against women and illogical culture of families that opposing education for girls," 16-year-old girl student Khatira said.
Economist Intelligence Unit report commissioned by newly launched Yidan Prize Foundation stresses need to integrate technology in classrooms, and prioritise vocational training and adaptability
Even more students than last year can opt out the annual gaokao this year, as it approaches next week. In recent years, an increasing number of parents sent their children to overseas schools. Even though there's increasing amount of negative news about this group, the parents think this is the best option for their children, especially compared to what they can get at home.
Myanmar opened the first school day of 2016-17 academic year on Wednesday with a new syllabus and teaching methods for kindergarten children, marking a new step taken in boosting the basic education sector.
Japan, South Korea and Singapore took different approaches to overcome the middle-income trap and successfully fostered a stable middle class to form a rugby-shaped society in terms of income.
Deeply ingrained prudishness has bred widespread ignorance of how to have pleasurable sexual relationships; a sex worker group has stepped into the breach, and found its workshops oversubscribed
A senior education official in east China's Anhui Province is under investigation for allegedly accepting bribes, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) announced on Wednesday.
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