The new term has begun, but secondary school remains closed to girls for another academic year.
Shafaqna English- The Office of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Wednesday called on the Taliban to reopen schools and universities to teenage girls and women.In a post on X, UNAMA pointed out on the day schools reopened for the new year that it has been more
The International Amnesty Organization, simultaneous with the start of schools, stated that Afghan girls demand the immediate reopening of all girls’ schools. The International Amnesty Organization has called for the immediate reopening of girls’ schools in Afghanistan and urged the Taliban to refrain from using “empty excuses” to continue the ban on girls’ education. The […]
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Creation of a ‘cohesion and conflict unit’ in England is among recommendations in government-commissioned reviewSchool leaders have welcomed proposals for the creation of “a cohesion and conflict unit” to support teachers who face “freedom-restricting” threats and harassment during the course of their work.It is one of a number of recommendations in a government-commissioned review into threats to social cohesion in England, which highlights the case of a religious studies teacher at a school in...
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Shafaqna English- A court in India essentially banned Islamic schools in the country’s most populous state, a move that could further distance many Muslims from Narendra Modi’s government before national elections. The Friday ruling scraps a 2004 law governing madrasas in Uttar Pradesh, saying it violates India’s constitutional secularism and
As the new academic year begins in Afghanistan, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) states that 1.4 million girls above the sixth grade in Afghanistan are deprived of attending school. UNESCO in Kabul wrote on its social media platform X on Thursday, stating that the deprivation of girls from education will cause […]
Tasmania’s Liberal and Labor leaders will go head-to-head in their final election campaign debate, a day after butting heads over the timing of drought assistance. The island state will vote on Saturday, with opinion polls pointing to the incumbent Liberals getting more seats than Labor but not enough for majority government. Premier Jeremy Rockliff and […]
On the eve of the new academic year in Afghanistan, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai once again called for reopening schools and universities for girls. Karzai stated in a post on the X network on Sunday, March 17, “On the eve of the new school year, once again, I ask the Taliban government to open […]
The lawsuit by the teacher and students from Little Rock Central High School, site of the historic 1957 racial desegregation crisis, stems from the state's decision last year that an Advanced Placement course on African American Studies would not count toward state credit.