Japan plans to increase headcount of school support staff to ease burden on teachers

The education ministry plans to boost the number of support personnel for teachers at public elementary and junior high schools. | POOL / VIA KYODO

The education ministry plans to vastly increase the number of support personnel for teachers at public elementary and junior high schools, sources said, in a bid to ease the burden on educators. The measure, part of efforts to reform teachers’ work styles, may double the funds in the fiscal 2023 budget request for hiring school

Dozens of teachers killed, hundreds arrested by Myanmar junta for joining strike — Radio Free Asia

Protesters arrange abandoned flip-flops and other belongings next to a makeshift altar for teacher Tin Nwe Yi, left behind during a crackdown in Yangon, Myanmar, on March 1, 2021, after she was killed during a demonstration against the military coup. Credit: AFP

Two dozen teachers have been killed and more than 200 others arrested since Myanmar’s military seized control from the elected government nearly 18 months ago, according to a Thailand-based Burmese human rights organization. The 24 teachers, who had joined the country’s Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) of striking professionals, died by gunfire during street protests or

Jewellery idea that could be used to detect spiked drinks designed by budding Ayrshire entrepreneur students

Jewellery idea that could be used to detect spiked drinks designed by budding Ayrshire entrepreneur students

Budding entrepreneurs have coined in cash for their schools with ingenious inventions in an Ayrshire wide business contest. Schools across the three Ayrshire councils took part in the Sir Tom Hunter Challenge Final, with pupils presenting their business plans in the Dragons’ Den style contest to a panel of judges. Teams representing Ayr Academy, Belmont

Teachers in Myanmar caught in crossfire as conflict rages — Radio Free Asia

Teachers in uniform take part in a Civil Disobedience Movement demonstration against the military regime that overthrew the elected national government, in Dooplaya district, eastern Myanmar's Kayin state, May 13, 2021. Credit: AFP/KNU Dooplaya District

Schoolteachers in Myanmar, many of whom joined a national strike to protest the ruling military regime, have been increasingly caught in the crossfire following the February 2021 coup that overthrew the elected government. As of May, at least 40 teachers had been killed, according to the ruling junta. Educators who have gone on strike to

School pupils team up to help clean up Renfrewshire

School pupils team up to help clean up Renfrewshire

Thousands of volunteers have turned out to help clean up Renfrewshire as part of a council initiative. Dozens of pupils from the area’s schools helped boost the Big Spring Clean – part of the Team Up to Clean Up campaign. During April’s month of action, which aimed to spruce up the area and remove litter

Tibetan schoolteacher released from jail in Qinghai — Radio Free Asia

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Authorities in China’s Qinghai province have freed a Tibetan schoolteacher after holding her in jail since last year, when her school for Tibetan students was closed for teaching classes in their own language, RFA has learned. Rinchen Kyi, 42, was released on Aug. 24 at about 8:00 p.m. local time and taken to her family

Uyghurs in exile grapple with discussing genocide in Xinjiang with their children — Radio Free Asia

Mom, who are they? They are military.

The 12-year old Uyghur girl, who now lives in the U.S. state of Virginia, was about seven years old and starting to absorb a bit more knowledge when she first learned about the repression of Uyghurs in their homeland northwestern China’s Xinjiang region. As she got older, her mother would tell her more and more

Franz Ferdinand go viral after New York teacher uses band’s name for WW1 lesson

Franz Ferdinand go viral after New York teacher uses band's name for WW1 lesson

Franz Ferdinand found themselves trending online after a teacher tried to use their name as a reference in a First Wold war lesson. The Scots art-poppers are named after the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the imperial throne of the Austro-Hungarian empire, whose assassination ( along with his wife Sophie) on June 28, 1914, provided

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