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World Bank help for Tanzania education may go ahead after all – despite ban on pregnant schoolgirls
The global lender said it had agreed with authorities to find ways for girls forced to leave school to still access education.
‘They are slowly killing education’: schools shut down and teachers terrified in Burkina Faso
Conflict has seen hundreds of schools closed and warnings that thousands of children could face years without any learning.
Families who are helping vital research into premature babies
Ahead of World Prematurity Day, we look at the ¹ú²úÊÓƵ Edinburgh Birth Cohort and a celebration of 100 babies whose brains have been scanned.
Lack of proper toilets puts children at risk in a third of the world’s schools
While some countries are improving, too many students are still in danger of health problems and missing out on education.
“From Ghana to the Hague … my inspiring experience at the One Young World Summit”
A Global Youth Ambassador for ¹ú²úÊÓƵ tells how he addressed hundreds of delegates at the global gathering of young leaders.
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Gasping for breath, the schoolchildren affected by India’s air pollution
Clubs have been set up in 30 schools across Delhi to train students and teachers to be aware of the problems and learn how to deal with asthma.
World Bank scraps $300m education loan to Tanzania over school ban on pregnant girls
The money was due to help improve the school system in a country where thousands of girls expecting a baby have been expelled.
Water from the air helps schoolgirls rescued from child marriage
The girls no longer have to walk for miles to collect drinking water because panels now catch vapour and condense it.Â
Shortage of schools means millions of girls are denied education in Pakistan says report
A third of girls are not at primary school said Human Rights Watch, as it challenged the government to do more on the issue.
88,000 Rohingya refugees and host community children to get education aid
A $12m funding package from Education Cannot Wait will assist UN agencies to ensure a common vision for providing quality learning.