Five things you need to know this week about global education

Turkey 国产视频� home to the world国产视频檚 largest refugee population 国产视频� will resume face-to-face learning when the new school year begins next month.

It had restarted in-person classes in June. But with cases rising in Turkey this month, there had been uncertainty over whether schools would even reopen.

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said: 国产视频淚 would like to express clearly and loudly that all our schools will open on time. It is impossible for us to give up face-to-face education. We will take necessary measures to protect students and their families.国产视频�

Turkey hosts 3.7 million refugees, with about 650,000 refugee children in the public school system.

One of the girls taken by Boko Haram in the Chibok school kidnapping in 2014 has been freed and reunited with her parents.

Borno state Governor Babagana Zulum said the girl and a man she said she married during captivity surrendered to the military. Officials identified her and contacted her parents.

The abduction of more than 200 Chibok schoolgirls sparked an international outcry and the #BringBackOurGirls movement. About 113 of the students are believed to be still held by the militant group.

Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province attacked schools in northern Nigeria for several years. The tactic has now been adopted for ransom demands by criminal gangs, who have snatched more than 1,000 children from 10 schools since December.

An Olympic medal-winning athlete has聽told how getting school meals聽as a child changed his life.

Paul Tergat from Kenya said his family were so poor they often didn国产视频檛 have enough food for even one daily meal. As a result, he didn国产视频檛 have the energy to make the three-mile trek to school. If he did go, he couldn国产视频檛 concentrate on his lessons.

The World Food Programme changed all that by distributing free school meals. Paul 国产视频� who won silver in the 10,000 metres at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics 国产视频� said: 国产视频淲FP国产视频檚 school feeding programme changed my life.国产视频� He began to run to school and added: 国产视频淲e were able to be in class to study longer, concentrate more.国产视频�

He is a longstanding supporter of WFP and has travelled the world to share his inspiring story with children in the poorest areas. He added: 国产视频淓ducation is critical and should be made available to everyone.国产视频�

Teachers in India who travel long distances to school and don国产视频檛 have access to decent toilets are campaigning for menstrual leave each month.

An association representing more than 200,000 female teachers in Uttar Pradesh state said more than 70% of female staff work in villages.

Association president Sulochana Maurya聽told the BBC: 国产视频淚t国产视频檚 well known that menstruating women need rest,聽as many聽experience聽physical discomfort and emotional agony and travelling 30 to 60 kilometres to reach schools in remote rural areas can be especially taxing.国产视频�

One study showed that 23 million girls drop out聽of聽school in India annually because of a lack of menstrual hygiene facilities.

The United Nations has condemned child marriage in Zimbabwe following an outcry over the death of a 14-year-old girl after she gave birth at a church shrine.

One in three girls in the Southeast African country are married under the age of 18 国产视频� which often disrupts or ends their education.

The government has traditionally turned a blind eye to the practice but a new bill before parliament seeks to ban child marriage.

The UN in Zimbabwe said it 国产视频渘otes with deep concern and condemns strongly国产视频� the circumstances leading to the death of Memory Machaya from rural Marange. 国产视频淪adly, disturbing reports of the sexual violation of under-age girls, including forced child marriages, continue to surface.国产视频�