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'Gen Z has risen up': Tens of thousands demand better education in France

Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across France on Tuesday, as unions and teachers joined high school students who for days have been demanding better learning conditions in protests punctuated by violent confrontations.

Teenager loses hand picking up grenade in France school protests

A 15-year-old student lost a hand on Monday picking up a police grenade as part of nationwide protests over classroom conditions that have disrupted lessons at hundreds of schools since last week.

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Hundreds of French high schools shut as protests persist

Lessons were suspended at hundreds of French high schools on Monday, as part of a wave of student protest over learning conditions that have rocked the European nation.

Cornell president vows review in wake of alleged student gang rape

The president of Cornell University voiced support Saturday for an external review of the institution facing widespread outcry over the alleged gang rape of a student in 2024.

What is fuelling French school protests?

Protests by teenagers outside their schools have shaken France in recent days, with students blockading entrances to their institutions and security forces on occasion responding with tear gas.

Cornell rape case exposes sexual violence at US colleges

An alleged gang rape at Cornell University, detailed in a graphic lawsuit last month, has provoked fury in the United States over sexual violence on campuses and colleges' failure to stamp out the behavior.

NY governor vows to close loophole after alleged Cornell gang rape

New York Governor Kathy Hochul vowed Friday to close a legal loophole allowing offenders to avoid rape charges if their victims were willingly intoxicated, as in the case of an alleged gang rape at Cornell University.

NY attorney general tasked with investigating alleged Cornell gang rape

New York Attorney General Letitia James has been appointed special prosecutor to investigate an alleged gang rape at Cornell University, the state's governor announced, following an outcry over prosecutors' decision not to file charges two years ago.

Hundreds of French high schools shut as new violence erupts

French high school students lit fires outside schools and faced off with police on Friday as a protest movement that has forced the closure of some 400 establishments showed no sign of abating.

'We're losing our scientists': west Africa's STEM struggle

A handful of pupils puzzled over equations on the blackboard of an Abidjan maths class. Next door, the humanities classes were all packed.

French school protests spread as fires, blockades deepen unrest

A protest by French secondary school students over overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages and crumbling facilities deepened Thursday, with fires set outside schools and blockades in several cities.

Pirate island's plunging population shows Greece's demographic decline

"Let's go to war!" shouted six-year-old Giorgos at his older cousin, Minas, as the two chased each other with claw-like geranium stalks around the schoolyard on the tiny Greek island of Thymaina.

French teens clash with police as school blockades intensify

French teenagers on Tuesday set fire to rubbish bins and hurled projectiles in clashes with police, as they kept up a blockade of some high schools demanding better conditions at their establishments but which has angered the government.

تكريم الفائزين في الدورة الثانية من مسابقة مهارات كليات التقنية

كرّمت كليات التقنية العليا الطلبة الفائزين في النسخة الثانية من مسابقة «مهارات كليات التقنية العليا 2026»، خلال حفل أقيم في مقر الكليات في المدينة الأكاديمية بدبي. وشهدت المسابقة مشاركة أكثر من 800 طالب وطالبة، تنافسوا في 39 مهارة تطبيقية وتخصصية، ضمن 7 مجالات أكاديمية.

South Lebanon children return to school destroyed by Israel strike

In southern Lebanon, eight-year-old Yara Ajami started the academic year this week in a doorless, windowless classroom after her school was destroyed by an Israeli strike.

سعود بن صقر يكرم الفائزين بجائزة رأس الخيمة للتميز التعليمي

أكد صاحب السمو الشيخ سعود بن صقر القاسمي عضو المجلس الأعلى، حاكم رأس الخيمة، أن التعليم يمثّل أساساً راسخاً لبناء الإنسان وتقدم المجتمعات، والاستثمار في الأجيال وتمكينها بالمعرفة والمهارات، يعزّز قدرة الوطن على مواصلة مسيرة التنمية وصناعة مستقبل أفضل.

العور: ضمانات الجامعات المالية لن ترفع الرسوم على الطلبة

أكد معالي الدكتور عبد الرحمن العور، وزير الموارد البشرية والتوطين، وزير التعليم العالي والبحث العلمي بالإنابة، أن الضمانات المالية ورسوم الخدمات الجديدة المطلوبة من مؤسسات التعليم العالي، لن تنعكس على الرسوم التي يتحملها الطلبة، مبيناً أن أنها صُممت وفق آلية مدروسة لا تمثّل عبئاً مالياً على الجامعات.

11 hurt as teen opens fire outside school in western Turkey

A teenager opened fire outside a high school in western Turkey on Tuesday, wounding 11 pupils, before being detained in the country's third such shooting in six months, officials said.

In Bangladesh, Pakistan's Jinnah photo stirs anger

Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah died nearly eight decades ago, but his photograph has become the centrepiece of a fresh battle over history at Bangladesh's top university.

رئيس جامعة الأمير مساعد بن عبدالرحمن: بدء اسمه يحمل قيمة وطنية ومعرفية عميقة ويعزز أثرها الوطني

رفع رئيس جامعة الأمير مساعد بن عبدالرحمن الدكتور محمد بن يحيى مرضي، الشكر والامتنان إلى خادم الحرمين الشريفين الملك سلمان بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود، وصاحب السمو الملكي ولي العهد الأمير محمد بن سلمان بن عبدالعزيز رئيس مجلس الوزراء -حفظهما الله-، بمناسبة التوجيه الكريم بإطلاق اسم صاحب السمو الأمير مساعد بن عبدالرحمن آل س

ملف الشيخ خليل لفلسطين 500 ألف طالب يبدؤون الدراسة في غزة وسط نقص حاد

* 350 ألف طالب يتوزعون على 208 مدارس حكومية ونحتاج إلى ثلاثة أضعاف المتاح * أكثر من 100 ألف طالب استفادوا من برنامج استدراكي لتعويض سنوات التعليم التي فقدوها.

ملف خادم الحرمين يوجه بناءً على ما رفعه ولي العهد بإطلاق اسم الأمير مساعد بن عبدالرحمن على الجامعة السعودية الإلكترونية

وجّه خادم الحرمين الشريفين الملك سلمان بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود -أيده الله-، بناءً على ما رفعه صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير محمد بن سلمان بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود ولي العهد رئيس مجلس الوزراء -حفظه الله-، بإطلاق اسم صاحب السمو الأمير مساعد بن عبدالرحمن آل سعود -رحمه الله- على الجامعة السعودية الإلكترونية، لتحمل رسمياً مسمى «جا

ملف البنيان: تسمية الجامعة السعودية الإلكترونية باسم «الأمير مساعد بن عبدالرحمن» تُجسّد عناية القيادة بالتعليم وتكريم رجالات الدولة

رفع وزير التعليم يوسف بن عبدالله البنيان الشكر والامتنان لخادم الحرمين الشريفين الملك سلمان بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود، وولي العهد رئيس مجلس الوزراء الأمير محمد بن سلمان بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود -حفظهما الله- بمناسبة صدور التوجيه الكريم بتغيير مسمى الجامعة السعودية الإلكترونية إلى «جامعة الأمير مساعد بن عبدالرحمن».

Afghan medical students in Pakistan hope court stops college expulsions

Dozens of Afghans studying to be doctors in Pakistan hope a court hearing on Friday will overturn an order by the country's medical board for them to be expelled from colleges and universities and sent home.

Empty benches as schools reopen in Venezuela's quake-hit Guaira

Schools in Venezuela's quake-scarred coastal state of La Guaira were deserted on Tuesday, a day after the start of the new school year, with many parents opting to keep children home for fear of further deadly tremors.

Kuwait schools restore classroom routines after remote learning

Students returned to Kuwait’s public and private Arabic schools on September 14 as educators prepared to address learning gaps and rebuild classroom routines after months of online education.

وزير التربية السوري يعرض خطتي التعليم ومجلس الشعب يستدعي وزير الطاقة

عرض وزير التربية محمد تركو أمام مجلس الشعب السوري خطة طارئة وأخرى استراتيجية للتعليم، وتوقع وصول عدد الطلاب إلى ستة ملايين هذا العام.

Expert proposes phased digital reform for Arab business schools

Arab university business schools need to reform their teaching, administration and use of data together to prepare graduates for changing markets, according to management education expert Prof Dr Mohammed Abdulwahab al-Azzawi.

South Korea aims to save seniors lost in digital age

A little cheer rose for 79-year-old Hwang Sun-hee after she managed to place an online order at a training session in South Korea, which has one of the world's starkest digital divides for seniors.

DR Congo school fire stampede death toll rises to 26: UNICEF

A fire and stampede at a school in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 26 children, the UN children's agency said on Friday, with some pupils leaping from windows on high floors to escape the carnage.

Praying for rain as fires, haze plague Indonesian Borneo

Wildfires ravaging the Indonesian part of Borneo island are choking communities as far away as Malaysia with putrid haze, testing the resources and resolve of those having to endure them.

Philadelphia Festival Revisits the Signing and Legacy of the U.S. Constitution

Philadelphia is marking its role in the creation of the U.S. Constitution with a public event at the National Constitution Center, revisiting the document signed at Independence Hall on Sept. 17, 1787.

Philippines holds drills to safeguard students from armed intruders

As an alarm reverberated throughout a Philippine high school on Thursday, students scrambled behind locked doors and police swept corridors in a drill aimed at preparing for an attack once unthinkable in the Southeast Asian country.

Back-to-school in Cuba a grim day with shortages of everything

Cuban children began the new school year Tuesday with shortages of teachers, food and uniforms -- and often no electricity -- as the island endures a crippling US pressure campaign.

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