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Trove of dinosaur footprints found at Australian school
Mar 12, 2025Scientists said Wednesday that they have discovered a cache of fossilized dinosaur footprints on a rock slab that was collecting dust inside an Australian school. Before the school in the rural Banana shire of Queensland requested... -
Gaza rescuers say Israeli strike on school-turned-shelter kills 21
Sep 22, 2024Gaza’s civil defence agency reported 21 killed in an Israeli strike on Saturday, the latest attack on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians where the Israeli military said it targeted Hamas. A spokesman for the civil defence... -
France to ban wearing Islamic abayas in schools: minister
Aug 28, 2023Abaya dresses worn by certain Muslim women will no longer be permitted in French schools, the education minister announced on Sunday, citing the country’s stringent secular education rules. “It will no longer be possible to wear... -
Bangladeshi Govt primary schools remain closed from June 5-8 due to heat wave
Jun 4, 2023Due to the extreme heat wave sweeping the nation, all government elementary schools will remain closed from June 5 to June 8. According to a news release issued today, the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education... -
Schools for more than 2 million children in Pakistan remain inaccessible due to devastating floods
Nov 3, 2022Schools for more than 2 million children in Pakistan remain completely inaccessible after the most severe flooding in the country’s history destroyed or damaged nearly 27,000 schools in the country. “Almost overnight, millions of Pakistan’s children... -
Canscribe Career College has been recognized as an outstanding school back to back
Aug 26, 2022CanScribe was given the School of Excellence Award by AHDI in 2021 and again in August of this year. CanScribe honors its staff, students, alumni, and business partners as part of its celebration of the award.... -
Schools still closed for nearly 77 million students 18 months into pandemic, UNICEF said
Sep 16, 2021Eighteen months into the COVID-19 pandemic, schools for nearly 77 million students in six countries continue to be almost completely closed, according to an updated data analysis released by UNICEF. According to the analysis, Bangladesh, the... -
All schools in Europe & Central Asia should remain open and made safer from COVID-19, say WHO and UNICEF
Aug 31, 2021As millions of school children return to school across the European Region where the highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant is dominant, the WHO Regional Office for Europe and UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office call... -
First day of school ‘indefinitely postponed’ for 140 million first-time students
Aug 25, 2021For an estimated 140 million young brains, the first day of school — a watershed event for the world’s youngest pupils and their parents – has been postponed owing to COVID-19, UNICEF said in a new... -
No exams at primary level if schools remain closed
Sep 6, 2020Bangladesh’s Primary and Mass Education Senior Secretary Akram-Al-Hossain today announced there will be no examinations if primary level institutions cannot be reopened this year. “We have two plans… If the schools can resume academic activities in...
