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24 wounded in Philippine school blast
A suspected improvised bomb attack at a university campus in the Philippines, has left 24 people wounded -- many critically -- including students and teachers.
13 January 2014
Kazakhstan introduces Lego into school curriculum
Kazakhstan is making Lego part of its school curriculum.
28 December 2013
Colorado school shooting victim dies: hospital
A 17-year-old Colorado high school student who was shot in the face by a teenage gunman died Saturday after eight days on life support, a local hospital said.
22 December 2013
Muslim clergy to teach Religious studies at schools?
Member of the Majilis Talgat Yergaliev proposed engaging members of the Muslim clergy in teaching Religious Studies at schools.
16 December 2013
New US school shooting on eve of Newtown anniversary
A schoolboy gunman wounded two fellow students Friday, one critically, before killing himself in the latest such US shooting on the the eve of the first anniversary of the Newtown massacre.
14 December 2013
Harry Potter to speak Kazakhsha in 2014
The Harry Potter series will be translated into Kazakh in 2014.
08 December 2013
One year on, Newtown voices revive pain of massacre
One year after a gunman burst into a US school and slaughtered 20 small children and six adults, the voices of their trapped and terrified protectors returned Wednesday to haunt survivors.
05 December 2013
700 children skip school to harvest cotton in southern Kazakhstan, principals fined
700 school children were skipping their classes at school because they were harvesting cotton in South Kazakhstan Oblast.
02 December 2013
Global gangs target Australian pupils as drug mules
Australian authorities on Monday warned that high school students were being recruited by international drug syndicates to help them bring illicit substances into the country.
25 November 2013
Two dead, two injured in US school shooting
A teenager opened fire at a school in the US state of Nevada Monday, killing a teacher and critically wounding two students.
22 October 2013
Nigeria school attacks force thousands to quit studies: Amnesty
Schools attacks in northern Nigeria have grown more frequent and deadly this year, forcing thousands to abandon their education, with most of the violence blamed on Boko Haram Islamists.
04 October 2013
In Aleppo, schools reopen despite war
In Syria's war-ravaged city of Aleppo, Abu Hussein hurries along little Ali, who has stopped just a few steps from school to buy a bag of potato chips.
02 October 2013
Former student of Almaty mosque denied persecution of imams
The former student of the Central Mosque of Almaty accusing imams of sexual harassment has been denied persecution of her religious teachers.
19 September 2013
Japanese sports teacher beats boy in YouTube video
A video showing a volleyball coach repeatedly slapping a schoolboy -- just days after Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Olympics -- is the latest example of brutality to tarnish Japanese sport.
18 September 2013
Clash of the mini-titans at China school of rock
With neat ponytails and immaculate grades, the four eight-year-olds who bounded on stage would make any Chinese parent proud.
25 August 2013
California to recognize transgender pupil preferences
Transgender students in California public schools will be able to choose which bathrooms to use and which sex-segregated sports to play.
13 August 2013
265 thousand first graders to hit schools September 1 in Kazakhstan
More than 260 thousand children will go to the 1st grade at schools throughout Kazakhstan on September 1, 2013.
08 August 2013
Senior Scottish Catholic sorry over sex claims
A senior Scottish bishop on Sunday apologised on behalf of the Catholic church over claims of physical and sexual abuse at one of the country's best known boarding schools.
05 August 2013
Scottish Police probe claims of abuse at Catholic school
Scottish police on Monday confirmed they were investigating claims of physical and sexual abuse at one of Scotland's best known Catholic boarding schools.
30 July 2013
Kazakhstan designer impresses Japanese fashion maitre
Olga Stanishevskaya, designer from Aktau, Kazakhstan, has received a scholarship of the Japanese fashion maitre Shingo Sato's school in Milan, Italy.
29 July 2013