Tag: Education
Catholic lay group warns against inclusion of ‘same-sex union’ in Philippine...
The Education department maintained that the topic of same-sex unions and marriages has been in the basic education curriculum since 2013
Banned from school, Afghan girls turn to madrassas
The number of Islamic schools has grown across Afghanistan since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021
Library thrives in Pakistan’s ‘wild west’ gun market town
Libraries are rare in Pakistan's rural areas, and the few that exist in urban centres are often poorly stocked and infrequently used
Video: Pope Francis’ January prayer intention for educators
Pope Francis invites the faithful to pray “that educators may be credible witnesses, teaching fraternity rather than confrontation"
Future of poor children uncertain as India ends scholarship program
The scholarship scheme has benefitted about 52 million students, including 5.4 million Christians and 33 million Muslims
School pressure leads to suicides among young people in Hong Kong
Pressure from school and the growing competitiveness among young people are triggers for suicides among the youth in Hong Kong
Floods sweep future from Pakistan schoolchildren
In Pakistan, where a third of the country lives in hardship on less than US$4 a day, education is a rare ticket out of grinding poverty
Taliban add more compulsory religion classes to Afghan universities
Many conservative Afghan clerics in the hardline Islamist Taliban, which swept back into power a year ago, are skeptical of modern education
Taliban fighters swap arms for books as hundreds return to school
Since the Taliban swept back to power in August last year, hundreds of fighters have returned to school
India’s Cardinal Gracias stresses need for values education in Catholic schools
The curriculum is inclusive of personal, moral, spiritual, emotional, behavioral, social, cultural, aesthetic and patriotic values
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