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Dawn school trial for drowsy teens draws outcry in Indonesia

Teens in their school uniforms are now walking down dark streets or waiting for motorcycle taxis to get to school on time

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

Indonesia’s Catholic educators welcome decision to uphold sex abuse decree

The decision is a step in the right direction toward gender equality and in bringing about better protection for Indonesian women and girls

Bangladesh closes largest private school in Rohingya camps

Bangladesh has been sheltering about 850,000 Rohingya refugees from neighboring Myanmar since a military offensive in 2017

Cambodia boots NGO that ran 550 rural schools

The schools provided English classes and computer training to rural students from low-income families

Security tight in India as schools reopen after headscarf row

Tensions have been high in Karnataka since late last year when at least four schoolgirls were prevented from wearing the Muslim headscarf

Women decry ‘misogynistic’ school exam question

A Catholic nun called on the media and other institutions in India “to expose the rotten mindset and cry foul”

Teachers protest armed policemen in classrooms as Philippine schools re-open

A hundred public schools out of more than 61,000 have been selected for the two-month trial for face-to-face classes

Amid threat of COVID-19, Philippines approves limited face-to-face classes

The initial implementation will involve 100 public schools and 20 private schools in low risk areas

UNICEF calls for schools to reopen in pandemic-hit nations

Schools in around 17 countries remain fully closed, while those in 39 countries remain partially closed, according to UNICEF

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