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Last week, it was bringing e-sports into schools; this week, the Education Ministry is floating the idea of training teachers to produce short educational videos for TikTok.

Bangkok Post

Ministry defends TikTok plan

The Education Ministry has defended its plan to use artificial intelligence (AI) to help teachers produce short educational videos for TikTok, after the initiative sparked criticism from opponents who argued it contradicted global efforts to curb children's social media use.

Bangkok Post

Rahul Gandhi to begin two-day visit to Raebareli from May 19

Congress MP and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi is set to embark on a two-day visit to his parliamentary constituency, Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh, starting May 19, during which he will hold meetings with party workers and interact with local leaders.

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Supreme Court Slams NCERT Over Class 8 Textbook; Education Ministry Apologises

The Supreme Court on Thursday sharply criticised the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) over a newly introduced Class 8 social science textbook that discussed “corruption” and “backlogs” in the judiciary. The top court described the inclusion of such content as a “deep-rooted and well-planned conspiracy” to defame…

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Israel's Highest Honour Just Went to a Non-Citizen for the First Time — Here's Why and What Exactly Is the Israel Prize

Israel's highest honour, the Israel Prize, will be awarded to a non-Israeli for the first time, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcing during a White House visit that President Donald Trump will receive the prestigious award.

International Business Times UK

Mexico President Sheinbaum presses charges after public groping incident

Sheinbaum said she felt a responsibility to press charges for all Mexican women, because “If this is done to the president, what is going to happen to all of the young women in our country?”

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Mexico’s president to press charges after man gropes her on street in broad daylight: ‘A line must be drawn’

Claudia Sheinbaum says the harassment she suffered from a man in Mexico City is an assault on all women

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Inquiry launched into French teacher’s suicide after homophobic threats

Teachers unions and LGBTQI+ groups in France are pointing to the suicide of a headteacher who had asked for help following homophobic threats as a sign of serious issues in the country’s education system.

Radio France Internationale

Nude school Batman 'probably a teacher'

An investigation will be launched following complaints that a man, believed to be a teacher, was spotted wearing only a mask similar to Batman while posing nude at a school in Uthai Thani, according to the Education Ministry.

Bangkok Post

Minute of silence in memory of French teachers killed by jihadists

French middle and high schools will be observing a minute of silence Monday to commemorate Samuel Paty and Dominique Bernard, two teachers murdered during jihadist attacks in 2020 and 2023.

Radio France Internationale

Revolving door at French education ministry leaves school reforms in doubt

France has had four ministers of education in the last two and a half years, and may well get another one under newly appointed Prime Minister Michel Barnier. In a country where the central government largely decides what happens in schools nationwide, the turnover has led to considerable uncertainty for…

Radio France Internationale

Education minister ridiculed for admiring N.Korea

Education Minister Permpoon Chidchob is still receiving negative comments more than three weeks after expressing his admiration for North Korea's education system.

Bangkok Post

Sans law, coaching centres go unregulated in Kerala

New guidelines by the Education Ministry expose the lack of regulation for coaching centers, urging states to take action.

The Hindu

Opponents of a controversial Tokyo park redevelopment file a petition urging government to step in

A growing movement opposing a highly controversial redevelopment of a historic Tokyo park has submitted a fresh petition in its campaign to get the national government to intervene and revise the plan to save more trees

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Left-wing Tel Aviv Headmaster Resigns In Protest

Ze'ev Degani was protesting a move to cancel an on-campus student demonstration against enlistment in the Israel Defense Forces

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Education Minister Warns Tel Aviv Headmaster Over Calls To Evade IDF Service

Israeli Education Minister vowed to "deal with"with the high school headmaster for encouraging students to evade IDF service

Bangkok Post

Stateless kids get raw deal

Thailand's deportation of stateless children to war-torn Myanmar is reprehensible, unlawful and blatantly against international law. This egregious operation must stop without delay.

Bangkok Post

Killed student's family get insurance money

The Education Ministry has paid life insurance money to the family of a Mathayom Suksa 6 student who was killed when a fire extinguisher exploded during a fire drill at his Bangkok school on Friday.

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Bangkok Post

Killed student's kin get insurance money

The Education Ministry has distributed life insurance money and other financial assistance to the family members of a Mathayom Suksa 6 student who was killed when a fire extinguisher exploded during a fire drill at his Bangkok school on Friday.

Bangkok Post

Yok case shows need for a rethink

A recent controversy involving a prestigious high school refusing to enrol 15-year-old political activist Thanalop "Yok" Phalanchai reflects a lack of protection for rule-defying students.

Bangkok Post

Karen centre of learning seeks govt aid

KANCHANABURI: A Karen learning centre in Sangkhla Buri district has appealed to the Education Ministry to provide it with financial aid, much as it does to formal schools, to improve the educational and student conditions there.

Los Angeles Times

A dictator's daughter runs for president, unleashing memories of Guatemala's dark past

NEBAJ, Guatemala — Gabriel de Paz still dreams that he's running from the dictator's soldiers.

Radio France Internationale

France announces measures to tackle bullying in wake of teenage suicides

France's Minister for Education has ordered all middle schools to hold an hour-long session on the scourge of bullying on social media, after two teenage victims took their own lives. The government has said the fight against bullying will be an "absolute priority" for the start of the 2023 academic…

The Independent UK

UNICEF concerned by Taliban move to bar international groups from Afghan education sector

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Bangkok Post

Teachers to get interest rate debt relief from co-ops

More than half of the teachers' cooperatives nationwide have reduced the interest on debts owed by teachers who are facing increasing financial difficulties, according to the Cooperative Promotion Department (CPD).

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