India has the world’s largest youth population with over 360 million people between the ages of 15 and 29. There’s been great progress in education enrolment and the number of private colleges and vocational training institutes have gone up exponentially in the last two decades. However, “the transition from education …

April and Jack’s concerns were echoed at our town-hall events. More than half of the dozens of parents and pupils who turned up were concerned about the impact on students with special educational needs. Finn, a student at Camborne with ADHD, says it was a difficult environment for neurodiverse pupils. …

It’s a Friday night. A young woman trudges back to her apartment after a day of work. She enters a spotless kitchen, unloads a bag of groceries, and unwraps a frozen pizza before sliding it in the oven. What follows is a nightly routine that is almost meditative in its …

US talk-show host Oprah Winfrey says the school for girls that she launched in South Africa nearly 20 years will close next year. BBC News

Hackers have obtained about 607,000 records in a cyber-attack on the Department for Education (DfE) in England. The data taken includes telephone numbers and email addresses relating to individuals and organisations but does not include bank details or other sensitive information. The DfE confirmed the incident and said it is …

But internet slang is different. Unlike a Bollywood catchphrase or a cricketing cliché, it isn’t coined by scriptwriters or sporting heroes. It emerges from millions of online users, evolving collectively, mutating at breakneck speed and often disappearing as quickly as it appears. That, says digital anthropologist Payal Arora, is what …

A major independent review of the reasons so many young people are not in education, work or training was released by former Health Secretary Alan Milburn in May. He was asked to look into the issue by the government. Milburn challenged the idea that young people were not trying, or …

Two years ago, I stood at the back of a conference room in Manchester Hall, sipping a coffee and watching Andy Burnham unveil his vision for transforming technical education in Greater Manchester. He had announced plans for the Manchester Baccalaureate, or MBacc, the year before, and, armed with PowerPoint slides …

The plans for technical education reform will build on local initiatives like the MBacc, or Greater Manchester Baccalaureate, which was announced in 2023 by the now prime minister when he was the city’s mayor. Launched there in September 2024, it has provided a framework for pupils to pick GCSE subjects …

When Kelsey first arrived at secondary school, she said she wanted to be almost anywhere else but there. She struggled with friendships, clashed with teachers and often tried to avoid coming into school. But after a week’s work experience placement at Whipsnade Zoo, in Bedfordshire, her outlook could not be …

Nilly Dahlia, a content creator and mum of three, says she prints out a six-week calendar with a range of activities for her kids during the holidays. As part of their “summer bucket list”, they are planning to check out all the parks in the local area and she is …

“There is deep economic dissatisfaction and distress, which has translated into a lack of hope about the future,” Aiyar says. “This could reflect growing exhaustion with a government that has been in power for a long time. Its failure to deliver on the promises it built its reputation on may …

Potentially dangerous baby products – including self-feeding devices, pillows and sleeping bags – are still being sold on online marketplaces in the UK, according to Which?. The consumer group found 150 such products listed for sale by third parties on sites like Amazon, eBay and TikTok – despite having been …

On what should be a busy morning at Kaliluni Primary School in southern Kenya, only cows are in attendance, grazing between broken classroom doors that hang open to reveal rows of empty chairs. Three years ago, more than 200 children filled this rural school with noise and activity. Now there …

“Write an excuse for school and let them watch.” That was England coach Thomas Tuchel’s advice for parents on whether children should be allowed to stay up to support England in their early morning World Cup match against Mexico on Monday. The time difference means the round of 16 clash …

A new meme is spreading on Russian social media in response to nationwide fuel shortages. BBC News

She said she worked early mornings, evenings, weekends, and during school holidays when she was teaching – well beyond the hours she was paid for. “The demand within that time was huge, so realistically, you didn’t get your work done in that time,” she said. “If I came at 8:30am …

Ben said he was often given no work, trivial tasks such as a word search, or work which was too hard – but not appropriate material which could occupy him for the full day. This was despite Outwood Grange Academies Trust – which runs the school and 40 others in …

Almost all schools already have some sort of phone ban in place – but policies vary. Some have special lockers for phones, others have sealed pouches. At one school in Hampshire, “brick” or “dumb” phones are the only devices allowed, which can only be used to call or text and …

After many years of trying to get support for her son, Karen Quinn is currently going through the EHCP process. Adam is 11 years old and will be going to secondary school in September. For mum Karen, getting an EHCP in place before that transition is crucial. Adam is autistic …