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Sima KotechaSenior UK correspondent Getty Images Changing attitudes among boys and young men will be at the centre of the government’s strategy to tackle violence against women and girls, the BBC has been told. Next Thursday, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will unveil the long-delayed plan about how to combat what …

Stephanie MiskinBBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Investigations BBC This year’s panto will bring about 20,000 people to the Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield It’s that time of year again when millions of people head to pantomimes to experience the bright lights, cheesy jokes and glamorous dames. A BBC investigation has found …

The English section of South Korea’s gruelling college entrance exam, or Suneung, is notoriously difficult, with some students comparing it to deciphering an ancient script, and others calling it “insane”. So intense was the criticism around this year’s test that the top official in charge of administering it resigned to …

Vanessa ClarkeEducation reporter Getty Images The government has promised to create 50,000 more places for children with special educational needs (Send) in mainstream schools in England. It plans to invest £3bn over the next three years, partly funded by cancelling the building of some planned free schools. Councils – who …

Getty Images The latest figures show Scotland has reached a high level of flu activity Pharmacies have warned that private stocks of flu vaccines are running low. It comes as lab-confirmed cases rose by 24% to 2,331 cases, from 1-7 December, compared with 1,875 the previous week. Hospital admissions for …

Hayley ClarkeEducation reporter Great Schools Trust An AI deepfake avatar of Benjamin Barker, Director of AI at Great Schools Trust and principal of Kings Leadership Academy Wavertree Schools across the UK are trialling the use of deepfake teachers and even employing remote staff to deliver lessons hundreds of miles away …

Stormont’s finance minister has said he is confident the Executive will agree a multi-year budget before the end of this year. Asked by the chair of the finance committee if he was planning for an alternative scenario, Sinn Féin’s John O’Dowd said: “I’m only planning for success.” Ministers have failed …

Jo PalmerSouth & South East Investigations Team BBC Paula Randall knew she had dyslexia, but did not learn to read until she was 42 A woman who spent 25 years hiding the fact she could not read has said there should be more support for adults with undiagnosed dyslexia. Charities …

BBC/Amy Garcia Daniel and Charlie, who are in year 10, say the new phone-free system at their school is “much better” At the Heartwood Learning Trust, the school day starts with a ritual that sounds like every teenager’s nightmare – their smartphones are taken away from them to be stored …

Godwin AsedibaBBC News Komla Dumor Award winner, Eastern Province, Sierra Leone Andre Lombard / BBC Namina Jenneh is mourning her 17-year-old son who died while mining for gold There is a sense of disbelief in this Sierra Leonean village as people weep in front of the bodies of two teenage …

Robbie MeredithEducation and arts correspondent, BBC News NI Getty Images The EA has written to taxi drivers asking them to reduce their rates, or their contract could be terminated. Taxi drivers who transport children to school are facing a 10% cut in what they are paid by the Education Authority …

PA Media More than four in every 10 pupils in Scotland are listed as having an additional support need A record proportion of pupils in Scottish schools – nearly 300,000 in total – are now classed as having an additional support need (ASN). Latest annual figures reveal that 43% of …

Google Mossbourne Victoria Park is one of England’s high-achieving comprehensives A secondary school in east London celebrated for its high academic results fostered a “particularly harmful” disciplinary culture for vulnerable students, an independent safeguarding review has found. The review, commissioned by the City & Hackney Safeguarding Children Partnership, into Mossbourne …

James W Kelly,London, Anna O’Neill,Stanford-le-Hopeand Frankie McCamley,London BBC Louise Butcher withdrew her two children from a Mossbourne academy school last month Several parents of pupils at two secondary schools in Essex say their children have been left anxious, unsupported and in some cases unsafe since the schools were taken over …

Iain Buist/NCJ Media Teachers have walked out of Haydon Bridge High School in Northumberland Strike action by teachers in a row over disruptive behaviour by some pupils has begun. Staff at Haydon Bridge High School in Northumberland taking action on Tuesday and Wednesday, with further strike days scheduled between 16 …

Jayne McCormackBBC News NI political correspondents Liam McBurney/PA Wire The Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly will chair Tuesday’s meeting following warnings of a potential overspend by Finance Minister John O’Dowd Executive ministers will meet on Tuesday to discuss how money will be allocated as part of a Stormont mini-budget. In …

Northern Ireland’s deputy first minister has dismissed claims of “panto season” over funding pressures. Emma Little-Pengelly was responding after leaked letters between the finance and education ministers laid bare tensions over Stormont’s budget. It comes as the four-party executive is due to meet this week to discuss the reallocation of …

Getty Images A number of Wales’ independent schools received top rankings, but local state schools performed poorly in the Sunday Times list State secondary schools in Wales have failed to make top billing in the Sunday Times’ best schools list, but five independent schools in Wales are among the 100 …

Cherylann Mollan & Nikita YadavMumbai and Noida Getty Images Booth-level officers (BLOs) have been assisting over 500 million voters in updating electoral rolls A few days ago, Sarvesh Kumar, a school teacher in India’s Uttar Pradesh state, was found dead in his home. In a video purportedly made by him …

Nigeria’s government has secured the release of 100 schoolchildren who were abducted from a Catholic boarding school last month, according to local media. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said 303 children were kidnapped from St Mary’s School in Agwara, Niger state, on 21 November. Twelve teachers were also abducted. …