Internet freedom has declined for the sixth consecutive year, with more governments than ever before targeting social media and communication apps as a means of halting the rapid dissemination of information, particularly during anti-government protests. ─ Read item ─
The Guardian: Huge increase in number of graduates ‘bad for UK economy’
The government is being urged to end the political drive to get more people into university after new research showed that graduates are “colonising” jobs in banking, education, the police and estate agency that were the preserve of school-leavers in …
The Guardian: Last art history A-level axed after Michael Gove cull of ‘soft’ subjects
“The last exam board in England offering art history A-level will drop the subject from 2018, marking the latest in a cull of perceived “soft” subjects following the curriculum changes begun by the former education secretary Michael Gove” ─ Read …
Hindustan Times: Half of world’s disabled children are kept out of schools: Report
At least half of the world’s 65 million school-age children with disabilities are kept out of the classroom because little to no money is budgeted for their needs, a disability rights groups said in a report on Monday. ─ Read …
The National: Abu Dhabi education merger ‘will strengthen research’
“The merger of three of the emirate’s top higher education institutes will help strengthen the country’s output of quality research and produce higher-calibre graduates,” said Minister of Education Hussain Al Hammadi. ─ Read item ─
BBC News: Teachers ‘wasting time on marking in coloured pens’
“Teachers are spending too much time over-marking pupils’ homework,” Schools Standards Minister Nick Gibb has said. Marking in different-coloured pens, and giving feedback in exercise books, had never been a government or an Ofsted requirement. The practice was adding to …
Daily Sabah: Turkish education system more student-driven with Montessori method
“the Montessori education system nurtures each child’s intrinsic desire to learn and encourages them to discover their own skills through self-directed activities. In Turkey, more schools are adopting the Montessori method in their syllabus” ─ Read item ─