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Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. Jerusalem CNN  —  On September 19, some 150 schools in East Jerusalem went on strike, keeping tens of thousands of students out …

The All Progressives Congress, (APC), Rivers state chapter, has urged the state government to sell off the legacy jet A-600 and use the money in refurbishing all abandoned primary and secondary schools. The APC explained that the funds gotten from the sale of the jet could also be used to …

Male students of secondary schools are currently protesting on the streets of Bauchi over a new policy by the state government to separate boys from girls in schools.   The Bauchi State Commissioner for Education, Mr Aliyu Tilde, had said that the government has concluded plans to separate male and …

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By Casey Ryan for RealClearPolitics Parents are understandably concerned with the divisive curricula now taught in America’s schools. Ideas like critical race theory and extreme gender ideology often replace the subjects traditionally taught in core classes like science and social studies. Students no longer learn the importance of our nation’s …

Each year standardized federal testing takes the temperature, so to speak, of how America’s nine-year-olds are faring in two critical skills; reading and mathematics. The age of these students puts them in the fourth grade and is widely believed as an indicator of how these children will do in high …

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday blamed former President Donald Trump for school closures during the pandemic and made the false claim that Democrats pushed to re-open them “in spite of Republicans.” Her comments came during a press briefing in which a reporter cited a recent study showing …

The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has denied banning teachers in the state from sending their wards to private schools.   The Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board, Victor Olabimtan, was widely reported to have said that it is now an offense for teachers in the state must …

Government of Jigawa State ordered the immediate closure of all public schools following fear of attack on schools in the state.    Premium Times reported that the schools were abruptly closed on Wednesday August 17, while pupils were taking their terminal examinations. The sudden closure has caused apprehension and panic among residents and …

Studying of history across primary and junior secondary schools in Lagos state have been made mandatory by Lagos state government.    The state ministry of education said in a statement on Saturday August 13, that the subject is to be offered as an elective in senior secondary schools.   The change is in …