Silver lining: Tutoring the elderly is growing fast in China
Hong Kong/Beijing, China Reuters China’s rapidly aging population is fuelling a promising and fast-growing market for companies providing recreational classes and activities for the elderly middle class, from yoga to African drumming and smartphone photography. The growth potential of the industry contrasts sharply with the decline of the after-school private tutoring sector following a government […]
Biden administration finalises rule on religious liberty protections
United States RNS Nine agencies of the Biden administration have finalised a new rule that officials say will improve religious freedom by protecting the rights of beneficiaries of social services funded by the government. In particular, the rule will affect those receiving help from the many social service providers that are faith-based and will ensure […]
Schools shut, exams cancelled: War shatters Sudan’s education sector
Cairo, EgyptReuters When war in Sudan’s capital forced Sarah al-Sharif and her family to flee, the 19-year-old information technology student left her books and computer behind. Now in Sennar, 30 kilometres south-east of Khartoum, she lacks a stable internet connection or passport to travel abroad and like many others sees no way of continuing her […]
Bhutan’s jobs woes drive an exodus to Australia
Sydney, Australia/Kathmandu, Nepal Reuters The reopening of Australia’s borders to international students after the pandemic has triggered an exodus from Bhutan, as young people seek opportunities abroad amid growing economic unhappiness in the landlocked Himalayan kingdom. Student migration to Australia from Bhutan has soared, with over 12,000 long-term arrivals moving there in the 11 months […]
Wrestling with “our story”: Brytni McNeil brings anti-racism to Christian homeschooling
KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, reports that McNeil is part of a broader movement of Black home educators, many of them Christian mothers, who want their kids to wrestle with truth on their terms…
Essay: Why Christian women are key to ending the criminalisation of Black girls in schools
EMILY JONES, executive for racial justice at United Women in Faith in the US, says, historically, Christian women have been particularly vocal advocates in educational spaces…
Malawi delays reopening schools as cholera cases surge
Blantyre, Malawi Reuters Malawi has delayed the opening of public schools in the southern African country’s two major cities of Blantyre and Lilongwe, the health minister said Monday, to try to slow down a surge in cholera deaths. The total number of cases and deaths has accelerated to 17,824 and 595 respectively since cases were […]
Taliban allow high school graduation exams for Afghan girls
Islamabad, PakistanAP Afghan girls will be allowed to take their high school graduation exams this week, an official and documents from the Taliban government indicated Tuesday – even though they have been banned from classrooms since the former insurgents took over the country last year. According to two documents from the Taliban ministry of education, […]
School’s out: Pakistan floods raise education fears for millions
IMRAN MUKHTAR, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that climate change-fuelled flooding has damaged or destroyed more than 26,600 schools, with dropout fears growing…
Essay: Does education ‘cure’ people of faith? The data says no
Despite a long-standing biased assumption among many that the uneducated cling to religion, RYAN BURGE, assistant professor of political science, pastor and author, says, in an article first published on Religion News Service, that studies show people with higher degrees are most likely to be religious…