AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoStudent Protests: French students rejected proposed education reforms, saying class-size limits, school renovation loans and a new university admissions system fall short of their demands. Exam Access: South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal education department is investigating claims that pupils at three schools were barred from matric exams, including over concerns about pass rates. School Investment: Qatar says a QR6.4bn public-private programme will develop 22 schools and expand skills training and access to learning. Weather Disruption: Heavy rains and Cyclone Arnab prompted school closures across Sri Lanka and four Odisha districts. Skills for the Future: A Namibian STEAM centre says it has reached more than 5,000 young people with practical training in robotics, coding and other fields. Education and Health: An NIH-funded study found that an extra year of secondary schooling was linked to lower dementia diagnoses decades later, with the largest gains among people at higher genetic risk. Access Under Threat: Taliban authorities closed all private educational institutes in Afghanistan’s Nuristan province.
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