AI in Assessment: NSW has launched a review into how generative AI affects student learning and the integrity of the HSC, with a possible moratorium on unsupervised take-home assessments while safeguards are developed. Teacher Pay & Strikes: Victoria offered a $2,000 sign-on bonus to help avert planned school strikes, alongside broader salary increases and a push to cut meeting time. Back-to-School Pressure: In West Virginia, teachers say they’re struggling to buy classroom supplies as funding worries and scholarship-driven enrollment shifts fuel closures and instability. Exam Results & Access: Bangladesh will publish SSC and equivalent results today at 10:00am via institutions and SMS. Vocational Focus on NEET: England’s new education secretary says a “vocational revolution” will tackle the NEET problem after data showed tens of thousands of 18-year-olds getting no results. Teacher Reform & Protection: Nigeria’s TRCN unveiled moves toward compulsory professional licensing and a criminal records database to keep convicted sexual offenders out of schools. Free Education Debate: Solomon Islands’ opposition backs free education in principle but warns the government must build the “machinery” first—teachers, infrastructure, and long-term funding. Early Childhood Investment: Qatar will host a higher-education quality assurance forum, while a new architecture competition targets better early childhood learning spaces.