Schools in England are struggling to stay open in the face of increasing Covid infection rates among pupils, with many using preventive measures abandoned by the government in an attempt to keep their pupils in classrooms.
I Larsmo har rektorer beordrats att inte uppmana eleverna att vaccinera sig mot coronaviruset, trots att kommunen har ett sjufaldigt högre incidenstal än det nationella genomsnittet. Inger Damlin, Finlands svenska lärarförbund, säger att man ser hur coronan påverkar skolorna men att förbundet inte kan ta ställning till vaccinationsfrågan.
Även i USA är det kontroversiellt med skolor som lyckats utföra kunskapsuppgiften på ett bättre sätt än många andra, skriver Janerik Larsson i en krönika.
Black and minority ethnic girls in England are more than twice as likely to be excluded from school as their white counterparts, according to a report.
A 10-year-old girl in Kenya learned to code by accessing resources via Girls Who Code at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The program offered an opportunity for Elsie Maingi to access computer classes that otherwise would have been unavailable, and she recently earned her certification. (webb-tv)
UNICEF is urging officials to reopen schools in the 17 countries where they remain fully closed and 39 where they remain partially closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Students from the Philippines, Bangladesh, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Panama and Kuwait account for more than half of the 131 million students worldwide who have missed more than…
Headteachers say the government needs to be on “high alert” to curb school Covid outbreaks, after more than 100,000 children were absent with confirmed or suspected infections last week – the highest number for England during the pandemic.
Regeringen låter utreda om studentprovet i det andra inhemska språket borde bli obligatoriskt igen i studentexamen. Undervisningsministeriet börjar utreda frågan våren 2022.