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Unpaid teacher salaries mean millions of Yemeni children may not finish school year
Three-quarters of the war-torn country's teachers have not been paid for seven months - meaning many cannot afford to travel to work or pay for basic necessities for their families.
Early years care is high on the agenda for countries at World Bank meetings
Early childhood development and the reasons why countries should invest in the under-fives will be in the spotlight during this week's Spring Meetings in Washington.
Tunisia launches project to stop child labour and keep rural girls in school
About 100,000 under-16s leave school early in the North African country - mostly to work on family-run farms or do domestic labour.
13 unusual and dangerous journeys to school
School can be a hard-won luxury in some parts of the world. Many children have to make the most unimaginable and dangerous journeys every day to access education.
Three years on: prayers and marches for 195 Chibok schoolgirls still missing
The #BringBackOurGirls movement is holding a week of of activities to mark the third anniversary of the mass abduction by Boko Haram from a school in Nigeria.
Beslan school siege: ‘serious failings’ by Russia ended with 186 children dead says court
Security at the school was not increased despite intelligence about a planned terrorist attack, said the European Court of Human Rights.Â
‘Education is the way to defeat Boko Haram’ says girl victim
Days before the third anniversary of the Chibok girls abductions, a report has revealed an alarming rise in the number of children being used to carry out bomb attacks for the militant group.
Internet changes the lives of school children on remote Indian salt flats
Wifi has arrived for the first time at inhospitable areas of western Gujurat state, where students at makeshift schools are learning how to use technology.
Circus skills help Syrian refugee children to settle in Turkey
Juggling and trapeze tricks are taught along with the Turkish language to help Syrian children integrate into school and into their host community.
“Girls should carry backpacks with school books, not babies on their back”
 Enock Nkulanga - a sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Global Youth Ambassador and National Director of the African Children's Mission - writes about how much more needs to be done for girls and women to get gender equality.
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