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Controversy and fear as Italy’s schools finally reopen

After a six-month shutdown, the longest in Europe, Italy reopened most of its schools on Monday, testing the organisational skills of the government, the nerves of teachers and the self-control…

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Malta: Schools gearing up to the COVID-19 realities

Several schools are currently very busy making decisions and arrangements on how to handle the upcoming scholastic year. With the precautions required because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the main concerns…

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Italian head teachers press for all-clear certificate for pupils

The head of ANP, the Italian association of school head teachers, on Friday called on the government to make it obligatory for pupils returning from an absence of three days…

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Malta: UPE to launch industrial dispute over school reopening guidelines

The union of professional educators will be launching an industrial dispute over the publication of guidelines for the safe reopening of schools, noting that there are discrepancies between the document…

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Malta-24 News Briefing – Thursday 3rd September August 2020

Updated 1745 - News Portal Review TVM says 34 new cases of Covid-19 have been identified in Malta over the past 24 hours after 2,438 swab tests were carried out.…

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Re-opening of schools is Italy’s government priority

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said reopening schools on schedule on September 14 remained the government's priority. "It is our top priority", he said. The biggest high school in Verbania…

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Masks to be mandatory in Scottish secondary schools – Johnson ready to change decision and follow

Boris Johnson has hinted at a U-turn on guidance that face-coverings do not need to be worn by pupils in English schools, saying: “If we need to change the advice…

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UN warns of “generational catastrophe” due to school closures

UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres warned today that the world faces a “generational catastrophe” due to school closures amid the coronavirus pandemic and insisted said that getting students safely back…

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Nurseries, Kindergartens and Schools to close in two zones of France as death toll rose to 9 from 613 confirmed cases

Nurseries, kindergartens and schools in two areas worst affected by the coronavirus will be closed for two weeks starting Monday, French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe announced Friday as the death…

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Italian Education minister considering removing crucifixes from schools

Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti this week considered removing crucifixes from schoolrooms to underline their secular nature, sparking a huge row. "I believe in a secular school, I think that schools…

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Microsoft chooses 555 UK educators to lead innovation in the classroom

More than 500 educators from across the UK who use technology to help students learn have been named Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts. A total of 555 educators have been recognised…

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Education under fire in Central and Western Africa warns UNICEF report

A surge in “deliberate” attacks against students, teachers and schools in West and Central Africa has led to a tripling in school closures in the last year and left almost…

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NewsEducation, Malta, Schools

Malta – End-of-Year benchmark exams taken at Year 6 to be replaced by informal exams

The end-of-year benchmark exams taken by Year 6 students around Malta will be discontinued and replaced by an assessment that could include an exam component. The recommendation is one of 25…

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Malta – Third of foreign children bullied at school – Times of Malta

One in every three foreign students experiences some form of bullying while at school. According to a study on the well-being of non-Maltese children, reported by today's Times of Malta 33…

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Florida teachers can now go to school armed

Florida's legislature passed a bill allowing teachers to carry guns in the classroom, expanding a programme launched after the deadly high school shooting in Parkland with the aim of preventing…

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France to invest €6 million in free breakfasts at public schools

A number of French public schools have begun serving free breakfast to students as part of a new government programme aimed at improving student performance by combatting hunger. French…

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Children around the world to skip school to demand action on climate change

Today, Friday 15th March, tens of thousands of students worldwide will be leaving class and taking to the streets to demand that elected officials act about climate change. The…

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Malta: Schools to open as usual

Schools in Malta will open as usual tomorrow. One News reports that following after consulting the department of Civil Protection and the Met Office, it was decided that the schools…

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UKchildren, Mobile Telephony, Schools, UK

Children should be banned from using their mobile phones (UK)

The Telegaph: Children should be banned from using their mobile phones at school, the culture secretary has said. Not content with merely barring them from being used in the classroom, Matt…

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