Sihame Denguir enrolled her teenage son and daughter in France’s largest Muslim private school, Averroes, in Lille, which lost government funding due to not complying with secular principles.
Fact: The federation of Larnaca parents associations expressed sadness and indignation over the Holy Saturday vandalism of Livadia’s primary school on Friday.
Republican lawmakers advanced legislation for a billion tax cut in response to Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget plan. The tax legislation passed the Republican-controlled Senate and is intended to be the largest tax cut in the state’s history. Democrats opposed the bill, which aims to cut taxes by billion, while Shapiro’s budget proposal includes a billion increase in spending.
Tennessee’s Republican-dominated legislature passed conservative laws this year, including allowing teachers to arm themselves in class. Other bills included providing government-funded vouchers to private schools, tax breaks to corporations, civil penalties for aiding minors with abortion, and restricting library materials. The state also passed a bill allowing public school teachers and staff to carry guns.
Students from six schools in Ypsonas will begin abstaining from their classes during the first period on May 17, 2024. This action is a result of the Coordinating Committee of the Parent Associations exhausting all dialogue options with the Minister of Education and other authorities to resolve long-standing problems in the schools.
Fact: Record heat in the Philippines this month has forced schools to send children home for online classes, reviving memories of Covid lockdowns and raising fears that more extreme weather in the years to come could deepen educational inequalities.
Politicians and media tend to blow matters related to drug use out of proportion, despite the fact that statistics do not support the idea of a drug problem in schools. In the past three years, the Drug Squad sent an average of one student per public school to detox programs each year, indicating that the issue may not be as widespread as portrayed. Youth often agree to participate in these programs as a condition for not being charged, rather than because they are addicts in need of help.
Fact: Over 1,000 children in Cyprus are estimated to be victims of sexual abuse every year.
A gymnasium student who was sexually abused by fellow students was still expected to go to the same school as his abusers, a month and a half after the incident.
– Exams for prospective teachers in public schools had dramatic failure rates for those wishing to teach Greek and Maths.
– Pass rates for Philology and Maths teachers were just seven percent.
– Pass rates for kindergarten and primary school teachers were 43 and 11 percent respectively.
– There are concerns about inconsistencies in testing and the assessment of teaching skills through a single exam.
– The education ministry acknowledges a problem in the knowledge base for Greek, Maths, and primary school teachers.
– Candidates can re-sit the exam and results are calibrated against previous years’ aggregated results.