School for troubled kids torched in Kenyan violence
SUGOI, Kenya (AP) -- Just a few hours after youngsters at a children's home in western Kenya finished the soccer game, their fellow players turned on them. The attackers crept out of a coffee...
View Article8-yr-old abused by headmaster
HOWRAH: A Class III student here was sexually abused allegedly by his headmaster on Thursday morning. Hira Singh (50) fled soon after the news broke a day later. Police are now probing if other...
View ArticleWhere Darfur Represents Hope
Visit Sam Ouandja's school early in the morning, and you'll find headmaster Idrice Patrice lining up dozens of grubby but excited children and then teaching French class in shifts, 50 kids at a time....
View ArticleCops arrest headmaster taking bribe
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View ArticleClass-I student beaten by headmaster
KRISHNAGAR: A class I student, Chhattu Majhi, was beaten black and blue by the headmaster of his school in Haringhata, Nadia, on Wednesday. His fault? He had been staring at his classmates instead of...
View ArticlePizza chain fighting unfair dismissal award
A legal battle between the Milanos pizza chain and a former employee who was sacked will be heard in the Four Courts tomorrow. The Temple Baroutlet of Milanos, registered as Pizza Express Restaurants...
View ArticleSchool ejects 12 drug-ring pupils
Westlake Boys High School. Photo / Paul Estcourt Twelve boys have been kicked out of a top North Shore school after it discovered students were using and supplying cannabis. Westlake Boys High School...
View ArticlePrep head who stole £64,000 from parents to fund sports car lifestyle is...
The former headmaster of a top prep school has been jailed for 10 months after admitting plundering £64,000 from parents to fund a lavish lifestyle. Barry Hoar, 56, used the cash to buy a string of...
View ArticleEgypt school exam cheats jailed
A court in the Egyptian town of Minya has jailed 14 people for their involvement in a plot to leak details of important high school exam papers. The man described as the ringleader - who heads the...
View ArticleGirls who go it alone outperform co-education pupils
GIRLS attending single-sex schools far outperform their contemporaries in mixed education, an analysis of government data have found. The research by the independent Girls' Schools Association (GSA)...
View ArticleChildren in bid to read one million books
Dubai: Schools have started reading activities to break the record of the "Million Book" initiative launched recently by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime...
View ArticleBleak future for S Africa's schools
By Mpho Lakaje BBC News, Johannesburg Despite overcrowding and teacher shortages, South African students at the Katlehong Technical High School are determined to do well in their end-of-year...
View ArticleTony Blair: I think about Iraq war every day
Former PM denies his foreign policy helped recruit terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan A British soldier in Iraq in 2003. Photograph: Dan Chung today discussed again how he does not pass a "single day"...
View ArticleMinnesota prep school bestows honor on George H.W. Bush
Former President George H.W. Bush will receive an award from a Minnesota prep school's inaugural Heroes of the World Award in a ceremony next week in Texas. The award from St. John's Prep in...
View ArticleSwine flu scare at boarding school
A SWINE flu scare at a prestigious Sydney boys' school has sent 60 boarding students into isolation awaiting pathology results. The King's School at Parramatta said it took action after a phone call...
View ArticleBirthdays: July 18-19
Today Edward Bond, playwright and director, 75; Sir Richard Branson, founder and chairman, Virgin Group, 59; Professor Sir Peter Crane, director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1999-2006, 55; G. H....
View ArticleFive boys diagnosed with swine flu
Five pupils and one staff member have been diagnosed with swine flu (H1N1) at St Alban's College over the past three weeks, bringing the number of reported...
View ArticleBirthdays: Aug 8-9
Today Professor Sir Jack Baldwin, chemist, 71; Keith Barron, actor, 73; Princess Beatrice of York, 21; the Earl of Donoughmore, chairman, Hodder Headline, 1986-97, 82; Lord Hayhoe, MP for Brentford...
View ArticleDubai College scores full marks in GCE
Dubai: Dubai College students have secured places at some of the world's top universities after achieving a 100 per cent pass rate in the British Curriculum Advanced (GCE) level examinations. The GCE...
View ArticleTalking Shop: Ian McDiarmid
Shakespearean actor and Tony award winner Ian McDiarmid will be forever etched on the minds of cinema-goers as the evil Senator Palpatine aka Darth Sidious in the Star Wars franchise. He is now...
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