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Hong Kong’s competition watchdog has raided 11 offices and homes over alleged bid-rigging for contracts to supply virtual reality (VR) systems to schools and non-profit organisations, with the deals valued at HK$10 million. The Competition Commission revealed on Friday that it had secured warrants and searched the 11 premises, including those of several IT service and equipment providers, other firms and the residences of several suspects, in an operation the day before codenamed “Lens”. The...

Now in their third week, the protests have grown.

Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith reports from France on the growing student protests across the country.

Asian Development Bank has released ₹2,000 crore loan, mainly to strengthen around 500 KPS across the State.

Education Minister Edouard Geffray said on Sunday about 500 schools likely to be fully or partially closed on Monday.

PRESS REVIEW: Monday, 5 October – more than 400 schools closed on Monday across France, as government fails to assuage the anger of protesting students. In other news, Boulder, Colorado takes on ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy, demanding billions for damage caused by wildfires. And, finally, we take a look at some of nature's most whimsical offerings.

Uruguay teacher unions won both elected seats on the public schools board on 3 October, by 27,768 votes to 7,109 with turnout near 90%. What it changes. The post Uruguay Teacher Unions Win Both Elected Seats on National Public Schools Board appeared first on The Rio Times.

Education minister cites safety concerns for closures as organisers call for resumption of protests.

Up to 500 schools across France will be totally or partly closed on Monday because of a wave of pupil protests that has shaken the country, the education minister said. Lessons will be “totally or partly suspended” in some “400-500” high schools as the security conditions “have not been fulfilled”, said Education Minister Edouard Geffray on Sunday, adding that 24 schools had been “burned or ransacked” since the start of the movement. He described the closures as chiefly a security precaution...

Rio Times · Africa Intelligence Brief October 1, 2026 — Ethiopia and Eritrea sever diplomatic ties; explosions heard in Addis Ababa after a drone ban; at least 52 civilians dead around Alamata; Tinubu declares an age of prosperity; Mali begins its school year with 2,400 schools still shut. The post Africa Intelligence Brief — Thursday, October 1, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.

The plea has named the Centre, all states and Union Territories, the Central Board of Secondary Education and the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations as parties

Parents across Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh received messages from schools on Sunday announcing a last-minute plan to shift to remote learning for a week. There was no official reason given but the move comes amid heightened tensions in the Gulf and near-daily attacks aimed at Saudi Arabia by Iran-backed Houthi fighters in Yemen.

“Himanta Biswa Sarma is scared that if we show the reality of schools in Assam, the country will come to know about their condition,” Ashutosh Ranka said

Malaysia’s haze crisis has flared again just weeks after emergency measures and cloud-seeding operations brought temporary relief, with experts warning that smoke from Indonesian fires could continue drifting across the country until monsoon winds change. All 108 schools in Serian, a district in the state of Sarawak on Malaysian Borneo, were ordered to close on Thursday after the air pollutant index (API) breached 200 on Wednesday night, forcing pupils back to home-based learning. By noon,...

Moving to South Africa in 2026: work, business, remote and retirement visas, Home Affairs backlogs, bank accounts, exchange control, tax and schools. The post Moving to South Africa 2026 — Visas, Costs and a First-Year Plan appeared first on The Rio Times.

Italy is planning to ban the burqa and niqab in schools and cap the number of foreign students per class.

Prime minister of Italy's longest serving government since WW2 faces election threat from far-right rival party.

Palestinian children have returned to classrooms after Israel destroyed Gaza’s schools.

4,000-odd students from 73 CBSE schools across the district are taking part in the three-day festival

Hong Kong education authorities will offer a “very attractive” proposal and policy support to encourage schools without survival issues to merge amid the shrinking student population, according to official sources. The government said it might allow aided schools and semi-private Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) schools to merge and operate across two campuses, though all arrangements remained subject to the forthcoming announcement of further details. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu announced that...

Such a change can create better outcomes in schools. But it will only solve one part of the problem — devices in schools