UK school bans teachers from smoking - allows pupils to light up!October 3rd, 2009 LONDON - A British school has prohibited teachers from smoking while students are allowed to light up. An outdoor smoking shelter is being considered for children to light up between the classes at Headlands School in Penarth, near Cardiff.
$130 mn World Bank bounty for Nepal's classroomsSeptember 23rd, 2009 KATHMANDU - The World Bank Wednesday announced a bounty of $130 million for Nepal's classrooms meant to pay teachers' salaries and boost education for children and women. The funding is intended for the impoverished Himalayan republic's `School sector reform programme' that is part of the government's 15-year national action programme.
The kids' names that spell troubleSeptember 8th, 2009 LONDON - Teachers in the UK believe children with certain names are naughtier than the others, a survey has found. Pollsters from the parenting club Bounty.com asked 3,000 teachers to come up with names that spell trouble for them.he 'Teachers Pest' list includes name like Callum, Chelsea, Connor, Jack, Brandon, Charlie, Courtney Chardonna; girl's name like Aliesha, Casey, Crystal, Jessica, Brooke and Demi and boys named Kyle, Liam, Jake and Brooklyn.
World's first dial-free radio 'Q2 Cube' unveiled in UKAugust 11th, 2009 LONDON - The world's first dial-free radio, 'Q2 Cube', was unveiled on Tuesday, hailing the end of 100-year-old classic wireless sets. Developed by Cambridge Consultants and Armour Group PLC, it is due to hit UK shelves by the end of the year.
Parents reluctant to send girls back to 'reopened' Swat schools citing security fearsAugust 1st, 2009 PESHAWAR - The government of Pakistan's NWFP province has announced the opening of schools from Saturday, but most parents are hesitant about sending their daughters to the tent schools without proper security arrangements. Recently, the Swat Taliban had destroyed 162 girls' schools calling them anti-Islamic.
Parameters of mid-day meal scheme to be rationalised: SibalJuly 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Government is proposing to rationalize the parameters for the Mid-day Meal Scheme, as a step towards further benefiting the children covered under this scheme, according to Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) Kapil Sibal. Inaugurating the conference of State Education Secretaries and Project Directors being held to review matters related to school education and literacy here today, Sibal said that while the mid-day scheme has been seen, through studies, to improve enrolment of children in school substantially, a rationalization of its parameters is now required.
Kids' laughter lands primary school under noise pollution probeJuly 21st, 2009 LONDON - A probe for noise pollution was ordered into a Brit Primary school after locals complained about kids' laughter. Council inspectors heard of the complaints of an "unbearable" din at playtimes, and carried out tests to see whether it exceeded World Health Organisation limits.
Research says 'Best teachers are enthusiastic, inspiring'July 8th, 2009 LONDON - The best teachers are enthusiastic, inspiring, innovative and indeed in a class of their own. These are the latest findings of research funded in primary and secondary schools by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) into what makes good teachers even better.
Malay parents, teachers want probe into school principal's karaoke sessions with girlsJuly 6th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - The Parent-Teacher Association of a secondary school in Malaysia is seeking the help of authorities to investigate claims that the school principal held karaoke sessions with female students at the girls' hostel. According to SM Tok Janggut Parent-Teacher Association chairman Datuk Mohd Jelani Jaafar, they had received numerous complaints on the matter, and some of them were from the teachers themselves.
First H1N1 mass infection reported in BeijingJuly 2nd, 2009 BEIJING - Beijing reported its first mass infection of the H1N1 flu at a primary school Wednesday. Seven pupils between 8 and 10 years old were confirmed infected with the virus Tuesday night, the China Daily reported.
Teacher's allergy leads to banana ban at UK school!June 16th, 2009 LONDON - A school in Devon, England that banned bananas from children's lunch-boxes has left parents livid. The school's decision is a precautionary measure keeping the safety of a teacher in mind who suffers from latex fruit syndrome, which is potentially fatal.
MI5 now recruiting teachers as spiesJune 13th, 2009 LONDON - British intelligence agency MI5 is recruiting teachers for jobs as spies. An advertisement placed by the agency tells school staff teachers that they have the skills that a spook requires.
Nice girls more likely to be good in studiesJune 8th, 2009 LONDON - Girls perform better than boys at school because they are nicer, says a study. For the study, researchers at Haifa University in Israel examined 52 students aged 14 and 15 to identify the link between achievement and personality.
It's worth nagging your childrenMay 28th, 2009 SYDNEY - Parents and teachers who despair about children not studying ought not to give up nagging them about how short-term pain brings long-term gain. "If you think you have no impact, stick with it because you do," said Sydney University researcher Andrew Martin.
Oz school teachers are 'worst bullies', finds surveyMay 13th, 2009 MELBOURNE - A new survey has shown that teachers entrusted with preventing bullying in Australian schools are instead bullying each other at alarming levels. In the national online survey of more than 800 teachers, 99.6 per cent said that they had experienced bullying in the workplace, with the biggest bullies likely to be the principal or other school executives.
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