uk education
In 2017 Mahinda Dasanayaka started ‘Book & Me’, a mobile library providing free books and documentary screenings for children in remote Kegalle, northeast Sri Lanka. Dasanayaka, who works as a child protection officer, volunteers his time delivering books in the mountainous region on his motorbike fitted with a red steel box filled with reading materials.
Resits, advance notice of topics and more generous grades are meant to compensate for the interruption to education during the pandemic.
Cross-party letter signed by former Tory Cabinet minister urges Rishi Sunak to back long-term plan for council-run nurseries.
Report says universities "perpetuate institutional racism" and calls on governing bodies to make meaningful change.
The government's laptop scheme slammed as an "absolute joke" as teachers and MPs reveal deprived pupils are still without access to crucial technology.
The government says it is "useful" to create more capacity than is needed – but the tests would also be "useful" for these people.
The plan to allow more than one million students return home amid the coronavirus second wave feels farfetched, say students.
"We’re being treated like school children," says one student considering dropping out.
There are no guarantees that the "travel window" put in place to help young people will be repeated at the start of next term.
GCSE, AS-level and A-level exams will be replaced by coursework and assessments, the Welsh government confirmed.