Education

Published: 14 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. When Peter Higgs quietly set down his prediction for what would later be known as the Higgs boson, he could hardly have imagined that the idea would transform modern physics, inspire vast international experiments, and lead to one of the most celebrated scientific discoveries of the century. More than sixty years later, his final gift has brought that...

Published: 14 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The Nigerian government has officially reversed a controversial educational policy that mandated the use of indigenous languages as the primary medium of instruction in the early years of schooling, opting instead to restore English as the standard language from pre-primary levels through to university. The abrupt policy change marks a significant shift in the country’s education strategy and...

Published: 14 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online For many families across England, the school run is more than a daily routine. It is the opening chapter of a long and often painful battle with a system designed to support disabled children but increasingly strained, fragmented and unable to keep pace with rising need. This week, that quiet struggle burst into the national spotlight as some...

Published: 13 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Perhaps it’s the abundance of high-quality releases this year, or maybe it’s the fact that I’ve actively deleted TikTok to reclaim my reading time, but I’ve already devoured 38 books in 2025. Yet, amid a stack of engrossing novels, memoirs, and romcoms, one has consistently stood out—and I’ve been recommending it to anyone who will listen. I’ve explored...

Published: 13 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The former chief of Ofsted, Baroness Amanda Spielman, has criticised Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, claiming her recent curriculum reforms favour union interests over the broader educational needs of students. In a piece for The Telegraph, Baroness Spielman warned that scrapping the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) and diluting performance measures such as Progress 8 risked undermining the take-up of humanities...

Published: 13 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Every November, South Korea comes to a standstill for the Suneung, the country’s notoriously demanding college entrance exam. Shops close, flights are delayed to reduce noise, and even the morning commute slows down to accommodate students. By late afternoon, most test-takers emerge from their schools, exhaling in relief and greeting waiting family members. But for blind students, the...

Published: 13 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Almost a year after French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal was arrested on arrival at Algiers airport, the Algerian presidency has granted him a pardon and allowed him to leave the country. Sansal, 81, had been at the centre of a bitter diplomatic row between Paris and Algiers. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s decision to pardon him followed a direct request from...

  Published: 13 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Nigeria's stunning new Museum of West African Art (Mowaa) has found itself in the crosshairs of local power politics on the week it was supposed to—but failed—to open its doors to the public for the first time. The six-hectare (15-acre) campus sits in the heart of Benin City, capital of the southern state of Edo, and includes...

Published: 12 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Every school in England is to be issued with an AI-generated target for minimum pupil attendance, the government has announced, as part of its continuing efforts to tackle absence in the country’s classrooms. Headteachers will be given the targets this month in an effort to boost attendance rates, which remain stubbornly below pre-pandemic levels. Teaching unions, however, instantly...

Published: 10 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Renowned actor, broadcaster, and mental health advocate Sir Stephen Fry has thrown his support behind The Independent’s SafeCall campaign, joining forces with the charity Missing People to raise funds and provide vital safety and support services for missing children across the UK. The campaign aims to ensure that children in crisis have a reliable, confidential service they can...