Education

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. At least 27 students, most of them younger than 13, have died after the roof of a privately run school collapsed during classes in Peshawar, north-west Pakistan, in a disaster that has left families searching anxiously for children still believed to be trapped beneath the rubble. The collapse occurred at the al-Khair Education Center while lessons were under...

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Poland’s transformation from a communist state struggling with shortages and economic uncertainty into one of the world’s 20 largest economies is reshaping the country’s relationship with its workforce, its European neighbours and its own future. After decades in which millions of Poles left their homeland in search of higher wages and better opportunities abroad, a growing number are...

Published: 13 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has joined high school students protesting in France over teacher shortages, overcrowded classrooms and deteriorating school buildings, adding international attention to a growing dispute about the future of public education. Appearing alongside demonstrators in Saint-Denis, a suburb of Paris, the 23-year-old activist criticised the lack of investment in schools and argued that young...

Published: 12 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A newly identified Roman military fort in Pembrokeshire, Wales, could provide important archaeological evidence behind a medieval Welsh legend involving the fourth-century emperor Magnus Maximus. The discovery of Roman coins, pottery, tiles and military structures near Frenni Fawr hill has raised the possibility that a traditional story preserved for centuries may have been rooted in historical events rather...

Published: 12 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Former students of a private religious school in western Sydney have described a deeply troubling culture in which teenagers were allegedly expected to share beds with teachers during school trips, while strict discipline, public humiliation and blurred boundaries were also part of school life. The allegations were presented to a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry investigating the management...

Published: 10 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Students at a high school in Sevran, a disadvantaged suburb north-east of Paris, are continuing their protests over deteriorating school conditions, teacher shortages and educational inequality, saying they feel abandoned by the French state and are being denied the basic resources needed to succeed. The demonstrations have become part of a wider youth movement that has spread across...

Published: 10 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A new national pre-apprenticeship scheme should be introduced in England to help young people move from school into employment, according to former Labour cabinet minister Alan Milburn, whose review of Britain’s youth jobs crisis is expected to recommend a major overhaul of training and employment support. The proposed programme would give young people the qualifications, practical experience and...

Published: 09 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The French government has pledged to deploy 3,000 substitute teachers to address severe staffing shortages in secondary schools as student protests across the country entered their tenth day, with demonstrators demanding urgent investment in education, safer school buildings and improved learning conditions. The announcement represents a significant attempt by ministers to respond to mounting public pressure, but student...

Published: 08 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. High school protests across France continued on Thursday despite Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu promising to produce a plan to address the country’s education problems by the end of the month, as students demanded faster and more concrete action from the government. Nearly 400 educational establishments were reported to be affected by disruptions as students gathered in cities including...

Published: 08 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Procrastination has emerged as one of the most significant obstacles to academic performance among university students, according to a major study involving more than 65,000 young people in the United States. The research suggests that delaying academic tasks is not merely a minor time-management problem but, for a substantial number of students, a serious barrier that can affect...