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Education and schools

Reducing teacher workload must not mean narrowing the role

The issue of teacher workload is invariably linked to teacher well-being and teacher attrition in different school systems.
The issue of teacher workload is invariably linked to teacher well-being and teacher attrition in different school systems.

Hong Kong students dissolve pro-democracy group under ‘severe’ pressure

The Hong Kong Federation of Students played a leading role in mobilising the Chinese city’s student community to participate in social movements.
The Hong Kong Federation of Students played a leading role in mobilising the Chinese city’s student community to participate in social movements.

Forum: Create environments for children to learn skills for the future

Have a nose for the news? Take part in ST’s What’s The News? 2026 competition

The winning team from Temasek Junior College at the 2025 edition of What’s The News?. The competition returns in 2026, with registration opening from Feb 5 to March 5.
The winning team from Temasek Junior College at the 2025 edition of What’s The News?. The competition returns in 2026, with registration opening from Feb 5 to March 5.

In South Korea, questions about cram schools, success and happiness

Students waiting for the start of the annual college entrance exam, known locally as Suneung, in 2025.
Students waiting for the start of the annual college entrance exam, known locally as Suneung, in 2025.

‘She’s an absolute blessing’: US teacher, 90, gets Guinness World Record for 67-year career

Guinness said the record honoured Mrs Beverly Hannett-Price's lifelong commitment to her students, school communities, and the teaching profession.
Guinness said the record honoured Mrs Beverly Hannett-Price's lifelong commitment to her students, school communities, and the teaching profession.

Trump, changing course, throws Harvard deal talks into chaos

What started in 2025 as an effort to investigate anti-semitism on the Cambridge campus quickly morphed into a broad attack on the university.
What started in 2025 as an effort to investigate anti-semitism on the Cambridge campus quickly morphed into a broad attack on the university.

School student stabs, critically wounds teacher in France

Students and their parents gathering in front of La Guicharde secondary school, in the town of Sanary-sur-Mer, near Toulon, France, after a stabbing incident on Feb 3.
Students and their parents gathering in front of La Guicharde secondary school, in the town of Sanary-sur-Mer, near Toulon, France, after a stabbing incident on Feb 3.

MOE has no plans to scale central kitchen model to all schools, open to other approaches: Jasmin Lau

Northoaks Primary School pupils queueing to receive number tags before collecting the bento boxes they pre-ordered under the central kitchen meal model during recess time on Jan 12, 2026.
Northoaks Primary School pupils queueing to receive number tags before collecting the bento boxes they pre-ordered under the central kitchen meal model during recess time on Jan 12, 2026.

Trump drops demand for cash from Harvard after stiff resistance

US President Donald Trump's administration dropped its demand for a $254 million payment from Harvard University.
US President Donald Trump's administration dropped its demand for a $254 million payment from Harvard University.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.