Why children struggle with schoolwork

Amina Salum* was a pupil no one could have considered dull. Indeed, her end-of-term reports established that all other subjects apart from mathematics were beyond reproach.

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Why three Tanzanian children sparkled in World Bank children's art drawing ...
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Three out of 150 children entries won the World Bank (WB) Tanzania four week children's art drawing contest that took place between March and April 2014. In this brain cracking art exercise Chanda Lwansa (13) a form one student at Feza Girls Secondary ...

For a partially sighted pupil like Salum Ally , 15, going to school has brought a promising future for him and his family, and therefore increasing the chances of him becoming financially independent.

The current conflict between Israelis and Palestinians has once again brought to the forefront the suffering of the Palestinian people. It has reignited the debate on collective punishment they are made to endure as well as the unequal application of firepower by Israel.  After close to 20 days of Israeli air raids followed by a ground invasion of Gaza, the casualties from the conflict have been lopsided, with 80% to 90% of the casualties on the Palestinian side being civilians. The death...

David Cameron says Islamic State poses "an existential threat" to the Western world, as it emerges the British death toll in the Tunisian attack will rise above 30.

Survivors beat the odds but remain in isolation

The deadly virus which Ebola has pushed into the sidelines

Faced with a plunge in profits, Germany’s power utilities are having to bend to the will of the government and join the renewable energy revolution, while smartening up on the retail front with new customer-friendly energy saving products.

Why Egypt's new president might find himself struggling to deliver