Researchers discovered that unusually high temperatures can hinder early childhood development. Children living in hotter ...

A troubling new report from one of America's leading public universities has uncovered a significant gap between students' ...

State board developing ‘numeracy plan’ to boost math competency statewide Each year, the Illinois State Board of Education ...

Two and a half decades ago, Nigeria enacted the Universal Basic Education Act, yet too many of our children still leave primary school without the ability to read fluently or perform basic numeracy.

The state of basic education across Africa remains critically challenging, underscored by the sobering finding in the Unesco Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report that only about “one in 10 ...

The executive secretary, National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education (NMEC), Prof. Musa Garba–Maitafsir, says over 60 million adults in Nigeria lack basic literacy and ...

For decades children in Jamaica’s schools have been promoted from grade to grade largely because of their age. This “automatic promotion” policy has long been criticised because whether or not ...

10:17, Tue, Aug 26, 2025 Updated: 10:43, Tue, Aug 26, 2025 Eight years ago, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott famously got her numbers in a twist. She said Labour could recruit 10,000 new police ...

Education analysts are warning parents that the latest NAPLAN results show a third of students are not meeting expectations. Authorities are particularly concerned about students in the bush following ...

One in three adults, 32 per cent, say they don't have enough basic maths knowledge to help a child with their homework - and their finances could be suffering as a result. As many as 27 per cent of ...

"In order to improve students' basic academic skills, we will ensure that they acquire not only literacy and numeracy, but also digital competencies." The Seoul Metropolitan Council, which previously ...