Trump denies student loan relief to nonprofit workers who are at odds with his political agenda
Trump’s latest executive order directs the Education Department to exclude student loan forgiveness for workers at certain organizations.
Students take over university buildings in Argentina to demand funding for education
Dozens of faculties have been taken over by university students in Argentina in response to President Milei’s veto of a law to refinance the budget of higher education institutions.
Kenya’s students reject new funding model
Kenyan students have been on the streets to protest a new funding model for higher education that they claim limits access to education
Indian students and youth protest corruption in entrance exams
Repeated cancellations, corruption, and exclusivity have disrupted the future of millions of students who write these centralized examinations every year to get admission into professional and higher study courses and certain careers
Serbian student groups protest new state-wide exam to qualify for higher education
The Serbian government is pushing the long pending plan to introduce Državna matura, a new state-wide qualifying exam for high school students to get admission into higher educational institutes
Afghan activist Matiullah Wesa’s arrest invokes widespread condemnation
Matiullah Wesa is a prominent education activist and has been running an educational organization for nearly 14 years
Global health education in Greece threatened by commodification
Professors and postgraduate students of tuition-free Master’s Programs in Public Health and Health Policy, and Primary Health Care find themselves locked out of the Medical School classrooms in Thessaloniki
Ecuadorian teachers mobilize in defense of equalization of salary
In Ecuador, the teachers teaching in public institutions receive around 50% less salaries than those teaching in private institutions
Ecuadorian teachers on hunger strike in defense of Intercultural Education Law
The teachers are demanding the full implementation of the Organic Law of Intercultural Education (LOEI), including equalization of teachers’ salaries at national level
Pakistan’s Supreme Court restores the National Assembly and other stories
Today we look at Pakistan’s Supreme Court verdict on the no-trust motion against PM Khan, a report on excess resource use and ecological damage, and more
Explained: Reasons behind the massive student debt crisis in the US
Why are so many American citizens under so much debt from trying to attain education? What is the structure of the education system which has led to this crisis?
100,000 people have become literate through MST education programs in Brazil
In 37 years of struggle, the MST has already enabled more than 100,000 people throughout Brazil to become literate. The work has been based on the Cuban literacy method “Yes, I can” and Paulo Freire’s Brazilian Cultural Circle
- Film on Gaza solidarity encampments is launched amid Trump’s crackdown on student activism
- European leaders press ahead with armament plans amid Ukraine peace negotiations
- Syrian interim government continues to attack Lebanon after reaching ceasefire deal
- In major blow against free speech, environmental group ordered to pay USD 667 million to pipeline corporation
- Panamanian workers mobilize against Social Security privatization
