BANGKOK : A twin bomb blast struck a school in insurgency-plagued southern Thailand today, officials said, killing two soldiers and injuring one student in a new setback to peace efforts.
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August 01, 2013
Islamic extremists killed eight people in an attack targeting teachers and Muslim clerics in northeast Nigeria, witnesses and the military said Thursday.
July 30, 2013
Stronger security is needed for teachers in government schools in Thailand’s deep south, where an ongoing insurgency by Muslim separatist groups has left more than 150 teachers dead since 2004, say officials.
July 30, 2013
I’m writing from Syria, but it’s not the Syria I knew and loved. People today have lost the sparkle in their eyes because they’ve lost their faith in life. Men, women and children are walking around with pale faces, lacklustre smiles and no joie de vivre. People everywhere look stunned as if their minds and souls are far away.
July 24, 2013
A roadside bomb exploded in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south Wednesday, killing two teachers and wounding three other people, police said.
July 12, 2013
Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani school girl, turns 16 years old today—an age she almost did not live to enjoy. Last October, Taliban gunmen shot Malala in retaliation for her speaking out on girls’ education. On Malala’s birthday, the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) calls on governments, non-state armed groups, international and local organizations, and other education actors to take action to ensure that students like Malala are able to learn in safe environments, protected from violence and conflict.
July 12, 2013
Almost 50 million children and young people in conflict areas out of school, says report, with Syrian civil war worsening problem
July 11, 2013
GHALANAI, Pakistan — The classroom in Ghalanai, an area nestled amid the mountains of Pakistan’s tribal belt, has the air of a military camp: a solitary tent pitched beside a bombed-out building, ringed by a high wall and protected by an armed gunman.
July 11, 2013
Tomorrow is Malala Yousafzai’s 16th birthday. The Pakistani school girl was shot by the Taliban last October for demanding education for girls. Malala’s story is not an isolated one. Students and teachers across our globe are intimidated and harassed, injured, raped, and even killed. Schools are burned, bombed, and destroyed.
July 08, 2013
New York, 08 July 2013 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, strongly condemns the violent attack on a school and the targeted killing of students and their teachers over the weekend in Yobe State, in north-eastern Nigeria.
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Timely and accurate monitoring and reporting on attacks on education is crucial for responding to attacks, for holding perpetrators accountable, and for seeking to prevent attacks from occurring in the first place.
In order to protect education from attack, field based practitioners, communities and government education actors in a number of affected countries have developed a range of measures and programs to reduce or prevent attacks on teachers, students and education institutions.
The use of education institutions by militaries and armed groups during situations of conflict and insecurity can disrupt or completely deny education in both the immediate and long terms.