As India strives to move towards developed country status the delivery of effective education becomes more urgent and the challenges more apparent. With over 1.4 million schools and 227 million students, India faces one of the most complex education challenges in the...
Maths syllabuses and pedagogy are continuously scrutinised by governments, parents and businesses, with criticisms across the board. Whilst most would agree that a good quality maths education is essential for all children – there are conflicts of opposites about how...
The term ‘International schools’ has traditionally referred to schools that provide children of expatriate families (often living abroad due to the parents working for a multinational organisation) with an education of a similar quality and experience to the education...
Schools across the Western world are struggling to find and retain qualified and experienced teachers; last year there were nearly 43,000 teacher vacancies in California alone. In the UK, schools are battling with their own recruitment and retention crisis, caused...
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced in the budget that all schools in the UK will become academies, or will be in the process of becoming academies, by the end of this Parliament (2020). This will see the governance of schools move from local...
The global population of young people (aged 10-24 years) totals some 1.8 billion and continues to grow, yet the vast majority of these young people are living in poverty with little or no prospect of earning a living. According to statistics from United Nations...
