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Sonam Wangchuk sets three conditions to call off his hunger strike

Activist Sonam Wangchuk will end his hunger strike if the government accepts accountability for education system failures. He also demands MPs assure Parliament will address education accountability during the Monsoon Session. Wangchuk's wife stated political leaders meeting him could also end his fast. Security was deployed at Jantar Mantar ahead…

The Economic Times · Jul 20

Spain praises public education but slashes nearly €309m from its funding for Presidency staff pay

Cabinet approves moving €309.8 million from Education to the Presidency, Justice and Parliamentary Relations ministry to cover staff costs under an extended state budget.

Euronews · Jul 18

Voluntary element of social media curfew will be kept under review – Phillipson

Newly announced measures will also see addictive features such as auto-scrolling and algorithmic feeds turned off.

Evening Standard · Jul 15

Jewish student backs violence against colonisation

A pro-Palestine Jewish student points to her family background of Holocaust survivors as a reason why she "fights for justice" against genocide.

AAP · Jul 12

U.S. Treasury has borrowed $155 billion every month of this fiscal year—and is now paying $24 billion a week in interest on its debts

Interest payments on the debt are now so large that the spending is higher than the outlays for the Departments of Defense, Commerce, Homeland Security, Education, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Small Business Administration, and the U.S. Coronavirus Refundable Credits scheme—combined.

Fortune · Jul 10

Govt orders action against NCERT officials in paper procurement case

Bafna Global Venture Private Limited moved the Delhi High Court on June 24 citing the blacklisting order by NCERT issued on June 22 barring it for two years from participating in the procurement process of National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).

The Economic Times · Jul 10

Closure of federal office for English learning leaves non-native, U.S.-based English speakers in limbo

The Trump administration's closed the Department of Education's (DE) Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) on May 14, 2026. The OELA was tasked with ensuring that the children of immigrants and others with typically lower English proficiency learned the language to a high academic and professional standard.

Latin Times · Jul 4

Fury over SATs result delays as government considers scrapping £180m exam contract

Exam board Pearson blamed the delays to Key Stage 2 SATs results on ‘technical issues’

The Independent UK · Jul 2

Starmer calls forced adoption scandal a ‘stain on our history’ as he apologises to survivors

Women whose babies had been taken wiped away tears as prime minister told them: ‘The shame was never yours, the shame is ours’

The Independent UK · Jul 2

'Mantri Pradhan's continuation in office blot on democracy: Congress after UGC candidates flag issues with papers

The Congress has slammed the government over alleged errors in UGC-NET Sociology and English question papers, calling for Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation. Concerns were raised about spelling and translation mistakes in Sociology and questions being lifted directly from past papers in English. The opposition highlighted the National Testing Agency's…

The Economic Times · Jul 2