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  Unhappy children end up unwell
Date: March  01, 2009  

Unhappy children are more likely to grow up to become adults who are permanently sick or disabled, a UK study has suggested.The King s College London-led research looked at over 7,100 people born between 1950 and 1955.Researchers found those described as "miserable" or "unhappy" by teachers were five times more likely to be off work through ill-hea
  Brown sets targets for science
Date: February  27, 2009  

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has set targets to increase the number of pupils in secondary school in England taking science subjects.In the next five years, Mr Brown wants to double the number of pupils taking "triple science", which includes biology, chemistry and physics.He also wants to have access to science as single subjects in 90% of schools.
   Relief to work
Date: February  26, 2009  

A 40-year-old Zimbabwean primary school teacher in a high-density area of the capital, Harare, tells the BBC News website why he has ended his five-month strike after the new power-sharing government started to pay salaries in foreign currency.A month ago, he explained how he could not afford to work, as his monthly salary of 30 trillion Zimbabwe d
  Poor still shunning universities
Date: February  25, 2009  

The government has given universities £392m to get more working class youngsters in England to attend but progress has been slow, MPs say.The Commons public accounts committee says it is "dismayed" the government seems to have little idea what they have done with the money.Participation rose by two percentage points over five years to 2007-08 -
  School surplus deprives pupils
Date: February  25, 2009  

Children are losing out on their funding entitlement because schools are holding too much money in reserve, claims a teachers union.Schools in England held surpluses of £2bn at the end of the last school year show annual figures, an increase of almost 15% on the previous year.The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NA
  Polar Year hailed as a success
Date: February  25, 2009  

Scientists and policymakers marked the official end of the International Polar Year (IPY) Wednesday at the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva.The 60-country, $1.2bn (£830m) effort has seen knowledge about the poles - and their influence on the rest of the planet - increase hugely.That knowledge is not just about ice and polar bears, but
  Zimbabwe teachers to end strike
Date: February  24, 2009  

Teachers in Zimbabwe have agreed to end their strike after the government promised to review salaries, and to appeal for substantial aid for schools.The teachers had been demanding their salaries in foreign currency to get around Zimbabwe s massive inflation.But they said the new Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai had been willing to listen to their
  Career changers turn to teaching
Date: February  23, 2009  

Applications for teacher training courses in England have risen by 10% this year, the Training and Development Agency for Schools says.Around one in 10 career changers is considering training to be a teacher, a survey it commissioned suggests.The TDA says there has been a large increase in applications to teach science and maths - which traditional
  Warning over child ear infections
Date: February  21, 2009  

The future health of thousands of UK children could be affected because their ear infections are not being treated properly, a charity says.Deafness Research UK says that antibiotics are given routinely in many cases, but often do not work.Children whose hearing is regularly affected may suffer developmental problems, but many parents are unaware o
  Primary education is deficient
Date: February  19, 2009  

Children in England are getting a "deficient" primary education because schools are focusing too much on maths, English and testing, a report has said.Their right to a broad curriculum is being "needlessly compromised" and their lives "impoverished" by the "standards agenda", the report claims. The Cambridge Primary Review s interim report is part


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