Meloni government bans burqas, caps foreign students in Italian schools
Italy is a front-line country for migration, with integration a hot campaign issue ahead of its 2027 election.
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![Jihad, 11, right, and Ibrahim, 10, left, return to school after two years of disrupted education due to displacement [Abdelhakim Abu Riash/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/873A0689-copy-1789885506.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Private schools become a costly choice for struggling parents in Gaza
Gaza families face difficult choices: send children to schools in tents with few resources to pay for private school.
![The new school year has not yet officially begun in Gaza. According to the Ministry of Education, classes are scheduled to start on September 19 [Abdelhakim Abu Riash/ Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/B09A9064-copy-1789372825.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
‘We won’: Pro-Palestine student suspended by UK university resumes degree
University lifts suspension amid criticism from student groups over crackdown on pro-Palestine sentiments.
‘I want to cry’: Afghan medical students in Pakistan face expulsion fear
A court has temporarily suspended a directive to expel the students, but the threat of eviction lingers.
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More than a dozen children killed in fire in eastern DR Congo schools
Authorities say at least 14 school children have been killed after fire ravaged schools in the DR Congo.
Published On 10 Sep 2026
Climate hazards disrupted school for 1 in 10 students in 2025: UNICEF
More than 171 million students affected globally with girls disproportionately impacted.
Back to work, not school: Yemen’s crisis forces children to drop out
Struggling families in Yemen are forced to choose between education and survival amid mounting economic challenges.
Gaza students with overseas university offers, scholarships remain trapped
As a new term begins, students promised places abroad face impossible immigration rules.
Lebanon’s students head to classes that double up as shelters for displaced
Israel’s war has forced many schools to serve as shelters for displaced Lebanese, even as classes resume September 15.
US reading scores hit near-25-year low in latest global assessment
Scores among US 15-year-olds dropped 14 points from 2022, as the Trump administration pushes for ‘school choice’.
Israeli academia accused of systemic apartheid against Palestinians
A legal report exposes how Israeli universities use a dual-track disciplinary system to target Palestinian students.
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