BBC News2 days agoThousands of Neet teens are missing from official stats, report warnsbbc.co.uk - Hazel ShearingThere could be tens of thousands more teenagers who are not in education, employment or training (Neet) than official statistics suggest, the children's commissioner for England has warned. A report by Dame Rachel de Souza said around 42,000 16- and 17-year-olds in England were officially classed as …
BBC News2 days agoMeta continues to run ads promoting child sexual abuse material in India: reportbbc.co.uk - Diyva AryaWarning: This story contains descriptions of abuse Meta ran hundreds of paid ads with artificial intelligence-generated child sexual abuse imagery, including several in India, over the past 10 months, a new report by US-based campaigners has found. The report comes two months after the Indian …
BBC News2 days agoEngland up in reading, maths and science rankings as Scotland and Wales dipbbc.co.uk - Branwen JeffreysEnglish pupils have pulled ahead of the rest of the UK in international reading, maths and science tests, new data suggests, with Scotland and Wales falling further behind. The 2025 Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) saw reading and maths scores slump in each UK nation except …
BBC News4 days agoNTA: India's high-stakes exam system faces a crisis of trustbbc.co.uk - Nikita YadavIn 2017, India introduced the National Testing Agency (NTA) to conduct fair, transparent and standardised examinations. Set up under the federal education ministry, it was meant to make exams more efficient, consistent and trustworthy, after years of paper leaks, administrative errors and cheating …
BBC News6 days agoMichael Owen doesn't tell his children he loves them - how big a deal is that?bbc.co.uk - Henry MooreEngland football legend Michael Owen sparked debate this week after saying he "never ever" tells his children he loves them - despite them being "the most dearest things in the world" to him. "I don't say anything like that," the father-of-four told Jamie Laing in a podcast interview., external "I …
BBC NewsUrgent action needed to stop teachers quitting, says Liberal Democratsbbc.co.uk - Emilia BelliBurnt out teachers urgently need better working hours and more support to stop them leaving the profession, the Liberal Democrats say, as the new term approaches. Nearly half of the teachers surveyed by the party in England said they were planning to quit the classroom in the next five years, with …
