A 25-year-old man who murdered six people and injured another with a knife at a kindergarten in Lianjiang, South China's Guangdong Province on Monday morning has been arrested by police, who are investigating the incident, local police said in a statement. Witnesses claimed that victims included one teacher, two parents and three children. Lianjiang...

A draft bill was published on the official website of the Verkhovna Rada on June 28, proposing the official recognition of English as one of Ukraine’s languages for international communication.President Volodymyr Zelensky is the initiator of the draft law, known as No. 9432. The proposed document aims to specify the positions that require English proficiency...

South Korea's government unveiled plans on Monday (June 26) aimed at curbing the country's burgeoning spending on private education, which has been blamed for being a major factor behind the country's declining fertility rate.The move comes as President Yoon Suk Yeol this month criticised college entrance tests that incorporate questions not in t...

The materialistic values promoted by teachers at a kindergarten in China have sparked an online backlash after a video surfaced, featuring young girls playfully questioning boys about their possessions. Filmed in Suining, a city in China's Sichuan province, the video showed girls asking boys if they had flats, cars, and money. The boys responded tha...

In a rapidly globalizing world, the importance of English proficiency cannot be denied. English has become the lingua franca of business, education, and international communication. However, it would be a mistake to assume that every Chinese parent prioritizes English education for their children. Surprisingly, there is a diverse range of opinions among Chin...

A shocking incident has unfolded in a kindergarten located in Jiangxi province, southeastern China, where dishes used by children were found being washed in a urinal trough. The distressing video of a staff member squatting down and using a hose to clean the plates at Sunshine Kindergarten went viral after being shared online by a concerned parent, trig...

Primary schools should focus on German reading and math instead of English, the president of the German Teachers' Association has said. His remarks come as German students score lower than peers in other countries.German primary school students should no longer be taught English, and instead teachers should dedicate this time to improving their German re...

A quarter of a million rand is the lure to get South African teachers to sign up and work in Britain.The British Department of Education is offering international relocation payments of £10,000 pounds (about R245,000) to foreign physics and language teachers. This relocation payment is to cover their visa and moving expenses.The UK’s “The Times” newspaper sa...