After Gen Z, India’s Gen Alpha rises, demanding education reforms
School students across multiple states have held protests in recent weeks, seeking better conditions.

School students across multiple states have held protests in recent weeks, seeking better conditions.






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An UNRWA vocational centre in the occupied West Bank has been raided by Israeli forces and ordered to close.
Israel threatens the Qalandiya Training Centre, one of Jerusalem’s oldest still-operational educational institutions.
Students in Houthi areas fear lost opportunities after government decision not to authenticate some certificates.
As new school year begins, children in West Bank’s Masafer Yatta face threat that their schools may not remain standing.
Teja’s death raises question India has not fully answered: why more than a decade after ban is hitting children routine?
Police use water cannons and batons as a few thousand protesters break through security barricades in Bihar’s capital.
Amnesty says India used lethal weapons on ‘Cockroach’ protesters.

Nathan Cofnas, who accused Cambridge professor Jason Arday of plagiarism, has addressed Arday’s death.
Security forces used tear gas, pellet guns and electric shock devices against student protesters, Amnesty inquiry found.
The Cockroach Janta Party’s ‘Fix the Schools’ campaign in India is facing pushback from BJP leaders and supporters.