Some 7,000 schools in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region have been damaged in fighting in the East African country, and nearly 1.5 million students are unable to attend school, the Ethiopian education minister says.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) slams Saudi Arabia for the state-sponsored “hateful” and “intolerant” language against Shia Muslims in its school religion textbooks.

Schools in Scotland having ended the first week of classes after five months of Covid-19 lockdown, can teach the rest of the UK some important lessons.

The figure includes 110 schools in Hajjah, and another 106 in Sa’ada.

Russia recommends that higher educational institutions switch to distance learning over the coronavirus pandemic.

Lebanese President Michel Aoun has designated former education minister Hassan Diab as the country's next prime minister.

Iraq has imposed a curfew in the capital Baghdad as renewed anti-government protests enter a fourth day.