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Inside the innovative eco-school designed to remove air pollution

The ‘Forest School’ in India is designed to teach children environmental studies too.

France

French children head back to school as infections rise

They've lost months of classroom time due to the coronavirus pandemic. With their backpacks, hand sanitizer – and for many, mandatory face coverings – millions of children have returned to their classrooms in France and Belgium.

World News

COVID-19: How can you help to keep your child safe at school?

Anxious about how your child will cope with going back to school? Euronews spoke to a paediatrician and a psychotherapist to see how you can help make the transition safer and smoother.

United Kingdom

COVID-19: Pupils above 11 to wear mask in England's lockdown areas

It comes after the WHO changed its advice on face-covering for children aged 12 or above.

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United Kingdom

A-level results: NUS highlights trauma and disruption for students

NUS hits back at government on A Level results Day.

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Coronavirus: Guatemalan teacher pedals mobile school to children

Ixcoy tries to visit each of his students twice a week using a mop to measure the distance between him and the child.

USA

Donald Trump backtracks on the full reopening of US schools

The US president recognised that in some areas schools may need to reopen a few weeks later.

United Kingdom

COVID-19: Parents help change Scotland's course over schools reopening

Parents voicing their concerns over the quality of their children's education have pushed the Scottish Government to change course over re-opening schools part-time.

United Kingdom

Coronavirus: UK government pledges £1bn for English schools

Part of the funds will cover a tutoring scheme while the rest will help the schools to "lift" their "educational outcomes" in the 2020/21 year when classes resume after the long coronavirus lockdown.

Slovakia

Slovakia: Knifeman shot dead by police after fatal attack on school

The 22-year-old attacked his former school in northern Slovakia, killing the deputy director and injuring five, before he was shot dead by police.

United Kingdom

England drops plan for primary schools to reopen before summer

Primary schools in England may not fully reopen until later than September as the country battles the coronavirus pandemic.

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Pupils wearing face masks return to school in Singapore

With new infections slowing and no major outbreaks outside dorms, the government began easing measures Tuesday

United Kingdom

British schools are re-opening - and parents aren't happy

"My children won't be going back," one parent told Euronews as a new survey found that 46% of families will make the same decision.

Green News

Would you move to rural New Zealand to send your kids to Green School?

Parents are trying out this radical new form of education, which puts the environment at the centre of learning.

United Kingdom

Coronavirus: Don't open schools on June 1, experts tell UK government

A governmental advisory body said a two-week postponement would "halve" the risk to primary and secondary school children, the ones expected to return to school first.

World News

Analysis: Should children go back to school during a pandemic?

Today, Belgium joins Denmark and many others in reopening primary and secondary schools. But, in other countries, rows are raging over getting pupils back into the classroom.

France

French schools return amid apprehension over pandemic

“If they are able to keep their children at home, because there is at least one parent who is not working or has not yet resumed work, they prefer to keep them," says parent association secretary general.

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Children have lessons in woods as parents protest school not reopening

They didn't lack the necessary equipment either: there were whiteboards, tables and even hand sanitiser.

France

'Untenable and unrealistic': French plan to reopen schools criticised

Some French schools will reopen from May 11 in a decision that many mayors in the Paris region have criticised.

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Macron visits French school before lockdown is eased from May 11

French President Emmanuel Macron, wearing a face mask, visited a school as the country prepares to ease its COVID-19 lockdown next week.