Aspiring business people and lawyers are taught how to work with China, but our future politicians, policymakers and journalists do not always receive the same practical instruction.
The new indexation arrangement will be backdated to all HELP, VET Student Loan, Australian Apprenticeship Support and other student support loan accounts operating on June 1 last year.
Smartphones are undoubtedly a distraction to learning. We should keep an open mind about the school ban and give teachers and students time to see what works.
Key education policy decisions in the early 2000s have not produced the desired results. But broad bipartisan agreement is now needed to give children and teachers the greatest chance of success.
Enayat Nasir, University at Albany, State University of New York
If the ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan persists, consequences could include higher rates of abuse, the spread of extremism and billions of dollars in economic loss.
Governance failure and location of schools around large expanses of unprotected forest zones make school children easy targets for bandits in Nigeria’s north-west.