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India: Court issues notice to state government on plea to limit weight of school bags carried by students
The plea has been filed with a concern about children's all round physical and mental health development.
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Africa
Nigeria orders Abuja school to shut over attack fears
Nigeria is grappling with rising attacks by gunmen, many of them targeting individuals, priests and students for ransom
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As June 12 approaches: 21.8% of children in Ghana estimated to be child labourers
According to the report, If we do not muster the will and resources to act now on an unprecedented scale, the timeline for ending child labour thus 2025, will stretch many years into the future.
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Supreme Court News
Threat of child streetism suit : Supreme Court gives AG 14 days to file Statement of Case
The March 3, 2022 suit filed by the Child Right International against the state, is primarily seeking to enforce and give meaning to Children’s Right to Education.
DL News
Crime
Tackling recidivism: Criminal Law Lecturer says post-conviction reintegration mechanisms needed
Researcher and Criminal Law lecturer at the GIMPA Faculty of Law, Dr. Isidore Tuffour says to deal with the problem, authorities need to look to post-conviction reintegration mechanisms.
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Abantu bemoans lack of political will to pass Affirmative Action Bill
A civil society organisation, Abantu For Development, has expressed worry over the lack of political will from political leaders to pass the Affirmative Action (AA) bill into law to increase the representation of women and the marginalised,...
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Africa
Kenya atheists seek ban on school prayer days
The group says the prayer days are in contravention to students’ rights.
BBC
General
UG-UTAG votes opposing suspension of strike
When voting was done, 596 members voted against calling off the strike, whereas 127 members voted in support of suspending the strike.
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US
‘Don’t Say Gay’: Biden denounces ‘hateful’ new Florida bill
In a Twitter message to the LGBT community – “especially the kids who will be impacted by this hateful bill” – Mr Biden vowed to “continue to fight for the protections and safety you deserve”.
BBC
General
Order reinstating Prof. Avoke: UEW describes as anomaly
“We have the rulings of the Appeals Court and that of the High Court. I don’t know which ruling to go by now,”
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Crime
153 kids rescued from child labour in 2021 – Challenging Heights
Challenging Heights, a non-government organisation, based in the Central Region, says it rescued a total of 153 children in 2021 who were engaged in child slavery, forced work or domestic servitude in the coastal communities of Ghana.
General
CETAG begins indefinite strike today
This was necessitated by a unanimous decision taken at an emergency National Council meeting on Tuesday, January 4, 2022.
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General
We’re in a fix over rampant strikes – NLC laments
A number of public sector workers are currently on strike for various reasons while others have also served the NLC notice of embarking on strike if the government does not respond favourably to them.
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Kwame Koduah Atuahene writes: Regulating commercial road transport sector to improve road safety; the way forward
The commercial road transport sector is characterized by easy entry and exit protocols, sub-standard and unsafe vehicle fleet, informally trained drivers and a lack of internal control systems that prioritizes profit over safety and conveni...
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Kenyan father sues son for upkeep money
Gideon Kisira Cherowo, 73, says he sold his land and most of his assets to pay for his son’s education up to university level.
BBC
Africa
Tanzania to scrap ban on pregnant schoolgirls
Magufuli warned that “after getting pregnant, you are done”.
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Asia
Afghanistan: Taliban unveil new rules banning women in TV dramas
A member of an organisation that represents journalists in Afghanistan, Hujjatullah Mujaddedi, said the announcement of new restrictions was unexpected.
DL News
Courts
Headmaster remanded over drowning of JHS pupils
District Chief Executive for the Saboba District, Bingrini George has indicated that the District Security Committee will meet with the Ghana Education Service to discuss the canoe disaster
DL News
General
Ban on ‘aboboyaa’ postponed to February 2022
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Mr Henry Quartey, in his address at the launch of the Operation Clean your Frontage in Accra last Friday, had fixed the starting date for tricycles to stop using major roads for November 1, this year, wh...
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Leaving no one behind: Chief Justice, UNFPA mentor kayayei
There have been numerous success stories of Orange Girls who had been motivated and supported to return to school, successfully completed second cycle as well as tertiary institutions.
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