SCHOOLS

Flint district schools ban backpacks for safety concerns

Published on: May 4, 2023
17:35

Washington, May 4 (Prensa Latina) Public schools in Flint, Michigan, are enforcing a measure banning students from attending school with backpacks, including those made of clear plastic material, amid concerns over firearms, weapons and threats.

Attacks with knives increase in German schools

Published on: May 2, 2023
11:14

Berlin, May 2 (Prensa Latina) The German Interior Ministry informed that attacks with bladed weapons have become more frequent in German schools, the portal WAZ reported today.

Mexico starts intense campaign in schools against synthetic drugs

Published on: March 29, 2023
00:30

Mexico, Mar 29 (Prensa Latina) President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced in his daily morning conference at the National Palace on Tuesday a vigorous campaign against drug addiction in the school sector.

Gun violence upsurge forces closure of five schools in St Lucia

Published on: March 10, 2023
16:46

Castries, Mar 10 (Prensa Latina) The St. Lucia government on Friday announced the closure of five schools in the southern town of Vieux Fort after three people were shot and killed and a nine-year-old boy injured as a result of gun violence.

Chile: Wildfires ravage over 20 schools (+Photo)

Published on: February 13, 2023
17:02

Santiago de Chile, Feb 13 (Prensa Latina) Recent wildfires in the center-south of Chile have ravaged more than twenty schools, leaving about 920 students with no education access, according to Education Ministry.

UNICEF condemns nine-fold rise in violence targeting Haitian schools

Published on: February 9, 2023
18:10

Port-au-Prince, Feb 9 (Prensa Latina) UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday condemned acts of armed violence targeting schools in Haiti have spiked nine-fold in one year amid rising insecurity and widespread unrest.

Schools, stores and embassies shut down in Haiti

Published on: January 27, 2023
16:45

Port-au-Prince, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) Schools, stores, embassies and even public institutions remain closed on Friday in Haiti, a country experiencing a convulsive day of protests over the assassination of several law enforcement officers.

Texas laws allow teachers to carry guns on schools with regulations

Published on: November 17, 2022
16:55

Washington, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) To respond to the threats of such increased attack tolls in U.S. schools, Texas laws have taken the controversial step of authorizing school staff, other than security guards, to carry firearms on campus.

British schools might fire teachers for lack of funds

Published on: November 8, 2022
08:30

London, Nov 8 (Prensa Latina) Thousands of schools in England could lay off part of their educational staff next year due to rising costs and insufficient government funds, one of the sector's unions warned.

Rains damage more than 40 schools in Honduras

Published on: September 30, 2022
10:52

Tegucigalpa, Sep 30 (Prensa Latina) Authorities of the School Construction Directorate at the Ministry of Education in Honduras reported more than 40 schools with widespread damage to their infrastructure in the country's several departments, according to reports in Tegucigalpa on Friday.

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