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TEACHING unions will release a damning report today into Uganda’s chain of private shack schools that is backed by software and dotcom billionaires.
Education International will launch the exposé of Bridge International Academies (BIA) in Ugandan capital Kampala on World Teachers’ Day.
BIA is taking the government to court over Education Minister Janet Museveni’s decision, temporarily suspended by a judge, to close its 63 schools in the country.
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK
NICOLA SARAH HAWKINS explains how an under-regulated introduction of AI into education is already exacerbating inequalities