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THE STANDARD By Augustine Oduor | January 22nd 2021 at 15:23:02 GMT +0300 Edwin Mokaya, a teacher at Kisii School, is assisted by nurses at Ram Hospital after he was stabbed by a form three student. [Sammy Omingo,Standard] Schools are grappling with rising cases of indiscipline among learners, raising questions about the state of students’ mental health. Ugly scenes of students attacking their teachers while tutors instill discipline are clear manifestation of the bad manners learners have picked. Kenyans were in shock last week when a Form Three student in Kisii School allegedly attacked...

How an 'alternative' school in Nottingham is changing the lives of students excluded elsewhere 'I've seen parents feeling gutted that their child has to come here, but they see the progress and then it’s happy tears' 11:45, 2 JAN 2021 Updated Katie Leigh, 17, and Becky Ashmore - Assistant Head of Engagement at Stone Soup Academy in Nottingham (Image: Nottingham Post/Marie Wilson) Subscribe to our weekly email updates about Arnold to stay informed on the biggest local storiesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information yo...

A WOMAN whose Stourbridge school helps ‘disengaged’ youngsters get ‘back on track’ has been awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours. Janet Lear is the founder and head teacher of the Black Country Wheels School based on the Gainsborough Trading Estate in Stourbridge’s Rufford Road. The school evolved from “The Wheels Project”, which was instigated by Jan in 1999. She listened to the needs of the young people she worked with and presented them with a learning platform that they were interested in, engaging them in life skills and improving their chances of future empl...

BBC News By Sanchia Berg Published image captionTashaun Aird was stabbed nine times during a planned attack The family of a murdered teenager say the system of school exclusion has to change, or more children will be lost like their son. Tashaun Aird, 15, was killed in Hackney, east London, in May 2019 after being permanently excluded in 2017 and sent to an Alternative Provision. A Serious Case Review said his exclusion "was a catalyst to the deterioration in his behaviour". Hackney Council accepted "opportunities were missed" to help Tashaun. The 15-year-old, who wanted to be a professional...