Wars 'robbing youths of school'
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At least 43m children around the world are unable to go to school because of armed conflicts, a new report says.
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COMPUTERS and overhead projectors worth thousands have been stolen by thieves targeting schools across Lichfield.   In the latest break-in nine laptops worth pounds 7,500 were taken by burglars raiding Friary School, in Eastern Avenue.
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DAVID HARDAKER: In Iraq a series of car bomb attacks in quick succession has claimed the lives of more children than any other attack since the conflict began 17 months ago.
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Military recruiters have increasingly resorted to overly aggressive tactics and even criminal activity to attract young troops to the battlefield, congressional investigators say.
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Children from the most deprived areas of England are falling further behind in school achievement.
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An inquiry into youngsters who hurt themselves on purpose says schools need more help to deal with the problem.
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Expanding waistlines are squeezing the bottom line of the nation&#39;s schools, as poor eating and exercise subtly strip money from education, a new study suggests.
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The proportion of youngsters 'staying on' in education and training has fallen, and a reward scheme has not worked.
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Too many maths tests from the age of seven are damaging pupils' enthusiasm and knowledge, a report says.
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Stolen then brainwashed and forced to fight, children around the world are being turned into cold-blooded killing machines. Warlords target children as recruits because of their very vulnerability, treating them as no more than "cannon fodder," one child advocate says.
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Pupils in primary and secondary schools across England lack an overview of history, Ofsted warns.
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Millions of children go without formal education in former Soviet countries, a Unicef report claims.
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Growing numbers of children say they carry knives and bottles as a defence against bullies, a report states.
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Violent crime against students in schools fell by 50 percent between 1992 and 2002, with young people more often targeted for violence away from school.
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More than half of all schoolchildren have been in debt by the time they are 17, says a charity.
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A study suggests 34,000 children could be learning out of school - but warns on lack of reliable information.
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A top government adviser says about 80,000 children go to underperforming secondary schools each year.