Malala Yousafzai, Taliban shooting victim sent to UK (video)

Malala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating education for girls, has been moved to the UK for further treatment.

As reported on Digital Journal, 14-year-old Malala was shot in the head last Tuesday by a Taliban insurgent. The attack on her was made due to her campaigning for the right of young females to education in Pakistan.

Malala was shot in the head and neck while she sat with classmates on a school bus as it prepared to drive students home from morning classes in Mingora, a city in the Swat valley... read more and watch video.

'Education crisis not Verwoerd's fault' — anti-apartheid activist

President Jacob Zuma blamed a Limpopo text book scandal on apartheid era Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd. Anti-apartheid activist, Mamphela Ramphele, says ANC is to blame.

There is a huge scandal going on in South Africa over text books for the Limpopo province. In early July, a clerk at the Limpopo department of education was arrested in connection with the dumping of school text books in Giyani.... read more.

Documentary: Professional prisoners learning skills

In this eye-opening 25-minute documentary, we visit a prison in Russia that educates its prisoners, pays them well for their work and gives them skills for a chance of a better life on release.

RT has produced this interesting documentary about a penal colony in Russia.

While most people get their education or learn a trade at college or university, in this penal colony you can get an education totally free.

Some prisoners have learned to cook, grow vegetables and flowers. Others care for livestock, sell milk, raise pigs. There is a shop at the colony selling their produce, both to prisoners and also to people in the village nearby.... read more and watch video.

Marea Verde Mijas: fighting for their childrens' education

"Marea Verde Mijas" is a group of parents and teachers who are collaborating to spread information about the effects of recent austerity cuts in education in Spain.

At a meeting in Fuengirola, Digital Journal interviewed Emilio Calvo, a parent of two children, and president of a parents' association.

In the video interview, he explains the problems being experienced from recent austerity measures and budget cuts in education in Spain... read more and listen to interview.

Millions protest in Spain over education austerity cuts

Most educational institutions, at all levels, closed today as teachers and students took to the streets to protest austerity cuts.

Through the recent austerity measures, the Spanish government plans to cut billions of euros from educational sector expenses.

Up to one million teachers and seven million students, from every level - elementary schools to universities - are out protesting these cuts. The strike is taking place in all but three of the seventeen regions of Spain.... read full article.

Spain: Thousands take to the streets against austerity on Sunday

Tens of thousands of Spaniards took to the streets once again yesterday in protest at the draconian austerity measures introduced by government in healthcare and education.

The latest austerity measures introduced by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy have caused devastating problems with both the healthcare and education system in the country.

With a $13 billion cut to the healthcare and education budgets, people have had enough.

Many banners in 55 cities throughout Spain read, "It's a crime to cut healthcare!" ... read full article.