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20 July 2013 Last updated at 04:51 ET The free travel plan would cost hundreds of millions of pounds, the Telegraph said A senior Lib Dem has denied reports that Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg was “very keen” to introduce free bus travel for all under-16s in England. Transport minister Norman Baker said claims in the Daily Telegraph that the ...

19 July 2013 Last updated at 03:00 ET The new GCSEs will start being taught in Welsh classrooms in September 2015 Plans to introduce at least four new GCSE exams from September 2015 have been unveiled by the new education minister. The new GCSEs will continue to include modules and assessments, unlike in England where there is a move to ...

19 July 2013 Last updated at 07:43 ET By Hannah Richardson BBC News education reporter Some schools have been dishing out ice cream and lollies to keep pupils cool School teachers have renewed calls for maximum legal temperatures in heatwave-hit classrooms as the heat continues. Some teachers have been reporting temperatures topping 32C (90F) and very uncomfortable conditions in class. ...

17 July 2013 Last updated at 12:20 ET In a recent UN speech, Malala urged education for all, including “for the sons and daughters of the Taliban” A senior Pakistani Taliban leader has said he was “shocked” by his group’s near-fatal attack on schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai last October. The Taliban was universally condemned after gunmen shot Malala in the head. ...

17 July 2013 Last updated at 20:38 ET Child poverty rates fell in Scotland during 2011-12 Child poverty costs Scotland’s largest council £395m a year, a new report has claimed. Researchers said the impact of the problem in the Glasgow City Council area was the third highest in the UK. The cost of child poverty was said to be highest ...

17 July 2013 Last updated at 22:11 ET By Katherine Sellgren BBC News education reporter The report says army personnel need skills for when they transfer to a civilian career Almost two-fifths (39%) of recruits to the Army have the reading ability of an 11-year-old or worse, MPs have warned. A similar proportion (38%) can only do maths aimed at ...

16 July 2013 Last updated at 16:50 ET At least eight children have died and dozens more have fallen sick after eating a tainted school meal in India’s eastern state of Bihar. The poisoning occurred at a government school in the village of Masrakh in Saran district. A probe has been launched and 200,000 rupees ($ 3,371) in compensation offered ...

16 July 2013 Last updated at 19:59 ET By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent Primary schools will have a new curriculum and a new way of being measured Primary school pupils in England would be ranked more directly against their peers across the country, under new government proposals. Pupils aged 11 would be ranked in 10% ability bands across ...

16 July 2013 Last updated at 08:18 ET By Katherine Sellgren BBC News education reporter The report, More affordable childcare, says schools are well-placed to expand affordable provision Parents in England should be able to access more childcare on the premises of their child’s school, ministers say. The government is cutting red tape to enable schools to offer affordable after-school ...

15 July 2013 Last updated at 20:49 ET By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent Corby was claimed earlier this year as a youth unemployment blackspot Many young unemployed people feel marginalised, pessimistic and lacking in control over their lives, claims a survey by the UCU lecturers’ union. The survey of youngsters not in education, employment or training – so-called ...