Kids aged 10 to 18 built robots that deliver samples, build quarantine zones and triage patients. Karnataka's Team Singularity and Noida's Ferrum Incubators won India's Robotics for Good title. Next stop: Geneva. School, after dark.
Pune: MPSC aspirants have held a sit-in at SM Joshi Bridge since 1 Oct over paper leak claims. The State Services Main, due 3 Oct, is postponed with no new date. Police have booked 15 organisers. School, after dark.
DTU student Kush Garg beat 48,761 engineering applicants to win the IET India Scholarship Award with an AI device that helps neurodivergent kids order at a café, ride public transport and follow class. School, after dark.
Ireland: INTO and ASTI teachers on work-to-rule since Monday. Full one-day strikes set for 14 and 21 Oct over pay. Schools face pickets and possible closures. School, after dark.
Three high school seniors coded through the night at a hackathon and built SafeWalkr, an app that maps the safest walk to school, not the fastest. Yesterday it went live at 14 Fairfax County schools. School, after dark.
Ghana: public schools locked for a second week. GNAT, NAGRAT and PRETAG teachers strike over unpaid promotion arrears and an expired collective agreement. Tuesday's pay talks ended with no deal. School, after dark.
Philippines posted its best PISA ever. Reading up 20 points, 347 to 367, the fastest climb of any country. Maths up 16, science up 17. Systems can turn around. School, after dark.
France: up to 500 high schools shut fully or partly today. Students are protesting missing teachers, packed classrooms and run-down buildings. 24 schools burned or ransacked. School, after dark.
UP: ₹148 crore in scholarships and fee reimbursements just hit 4.60 lakh low-income students' accounts. Classes 9-10 and post-matric. Direct to bank. School, after dark.
Day 1 dark: Kenya UASU + KUSU strike grounds public universities nationwide. Teaching and exams halted over CBA 2025-29 pay deal. Egerton, Moi, Maseno, Kisii. School, after dark.