Voters in Sudan have cast their ballots on the opening day of its first multi-party elections in 24 years.

New Delhi, India (CNN) -- A new law went into effect in India Thursday making education a fundamental right for every child.

Around the world, schools and universities have faced brutal military and political attacks in an increasing number of countries over the past three years, according to a new report published by Unesco. 

Education For All report says decade of improvement in African schools could be undone by dwindling flows of aid

I still remember the Bangla sentence that I had learnt by rote in my primary school:

DERRE, Mozambique -- Last year, after the hard rains had gone from these highlands and it was time to pull the sweet potatoes from the red earth, young men from nearby villages began coming around to ask after the slender seventh-grader with the almond eyes and the shy smile.