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Video games are not banned at this Japanese high school, they are part of the curriculum

15 November 2025

Japan's education system is renowned for its rigidity. But one school is providing an alternative, blending typical education classes with intensive video game training.

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Associate Education Minister David Seymour's blaming strike action for poor school attendance
	13 Nov: Associate Education Minister David Seymour's blaming strike action for poor school attendance... more

Otago University students are facing back to back increases to their tuition fees
	12 Nov: Otago University students are facing back to back increases to their tuition fees... more

Removing Treaty responsibility from school boards undoes decades of progress
	12 Nov: Taking away the duty of boards to “give effect” to te Tiriti o Waitangi undermines the expectation that schools should work for Maori as well as for anyone else.... more

A Virginia jury's awarded 10-million US dollars to a 28-year-old former teacher shot by a six-year-old student
	7 Nov: A Virginia jury's awarded 10-million US dollars to a 28-year-old former teacher shot by a six-year-old student... more

An internet outage during NCEA exams yesterday means some students might turn to derived grades to counteract the disadvantage
	7 Nov: An internet outage during NCEA exams yesterday means some students might turn to derived grades to counteract the disadvantage... more

Father and son after being stung by swarm of 'murder hornets' during Laos holiday
	5 Nov: An American teacher and his teenage son die after being stung more than 100 times by a swarm of hornets while climbing down a tree after zip-lining at a resort in Laos.... more

Otago University's Proctor is investigating an incident involving 50 students shooting fireworks at each other and at Police
	5 Nov: Otago University's Proctor is investigating an incident involving 50 students shooting fireworks at each other and at Police... more

Secondary teachers are back on strike today, in the middle of NCEA exam season
	5 Nov: Secondary teachers are back on strike today, in the middle of NCEA exam season... more

A man who broke into a Dunedin student flat and violated a young woman could now face an open-ended prison term
	4 Nov: A man who broke into a Dunedin student flat and violated a young woman could now face an open-ended prison term... more

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