Student Safety & Accountability: Firefighters responded to a blaze at Bethlehem Catholic High School in Saskatoon, with officials still assessing damage to new portable classrooms. Foundational Learning Crisis: Eswatini faces a reading emergency, with a World Bank-cited assessment showing many Grade II–III learners far below expected literacy and math skills. School Infrastructure Risk: In Pune, police booked Podar School management after a security guard died when a heavy gate collapsed, raising negligence questions. Mental Health & School Pressure: In India, families of students who died by suicide describe stress tied to leaked exam papers and resits; in the UK, an inquest heard a Kent private school student took his own life weeks after starting. Higher Ed & Policy: Australia’s graduate visa data shows nearly 30% go to family members who never studied there, intensifying migration debate. Global Education & Research: A world-first fridge-free tetanus-diphtheria vaccine trial in Southampton could ease cold-chain barriers; Nepal moves toward a standalone geographical indications law to protect basmati and other products. Violence in Schools: Thailand’s school shooting death toll rose to at least eight after a 12-year-old girl died in hospital.