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What's Right: Youth unemployment dropped globally

Youth unemployment has decreased globally, the latest report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) shows. Get all the details on today's "What's right with the world".

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tags: good news, Positive news, What's right with the world, unemployment, youth, education
categories: News
Monday 08.19.24
Posted by Franziska Peschel
 

What's right: free and safe Pakistan buses to take girls to school

Authorities in Pakistan's capital of Islamabad have launched a special free bus service for female students and teachers in the capital. The buses provide a safe means of transport that will hopefully allow 8.000 - 10.000 girls to be sent back to school by their parents.

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tags: education, education for girls, safety, school, Pakistan, Islamabad
categories: News
Tuesday 08.13.24
Posted by Charlotte de Vreeze
 

What's Right: School hours adapting to students' rhythm

In Denmark, 20 schools have introduced later start times to improve student well-being and learning outcomes, following scientific recommendations. Get all the details on today's "What's Right with the world".

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tags: good news, Positive news, school, education, health, children, science
categories: News
Thursday 08.01.24
Posted by Franziska Peschel
 

What's Right: Sign language in Austria's school curriculum

Starting next school year, Austria introduces sign language as a curriculum in schools. As an alternative to the conventional second foreign language classes, usually Greek or Latin, high school students can now choose to learn sign language. Get all the details on today's "What's Right with the World".

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tags: good news, Positive news, What's right with the world, Austria, sign language, inclusion, school, education
categories: Politics
Monday 07.29.24
Posted by Franziska Peschel
 

Challenges for the elderly: Learning English at the senior club

At the English class for seniors at the senior club Beim Kiosk in Schifflange, learning English is one part of the deal, staying active and being together the more important one. For our third and last episode of this week's Local Matters on the risk of loneliness for elderly people, we took the microphone and participated at the English class for seniors.

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tags: Local Matters, local, Luxembourg, social, age, health, education
categories: Local Matters
Thursday 11.09.23
Posted by Franziska Peschel
 

Alternative primary schools: The Bëschklassen in Esch

On Local Matters, we have a visit at the Bëschklassen in Esch. The school is based in the Ellergronn forest. Martine Maeder, a teacher at the school, shows us around their usual learning space in the woods.

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tags: local, Luxembourg, education, school, children, social, Local Matters
categories: Local Matters
Wednesday 09.13.23
Posted by Franziska Peschel
 

Alphabetisation: Where adults learn to write and read

Every year, about 1.400 adults learn to write and read with the Education Ministry's department for adult education (SFA). On Local Matters, we talk to the SFA about the challenges of teaching basic skills to adults.

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tags: Local Matters, Luxembourg, education, migration
categories: Local Matters
Thursday 08.31.23
Posted by Franziska Peschel
 

Alphabetisation: Back to the school bench

People who grew up learning not the letters a b c but rather ا ب ت , find difficulties getting adjusted in Luxembourg. The alphabetization classes are meant for asylum seekers who haven’t learned our Latin alphabet, most of them speak and write in Arabic. For Local Matters, we had a visit in the classroom.

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tags: Local Matters, Luxemboug, education, migration, refugees
categories: Local Matters
Wednesday 08.30.23
Posted by Franziska Peschel
 

Get the Kids Involved in Something Different

Never too young to learn new skills…Kids Life Skills works on that principle, with tech workshops for children as young as 4 years.

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tags: education, children, summer
categories: Education
Tuesday 05.30.23
Posted by AraCity Radio
 

Go vote: The ZPB's project "Gemengewalen fir jiddereen"

How to vote, whom to vote for - the ZPB informs people about the upcoming municipal elections. On Local Matters, Annaïk Garin talks about their project “Gemengewalen fir jiddereen”.

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tags: local, Luxembourg, Local Matters, election, politics, education
categories: Local Matters, Politics
Wednesday 01.11.23
Posted by Franziska Peschel
 

Gender Equality: A new children's book

On Local Matters today, we discover a new children’s book. The ministry of equality between women and men last week published the book “Le coffre magique”, the magic treasure chest, and we took the opportunity to ask the minister Taina Bofferding some questions.

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tags: Local Matters, local, Luxembourg, education, gender, equality
categories: Local Matters
Thursday 11.24.22
Posted by Franziska Peschel
 

Primary schools: Interview with a teacher

On Local Matters, Ben George Coles interviewed Marielle Monson-Evers, a teacher in a primary school in Consdorf.

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tags: school, education, local, Luxembourg, Local Matters, social, children
categories: Local Matters
Friday 10.14.22
Posted by Franziska Peschel
 

Alternative primary schools: A visit at Eis Schoul

Every child learns autonomously according to their own speed and capacities at the primary school Eis Schoul in Kirchberg. In our interview on Local Matters, teacher Saskia Goetschalckx explains how this works.

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tags: local, Luxembourg, education, childhood, social, learning, Local Matters
categories: Local Matters
Tuesday 10.11.22
Posted by Franziska Peschel
 

Local Matters: The children's home in Grevenmacher

Local Matters is all about children this week, those children who don’t have the chance to grow up in a regular family environment, but in alternative care. A visit in the children's home in Grevenmacher.

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tags: education, children, youth, social, local, Luxembourg, Local Matters
categories: Local Matters
Wednesday 09.21.22
Posted by Franziska Peschel
 

Local Matters: Summer activities at the Haus vun der Natur

Local Matters visited Lieke Mevis at the Haus vun der Natur in Kockelscheuer to talk about their program for summer.

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tags: local, Luxembourg, Kockelscheuer, nature, environment, education, summer, holidays, kids, Local Matters
categories: Local Matters
Thursday 07.21.22
Posted by Franziska Peschel
 

Local Matters: Visit at the Escher Deierepark

On Local Matters this week, we check out some activities for kids in Luxembourg. For today’s piece, reporter Franziska took us to one of her favourite places in Esch, the Deierepark.

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tags: local, Luxembourg, Esch, summer, holidays, nature, kids, education, Local Matters
categories: Local Matters
Wednesday 07.20.22
Posted by Franziska Peschel
 

Local Matters: Summercamp at Sunflower crèche

Local Matters this week is about activities for children during summer. At the Montessori Sunflower crèche, the program has already started.

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tags: Luxembourg, children, summer, education, local, kids, Local Matters
categories: Local Matters
Tuesday 07.19.22
Posted by Franziska Peschel
 

Local Matters: Transgender youth - family experience

In our interview on Local Matters, Jane tells us about her experience finding out that she has a transgender son.

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tags: local, transgender, LGBTIQ, childhood, family, education, Local Matters
categories: Local Matters
Thursday 06.09.22
Posted by Franziska Peschel
 

Local Matters: Transgender children

In our interview on Local Matters, Prof. Claudia Maier-Höfer gives us some insights on the challenges for transgender children.

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tags: Luxembourg, transgender, childhood, children, education, gender, social, Local Matters
categories: Local Matters
Tuesday 06.07.22
Posted by Franziska Peschel
 

Local Matters: The Jugendhaus in Bonnevoie

At Jugendhaus in Bonnevoie, young people from the neighborhood learn about responsibility and social relations, they spend some time and participate in activities.

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tags: local, social, youth, education, luxembourg, Local Matters
categories: Local Matters
Thursday 03.17.22
Posted by Franziska Peschel
 
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