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LET me tell you about the best classroom I ever sat in. It wasn't smart. It wasn't wired to the cloud. The blackboard was cracked, the chalk was dusty and the only thing "interactive" was the teacher's ability to throw a piece of eraser at the back row with terrifying accuracy. Sometimes it was a paper aeroplane! Photo for illustrative purposes only - Pixabay

This picture taken on March 19, 2026 shows staff members inspecting the printing quality of photographer Kazuma Obara's work titled "The Newspaper" at the Kyoto Shimbun factory in Kumiyama, Kyoto prefecture. - (Photo by YUICHI YAMAZAKI / AFP)

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PERIOD poverty is not always visible. It does not always show up in statistics or public debates. But in many underserved communities, it is quietly present, month after month, shaping everyday realities that often go unnoticed.

Elon Musk's attorney Marc Toberoff makes remarks outside the courthouse arrives to court at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building on May 12, 2026 in Oakland, California. - (Photo by Benjamin Fanjoy / Getty Images via AFP)

US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14, 2026. Photo by Kenny Holston/POOL/AFP

Saiful (left) receiving received the grand prize from Sinar Daily Editor Nurzuhairah Tasnim Lokman.

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University of Helsinki Viikki Teacher Training School, educator Sari Muhonen, holding the Finnish National Curriculum 2014 book, focusing on responsibility and a sustainable future. - Photo: BERNAMA

Freedom of expression has emerged as the central fault line in the debate over the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (Auku).