Schools around the world – in pictures

Few days after UN World Teachers’ Day , A group of international photographers have documented schools around the world. Those featured include an education centre without books and electricity in Vietnam, and an elite institution formerly attended by Winston Churchill and Benedict Cumberbatch.


A class from the San Frantzisko public primary school, in the Basque fishing town, with teacher Marisa Solaguren
 

Seventh grade Latin class with teacher Elizabeth Moguel at Boston Latin school, the oldest public school in the US, founded in 1635

A teacher leads a class at the École Primaire Avé Maria,Burudi.

Fr Juan Humberto Cruz with fourth-grade students at Semillas de Esperanza (Seeds of Hope) school in Soacha,Bogota,Colombia

New Delhi, IndiaTeacher Archana Shori and seventh grade students at Rukmini Devi public school

Jalalabad, AfghanistanTeacher Mahajera Armani and her class of girls at their open-study area, founded by the Bangladesh Rural

Kabul, AfghanistanStudents in 11th grade at Zarghona high school

Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaTahfiz, or Qur’anic, students recite the Qur’an in Madrasah Nurul Iman boarding school outside the capital city. There are 36 male students at the madrasah, aged from from 11 to 18

London, UKIrena Chmura teaches children in the Salusbury World class. Salusbury World is a charity that supports refugee and asylum seeking children and families. Established in 1999, it was the first refugee centre to be set up within a primary school

Mafraq, JordanTeacher Hanan Anzi with Syrian refugee students inside their classroom at one of the Unicef schools at Zaatari refugee camp, near the border with Syria

Manaus, BrazilChildren at the floating Municipal school São José II pose for a picture along the Amazon river bank

Rabat, MoroccoThe start of the new school year for teacher Moulay Ismael Lamrani and his class at Oudaya primary school

Moscow, Russia10th grade students at Gymnasium 1567 school with their history teacher Tamara Eidelman

Panama City, PanamaYear 10 students attend a maritime vocational programme at Artes y Oficios Melchor Lasso de la Vega school

Rafah, Gaza StripMohammed Zurob marks a book for his first grade students during an English lesson at Taha Huseen elementary school

Tokyo, JapanFirst grade students and teacher Teruko Takakusaki give thanks before lunch at Takinogawa elementary school

Harrow on the Hill, UKStudents in Dr Hugh McCormick’s lower sixth politics division sit in their classroom in Old schools at Harrow school. Notable old Harrovians include Winston Churchill, King Hussein of Jordan, Lord Byron and Benedict Cumberbatch

Kiev, UkraineArt teacher Hanna Snitko with final-year students, aged 16 to 17, at the Ukrainian Humanities Lyceum

Nigerian teacher and pupils

Minas, UruguayThe rural Agustin Ferreira school on the outskirts of the city has just 12 students, aged four to 11, and one teacher, Ana Dorrego. Activities include milking cows, planting vegetables and cooking

Nigerian Primary school children in public school

Children of Sahu Ape village, Amazonas state, in a classroom at the Satere Mawe Indian tribe school