Yury Karnaukhov faces backlash from parents after bizarre ruling in Tyumen school.

School closed after outbreak in village in Krasnoyarsk region.

Think Thailand, and probably schools are not the first thing to come into your head.

Winter studies for pupils in Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold stop only when air temperature drops below -56C.

Students were shown the dead beast in latest case of the hungry wild animals encroaching villages.

Stunning new Danish-designed buildings will offer new hope to orphans and their adoptive families.

Head teacher told talented football player that he looked like a member of Hitler Youth.

As temperatures sunk to minus 50C and below, schools and kindergartens were closed for the world's hardiest children.

Today classes are closed, not because temperatures are plunging to minus 44C, but due to the ferocious icy winds.