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Back to school

Latest news and tips for the annual return of pupils to classrooms, marked by supply shopping, new academic challenges and education reforms

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Khyati Nihalani with her daughter Anushree Nihalani on the first day back at school at Delhi Private School, Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National

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