Others started covering up at school, even though teachers saw the same girls walking in the streets unveiled.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

And though teachers and other educational professionals administer the scales, experts say that parents play a crucial role in the initial recognition of giftedness in their own children.

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Even after the reforms of teachers' pensions take effect in September, this will still be the case for retirements on health grounds, though teachers will no longer be able to accept an ill-health pension one day and be back teaching on a short-term contract the next.

ECONOMIST: Public-sector pensions