boarding

Stoppard attended boarding schools in Derbyshire and Yorkshire, but found lessons dull.

Four years older than me, he was dispatched to an American boarding school in Kodaikanal, a “hill station” scattered across the crevices of the Palani Hills, the eastern stretch of the Western Ghats mountain range.

A group of 24 Nigerian girls who were abducted from their boarding school over a week ago have been released, the country's president said.

Authorities in Niger state said St Mary's School had disregarded an order to close all boarding facilities following intelligence warnings of a heightened risk of attacks.

Authorities ordered the closure of public and private boarding schools in Niger State on Saturday.