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Zambia Protests Culminate in Student Arrests
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Liberia’s President Sirleaf Calls for Education “Overhaul”
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“The Children Take Action”- Learning About Climate Change in Kiribati
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Indian Shop Owner Runs Informal School Under Bridge
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Zambia Protests Culminate in Student Arrests
Thirty-one Zambian students were arrested Friday after engaging in anti-government protests. Students at the University of Zambia had staged a Black Friday demonstration: wearing black to protest the government’s decision to remove food and fuel subsides. Eyewitnesses attest that armed Zambian police surrounded the university, beat and arrested students, and fired teargas canisters into dormitories. [...]
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Liberia’s President Sirleaf Calls for Education “Overhaul”
Speaking at the National Education Roundtable Conference on May 3rd, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf declared that the country’s educational system was in need of a “total overhaul.” In April the president had called for this conference in order to address the problems Liberia faces in providing quality education to its population. According to reports, [...]
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“The Children Take Action”- Learning About Climate Change in Kiribati
Public school children in Kiribati are receiving a new book entitled “The Children Take Action- A Climate Change Story.” Developed by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), and printed with help from the Australian International Climate Change Adaptation Initiative, over 6000 copies of the book in English and Kiribati were distributed in [...]
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Indian Shop Owner Runs Informal School Under Bridge
Every morning under a railway bridge in New Delhi, India, Rajesh Kumar gives lessons to more than 50 children. Without walls, desks, or chairs, the students of Kumar’s school sit on foam mats in the dirt and learn reading, writing, and mathematics. Kumar is a shop owner with no formal training as a teacher, who [...]
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Zambia Protests Culminate in Student Arrests
Thirty-one Zambian students were arrested Friday after engaging in anti-government protests. Students at the University of Zambia had staged a Black Friday demonstration: wearing black to protest the government’s decision to ...
Liberia’s President Sirleaf Calls for Education “Overhaul”
Speaking at the National Education Roundtable Conference on May 3rd, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf declared that the country’s educational system was in need of a “total overhaul.” In April the president had ca...
Share of the Week!
Share of the Week is open content stuff so great and awesome that we can’t keep it to ourselves. Creative Commons Love: Javier Martin Espartosa on Flickr.com
“The Children Take Action”- Learning About Climate Change in Kiribati
Public school children in Kiribati are receiving a new book entitled “The Children Take Action- A Climate Change Story.” Developed by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), and printed with...
Indian Shop Owner Runs Informal School Under Bridge
Every morning under a railway bridge in New Delhi, India, Rajesh Kumar gives lessons to more than 50 children. Without walls, desks, or chairs, the students of Kumar’s school sit on foam mats in the dirt and learn reading, wr...
In Gaza, Hamas Separates Classes By Gender
Hamas, the Islamic group that governs the Palestianian territory in Gaza, passed a new educational law that mandates separate classes for boys and girls over the age of 9 and also excludes men from working at girls’ schoo...
Laos: Young Students Travel to USA to Educate the Public
Two young Laotians are touring the USA in order to educate the public about the thousands of unexploded bombs which litter the country. During the Vietnam war the US dropped over 2 million bombs on Laos during a nine year peri...
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Bagan, Myanmar Share of the Week is open content stuff so great and awesome that we can’t keep it to ourselves. Creative Commons Love: Pete DeMarco on Flickr.com
Taking Action for Senegal’s Child Beggars
In Dakar, Senegal, thousands of children beg on the streets each day, under the guise of religious education. Plan International and UNICEF have been working to stop this practice, and now the government of Senegal is stepping ...
Celebrations at Swaziland’s First Multiracial School
Waterford Kamhlaba School, Swaziland’s first multiracial school, celebrated its 50th anniversary April 27, 2013. Parades, cultural diversity performances, and a Forum on Youth and Leadership marked the occasion. Opened in 196...
North Korea’s Education Reform: Is it Practical?
Given it’s recent slew of politically hostile threats, much of the world’s attention has become focused on North Korea. As the country’s military actions come under close scrutiny, its new educational reform ...
Vietnam: $96 Million to Train Students Abroad
The Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung recently approved a VND 2.070 trillion (US $96 million) plan that will send state officials and specially selected students to train abroad for the next seven years. Per the plan, t...
India: New Program Promoting Humane Citizenship Endorsed
NAGPUR: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has been working in affiliation with India’s Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to create a humane – education program. This program aims to m...
Nigerian Union of Teachers Demands Implementation of UNESCO’s Suggestion
As the world celebrated Labor Day, Nigeria’s capital city Abuja became the arena for the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), as they called on every tier of their government in an attempt to ensure allocation of 26 per cent...
BiH High School Students Offer Solutions to the Problems in Their Local Community
Federal Ministry of Education and Science of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the local association “Infohouse” organized 6th annual “Volunteer-Finance” fair in order to present the results of last year’s Social day. Social...
British Insurance Company Supports Disaster Prone Philippines
A British company named Prudence Foundation, part of insurance firm Pru Life UK, has recently committed £100 million for three years of disaster preparedness initiatives among others in calamity-prone Philippines. Pru Life U...
EU Gives Education Grant to Kyrgyzstan
A statement has been released that the European Union will grant Kyrgyzstan €20 million for technical and vocational education development. These funds will be spent on budget support and education programs. We decided to sta...