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Recent FAO Study Presents the Benefits of School Feeding Programs

A recent study conducted by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) presents the benefits of school feeding programs in Latin America. Entitled A Panorama of School Feeding and the Possibilities for Direct...
by Carolina Shin
 

 
 

UNESCO to Sponsor Myanmar’s Development of Education Management

From August 13-16 in Yangon, Myanmar, over forty representatives from various educational ministries convened for a national consultative workshop on the development of Education Management Information System (EMIS). The partic...
by Carolina Shin
 

 
 

Mozambique to Achieve Universal Primary Schooling Soon

Mozambique’s Ministry of Education announced that the country is close to achieving universal primary schooling, which is one of the eight targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) endorsed by the United Nations ...
by Carolina Shin
 

 

 

UNWFP Provides School Meals For Mozambican Children

The United Nation’s World Food Program (WFP) is supplying school meals for up to 69,927 students, 2,232 teachers and voluntary cooks in 174 primary schools located in two different food-insecure districts in central Mozambiqu...
by Carolina Shin
 

 
 

Hong Kong’s Party-Backed Textbook Ignites Fears of Attempted Indoctrination

Hong Kong’s new “patriotic education” textbook distributed among primary schools is being accused of attempted indoctrination as it contains distorted political messages rather than a proper brief on the territory’s min...
by Carolina Shin
 

 
 

The USAID-EHELD Summer Program Serves up to 480 Liberian Students

Up to 480 students across Liberia will benefit from the USAID Excellence in Higher Education for Liberian Development (EHELD) 2013 Summer Program from July 15 to 26, 2013. The program is held in six different camp sites provide...
by Carolina Shin
 

 

 

UK and Mexico to Continue Their Collaboration on Higher Education

The British Council and Mexico’s National Council for Science and Technology (CONACyT) recently signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand the realm of their academic collaboration and institutional partnerships...
by Carolina Shin
 

 
 

India Addresses Its Need For Better Sex Education

In the wake of this year’s World Population Day, the UN has called attention to the growing concern of adolescent pregnancy, and at the heart of the problem lie nations such as India that lack proper sex education. India harb...
by Carolina Shin
 

 
 

China Struggles to Educate Disabled Students

According to a report released by Human Rights Watch on July 15, 2013, Chinese children with disabilities are suffering from severe discrimination in access to education. At least 83 million people with disabilities reside in C...
by Carolina Shin