Full Coverage: Education

31.08.2005 The aim of the “Lost-Found” booklet is to introduce the citizens to their rights and help them find the right address among the public institutions, so that they could realize their rights and interests. The booklet was officially presented yesterday, August 30, by its authors, Dragan Zelic and Alina Jurjevic.

31.08.2005 In a meeting with the HonÂ’ble President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Motorola demonstrated e-education project at Rashtrapai Bhavan through its wireless broadband solution.

30.08.2005 The “Professional Reporting on Education” training was developed by the Reuters Foundation for 11 BiH journalists that cover the field of education in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The training was sponsored by the OSCE Mission to BiH Education Department and held in the town of Mostar 24-26 August, 2005.

30.08.2005 A 50 per cent drop in deforestation in the Amazon region in the last 11 months is reported by the Brazilian Environment Ministry.

30.08.2005 Here is a list of publications - that deal with development issues, Churches, health and funding - from UK-based funding agency Tearfund. These can be obtained from the Christian Medical Association of India (CMAI).

29.08.2005 A organização não-governamental Rede de Amizade iniciou desde o último sábado, 27, o Projeto Amazonas da Noite, em Manaus – AM. O projeto trabalha com capacitação em prevenção às DST/Aids para profissionais do sexo na capital do Estado e foi inspirado em um projeto inicial da ONG, realizado em 2002, e chamado Protagonistas da Noite, que durou cerca de seis meses.

29.08.2005 A successful legacy of social reform, focussing on women's education, has been a motivating factor for women's formal and non-formal education promoted by the State government, private foundations and voluntary organisations in Maharashtra. Centres for women's studies in the universities in the State provide platforms for constructive dialogue to eradicate the hurdles in the way of women's empowerment through education.

29.08.2005 A study conducted by the South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE) with support from the Royal Netherlands Embassy, demonstrates that that one of the reasons why information and communication technology (ICT) projects in schools do not succeed is that principals are often not properly informed about what ICTs can or cannot do.

29.08.2005 The Seychelles President, Mr James Alix Michel, made an announcement at a recent public consultative meeting for an overall development.

29.08.2005 The first phase of Electronic Schools' (e-Schools) program of New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) initiated in sixteen African countries.

29.08.2005 Last week, the Foundation for Education, Science, Culture and Sports and the “Sparkle of Knowledge” Creative Centre promoted the project of creative workshops for children in elementary schools in Sarajevo and Istocno Sarajevo. The promotion was held at “Saraj” Hotel, in Sarajevo.

29.08.2005 UNESCOÂ’s International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) is planning a series of activities to increase awareness, and support capacity building and informed decision-making related to the provision and use of openly available course content.
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26.08.2005 UNESCO Bangkok's Assessment, Information Systems, Monitoring and Statistics (AIMS) Unit hosted and trained officials from the Nepal Ministry of Education (MoE) as part of the Flash Report Method on conducting annual school census at the AIMS office, UNESCO Bangkok.

25.08.2005 The United States-based Globus Inc, run by Suhas Gopinath, a 19-year-old entrepreneur from Bangalore has developed the `student management systemÂ’.

25.08.2005 THE Namibian College of Open Learning (Namcol) has produced a series of electronic lessons that will help students studying physical science.

24.08.2005 Ninety percent of Zimbabwean children affected by the government's home demolition campaign remain in school, said UNICEF Tuesday, and called on international assistance to support parentsÂ’ efforts to keep their children enrolled in school in the face of harsh economic realities.

23.08.2005 Ampam Karakras is a man on a mission. A Shuar from the Ecuadorian Amazon, he recalls the days when the Shuar (or Jivaro as they were then known to Westerners) were famed for their secret technique of shrinking human heads. As a youth, he was sent to boarding schools run by Salesian Catholic priests where he learned Spanish and was educated in Western ways. But unlike indigenous boarding school experiences in other parts of the world, AmpamÂ’s years among the Salesians strengthened his appreciation both for the value of education and for the Shuar people and their culture.

23.08.2005 The Association of Booksellers of Macedonia demands the resignation from the National Inspector of Education, Blagorodna Lakinska, as well as intensified action by the Markets Inspectorates to prevent the sale of schoolbooks on the black market.

23.08.2005 The Montenegro Education, Science and Culture Trade Unions organizes the third annual campaign “Give away, Buy or Sell Used Schoolbooks”, with the goal to promote the exchange of schoolbooks and literature among the elementary and highschool students and to help the parents to equip their children properly for the coming school-year, for less money.

22.08.2005 Quand, dès l'âge de la maternelle, des enfants s’assoient pour la première fois devant un ordinateur équipé d’un logiciel en kiché, leur langue maternelle maya, les leçons dépassent de loin la maîtrise de connaissances élémentaires en informatique. Les élèves apprennent que leur langue et leur culture autochtones occupent une place essentielle dans leur société.