Full Coverage: Education

29.12.2006 The Asian Development Bank has agreed to provide a loan assistance of Rs. 2124 million and a grant assistance of Rs. 141.6 million to the Government of Nepal for the implementation of Education Sector Programme 1 and the Capacity Development Project, respectively.

27.12.2006 OXO non-governmental organization presente, for the night year in a row, the “eco”-calendars and teachers’ manuals that will be distributed to pupils and teachers in pre-school and elementary education institutions in Macedonia.

26.12.2006 Last Wednesday, December 20, the Constitutional Court ruled to annul the provision from the 2004 Law on the Rights of Veterans of the Homeland War and Members of their Families, which gave the right to veterans, their children and children of victims of war to direct enrolment in secondary and higher education institutions, provided that they passed the lower limit for necessary points in entry exam.

26.12.2006 Universalisation of Elementary Education is a national goal for which Distance Education Programme is a national resource and major support for distance learning programme.

26.12.2006 For activist Nirmala Purandare, training barefoot teachers in Maharashtra does not stop at education. ItÂ’s an attempt to usher in a social revolution

20.12.2006 Employment of children is a criminal offence under Section 14 of the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986. The employer can be jailed for not less than 3 months but which may extend to one year or with fine which shall not be less than Rupees ten thousand but which may extend to Rupees Twenty thousand or both

18.12.2006 The UN General Assembly has adopted a landmark disability convention, the first human rights treaty of the twenty-first century and one that United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said represents the "dawn of a new era" for around 650 million people worldwide living with disabilities.

18.12.2006 The Rajinder Sachar Committee finds that the Muslim community in India is deprived and neglected, and makes far-reaching recommendations.

15.12.2006 The bill that seeks 27 percent of seats for students of Other Backward
Classes (OBCs) in the central higher education institutions in the country
was passed unanimously in the Lok Sabha.

15.12.2006 The Stockholm Challenge GKP Awards 2007 is a new prize, launched by Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) and the Stockholm Challenge. It is designed as an integral part of the Stockholm Challenge 2008 and will open in four of the ordinary six ICT4D categories: Culture, Economic Development, Education and Public Administration. The Stockholm Challenge GKP Awards 2007 opens on 1 January 2007 and will be accessible both from the Stockholm Challenge website and from the GKP portal.

15.12.2006 The British and the Americans are engaged in an online competition over www.geographycup.com to find out who emerges as a victor in a battle of knowledge and understanding on geography. This transatlantic challenge was conceived by Roger Andreson - founder of a company dedicated to promoting geographical awareness through games - of Atlanta, the US and Daniel Raven-Ellison - a secondary school teacher - of Reading, England.

14.12.2006 The Ranbaxy group is planning to diversify into two new areas — retail and education. It would set up two separate companies for the new ventures and both these ventures would have synergy with the group’s existing focus on pharma and healthcare

12.12.2006 The Children's Human Rights Centre in Albania - CRCA, under its Programme "Stop Child Labour and Child Trafficking in Albania", organized a two-day training course "Child Labour - The Problem and the Response", on December 7-8, 2006. The training course was funded by the Olof Palme International Centre and SIDA.

12.12.2006 The Fair Trade Forum, India organised a meet
Fair Trade Standards for a Wider Market: Opportunities and Challenges in New Delhi recently to deliberate on introducing fair trade curriculum in educational curriculum in India.

08.12.2006 The NPR Kroc Fellowships have been announced for young journalists who plan to work in public radio and are completing college or have graduated from college in the last one year. Though no journalism experience is required, the candidates should demonstrate drive and potential. The last date for applications is December 31, 2006.

06.12.2006 The Educational Technology Research Symposium will take place in Austin, Texas in the US from February 05-06, 2007. The event will provide a venue for educational technology researchers to present formal papers in educational technology areas. The registration fee for the Symposium also will entitle Symposium registrants to attend the TCEA Annual Convention and Exposition, Into the Next Dimension, February 7-9, 2007 at no extra cost.

06.12.2006 The first free, grassroots, completely online course devoted to teaching librarians about social software and how to use it in their libraries. The course was developed to provide a free, comprehensive, and social online learning opportunity for librarians who do not otherwise have access to conferences or continuing education and is limited to 40 people. Application deadline is December 1, 2006 and the course lasts from Feb 12, 2007 till March 17, 2007.

06.12.2006 Today a knowledge society is developing in which information and communication technology (ICT) is both a catalyst and a necessity. Knowledge is an invaluable asset in this ICT-integrated society where production, services, consumption and trade are rapidly changing. To keep up with developments (knowledge) workers need to adapt continuously and acquire new competences: working and learning melt together.

06.12.2006 Given the governmentÂ’s complete failure to stop the hiring of children in hazardous industries, activists say the recent ban on child labour in the hospitality sector and as domestic help is likely to also prove ineffective

05.12.2006 Besides strict punishment for human traffickers, the parliamentary committee report also suggests that the government create a special fund for the welfare, rehabilitation, healthcare and education of sex workers and their children