Full Coverage: Education

27.06.2006 Upgrading skills did not result in solving the educated unemployment problem in India and Sri Lanka. South Asian economies or particularly those sectors of economies that employ educated people, did not expand much. There was also a mismatch between the qualities of labour force demanded by the market and those that were supplied by the systems of education and training.

27.06.2006 Arambh has taken up the challenge of getting BhopalÂ’s slum children to return to school. Scores of children attend its centres to study and re-enter the education system, at timings that best suit them, especially if they are working

27.06.2006 Appointment of good teachers is the key to success of any institution, and only the best should be appointed, the Governor, Surjit Singh Barnala, has said. He also said that good teachers are the key to well-educated students. To achieve better education, we have to begin with teachers.

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Students in IndiaÂ’s northeast will soon have satellite-based educational facilities to enhance their knowledge base.

26.06.2006 One of the most awkward - and yet, strangely compelling - things about journalism is that sometimes your work makes you hold a mirror to your own life. This past week, a quiet, but determined 16-year-old became an unexpected reflection of my education. Barkha Dutt reflects.

26.06.2006 UNESCO has offered to support the IT dissemination project of the State, Akshaya, in view of its potential to facilitate women's empowerment. The contents proposed to be developed relate to legal guidance, career guidance, Government schemes, health and welfare of mothers and children. Select Akshaya centres will receive aid, which includes research and training.

26.06.2006 Almost a year after the unprecedented deluge of July 26, 2005, the Maharashtra government is yet to introduce ‘disaster management’ as a subject of study in schools at the secondary level, even though it had planned to do so from the current academic year.

26.06.2006 Many who have only experienced face-to-face education in an institutional setting believe that the quality of education provided through distance education is inferior. However, this is far from true, according to Naveed A. Malik, rector of the Virtual University of Pakistan.

26.06.2006 When children as young as kindergarten sit down for their first experience with computers using software in their native Mayan language, K'iche', the lessons learned go far beyond mastering basic computer skills. Students are learning that their indigenous language and culture are a vital part of their society.

22.06.2006 UNESCO, together with the Naledi3d Factory of South Africa has recently embarked on a new collaborative project to take the concept of the Interactive3d Learning Object to a more integrated level.

22.06.2006 "A digital library is one of the very important academic equipments that the National University of Rwanda (NUR) in Huye District (Butare), has been missing for better academic excellence and I hope it's going to greatly help students and lecturers in their studies and research."

22.06.2006 The Indian government has increased its allocation of funds to states and union territories for the school midday meals scheme. The increased outlay of 50 paise per child per school day is meant to cover the cost of cooking the meals.

22.06.2006 The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved on Wednesday a US$ 200 Million loan to help address the declining quality and accessibility of elementary and secondary education in the Philippines.

22.06.2006 The Directorate of Literacy and Continuing Education of Rajasthan has been awarded the UNESCO's Confucius Prize for excellence in initiatives for marginalised adolescents in rural areas.

21.06.2006 In the period from June 12 through June 20, under the Inforamatization of Zenica Region Secondary Schools project implemented by the Creative Development Foundation and the Youth Information Agency (OIA), a local youth group met with the headmasters of eight secondary schools in Zenica and the teachers of information sciences in those schools.

21.06.2006 The five 2006 UNESCO Literacy prizes go to literacy projects in Cuba, India, Morocco, Pakistan and Turkey. A project in China has also received an Honourable Mention.The winners have made particularly effective contributions to the fight against illiteracy, one of UNESCOÂ’s priorities.

21.06.2006 MOVING away from the traditional role of funding primary and elementary education, the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID) is making silent inroads into special educational projects run by the West Bengal Government by promising ‘‘technical assistance’’.

19.06.2006 Unable to win on the battlefield, the Taliban are trying to undo one of the biggest changes initiated by the Kabul government in the past four years: the resumption of education for girls, which the Taliban outlawed soon after taking power in 1996.

19.06.2006 Teachers of community primary schools wearing shrouds continued their fast-unto-death strike in the capital yesterday keeping their educational institutions across the country under lock and key in support of their demand for nationalisation of jobs.

19.06.2006 Beyond the School is a project currently being introduced to UK schools by the Centre for Modern Education. It is a heritage education project that uses digital technology to contrast old and new images of the local area. Students can use it to explore how their local environment has changed over a period of time and publish the results in both hard copy and electronic format.