Full Coverage: Education

28.09.2006 Children who were out of school in 15 districts of Nepal now have the opportunity to learn how to read and write, thanks to the UNICEF-supported Out-of-School Programme (OSP).

28.09.2006 A toll-free telephone helpline for children in distress is now available in 72 cities.
Supported by the Women and Child Development Ministry, "Childline" number 1098 is available round-the-clock and it could be accessed either by a child or an adult.

27.09.2006 An Indian activist has alleged that Indian enforcement agencies are not being able to stem the disappearances of millions of children all over the country. He fears that missing children are being pushed into begging or forced work.

27.09.2006 The foreign minister, M Morshed Khan, delivering BangladeshÂ’s statement at the UN General Assembly, urged the international community to fulfil their pledges and enhance development assistance to help the LDCs attain the Millennium Development Goals.

27.09.2006 With over 100,000 people contracting sexually transmitted diseases every year, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Employers Federation of Ceylon (EFC) have decided to educate working adults on HIV/AIDS without upsetting cultural sensibilities, through a US funded factory improvement programme.

27.09.2006 Mass computer education for all citizens from 18 to 60 years regardless their qualifications and introducing informatics as compulsory subject in primary education are just few of the many pre-election promises in then new government program that are related to accelerated development of information society in Macedonia. In VMRO-DPMNE, the new ruling political party, claims that the establishing of ministry of information society is a certain thing. The ministry will be the bearer of the accelerated ICT introducing in Macedonia program. However, for realisation of this idea the ruling party needs support from the opposition.

27.09.2006 Indian civil society organised a consultation to address the situations arising from the recent notification declaring ban on employment of children in domestic work, eateries and dabhas. The report provides a guideline map for the stakeholder to take effective measures for restoration and rehabilitation of working children.

26.09.2006 “Vega” Humanitarian Organization from Skopje strongly opposes the idea of the local self-government in Suto Orizari Municipality to change the name of the “July 26” elementary school into “Arben Bajrami” Elementary. VEGA condemned the already adopted decision of the Local School Board that the name should change.

25.09.2006 The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency is to formally launch the new Infrastructure Services Framework for education on Friday 29 September 2006 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole.

25.09.2006 Information and Communications Technology (ICT) mediated learning provides utilities for achieving goal of education for all, and in turn acts as an enabler in reducing the digital divide, plummeting poverty and promoting socio-economic empowerment.

22.09.2006 As part of its universal initiative aimed at bringing excellence in education, the Agha Khan Development Network (AKDN), a part of Agha Khan Foundation will set up the Agha Khan Academy in Hyderabad with an outlay of $ 50 million.

21.09.2006 Schools in every district of the state have been found guilty of pumping up enrolment figures in order to comply with teachersÂ’ wishes and retain government funding

21.09.2006 The local governments have been urged to give top priority to education, health and drinking water in their budgets and to improve public delivery system in order to strengthen democracy at grass-root level

20.09.2006 Developing countries must invest in young people, promoting education and health and developing essential skills, a major World Bank report says.

20.09.2006 Developing countries which invest in better education, healthcare, and job training for their record numbers of young people between the ages of 12 and 24 years of age, could produce surging economic growth and sharply reduced poverty, according to a new World Development Report 2007 launched at the Bank's Annual Meetings in Singapore.

19.09.2006 For children with learning disabilities in Mumbai, school life has just become a little easier with Maharashtra issuing a government resolution spelling out concessions for students with dyslexia (reading disability), dysgraphia (writing disability), dyscalculia (disability in carrying out mathematical calculations) and dysnomia (dictation disability).

18.09.2006 President of Albania Alfred Moisiu met with a delegation of the International Network of Albanian student associations ALBSTUDENT, composed of students who have graduated abroad, at both state and private educational institutions, and held with them an open and wholehearted talk.

14.09.2006

Child carrying a slate

In low-income countries like Tanzania where half of the population lives in extreme poverty, child labor is considered as a means of survival for many families and not necessarily abuse.

13.09.2006 The commerce ministry and most educationists are upbeat about 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in the education sector. The ministry has even thrown open a paper titled, Higher education in India and GATS: An opportunity, for comments.

12.09.2006 National efforts for acceleration of girls education and reduction of the gender gap are getting a major boost with the launch of Business Partnership for Girls Education here on Saturday that marks the beginning of a novel tripartite coalition between government, private sector and UNICEF