Full Coverage: Education

28.02.2007 The Centre for Peace Studies sent an open letter to the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, protesting the fact that 13-year old boy of Croatian-Liberian origin was expelled by his elementary school in Split on petition by the parents of the other students from his class. One of the reasons used to “justify” the request was that he was “Bantu”.

22.02.2007 Could Zimbabwe be on the brink of a societal breakdown? Doctors and nurses have been on strike for more than a month, and as a teacher strike looms, police violently broke up a political rally Monday.

20.02.2007 NEW YORK, Feb 20 (OneWorld) - UNICEF is best known for its work on behalf of children in the developing world, but its latest report turns an eye to the well-being of children in 21 wealthy nations including the United States, which ranks second to the bottom overall.

20.02.2007 The problem lies altogether with the incorrect understanding of the concept of pre-primary education. It is submitted that pre-primary education is in fact not a formal education as is commonly understood but is only a play way education. It is well known fact that the children are sent to play way schools as early as of two years of age and the same is gaining ground.

20.02.2007 Freedom must be given judiciously to appropriate person. It is said, "freedom is our birth right". Absolutely Right! The implication is tantalizing. We have freedom to take bribe, we have freedom to oppress poorer, we have freedom to abuse power and money, we have freedom to support corrupted officers and ministers to get a gainful position.The view expressed by Abhijit Bhattacharyya.

19.02.2007 The Education and Employment Alliance (EEA), a global initiative to develop new public-private partnerships that address critical education and employment needs, will hold its Second Annual Global Summit in Hyderabad, India, between March 6-8, 2007

19.02.2007 Residents of the embattled northern Sri Lankan town of Jaffna who get to see the ‘Uthayan’ newspaper often get a copy that is thumb-worn and soiled from having passed through the hands of many avid readers.

16.02.2007 The federal cabinet to increase public-private investment in the education sector from the current level of 2.6 per cent of GDP to four per cent is a good step.However, approval of this decision comes with several qualifiers.

15.02.2007 India’s Total Literacy Campaign (TLC) used a new system by making local administrators and community organisations – not central bureaucrats – responsible for implementation. What has been TLC’s lasting impact on the women who administered the programme, worked as volunteer teachers and were taught literacy and numeracy skills.

15.02.2007 The Millennium Development Goal to achieve gender equality in education can only be met by concerted action. Stronger partnerships are needed to increase opportunities for the millions of girls and women excluded from education, but what kind?

14.02.2007 The state of California in the United States has for a while been the standard bearer of policy measures that reduce state responsibility in critical areas that were typically the responsibility of public provision earlier. The privatisation of electricity utilities was one infamous example, in which California led the world and ended up providing a textbook case of how not to privatise power distribution.

14.02.2007 Mere expansion of the Indian economy will not address the issues relating to the plight of the Indian child who continues to suffer from under-nourishment, anaemia and lack of basic schooling facilities, Nobel Prize winning economist Amartya Sen said.

09.02.2007 The three-year project, “Advanced Training for Local Self-Government Trainers” officially closed with the ceremony of presentation of certificates held yesterday, February 8, at FOSIM offices in Skopje.

08.02.2007 The group of Union ministers has given its recommendation for foreign direct investment in higher education. According to Secretary, Higher Education, reservation rules would also be applicable in the colleges to be opened by the foreign universities. As per policies, the same rules would be applicable for foreign educational institutions as are for domestic institutions.

07.02.2007 The NOVA High School and the Boris Trajkovski International Foundation will award three four-year scholarships for gifted students, for the 2007/2008 academic year.

07.02.2007 The Government is for allowing 100 per cent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in higher education and hinted at making reservation mandatory in the institutions to be set up by foreign universities in the country.

06.02.2007 Representatives of the Youth Education Forum (MOF) are dissatisfied with the existing situation surrounding the student associations and the coming elections for President of the StudentsÂ’ Union at the Ss. Cyril and Method University in Skopje (SSUKM).

06.02.2007 DelhiÂ’s (and IndiaÂ’s) public schools are actually private schools. Getting access there is no less a achievement than tackling the IITÂ’s JEE. Perhaps no where is this more true than in the NationÂ’s capital , where even getting your child into a kindergarten class is so nightmarish that they are governed by court directives and the admissions process is monitored by the Delhi High Court.

06.02.2007 Underscoring its commitment to enabling India to become an innovators nation and bridge the digital divide, IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it imparted training on open standards based technologies to more than 80,000 students in over 745 colleges in India during 2006.

05.02.2007 A curious nine-year-old Mukesh Vanzara ventured out of his home in Asarwa on September 6 last year to watch a religious procession. Still in his school uniform, that was the last his mother saw of him. Since then, it has been countless rounds to the Shahibaug police station for the poor and completely broken Vanzaras.