Full Coverage: Education
February 2008
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More children than ever are getting the opportunity to go to school, but are they getting the education they need to thrive in todayÂ’s globalized world? OneWorld looks at what governments can be doing, what civil society groups are doing, and what you can do to help children "learn the future.".
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29.02.2008
More...From: Machizo Multimedia Communication Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Bangladesh] [Culture] Image: Ekushey Book Fair 2008
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22.02.2008
Linguistic and cultural diversity is an important asset of sustainable development, says a new Talking Point series: Linguistic Diversity and the Preservation of Endangered Languages (2007). Author Mark Turin draws attention of policymakers to step up efforts for language revival programmes in the Himalayan region.
more...Related topics/regions: [Culture] [Knowledge] |
22.02.2008
To boost its corporate social responsibility work, GAIL India Ltd has launched an e-Shiksha programme for rural children at some of its plants in north and central India. Started with an investment of INR 6.3 million, the mobile centres will have buses equipped with laptops to teach children computer basics in local languages.
more...Related topics/regions: [India] [South Asia] [Children] [ICT] |
22.02.2008
Decades of warring guns may have turned Afghanistan into a ‘collapsed state’, but the country is now on the road to recovery, says Ehsan Zia, the Afghan Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. Community Development Councils help villagers decide their own projects while microfinance initiatives have benefited women in rural areas.
more...Related topics/regions: [Afghanistan] [South Asia] [Development] [Poverty] [Microcredit] [Narcotics] [Governance] Image: Ehsan Zia answers questions at an IDS seminar /Photo credit: Guy Collender/IDS
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21.02.2008
Villagers in IndiaÂ’s north-eastern state of Tripura lack basic civic amenities like water, hospital, school, etc. and yet are content with their voter identity cards issued by the government. Poverty inhibits them from demanding even their basic rights.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Poverty] [Health] |
19.02.2008
More...Related topics/regions: [United States] Image: 2012, Apocalypse, Armageddon, Nostradamus, Revelations, Zeitgeist
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12.02.2008
Dayamani Barla reports on the concerns of rural people in Jharkhand. She feels that dominance of journalists with middle class background in Indian media industry makes it difficult for them to relate to the issues of the poor.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Gender] [Information & media] [Activism] Image: Dayamani Barla / Photo Credit: AID
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07.02.2008
Several programmes have been implemented in recent years for capacity building of teachers in the use and integration of information and communication technology. UNESCOÂ’s recent publication: ICT in Teacher Education: Case Studies from the Asia-Pacific Region contains a collection of examples of ICT in Teacher Education programmes.
more...Related topics/regions: [Capacity building] [ICT] Image: Cover page of the report / Photo credit: UNESCO
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