May 2013
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“KANO, NIGERIA, 14 May 2013 (IRIN) - Around 15,000 children in Borno State,...”
– IRIN Africa | Boko Haram attacks hit school attendance in Borno State | Nigeria | Children | Conflict | Education | Governance | Human Rights | Security | Urban Risk
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UK invests £12 million in girls’ education in...
Zimbabwe’s Education Minister formally launched a £12 million investment in girls’ education … that will enable 24,000 girls from the poorest rural families to enrol in and complete secondary school.
The investment from the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) represents a major achievement for Camfed, which began in Zimbabwe in 1993 by supporting just 32 girls in two...
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South Sudan: WFP Girls’ Ration Increases School...
School officials in South Sudan say a monthly take-home food ration from the World Food Programme (WFP) has helped to reduce the number of female students dropping out of school.
[…] WFP supports girls through what is known as the “Girls’ Incentive,” which is designed to encourage girls’ enrolment in school and keep them attending class regularly.
[…] The girls from grades 3-8 who...
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EU Provides Nobel Peace Prize funds for Education...
Islamabad/Brussels, 8 May 2013 – The European Union has provided € 300,000 from its Nobel Peace Prize money to UNICEF to support its educational activities for children affected by a lack of security in parts of northwestern Pakistan. The agreement was formalised today in Islamabad, between Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Union to Pakistan and Dan Rohrmann,...
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[UNITED STATES] What Does It Really Mean to Be...
What Does It Really Mean to Be College and Work Ready? Community colleges expect little of first-year students — and get even less, concludes the National Center on Education and The Economy.
The report paints a grim picture.
High school graduates have trouble reading textbooks written at the 11th- to 12th-grade level, so instructors provide study aids to help poor readers get by. Students do...
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Improving Education in Uganda
Determined to improve an educational system beset by challenges, advocates recently launched Uganda’s first Quality Public Education Week. Talk shows, panel debates, exhibitions and rallies were held throughout the country April 22-26, 2013—a call for action from Ugandan decision-makers.
While public schools are available at no charge to Ugandan boys and girls ages 6 through 12,...
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WatchPakistan still failing in education of girls
Despite regular election campaign promises to deliver, economic and cultural concerns holding back action.
(via Pakistan still failing in education of girls - Asia - Al Jazeera English)
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“[US] In decades of debate on school reform in Mississippi, though, one issue is...”
– Racial segregation continues to impact quality of education in Mississippi—and nationwide | Hechinger Report
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Education takes a hit in Myanmar’s Kachin State
“The biggest problem is we need more teachers. However, many who are qualified are afraid to work in the area because of the ongoing conflict and the recent attacks,” Haundang said.
Some 47,000 people are in IDP camps in KIA-controlled areas, with thousands more staying with host families, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on 18 April.
Thousands of...
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April 2013
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Rwanda: New Curricula to Streamline Teaching of... →
The Ministry of Education is currently revising the curricula for schools at nursery, primary, and secondary levels, a process that will streamline how best to teach students about the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, among other changes.
Under the new curriculum, the teaching of Genocide will be reinforced, in line with Genocide prevention. Teaching the younger generations about the Genocide and...
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School failure affects more than 3.5 million... →
The results show the great progress that countries have made in enrollment: almost all children and adolescents between 8 and 11 years attend school, since education systems have attained universality for this age.
However, there are many schoolchildren who still don’t go to school and many teens who already left it. The data show that more than 700,000 children and adolescents in primary...
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Watch61 million children are yet to go to school. When Will They Learn? (by Education Envoy). More here and here.
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“[NEW ZEALAND] Cyber bullying is reaching epidemic proportions in secondary...”
– Palmerston Nth Principals Push To Seize Phones Amid… | Stuff.co.nz
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March 2013
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Teachers join Rally in Fukushima | Teacher... →
Fukishima Teachers Union members were among the participants at a rally in Fukushima earlier this month. The rally was called to commemorate the second anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Fukushima on March 11th 2011, which left the area contaminated by radiation. Teachers and children are having to work in schools whose grounds are radioactive and the first reports of sickness as a result are...
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“The Singapore Ministry of Education has been surveying educators and parents...”
– Singapore | International Ed News
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Boys suffering from low body image
[ENGLAND] A survey of 693 members of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers found 78% thought girls suffered low self-esteem and 51% thought boys had low confidence in their body image.
Former model Natasha Devon, who campaigns about body image issues, told the BBC many boys “don’t feel they’ve got an environment… where they can discuss these issues freely.”
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My Spanish students write their own plays to... →
Role play and interactive technology helped primary teacher Jeremy Dean increase his foreign students’ English vocabulary at a language immersion school in Spain
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“[ETHIOPIA] In response to the pastoralists’ movements, education officials are...”
– IRIN Africa | Keeping pastoralist children in school in Ethiopia | Ethiopia | Conflict | Economy | Education | Environment | Migration
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“The Quebec Ministry of Education is proposing to allow four-year-old children...”
– Quebec plans a head start for poor pupils - The Globe and Mail
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“Zimbabwe’s Education Minister formally launched a £12 million investment in...”
– UNGEI - Zimbabwe - UK invests £12 million in girls’ education in Zimbabwe via Camfed
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“School officials in South Sudan say a monthly take-home food ration from the...”
– UNGEI - Republic of South Sudan - South Sudan: WFP Girls’ Ration Increases School Attendance in Eastern Equatoria
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[PAKISTAN] Sindh Assembly passes resolution... →
The Sindh Assembly in Pakistan has unanimously passed a resolution against corporal punishment in both private and public schools in the Sindh province, after the issue was raised by the news channel ‘Geo News’ in one of their news programmes.
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[BHUTAN] Children's rights brought to monastic... →
… A child protection framework is being set up within the monastic school system. Designed and funded by Unicef Bhutan, it aims to instil the concept of child rights into the monastic orders and, more practically, provide children in the monasteries with a way of reporting violence, neglect, mistreatment or abuse. It aims to forge links between the monastic orders, the police and state child...
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