November 2011
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“Teachers in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan have threatened to commit suicide if their...”
– Primary Teachers in Pakistan threaten Suicide over unpaid Salaries | Teacher Solidarity
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“[VIETNAM] All school leavers will have a minimum level of English by 2020 under...”
– Vietnam demands English language teaching ‘miracle’ | Education | Guardian Weekly
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“[LIBYA] Over his more than four decades of dictatorship, Qaddafi used the...”
– Educators try to purge Qaddafi from Libya’s schools - The National
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Teacher exchange for a 21st century education →
This past year, we have had the privilege of working side by side with teachers and school administrators in the United States and the Primorsky Krai region of Far East Russia to examine effective ways to help teachers bring international learning experiences into their teaching, enriching learning in K-12 classrooms here and in Russia. A primary goal has been to support both U.S. and Russian...
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A primary school becomes a model for increasing... →
[WESTERN EQUATORIA, South Sudan] Access to education is one of the key priorities for the government of the world’s newest nation, South Sudan. Seventy per cent of children aged 6 to 17 have never set foot in a classroom. The completion rate in primary schools is only 21 per cent, one of the lowest in the world.
Baya Primary School in Western Equatoria has become the envy of other schools in the...
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“The impact of education on demography is widely known and acknowledged....”
– UNGEI - News and Events - Education in a world of 7 billion people
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“In conflict zones, when it’s not safe to leave your house to get...”
– Souktel SMS “mobile phones” education schools Gaza
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“South Sudan is to phase out Arabic as the language of instruction in schools...”
– S. Sudan to phase out use of Arabic in schools - Africa |nation.co.ke
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