July 2011
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“[CANADA] Lest history repeat itself, Ontario has laid the educational groundwork...”
– Ontario forges stimulus plan to boost financial literacy in teens - The Globe and Mail
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“JOHANNESBURG — Staff absenteeism, sexual harassment of students and misuse of...”
– AFP: Absenteeism, sexual harassment hit S.Africa schools
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“LHASA, July 18 (Xinhua) - The government is planning to raise the higher...”
– China pledges to send 3 out of every 10 Tibetan students to college
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“[INDIA] A year after the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) system...”
– CBSE’s new evaluation system leaves teachers groping in dark in Bangalore - Bangalore - DNA
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Intel Corporation is deepening its footprint in... →
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“[Eritrea] In line with the Education Ministry’s endeavors to upgrade the...”
– allAfrica.com: Eritrea: Over 1,290 Teachers Who Pursued Distance Learning Graduate
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“[NAMIBIA] AVAILABLE figures point out that the majority of teachers have Grade...”
– allAfrica.com: Namibia: Quality, Shortages, and Concerns of Teachers
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“How can countries encourage girls to attend school? Is the answer providing free...”
– allAfrica.com: Rwanda: More Than Building Schools - Access to Affordable Sanitary Pads Can Help Keep Girls in School
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“EL GENEINA ( 25 Jun .) - The Minister of Education in the state of West Darfur,...”
– W. Darfur announces new school year, admits short 8000 teachers | ReliefWeb
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“[ENGLAND] A writing test taken by 11-year-olds in England should be scrapped...”
– Creative writing tests limit creativity, Sats review finds | Education | The Guardian
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“A total of 129 Senor High School girls, from the three Northern Regions, are to...”
– allAfrica.com: Ghana: 129 Girls Benefit From WFP Scholarship
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“The teachers’ welfare body, Umwalimu SACCO, has declared its plans to...”
– allAfrica.com: Rwanda: Teachers to Get Housing Loans
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“[UGANDA} The government policy on Universal Secondary Education has been put on...”
– allAfrica.com: Uganda: 41,500 Drop Out of Use Since 2009
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“In spite of numerous interventions by governments to ensure quality basic...”
– allAfrica.com: Ghana: School-Going Children Still At Home - From Edmond Gyebi, Tamale
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“Teachers in the Fukishama region of Japan have joined other trade unionists in...”
– Fukishama Teachers join mass Demonstration | Teacher Solidarity
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“Noreen was 13 when she came home from school to be told that she was getting...”
– Brides used as bargaining chips | guardian.co.uk
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In battered Libya town, kids get a taste of normal →
Teachers at Ras Mouftah said the children’s behavior reflects what they have been through: They are rougher with each other, and new words have crept into their vocabulary — Kalashnikov, mortar, rape.
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Each classroom consists of 18 to 20 kids and is named after a child killed in the war. Children paint various forms of the rebels’ star-and-crescent flag. The girls learn to...
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WatchIn Koraro, Ethiopia, many factors prevent girls from obtaining an education.
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“Kokolo is 20, just a few years older than her audience of 11th grade students at...”
– Peer education targets South Africa’s AIDS epidemic | McClatchy 