Education
12.12.2006
The Fair Trade Forum, India organised a meet
more...Fair Trade Standards for a Wider Market: Opportunities and Challenges in New Delhi recently to deliberate on introducing fair trade curriculum in educational curriculum in India. Related topics/regions: [India] [Agriculture] [Education] [MDGs] [Globalisation] |
25.04.2006
The Global Campaign for Education says that if all children have to be provided with an education, the world needs 15 million more teachers. Right now over 100 million children still are not aware of the possibilities that education offers.
more...Related topics/regions: [Asia and the Pacific] [Africa] [Children] [Education] [Poverty] [Human rights] |
27.03.2006
A recent World Bank survey found that 25% of government primary school teachers in India are absent from work. Only 50% of teachers are actually engaged in the act of teaching while at work, according to researchers.
more...Related topics/regions: [India] [Children] [Education] [Governance] |
21.03.2006
Educationists in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh hit upon the idea of a floating school on a boat to draw children who would otherwise be helping parents at work. A perennial problem in rural India is of parents refusing to send their children to school therefore the boat brings the school to the homes of children.
more...Related topics/regions: [India] [Children] [Education] [Poverty] |
21.03.2006
Pakistan is to build six science and engineering universities over the next ten years so that the "state of the art" universities can train scientists and engineers who can contribute to Pakistan's sustainable development and help move the country away from its dependence on agriculture.
more...Related topics/regions: [Pakistan] [Agriculture] [Education] Image: Pakistani women at a workshop © World Bank
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13.03.2006
Over 100 million children, 55 per cent of which are girls, still do not have access to primary education. UNESCO stresses upon the importance of equal opportunities for girls and boys in relation to the International Women's Day.
more...Related topics/regions: [Children] [Education] [Human rights] [Gender] Image: Girls in an open-air classroom
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14.02.2006
Nearly 60 children from marginalised sections are being provided evening classes by students from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, which is one of India's premier technology-related higher education institutions.
more...Related topics/regions: [India] [Children] [Cities] [Education] |
13.02.2006
BRAC University held its first convocation on January 28,2006 with a total of 115 graduating students under various disciplines. The university, which was established by one of Bangladesh's largest NGOs - BRAC - was established in 2001 and has over 2,000 students with two schools and six academic departments, one centre and an institute and a residential campus at Savar.
more...Related topics/regions: [Bangladesh] [Children] [Education] [Civil society] |
13.02.2006
Under a new constitutional amendment, private schools, colleges, and professional training institutes that operate without government funding will be obliged to set aside more than one-quarter of their seats for students from India's "untouchable" lower castes or Dalits, as well as other socially and economically disadvantaged groups.
more...Related topics/regions: [India] [Education] [Social exclusion] [Governance] |
10.02.2006
Attending school for the first time is somewhat magical for Niaz Begum, one of the survivors of the devastating Oct. 8, 2005, South Asia earthquake. Urdu class is her favorite, the 12-year-old says with dancing green eyes, using the ruffle of a tent door to veil her embarrassment.
more...Related topics/regions: [Pakistan] [Education] [Social exclusion] [Human rights] [Gender] Image: Victims of the earthquake in Pakistan
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