http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/archive/6707 en_GB http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/143709/1/6707 The Fair Trade Forum, India organised a meet 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. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/131577/1/6707 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. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/129844/1/6707 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. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/129554/1/6707 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. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/129552/1/6707 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. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/129168/1/6707 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. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/127426/1/6707 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. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/127339/1/6707 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. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/127336/1/6707 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. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/127262/1/6707 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. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/116665/1/6707 Information and communication initiatives that are geared towards development are often met with skepticism and resistance. An argument put forth in this regard is that ICTs are far too incompatible with the existing competencies at the ground level, and hence cannot result in any large scale or lasting effects on human development. The fact that most ‘ICT for development’ initiatives are as yet struck in an experimental format across the world, has only served to further such doubts. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/113894/1/6707 The Centre for Environment Education (CEE), an autonomous NGO of the Indian government is reaching out to schools all over the country with environmental education. One of its programmes - National Environment Education Programmes for Schools (NEEPS) - is run in collaboration with a number of partners all over India. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/113754/1/6707 The State Government of Kerala is planning major initiatives in making information and communication technology (ICT) an integral part of school education in the State. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/107617/1/6707 "I think that there is a role for ICT, but have we explored the extent to which that can be harnessed in education? I don’t think that there is enough discussion between education and the ICT sector”, tells Erma Manoncourt in an interview with Anupama Ramakrishnan of OneWorld South Asia. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/64514 An international study of about 100,000 15-year-olds in 32 different developed and developing countries suggests that student performance diminish, if they have computer at home.