Full coverage: Education

30.03.2007 Vice Chancellors and other high level representatives of Universities in Afghanistan, China, India, Nepal and Pakistan, have come together with major regional and European organisations to launch the Himalayan University Consortium as an alliance for knowledge networking, policy advocacy, and for promoting the concept and practice of sustainable mountain development.

29.03.2007 Od 28 do 31 mart 2007 godina, vo hotelot „Belvedere” vo Ohrid, ke se odrzi seminar za Evropskiot kredit-transfer sistem (EKTS) - „Obnovuvanje na predmetnite programi”, namenet za nastavnickiot i za menadzerskiot kadar od Prirodno-matematickiot i od Fakultetot za humanisticki nauki i umetnosti vo Tetovo, kako i od Filoloskiot i od Prirodno-matematickiot fakultet vo Skopje.

29.03.2007 UNESCO has launched an online platform to make available training and capacity-building resources developed by a variety of stakeholders in myriad subjects, including literacy, computers, business, environment and community development.

27.03.2007 The STOP to RISKY SEX EDUCATION civic coalition organizes the “Sex Education Week” that started yesterday, March 26 and will last until Saturday, March 31.

27.03.2007 Građanska koalicija STOP RIZIČNOM SPOLNOM ODGOJU ovaj tjedan (od 26. do 31. 3. 2007.) organizira "Tjedan o spolnom odgoju". U suradnji s brojnim lokalnim udrugama mladih, nastavnicama, nastavnicima, učenicima i učenicama u srednjim školama, studentima i studenticama u 12 gradova diljem Hrvatske održat će se niz tribina, okruglih stolova i druženja mladih s ciljem da mladi sami povedu raspravu o modelu spolnog odgoja kakvog žele, a na temelju informacija o aktualnom procesu uvođenja zdravstvenog odgoja i obrazovanja.

23.03.2007 Go to any school you consider good, enter Class II, and write these words on the blackboard in neat letters: 'When you read this, stand up'. Children will read the words aloud, but nobody will stand up. Why? Because, by the end of Grade I, reading has already been dissociated from meaning.

22.03.2007 Anyone who knows even a little bit about school education in India knows that it is largely about exclusion. Only a tiny minority of children in our country get anything resembling a decent schooling - the rest are either excluded altogether, or provided very poor quality education with weak infrastructure and inadequate pedagogic attention, which in turn encourages high rates of dropout.

22.03.2007 The Delhi High Court gave its approval of the Delhi government's suggestions to take over all municipality-run schools in a move to bring about qualitative improvement in teaching in those schools.A division bench of Chief Justice M.K. Sarma and Justice Sanjiv Khanna directed the government to take a formal decision in this regard and submit a plan-of-action by March 28.

21.03.2007 The Q Association organizes the second Seminar on LGBTIQ Activism and Human Rights. The three-day seminar is organized exclusively for the members of LGBTIQ population in B&H and the region. The seminar will take place on April 13-15, 2007.

19.03.2007 It is difficult to figure out what exactly the UPA government wants. On the one hand, from the declaration of the National Common Minimum Programme onwards, the government has declared that it will make education a major thrust area, that it will increase public spending on education to at least 6 per cent of GDP and take measures to make India a ''knowledge-based'' society and economy.

16.03.2007 Koulutusta kaikille -ohjelma on lisännyt nepalilaisten tyttöjen osallistumista perusopetukseen, varsinkin vähiten kehittyneissä piirikunnissa. Alueelliset erot ovat kuitenkin suuret. Ongelmat kasaantuvat muutamiin piirikuntiin, jotka ovat koulutusindeksillä mitattuna yhtä kaukana Katmandusta kuin Nepal on Suomesta.

16.03.2007 The Centre for Peace Studies (CMS) announces the 6th Youth MIRamiDA – Peace Building Training for Youth Activists from Croatia. The training takes place in Pula, April 13-20, and the deadline for application expires on March 23, 2007.

16.03.2007 Na 14 mart 2007 godina, vo organizacija na FIOOM, vo Skopje se odrza tribinata: „Voveduvanje versko obrazovanie vo drzavnite ucilista”.

15.03.2007 Sangath Society, a Goa-based CSO working with mental health issues, has come up with the concept of ‘resource rooms’ for children with learning disabilities, within their normal schools, where they can be given special attention. The concept is currently being pilot-tested in three schools in the state

15.03.2007 The Youth Initiative for Human Rights Visiting Program provides the opportunity for young people, students and professionals from Serbia and Kosovo to meet professionals in related fields of interest and to visit places of interest (i.e. museums, theatres, universities, media houses, etc).

12.03.2007 The “Albania Reads” program’s primary objective is to promote reading. On March 7, The Teachers’ Day, this project was officially launched at the “Emin Duraku” elementary school in Tirana. Representatives from UNICEF and the Mjaft! Foundation (the philanthropic branch of Mjaft! Movement) donated more than one hundred books to this school’s library.

09.03.2007 Promovimi i kulturës së leximit në Shqipëri është qëllimi i iniciativës “Shqipëria lexon” u prezantua me 7 Mars në shkollën Emin Duraku në Tirane. Përfaqësues të UNICEF dhe Fondacionit MJAFT (Dega Filantropike e Levizjes MJAFT!) dhuruan me rastin e 7 marsit dhe në ditën që kujton 120 vjetorin e celjes së shkollës së parë shqipe disa libra për bibliotekën e kësaj shkolle. Ishte i pranishëm z. Robert Carr (UNICEF), Erjon Veliaj (Lëvizja MJAFT!), si dhe përfaqësues të tjerë të këtyre organizatave dhe të fondacionit MJAFT!

09.03.2007 Information and communication technologies (ICT) have effectively revolutionized our society. In the era of globalisation, technology has dramatically penetrated into every area of society and, every aspect of social and cultural lives. But, teaching, and the world of education more generally have not taken the advantage of these changes. We have largely failed to capitalize on the potential of new technologies, and particularly digital technology as a learning tool

09.03.2007 A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the Federal Education Directorate for a $3.4 million three-year programme to strengthen teachers’ education in Pakistan.Funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the programme will establish a new framework for teachers’ accreditation and management in basic education.

06.03.2007 Nga 1 deri me 7 Mars po zhvillohen në shkollat e mesme një sërë aktivitetesh në kuadër të “Javës së Arsimit” e cila u shpall nga Ministria e Arsimit me rastin e 120 vjetorit të hapjes së Shkollës së Parë Shqipe.