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<title>World Bank to grant Ghana education $55m</title>
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<description>Ghana and the World Bank have signed two separate  agreements for a grant of $55 million towards the implementation of the e-Ghana Project and the education for all-fast track initiative.</description>
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<title>Malayasia allocates RM 3 million for visually impaired </title>
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<description>The government will allocate RM3 million to help visually impaired students, mainly to provide access to Information Communication and Technology (ICT) facilities, Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said Sunday.</description>
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<title>Pandora's box: A new model for education in Asia</title>
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<description>Many who have only experienced face-to-face education in an institutional setting believe that the quality of education provided through distance education is inferior. However, this is far from true, according to Naveed A. Malik, rector of the Virtual University of Pakistan.</description>
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<title>Learning to Say Mouse in K’iche</title>
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<description>When children as young as kindergarten sit down for their first experience with computers using software in their native Mayan language, K'iche', the lessons learned go far beyond mastering basic computer skills. Students are learning that their indigenous language and culture are a vital part of their society.</description>
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<title>New virtual reality-based learning approach in Africa</title>
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<description>UNESCO, together with the Naledi3d Factory of South Africa has recently embarked on a new collaborative project to take the concept of the Interactive3d Learning Object to a more integrated level.</description>
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