Archive for October, 2008
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OSI-ESP News September-October 2008
Project updates Russian project aims to launch All-Russia Federation of Teachers to influence policy-making The NGO Intercentre in Russia has launched a project with the aim of developing a Russia-wide […]
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Romania: Children Learn to Recycle Paper by Making It
BUCHAREST, Romania | On the first floor of the Romanian Peasant Museum in Bucharest, in the recently opened Cărtureşti library, lies the “Paper Book.” The book is small, with irregular […]
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Kyrgyzstan: Growing a Kindergarten
BATKEN, Kyrgyzstan | Five-year-old Yrysbek has been going to the Liliya community kindergarten in Boz-Adyr village for the past several months. “We play here, watch TV and teachers tells stories. […]
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Kosovo: Blind Children to Attend Regular Schools
PEC, Kosovo | Metë Thaçi, a resident of the village of Malisheva, cannot see clearly. He is not completely blind but his vision is impaired, having inherited an ocular disease […]
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Kosovo: No Playground Politics
PEC, Kosovo | The children of Brestovik, of both Serbian and Albanian ethnicity, spent most of their summer days playing together in the village schoolyard, even if they would be […]
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Russia: New Approaches for a New Generation
KRASNODAR, Russia | Teachers of the humanities and social sciences often find it hard to compete with the information available to their adolescent students in this fast-paced digital age. Furthermore, […]
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Slovenia: More Scholarships or More Problems?
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia | In the last year, Slovenia has witnessed sharp increases in the prices of basic necessities like food, gas and electricity. An inflation rate of 5.6 % means […]
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The World University Project
The World University Project (WUP), a very interesting endeavor based in Cambridge. It’s headed by J. Nathan Matias. From their website:
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