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Macedonian high school students protest over testing requirement
Less than a month after the Macedonian government scrapped new university exam rules under student pressure, high school students took to the streets to demand an end to pre-graduation testing requirements.
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Czech president: too many lawyers, not enough technical grads
Citing a shortage of engineers and other technical professionals, the president of the Czech Republic is calling for the country to break with its tradition of free university education by imposing fees on humanities students
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Kyrgyzstan ends Uzbek-language graduation exams
Starting this year, ethnic Uzbek high school students in Kyrgyzstan will no longer be able to take final exams in their native language.
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Macedonian student protests defeat new exam system
Macedonia has agreed to abandon a new law that had called for university students to sit externally supervised exams.
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University enrollment plunges in Romania
The number of students attending Romania’s universities fell by nearly half from 2009 to 2013.
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Albanian government expected to push ahead with controversial education reforms
Major changes to Albania’s higher education system are in the works despite protests from students who say their voice has been ignored, Balkan Insight reports. The changes, originally proposed by […]
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Tajikistan: Is threat to close Turkish schools linked to extradition attempt?
A network of respected schools in Tajikistan could face closure in a convoluted case that could be linked to the government’s attempts to lay hands on a vocal critic abroad,EurasiaNet.org reports.
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Teachers continue strike over Serbian austerity measures
Serbian teachers intensified protests over job and wage cuts 22 December as parliament began talks on a 2015 draft budget that would further slash the public-sector workforce.
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Russian schools excel in new university rankings
Moscow State University (MSU) tops the rankings in a listing of schools in “emerging Europe” and Central Asia just released by the higher education consultants QS Quacquarelli Symonds.
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Russia protests school searches in Lithuania
The Kremlin is expressing ire over recent police raids at Russian-language schools in Lithuania whose students attended a controversial post-Soviet youth camp this summer, TASS reports.
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