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Education Quality
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An open letter to Nicky Morgan
A teacher in England writes anonymously to the UK’s new Secretary of State for Education.
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The tragedy of education in rural Romania
Rural education in Romania is in a dismal state, lagging far behind its urban counterpart, and having among the worst standards in the European Union.
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South Africa: Is SA bottom of the class in maths and science? Why ranking is meaningless
A report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has ranked the quality of South Africa’s maths and science education last out of 148 countries.
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Teaching history for democratic citizenship
History teaching should not be about providing answers, but about asking the right questions.
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Caribbean loses valuable steward with passing of professor Norman Girvan
The Caribbean has lost another giant; prominent Caribbean intellectual Norman Girvan passed away in Cuba on the same day that A.N.R. Robinson, former Prime Minister and President of Trinidad and Tobago, died
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300 Pakistan international airlines employees fired for fake degrees
Pakistan’s national flag carrier airline Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has sacked 300 of its employees across several different departments over the last six months after they were found to have submitted fake academic degrees.
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Macedonian students demanding better living conditions called ‘unpatriotic’
In early March 2014, Macedonian students demanding better life conditions in state university dormitories published a blog entitled “Operation Dorm” that was accompanied by photos of inadequate living conditions in the facilities.
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Sustainable Development Programme Scholarships in Bhutan
Deadline: 30 April, 2014
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Pity the poor teacher
Yardsticks vary, but however you measure it, teachers are underpaid across the post-communist world, with grave implications for the quality of education.
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OSF’s Education Support Program publishes two studies on innovative education financing
The Open Society Education Support Program has recently published two papers in its ESP Working Paper Series
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