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Georgia’s Free, Albeit Non-Existent, Preschools
TBILISI | Every day Natia Chanukvadze walks her son, 4-year-old Kakhi, the 15 minutes from their Tbilisi apartment to his public preschool. To hear Chanukvadze talk, Kakhi’s experience is a […]
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The Czech Republic opens a debate on the aims of education
What is the aim of education? Is it to maintain and develop culture, enterprise and prosperity, or to promote active citizenship? How can the teaching profession’s prestige be improved? And […]
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In Azerbaijan, Free Education Comes at a Price
BAKU | Under the laws of Azerbaijan, 15-year-old Sabina is entitled to a free education. She attends free public schools, yet her parents feel obligated to pay an annual 3,000 […]
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Tongue Twisting Reforms
KVEMO KARTLI REGION, Georgia | When her second child began school in September, Jamila Omarova felt a mixture of happiness, pride, and anxiety. It was a struggle to convince her family […]
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Drama Schools
Three days, maybe a week, possibly even longer – that’s how long Slovak teachers intend to strike for higher wages. Starting yesterday, most parents of school-age children in Slovakia have had […]
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When Does Free Education Have to be Paid for?
Kazan resident Yekaterina Matveyeva was dreading the first parents’ meeting of the new school year. Her two children – born just a year apart – are pupils in Years 3 […]
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Macedonian Schools Face the Shock of the New
SKOPJE | In the past five years Macedonian classrooms have seen many changes. An additional year of mandatory education; “interactive” teaching in place of the rote learning of the past; […]
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Teachers in Double Jeopardy
In August, Konstantin Shcherbina, the director of a sports academy in the town of Krasnoturansk in Siberia, was looking forward to receiving the title of “honorary master of education of […]
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EELC: A law centre dedicated to advancing the right to a basic education
January of this year saw the launching of the Equal Education Law Centre (EELC), a team of young dynamic professionals targeting their collective talents towards ensuring the realisation of every […]
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Slovakia: Cut education spending to give more money to schools
While Slovakia’s state budget chapter on education for the next year may seem to be increasing, in fact it’s not.
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