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Slovakia: LEGO Helps Children Learn Geometry
Revuca, Comenius Primary School The Comenius Primary School in Revuca – a town where the very first Slovak Grammar School was founded, is attended by no less than 20% of […]
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Slovakia: Dog Barking Can Be a Treat
Hlohovec, Podzamska Primary School The largest Primary School in Hlohovec, near the University town of Trnava in Western Slovakia, is utilizing animal therapy as a means of integration. Pupils with learning […]
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Slovakia: Summer Camp Teaches Cooperation
Detva, Civic Association “Aktivne Mesto (Active Town)” Detva is a little town in Central Slovakia where the level of unemployment is exceptionally high. During its 5-year existence, Civic Association “Aktivne […]
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South Africa: Mother Tongue Tied
For many South African children who started school this year, there will be several firsts: the first time they learn how to read and write, the first time they learn […]
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Youth debate competition fosters critical thinking and flexible learning
On May 30, the Open Society Foundations – Armenia organized a youth debate competition in Yerevan as part of the Armenia Debate Program. Six debate clubs participated, hailing from Yerevan […]
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Kyrgyzstan: Minority Children Need More than State Language
First published on EurasiaNet.org In Kyrgyzstan, where memories of last June’s ethnic violence are still raw, children’s futures risk being entangled in a flourishing nationalist impulse. As the country attempts […]
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Disability in Tajikistan: The hidden children
And the parents coming together to instigate change In Tajikistan, as in other places round the world, disability is stigmatised and children are sent to state institutions or hidden away […]
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A Few Keys Short of a Keyboard
SKOPJE | In a dilapidated wooden shack halfway between Skopje and Tetovo, 140 students try to learn as their schoolhouse literally falls down around them. The building shakes when the […]
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Liberia: Choosing family over education
MONROVIA, Liberia | Meriam Dukumue, like most women in her country, cannot read or write. Having suffered through years of conflict and now the breadwinner of her family, she is […]
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Bosnia: Rare Optimism on the Education Front
SARAJEVO | Back in 2004, Nadja Steta, a primary school teacher in the Bosnian capital was among those who taught the first generation of children enrolling in primary school under […]
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