Archive | Secondary Education

Bulgaria: Under Repair

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Posted on 09 November 2009 by Tanya Obushtarova

Low teacher salaries and students’ low trust in teachers are two intertwined problems decreasing the quality of Bulgarian education, experts say.

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Armenia: School Uniforms: In Good or Bad Taste?

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Posted on 09 November 2009 by Karine Asatryan

The battle over school uniforms hasn’t gone out of style in Yerevan’s schools.

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Georgia: No Room For Sex Education

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Posted on 09 November 2009 by Tamar Kikacheishvili

Sex education remains outside the curriculum in Georgian schools.

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Moldova: No Retirement in Sight

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Posted on 12 October 2009 by Alexandru Eftode

Moldova’s education ministry struggles to recruit younger teachers, especially to rural schools.

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Romania: Testing Times for Students

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Posted on 14 July 2009 by Sinziana Demian

Another round of disruptive changes to Romania’s education system has left students in the lurch.

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Romania: Do Not Disturb

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Posted on 20 May 2009 by Sinziana Demian

Bucharest takes a whack at the high school schedule and hits a hornet’s nest instead.

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Russia: Will the USE be useful?

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Posted on 01 May 2009 by Natalia Lazareva

Russian soon-to-be-graduates are anxiously preparing for the new standardized Unified State Examination (USE).

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Ukraine: Villain Today, Hero Tomorrow

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Posted on 22 April 2009 by Nataliya Boyko

The government’s proposal for new textbooks reignites a long-running debate on the use and misuse of history in Ukrainian classrooms.

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Russia: Electronic Registers Click with Russian Parents

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Posted on 19 December 2008 by Natalia Lazareva

A government pilot project allows parents to monitor their children’s academic progress electronically.

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Kosovo: Blind Children to Attend Regular Schools

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Posted on 22 October 2008 by Enver Ulaj

A new program aims to integrate blind students into mainstream schools in Kosovo.

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Call for Papers

As part of the Advancing Educational Inclusion and Quality in South East Europe Initiative the Education Support Program of the Open Society Institute (OSI) announces a competition open to individuals on the elaboration of research papers using the statistical data collected as part of the 2009 Cross-National Survey of Parents in South East Europe (SEE) countries. Proposals are invited primarily from graduate students and early career researchers.

Application deadline: February 20th 2010.