Caucasus
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Gender inequality in the higher education institutions in Armenia: causes and consequences
Gender equality in academia is viewed in the first instance as a human rights concern, but also as a premise for quality higher education and innovative science.
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Robotics classes seen as future boost for Armenian IT industry
It is late afternoon and the cozy school of Aygek looks as deserted as it should be after weekday classes.
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In Georgia’s schools, a little privatization on the side
The widespread use of private tutors feeds inequality and possibly corruption. Third in an occasional series.
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Georgia: grappling with teacher troubles
In 1960, the Georgian poet Ioseb Noneshvili lauded teachers as role models and pillars of society who were endowed with the “light of knowledge.”
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Georgia: education gap has alarming economic ramifications
When Rusudan, a 47-year-old woman from Georgia’s western city of Zugdidi, decided to move her son from a public school to a private school seven years ago, it was not a light-hearted decision.
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Azerbaijan: kids start school with lengthy family-motorcades, cops complain
What parent would not want to make their child’s first day of school memorable?
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In Georgia, outcry over desecration of Muslim school
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has condemned the nailing of a pig’s head to the door of a planned Islamic school.
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Azerbaijan closes Gülen schools
Once seen as an instrument of Turkish soft power, the educational programme has fallen foul of a battle between Prime Minister Erdoğan and influential preacher Fethullah Gülen.
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“Russian lesson” provokes fury in Armenia
Outspoken Moscow media official suggests Armenia should adopt Russian as an official language.
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YES project supporting youth engagement in democracy and human rights
In September 2013, the Jinishian Memorial Foundation launched the “Youth Engaged in Society 2013-2014” (YES) project, funded and supported by Open Society Foundations – Armenia.
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