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Romania: Diploma Factory

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Posted on 09 November 2009 by Claudia Ciobanu

Education officials question the quality of education in Romania’s largest private university, jeopardizing the diplomas of more than 100,000 students and recent graduates.

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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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Ukraine: Unfair Advantages

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Posted on 09 November 2009 by Alexander Belyakov

Ukraine’s new system of externally evaluated admissions exams has led to a surge in ‘privileged applicants’ claiming disadvantaged status in the admissions process.

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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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Georgia: Pilot Program

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Posted on 09 November 2009 by Ekaterine Pirtskhalava

Georgia’s National Curriculum pilot program is over, but where are the results?

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Georgia: Two Histories of One Homeland

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Posted on 09 November 2009 by Olesya Vartanyan

The Armenian population of Javakhety believes the Georgian government is obstructing deliveries of Armenian history books in order to abolish the subject in their schools.

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Macedonia: Ongoing Saga

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Posted on 09 November 2009 by Mirkica Popovik

Macedonian university students in nearby Greece say they confront a Kafkaesque bureaucracy when trying to obtain legal residence there.

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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.