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Kazakhstan: Education reform shelved due to economic downturn
Astana’s ambitious plan to add a year to its school curriculum has been postponed indefinitely as lower oil prices and the recession in neighboring Russia batter Kazakhstan’s economy.
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Discrimination keeps Roma pupils down in Albania
Roma are often accused of taking no interest in education – but when they do, Albanian schools are often far from welcoming.
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As another school and shelter in Gaza is bombed, a UN spokesman breaks down in tears in a video interview
Chris Gunness, a United Nations Relief and Works Agency spokesperson broke down in tears while wrapping a TV interview with Al Jazeera Arabic about a lethal attack on a UN school that was sheltering 3,300 Palestinians in Gaza.
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Sexual harassment in UK schools
Sexual bullying in the classroom rarely makes the headlines. But one in three 16-18 year old girls in the UK have experienced unwanted sexual touching at school. What does this tacit acceptance of harassment teach our children?
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Kyrgyzstan’s schools mirror and breed social inequality
As her six-year-old daughter prepares to start school this September, Alina Bilyaletdinova says that sifting through online chat forums and scouring media reports of disgraced school principals has become “a full-time job.”
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