Tag Archive | "Funding"

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Romania: Village Kindergartens Struggle to Survive

Posted on 14 January 2010 by Claudia Ciobanu

Romania’s rural schools are suffering from underfunding, neglect, and the government’s budget priorities.

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Georgia: Whose Facts?

Posted on 16 December 2009 by Olesya Vartanyan

Tbilisi blocks books that teach an Armenia-centric version of history in a border area.

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Armenia: School for Scandal

Posted on 01 December 2009 by Onnik Krikorian

Alleged abuse at an Armenian school for the disabled led to a criminal probe – of the young activist who blew the whistle.

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Kyrgyzstan: A Corrupted Future

Posted on 17 August 2009 by Hamid Toursunof

Observers and even education officials agree that the quality of the Kyrgyz educational system has continued to decline.

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Georgia: Student-Centered Approach

Posted on 25 June 2009 by Tamar Kikacheishvili

Georgia’s ambitious education reforms aim to put students at the center of the learning process.

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Uzbekistan: New Model, Old Problems

Posted on 09 June 2009 by Farruh Yusupov

With the help of substantial foreign aid, Uzbekistan has poured cash into its education sector in recent years, but challenges persist.

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South Africa: A Fateful Decision

Posted on 04 June 2009 by Mbuyisi Mgibisa

As critics assess blame for South Africa’s slumping education system, their fingers most often point at the government’s choice of the OBE system.

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Mongolia: Out in the Cold

Posted on 18 May 2009 by B. Bulgamaa

Despite massive increases in funding, Mongolia still lacks the infrastructure and resources needed to educate its growing student body.

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Georgia: Experiment in Diversity

Posted on 12 May 2009 by Tamar Kikacheishvili

Georgian educators are keen to move forward with inclusive education, but questions remain about funding.

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Kazakhstan: Only the Nimble Survive

Posted on 25 February 2009 by Rafis Abazov

Prosperity fed progress in Kazakhstan’s educational system. Now hard times must spur flexibility.

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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.