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Georgia: No Room For Sex Education

Posted on 09 November 2009 by Tamar Kikacheishvili

Sex education remains outside the curriculum in Georgian schools.

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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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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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Bulgaria: Education on Strike, Education at Stake

Posted on 18 February 2009 by Tanya Obushtarova

Massive teachers’ strikes in the fall of 2007 forced the government to hasten reforms, but stopped short of fixing the Bulgarian education system.

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Russia: Two Times Two Makes One

Posted on 12 February 2009 by Natalia Lazareva

Moscow’s universities finally have a rival: federal universities.

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OSI-ESP News September-October 2008

Posted on 31 October 2008 by OSI-ESP

Project updates and education news from our partners at the Open Society Institute’s Education Support Program.

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Kosovo: Blind Children to Attend Regular Schools

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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Kyrgyzstan: Growing a Kindergarten

Posted on 22 October 2008 by Chalkboard

Elderly people helped start a preschool in a Kyrgyz village where most adults are working abroad.

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Russia: New Approaches for a New Generation

Posted on 18 October 2008 by Evgeniya Konovalova

Two teachers at a Krasnodar secondary school toss the textbooks out of their classrooms.

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Kazakhstan: Short on Funds, Not Ambition

Posted on 12 August 2008 by Adil Nurmakov

Recent increases in state spending on education are not translating into higher standards in the classroom.

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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.