Even the government admits that the South African educational system is beset by problems, as a minister calls many of the country’s schools “dysfunctional”.

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.

Russian soon-to-be-graduates are anxiously preparing for the new standardized Unified State Examination (USE).

Macedonia’s elections won’t likely usher in changes to the country’s troubled education system.

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

A government pilot project allows parents to monitor their children’s academic progress electronically.

A new program aims to integrate blind students into mainstream schools in Kosovo.

Politicized reforms and a lack of communication between the government and the public have waylaid plans to fix the ailing Macedonian education system.

Russian still dominates higher education but is slowly disappearing from Kyrgyz schoolrooms.