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Serbian academic scandals fuel plan to check government officials’ diplomas
Serbia’s Education Ministry is pushing for authority to check the authenticity of future government officials’ claimed academic credentials, Balkan Insight reports.
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LASU students reject 60% slash in fees
Students of the Lagos State University (LASU) have rejected the 60 per cent reduction in school fees offered by the state government on Wednesday.
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Video: Why some students migrate to beat China’s “unfair” university entrance exam
It’s time once again for the gaokao. Every June since 1978, millions of young people throughout China have taken the notoriously difficult Chinese National Higher Education Entrance Examination with hopes of going on to university and moving up what is seen as one of the country’s fairest social ladders. Students prep for hours upon hours, pulling grueling all-nighters. Parents do what they can, some in more unique ways than others.
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Uzbek-language education declines in Tajikistan
Ethnic Uzbeks living in western Tajikistan say opportunities to be taught in their own language have been dramatically curtailed.
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Kyrgyz migrants’ children left behind
Bubusaira Samatova’s day starts at seven in the morning when she gets her granddaughter Aysalkyn ready for school.
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Web portal on teacher migration
Moving abroad to teach can be a complicated and uncertain process, full of cultural adjustments, visa challenges, and for some seeking a better way of life, can involve the violation of their rights.
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Trojan Horse – conjuring the slave, the witch and the grand inquisitor
Stories of allegations of the Islamification and radicalisation in Muslim-majority schools in Birmingham play on classic Islamophobic tropes.
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You can’t bounce off the walls if there are no walls: outdoor schools make children happier and smarter
New approaches to kindergarten offer children a potentially transformative experience of education in nature – an antidote to rote-learning and a much better preparation for an integrated life.
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Sudanese university students demand a campus free of violence
In a courageous and unique act of collective action, students at the University of Khartoum in Sudan have gone on strike to protest the killing of a fellow student; demanding justice and a campus free of violence. Will their demands be met?
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Why we should all be alarmed about our new university “businesses” and their enforcers
As has become clear, the universities are colluding with police and even the unions to clamp down on student protest and workers’ demands. There is a common strand that links these elements, and the overall picture is deeply alarming.
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