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Albanian government expected to push ahead with controversial education reforms
Major changes to Albania’s higher education system are in the works despite protests from students who say their voice has been ignored, Balkan Insight reports. The changes, originally proposed by […]
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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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Tajikistan: Is threat to close Turkish schools linked to extradition attempt?
A network of respected schools in Tajikistan could face closure in a convoluted case that could be linked to the government’s attempts to lay hands on a vocal critic abroad,EurasiaNet.org reports.
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‘Prevent’ in education within Hampshire
Prevent, a counter-terrorism programme, is a success in Portsmouth, where delivery took the significance of identity for young people into account.
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Why reforms to China’s college entrance exam are so revolutionary
China’s Ministry of Education has announced a major reform of the National College Entrance Examination, known as Gaokao.
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Macedonia courts student fury with exam law
Students and university professors have announced more protests after parliament went ahead with adoption of a controversial plan to introduce compulsory external, state-supervised exams for graduates.
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Teachers continue strike over Serbian austerity measures
Serbian teachers intensified protests over job and wage cuts 22 December as parliament began talks on a 2015 draft budget that would further slash the public-sector workforce.
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In between images of the Peshawar attack, a thought about Pakistan’s army public schools
My two-year old daughter looks at me and says, “What happened, Mama?” I can’t get the images of the blood-stained green-and-yellow striped neckties and white uniforms out my mind.
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Kyrgyzstan’s Russian-language teaching getting squeezed out
In November, a Kyrgyz news agency posted a news story in Russian about the falling number of Russian-speaking schoolteachers in Osh, Kyrgyzstan’s second-largest city.
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Russia protests school searches in Lithuania
The Kremlin is expressing ire over recent police raids at Russian-language schools in Lithuania whose students attended a controversial post-Soviet youth camp this summer, TASS reports.
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