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Shaken by court ruling, Romanian church comes roaring back
With the public firmly on the side of teaching religion in school, the debate shifts to the rights of non-Orthodox students.
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Teaching orthodoxy in Russian schools
Orthodox ideology is being rushed into the Russian school curriculum – in the interests of nationalism.
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Lessons for Israel on how shared education can bridge divided communities
Israel is a deeply divided society, a fact reinforced by separate schools for Jews, Arabs and Christians. In 1984, the Hand-in-Hand movement began working to build peace via a network of integrated, bilingual schools for Arab and Jewish children in Israel, but in recent days their bilingual Max Rayne school in Jerusalem has been the target of an arson attack.
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The urgency of reforming madrasa education in Myanmar
The Muslim minority of Myanmar faces exclusion caused by discriminatory policy and a separate school system. A reform of the Islamic schools (madrasas) is urgently needed.
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Even extremists have a right to freedom of speech on campus
There may well be an outcry from student unions and lecturers’ organisations against proposals in a new counter-terrorism bill from home secretary Theresa May for a new statutory duty on universities and colleges to “prevent individuals being drawn into terrorism”.
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Pakistan warns universities not to question government following model UN controversy over Israeli booth
Uproar over a booth showcasing Israeli culture as part of a university Model United Nations event in Pakistan has prompted the country’s higher education authority to warn universities not to challenge “the perspective of the government.”
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Bosnian court strikes down separate-but-equal schools
The high court of one of Bosnia’s ethnically determined regions has overturned the “two schools under one roof” system that separated Bosniak and Croatian students studying in the same school.
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Catholics First?
A right-wing fringe blogger ignites debate in Poland over the role of personal religious faith in public education.
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Tajiks flock to Russian-language schools
EurasiaNet.org reports on the rising popularity of Russian-language schools in Tajikistan.
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In Georgia, outcry over desecration of Muslim school
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has condemned the nailing of a pig’s head to the door of a planned Islamic school.
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