Five Private Schools in Liberia Benefit from $25,000 Loan

UNICEF Working To Help Half a Million Children Return To School in Mali

The government of Mali and UNICEF are gearing up to try to place half a million children, whose lives have been disrupted by the conflict in the north, flooding and a nutrition crisis, in school. About 9,000 teachers will recei...

by Nina Thurau

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Teachers’ Strike in Paraguay Continues In Spite of Ministerial Order

The four week long strike of Paraguayan teachers who have been demanding higher salaries continues despite the official rejection of their demands by the Ministry of Education. Teachers also continue to gather, in spite of an ...

by Nina Thurau

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Students Threaten To Shut Down Private University Activities in Nigeria

Nigerian university students have united under the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and have protested in the streets of Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State’s capital, demanding that the federal government yield to the...

by Nina Thurau

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Tufts University To Distribute E-Library To African Universities

The Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University is distributing a free electronic social science library to 53 universities across Africa, demonstrating the university’s commitment to the UN Decade of Sus...

by Nina Thurau

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Schools Open In Zimbabwe In Spite Of Teacher Shortage

Schools opened across Zimbabwe in the face of a severe teacher shortage. A government directive issued by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) ordered a freeze on the recruitment of new public sector workers, including temporary ...

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College Entrance Rate On the Rise in Turkmenistan

The 27,426 high school graduates taking college entrance exams in Turkmenistan are competing for only 6,100 available spots in the country’s 18 universities. As limited as the spots are, according to the Ministry of Educa...

by Nina Thurau

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Presidential Candidate Proposes Elimination of Test Requirement in Costa Rica

The Presidential candidate of Costa Rica’s National Liberation Party, Johnny Araya, has written a controversial plan that would eliminate the bachillerato test requirement for high school students who do not plan on pursuing ...

by Nina Thurau

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Brazilian Oil Royalties To Be Spent on Education

Last week Brazil passed the Oil Royalties Bill, deemed by President Dilma Rousseff to be a “historic victory.” The bill will go into effect next year, designating 75 percent of drilling royalties to education and the remain...

by Nina Thurau

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Thousands of Students Fail Entrance Exams in Liberia

After more than 24,000 students sat for entrance and placement exams for the University of Liberia, it has been disclosed by the university that no student passed. The passing scores for the undergraduate entrance exams, which ...

by Nina Thurau

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UNICEF Working To Help Half a Million Children Return To School in Mali

Teachers’ Strike in Paraguay Continues In Spite of Ministerial Order

Students Threaten To Shut Down Private University Activities in Nigeria

Tufts University To Distribute E-Library To African Universities

Schools Open In Zimbabwe In Spite Of Teacher Shortage

College Entrance Rate On the Rise in Turkmenistan

Presidential Candidate Proposes Elimination of Test Requirement in Costa Rica

Brazilian Oil Royalties To Be Spent on Education

Thousands of Students Fail Entrance Exams in Liberia

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