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Education. Development.
Share of the Week!
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Swaziland: Teachers on Strike as Social Injustice Deepens
Swaziland has recently witnessed an uproar from public sector unionists as a result of an announced pay rise for police officers. Unions such as the Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT) have reacted negatively to t...
Pakistan: Headteacher Killed Following the Murder of Shahnaz Nazli
Following the shooting of Shahnaz Nazli, a 41 year old female school teacher from Pakistan, the international back-lash of condemnation and support seems only to have triggered more attacks. Miss Nazli was murdered as she made ...
Myanmar Partners With U.S. to Rebuild Universities
In what marks the largest U.S. higher education delegation in Myanmar, representatives from nine U.S. universities traveled to the country to develop deeper academic ties and examine potential exchange opportunities. Run by the...
Wake Forest Students Help Children’s Education in Honduras
Students Helping Honduras (SHH), a newly chartered organization at Wake Forest University, plans to help destitute children in Honduras with a basic right: education. SHH is a chapter of a larger national organization begun in ...
USAID and HED Promote Women’s Education in Paraguay
Recently, USAID (U.S. Agency for International Aid) and HED (Higher Education for Development) launched its new Women’s Leadership Program to promote higher education among women in four developing countries, including Paragu...
Fundacion Paraguaya: An Important Step in the Right Direction
Founded in 1985 with a focus on micro-credit and entrepreneurship, Fundacion Paraguaya has today become an important player in the educational scene in Paraguay. Founded after the end of the Paraguayan dictatorship in 1989, Fun...
World Bank Funds Two Nigerian Projects to Improve Education and Employment Opportunities
Recently it was announced that the World Bank will be financing two major projects in Nigeria. They are the Nigeria Youth Employment and Social Support Operation (YESSO), and the Nigeria State Education Program Investment Proje...
Update on Rohingya Muslims’ Fight for Education
Rohingya Muslim students know what it’s like to be isolated, attacked, and denied attendance to school. They know better than to ask why they can’t use the same reading books as Rakhine students or why they’re...
Pakistan: Young Teacher Shot For Attempting to Educate Women
On Tuesday March 26th, Shahnaz Nazli, a 41 year old female teacher at a girls’ school near the town of Jamrud in Peschawar, Pakistan, was shot for wanting to teach girls. Following the shooting of Malala Yousafzai, a 14 yea...
Uganda: UNDP Report Reveals Low Ranking Performance in Human Development
In a new report entitled Human Development 2013, Uganda is ranked 161 out of 182 countries in human development, a position the country has held for the last three years. The report was launched in Kampala, where the United Nat...
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Borobudur, in Central Java, Indonesia, is the largest Buddhist monument in the world. Share of the Week is open content stuff so great and awesome that we can’t keep it to ourselves. Creative Commons Love: Trey Ratcliff on ...
Honduras: The HAVE Foundation Enables Education of Disadvantaged Children
The Agalta Valley, located in the mountains of eastern Honduras, has 50,000 inhabitants whose progress has been limited owing to their remote location. Impoverished, with very few opportunities for quality education and health ...
Update: Malala Yousafzai Returns to School after Shooting
Earlier this week, Malala Yousafzai went back to school at the Edgbaston High School for Girls in the UK. The 15-year old education advocate from Pakistan expressed joy at returning to her studies after the tragic shooting back...
Filipino Students Plan Massive Protest Opposing Hiked Tuition Fees
Student groups at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) plan to hold a massive protest, involving a series of walk-outs and campus strikes, to oppose an administrative proposal to increase tuition fees next year. ...
Putin Wants to Revive Russian Physical Education with Soviet-Era Program
President Vladimir Putin has recently suggested reinstalling a Soviet-style GTO physical education program at schools in Russia. This is in response to the student’s lack of interest in physical activities, while their intere...
Thai Students Receive 24 Points of Compensation
Mathayom 6 (Grade 12) Thai students who recently took the Ordinary National Education Tests (Onet) will receive 24 extra points on the science exam as a result of administrative test errors. Two different versions of the exams ...