Who needs classrooms?
Education in India is woefully deficient, both quantitatively and qualitatively. That is hardly a novel observation. Indeed, it is the reason Pratham, the organization I head, was founded in 1994, with...
View ArticleRoom to Read Uncovers 10 Key Findings on Global Education
By Helping to Educate 10 Million Children Global Nonprofit Learns What It Takes to Succeed SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Room to Read, a global organization focused on...
View ArticleAfghan activist who dressed as boy to defy Taliban calls for more female...
By Emma Batha LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When the Taliban banned girls' education in Afghanistan, six-year-old Shabana Basij-Rasikh started dressing as a boy and for five years risked her...
View ArticleAfghan Activist Who Dressed As Boy To Defy Taliban Still Fighting
When the Taliban banned girls' education in Afghanistan, six-year-old Shabana Basij-Rasikh started dressing as a boy and for five years risked her life to attend a secret school. Today, 14 years on,...
View ArticleAfghan girls struggle to get education 14 years after Taliban ousted
Getty Images Girls were banned from going to school during the Taliban's rule in Afghanistan from 1996-2001. Despite significant progress since then, many girls still miss out on education. Here are...
View ArticleWomen and Toilets. A Tale of Two Worlds.
By: Ranit Mishori and Tanvi Nagpal The scene at the Boston Ballet the other day was not unusual: a long line of women waiting to use the bathroom. Surprisingly, and with the help of a wonderful...
View ArticleMalala Strikes Back: Behind The Scenes Of Her Fearless, Fast-Growing...
Education Without Borders The Malala Fund is dedicated to ensuring that all girls, no matter where they live, can go to school through the 12th grade. 1. Pakistan Sixty-three percent of girls in the...
View ArticleAn ISIS School That Teaches Jihad To Children At Age 3
8:40 AM ET Hannah Bloch Twitter YouTube The Islamic State's activities in Iraq and Syria are well known, but the group is gaining a toehold elsewhere in the world as well. In a chilling new...
View ArticleEducational system in school/academic year 2014-2015 (INS - National...
(Source: INS - National Institute of Statistics) Microsoft Word - sistemul _educational_2014_e.doc No. 294 / November 20th 2015 Field: Health, education, culture SCHOOL POPULATION WAS OF 3,735.6...
View ArticleFaith Communities Are Making a Difference for Global Education
Photo: World Vision Bangladesh By Kevin J. Jenkins, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Vision International Getting vulnerable and poor children into schools that are fit for learning is an...
View ArticleWould love going to Pakistan to promote girl child education: Kareena
Raipur, Nov 21 (IANS) Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor has said that she would love to go to Pakistan to promote the education of the girl child. Asked whether she would ever consider going to Pakistan...
View ArticleAfghan Education Activist Calls for More Female Teachers
Reuters LONDON— When the Taliban banned girls' education in Afghanistan, six-year-old Shabana Basij-Rasikh started dressing as a boy and for five years risked her life to attend a secret school. Today,...
View ArticleGovt Must Commit More Resources Towards Gender-Based Violence
The State needs to commit more resources to the fight gender-based violence to make it a thing of the past. Corporate entities have also been urged to support efforts at ending gender-based violence by...
View ArticleChildren study under open skies as quake rocks education in Pakistan
Ishtiaq Khalid is having a snow day, forced to stay home from his school in the Pakistani district of Shangla due to inclement weather -- but unlike most 12-year-olds, he is not happy about it. Last...
View ArticleNZ lags behind in per-student education spending
New Zealand devotes more of its budget to education than almost all other OECD countries - yet still lags behind in per-student spending, latest figures show. A new study by the OECD, called Education...
View ArticleKareena Kapoor: Would love going to Pakistan to promote girl child education
Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor has said that she would love to go to Pakistan to promote the education of the girl child. READ: Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor presents 31 kids with 'Chhattisgarh...
View ArticleReducing inequalities and financing education remain key challenges (OECD -...
(Source: OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) 24/11/2015 - Governments need to tackle persistent inequalities in education and focus on improving efficiencies in their...
View ArticleAfghan hospital attack: US military personnel suspended after violating rules...
US soldiers and airmen who killed dozens of civilians in a strike on an Afghan hospital violated the rules of engagement and have been suspended as they await disciplinary action, military officials...
View Article‘Gender-based violence in schools affects education’
The 16-day campaign starts from November 25, the day designated by the United Nations General Assembly, on December 17,1999, as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, to...
View ArticleBuilding a University Program in a Refugee Camp
Photo credit: Kepler This is a guest post by Kepler staff: Carrie Ellett, Country Director & Chief of Staff, and Chrystina Russell, Chief Academic Officer. 60 million people. It's a number that's...
View ArticleUN Focuses on Global Effort to End Violence Against Women
VOA News While a United Nations report last month announced that worldwide advances mean women are living longer, healthier lives with better education, for the next 16 days the organization will be...
View ArticleFacts and Figures (UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development)
(Source: UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) The 1 : Transforming rural economies The LDCs and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) • The 'global consumption floor' (the...
View ArticleOn Gender, Violence, and the Right to Education
Children and youth of all genders have a right to inclusive, quality education--the foundation to improving people's lives. Yet an estimated . And with 1 in 3 women experiencing physical and/or sexual...
View ArticleDistrict Information System for Education data : 37.27% teachers in state’s...
AN estimated 37.27 per cent teachers at primary and upper-primary levels in Maharashtra are not even graduates, according to the 2014-15 data of the District Information System for Education (DISE) for...
View ArticleSurging tides of inequality
In much of the world, the accident of where a person is born continues to determine her life chances, education and wealth. Even It Up, a recent significant report by Oxfam, marshals worrying evidence...
View ArticleThe importance of education in addressing violence against women and girls...
(Source: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Australian Government) Gender-based violence is a major barrier to reducing poverty and enabling people to participate productively and meaningfully...
View ArticleRecord number of pupils in 'good' or 'outstanding' schools (UK Department for...
(Source: UK Department for Education) Education Secretary Nicky Morgan today (1 December 2015) thanked teachers for driving forward the government's vital educational reforms after figures published by...
View ArticleNorth-South divide: Children in North and Midlands 'less likely to get a good...
Children living in the North and Midlands are significantly less likely to get a good secondary education because of a shortage of good teachers and a lack of political will to improve standards, the...
View ArticleCode Club gets $1 million birthday present
On the eve of its first birthday, an Australian organisation that improves school-aged children's digital literacy has received a $1 million present from the federal government and the Telstra...
View ArticleOfsted chief highlights 'growing North/South divide' in secondary schools
A lack of political will is leading to a "growing divide" in performance between schools in the North and South of England, the head of Ofsted has warned. Sir Michael Wilshaw said secondary schools in...
View ArticleLack of political will holding back improvement says Ofsted chief
A lack of political will is holding back improvement in schools in the worst performing areas of the country, the head of Ofsted will suggest today. Sir Michael Wilshaw will describe the high...
View ArticleGIS 50th Anniversary (SGS SA)
(Source: SGS SA) This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of our service to the public sector. Over the past five decades, we have been proudly providing governments, institutions and NGOs with a...
View ArticleUse 'golden handcuffs' to keep teachers in state schools, says Ofsted chief
Sir Michael Wilshaw calls for urgent action, including financial incentives, over teacher shortages and highlights north-south divide in English secondaries...
View ArticleOfsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw warns 'educational division' must be tackled
The extent to which under-performing secondary schools are concentrated in particular parts of the country is deeply troubling, the head of Ofsted has warned, and is leading to "nothing short of a...
View ArticleA nation divided (Ofsted – the Office for Standards in Education, Children's...
(Source: Ofsted – the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills) England is 'a nation divided at the age of 11' Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw said today,...
View ArticleHouse Set To Vote On Education Overhaul
11:18 AM ET Claudio Sanchez Anya Kamenetz Facebook Twitter i House Speaker Paul Ryan leaves a meeting of the House Republican conference at the U.S. Capitol. The House of Representatives is expected to...
View ArticlePM Opens $25M Classroom Block at McIntosh Memorial Primary during School Tour...
(Source: Office of the Prime Minister of Jamaica) Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller officially opened a new classroom block built at a cost of $25 Million at the McIntosh Memorial Primary School in...
View ArticleOfsted head warns of 'divided nation' over secondary school standards
The extent to which under-performing secondary schools are concentrated in particular parts of the country is deeply troubling, the head of Ofsted has warned, and is leading to "nothing short of a...
View ArticleDeputy Minister Enver Surty: Official Handover of the Voorspoed Primary...
(Source: South Africa Government) Speech Delivered by the Deputy Minister of Basic Education, the Honourable Mr Enver Surty, MP, at the Official Handover of the Voorspoed Primary School in the Western...
View ArticlePepsiCo launches 'PepsiCo Nutrition InAction' program in China
Cooperates with China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation in improving nutritional and health status of students in poverty-stricken areas Joins hand with Chinese Nutrition Society in imparting...
View ArticleSignificant Progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals...
(Source: Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Republic of India) Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Human Resource Development 03-December-2015 16:56 IST Significant...
View ArticlePTI ‘white paper’ focuses on education
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Punjab organiser Chaudhry Sarwar on Wednesday issued a “white paper” on Punjab government’s “poor performance” in the education sector emphasizing that the education...
View ArticleMost Significant Change Stories: Mapping innovative programmes to advance...
(Source: African Development Bank Group) The Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) are collaborating to launch a...
View ArticleSurvey: Afghans’ optimism fading
KABUL, Afghanistan — Escalating violence and corruption have driven optimism and hope among Afghans to the lowest level in a decade, the Asia Foundation said in a survey published Tuesday. For the...
View ArticleGovernment poised to rule out compulsory sex education for five-year-olds
The Government is poised to rule out the compulsory teaching of sex and relationship education to children as young as five in the New...
View ArticleSharp Increase of Deadly Attacks Overshadows Gains in Human Rights,...
(Source: United Nations General Assembly) Gains made in the areas of human rights and development contrasted sharply with the volatile and deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan, the General...
View ArticleAngelina Jolie to donate ‘The Breadwinner’ film profits to educating Afghan...
The American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian, Angelina will donate all the proceeds from her work on the film ‘The Breadwinner’ to the education of Afghan girls. Angelina has visited Afghanistan...
View ArticleAt more than 69,000, number of students in 2014 remained at par with previous...
Students in formal education during academic year 2013/2014 amounted to 69,531 and remained at par with previous year levels. Overall, male students slightly exceeded female students. State run...
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