Kareena 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 ArticleBullying in school plummets (UK Department for Education)
(Source: UK Department for Education) Bullying and violence in English schools has plummeted in the last decade, a major new study has revealed. The landmark study involving more than 10,000 secondary...
View ArticleRGI releases Census 2011 data on literacy, workers and educational levels...
(Source: Ministry of Home Affairs of the Republic of India) The Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India released data of Census 2011 on Highest Educational Level Attained among population...
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 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 ArticleFEATURE: For Afghan women, driving brings fear, freedom
Since Rokhsar Azamee began driving on the streets of Kabul last year, she has endured condescension, ridicule and even threats to her life, with some men deliberately causing “accidents” to harass her....
View ArticleDonating books to tackle child poverty (The City of Edinburgh Council)
(Source: The City of Edinburgh Council) Donating children's books to be distributed in the run up to Christmas is the latest phase of the City of Edinburgh Council's pioneering child poverty campaign....
View ArticleLancashire Secondary Heads conference (Ofsted – the Office for Standards in...
(Source: Ofsted – the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills) I would like to start by thanking you for inviting me to speak today. Also, it was a joy and privilege to visit...
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...
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 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 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...
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