Parliament Passes Education Law
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Slovak Parliament approved an Act on Education and Training that was drafted by the Education Ministry with the aim of revamping the school system. The new Act will substitute 20-year-old legislation that was introduced in the former communist Czechoslovakia.
Innovations at schools will be introduced via new curricula as the key element of the reforms. The [...]
Cyber bullying common in Japan school Web sites study
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“There have been many incidents involving such Web sites, but we didn’t really know what exactly was going on out there,” said Tsuyoshi Seno, an education ministry official, giving the reason for conducting the survey.
Online bullying, where hateful messages and pictures are posted on Web sites and abusive e-mails are sent through mobile phones and [...]
Cuban teaching method bears fruit in Grenada
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HAVANA,Cuba (ACN): In the Caribbean island of Grenada, 112 formerly illiterate citizens were the first to learned how to read and write with the Cuban teaching method %26quot;Yo si Puedo%26quot; (Yes, I can). The graduates received their diplomas from the hands of Grenada’s Education Ministry officials and members of the Cuban diplomatic mission to that [...]
Lou Suffers Blackstone#39;s #39;Fat Rabbits#39; in China Fund (Update1)
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Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) — When Lou Jiwei visited Switzerland
one spring weekend in 1993, the Chinese government economist was
so eager to see the inside of a Swiss bank that Credit Suisse
Group opened its Zurich head office on a Sunday to show him
around. [...]
When modern life just doesnt add up
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Ten years ago, a young Labour government commissioned the Moser report on basic skills. Few educational documents have made such an impact. The calculation that 7 million adults in England lacked the knowhow to cope with life in a modern society because they were functionally illiterate or innumerate, was an enormous embarrassment.The shame was magnified [...]
Caribbean symposium on inclusive education to held in Jamaica
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PARIS, France (UNESCO): A UNESCO symposium on inclusive education in the Caribbean is being held in Kingston, Jamaica from 5-7 December 2007. It will allow Member States in the region to focus on reaching out to the excluded and providing equal access to education.
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Jerusalem Shuts Down as Snowfall Hits Israeli Capital (Update1)
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Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) — Public transportation, schools and
most businesses in Jerusalem shut down, leaving the streets empty
of traffic, as the city braced for as much as 20 centimeters (8
inches) of snow.
By [...]
