Stories about Education from August, 2006
ArubaGirl: Brain drain
ArubaGirl muses on the annual of exodus of students who leave Aruba to further their studies in the Netherlands and elsewhere: “I do wonder, however, how many of ‘Aruba’s future’ graduate? And of those who graduate, how many come back? And what do they come back to?“
Cambodia: Cheating in the Exams
Vutha in Cambodia looks at the leaking of high school examination papers in Cambodia.
Argentina: School Blogging
Mariano Amartino introduces (ES) the new blog “Escuela Nº 22 D.E.3 (ES): “The ‘official’ blog of a capital city school … Claudia Samat and Alejandra Dodero, instructors at the school, publish articles with the approval of Mrs. María Alejandra Villalba, director or the school, who also participates.”
This Week In Palestinian Blogs: Summer Rain
August 11th saw another weekly non-violent protest in Bil’in take a wrong turn as the Israeli army attacked protesters with rubber bullets and sound grenades as they marched toward the Separation Wall. International Solitary Movement reported fourteen people injured including an Israeli activist. Bethlehem Bloggers has a first hand account...
China: PKU's fake sea turtles
DANWEI sums up the issue of Peking University's attempt to fake the number of sea turtles (Chinese overseas scholar returing back to China) teaching in the University but in fact has nothing to do with the school.
Czech Republic: Fidel Castro's Diploma
Lemuel of Deleted by Tomorrow writes about Fidel Castro's honorary doctorate from a Czech university.
Mexico: Oaxacan Protester Shot Dead
Mark in Mexico has the latest on a new outburst of violence in the Oaxacan teacher protests when a marcher was shot dead on Calle Niños Heroes.
Iran: USA deported Iranian Scientists
We read in Nikahang's blog that US deported visa-holding Iranian scientists on arrival. The blogger says US government funded Iran human rights documentation center can investigate this event [Fa].
Bermuda: Gang activity
Edward Rance analyses the rise of gang activity in Bermuda and suggests some solutions.
Jamaica: Corporal punishment & crime
Francis Wade wonders if the widespread acceptance and practise of corporal punishment in Jamaica might be linked to the country's high crime rate.
Philippines: Second Oldest University in Philippines
Senor Enrique in Philippines looks at one of the oldest universities in Asia – the University of Santo Tomas that first opened in 1611 and started granting degrees in 1624.
China: english teacher
Imagethief responses to the recent article from AP about English teacher in China: “It has always seemed to me that teaching in English was the job of last resort for people who wanted to spend an extended period of time here. “
Brunei: Digital Divide
The blogger at Our Local Style looks at the digital divide in South East Asia.
South Korea: Korea foundation cultural center
K. M. Lawson introduces Korea Foundation’s Cultural Center in frog in a Well.
Singapore: Life in the 80s
Smoot blogs about a article going around Singapore's online space about the life in the 1980s Singapore.
Bhutan: testing English language skills
South Asia Biz reports that a Bhutanese IT company failed to recruit required 80 people because only 39 out of almost 500 applied could pass the recruitment test. The test was mainly concentrated on English language skills. The firm dismissed the candidates' accusation that the test was tough quoting the need of world class standard employees to get a 'medical transcription' outsourcing contract.
India: Blogcamp 2006
Sumankumar's Yak Pad announces that Blogcamp 2006, India's biggest and most comprehensive blog event is going to be held in 9th and 10th September 2006 in the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai.
Singapore: Librarians and Wikipedia
Rambling Librarian in Singapore discusses the use of Wikipedia as a resource by librarians. “Some librarians feel that a resource like Wikipedia should not be cited as part of an answer to a customer (in response to their information enquiry). I'm not saying their concerns have no basis. I'm just...
China: Two tales of a boy's death
On July 16, well-known and outspoken political commentary writer Liao Zusheng's (廖祖笙) son Liao Mengjun (廖梦君) is surreptitiously called from summer vacation back to his school to pick up his junior high graduation certificate and, according to one account, within minutes after arriving is found dead on the pavement next...
Pakistan: Textbook change
Metroblogging Lahore reports that father of the nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah's messages to the nation have been replaced by messages from current President Pervez Musharraf and Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi in almost all the latest editions of books approved and published by the Punjab Textbook Board. The Board chairman said the exclusion of Jinnah's messages was a human error and would be rectified soon.
