Stories about Education from May, 2007
Kyrgyzstan: Booking an Exam Seat
Tolkun Umaraliev reports that he must pay a bribe to have any hope of receiving top marks on an upcoming university exam.
Congolese Youth Organization Takes President Joseph Kabila to Task
Kakaluigi posts an open letter (Fr) from COJESKI, an umbrella of Congolese youth organizations, demanding President Joseph Kabila: end the incursions and occupations of Congolese villages by foreign troops from...
Kazakhstan: Educational Reform
KZBlog reports on reforms in Kazakhstan's higher education system, noting that there is an apparent lack of emphasis on some major components of any stellar education system.
Touring Libyan Blogs: Bloggers meet, traffic chaos, activism, corporal punishment at schools and more
The Libyan blogosphere is getting stronger - and bolder - with more bloggers putting a face to their names online. Fozia Mohamed sheds light on the phenomena and updates us about the dangers of driving in Libya, the 'shameful' public services and the antics of the Falga.
Iran:Babak Zamanian, a Student Activist in Danger
According to Inja va Aknoun[Fa],Babak Zamanian,a student activist from Amir Kabir University in Tehran,is in danger in prison. He was arrested about three weeks ago and he has heart problems.
Peru: Just Say No! to the OLPC
The Peruvian Minister of Education, José Antonio Chang, recently announced that Peru would participate in the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. With only a model of the XO in...
Israel: Brits Banning Israeli Universities, Professors and Students
“The Brits are at it again. (Like they’ve ever stopped). So British academics are again putting together a boycott of Israeli universities, Israeli professors, and Israeli students. Four Israeli academics...
Haiti, DR, Trinidad & Tobago: HIV in the Caribbean
“AIDS is a human disaster that we can no longer ignore, especially when it's in the backyard of the wealthiest country in the world,” writes Chris Hamilton, who traveled to...
China: Xiamen University
Rosu writes about a recent signature campaign by experts and professors in Xiamen university to stop a grand polluted project in Xiamen. Even though it is yet to know the...
Kyrgyzstan: Exams and Corruption
Tolkun Umaraliev says that one of the worst parts of taking exams at his university in Kyrgyzstan is knowing that despite all his hard studying to earn good grades, others...
Myanmar: Financial Difficulties for Studying Medicine
Blogger Phoe Htaung is organizing the financial support for Mg Aung Myin who came from a poor family and having a financial difficulties studying Medical Science. He is currently a...
Poland: Fear of “Homoagitacja”
The beatroot writes about yet another form of homophobia in Poland: fear of “homoagitacja.”
Russia: Cars ABC
The Turkish Invasion reproduces a hilarious Russian ABC (in Russian) and writes: “It is now a fact that there are more foreign automobiles on Moscow roads than Lada…no wonder why...
Syria: Term-end Exams Are Postponed for “Spontaneous” Celebrations
The Ministry of Education in Syria has apparently decided to postpone the exams that happen to coincide with the celebrations of the next presidential referendum. So that the students can...
More on Representation in Morocco
“Sometimes, a scarf is just a scarf, it's not a symbol for a country,” says Laila Lalami, recounting a reading she recently did of her book, Hope and Other Dangerous...
St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Child Sexual Abuse
Referring to reports from the WHO, Abeni contemplates the push factors for the sexual abuse of children in the Caribbean: “How do parents protect children from their own relatives and...
Teachers’ Day in Korea (2)
Different perspective about Teachers’ Day in Korea, to add to the longer post on the left side. An English teacher in Korea shared her joyful experience of Teachers’ Day and...
Hong Kong: I am CU person
YIN blogs about her feelings of being a Chinese University graduate [zh] in the midst of the student press erotic page scandal: for 10 years I have been studying and...
Korea: Teachers’ Day, the heaviest burden?
“What anniversary imposed the heaviest burden on you?” This was the topic of a poll at a discussion section of a portal site in Korea on Parents Day. Guess what?...
China: Learning from teaching
Onemanbandwidth shared with the readers what he learnt from his teaching in China.
Cambodia: Young People and Information Technology
Vutha comments on some of the issues that are holding back Cambodia's youth- the high cost of internet access and lack of work opportunities after they graduate.
