Stories about Education from May, 2011
Video: Budding Young Scientists in India, Singapore and South Africa
The Google Science Fair project semi finalist listings are up. Although it was open to teens between 13 and 18 years from all over the world, it is interesting to note that the United States, Singapore and India take the majority of spots amongst the 60 selected semi finalists, which also includes entries from New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom and Canada. Find out some of the shortlisted projects.
Bahamas: Education Failure
Weblog Bahamas‘ Rick Lowe thinks “it's time for the teachers and administrators of the public school system to stand up and be counted for the failure of the educational system.”
Singapore: Museum website features interactive games
The website of Singapore's National Art Gallery features interactive games and other educational resources to teach children and the general public about art.
Azerbaijan: Clashes during hijab ban protest
Tamada Tales comments on reports that a protest held to oppose a ban on the hijab in schools today ended in clashes with police. The blog notes the official line that the demonstration outside the country's Ministry of Education was dispersed in an orderly fashion by police is not borne...
Bermuda: Paying for Past Policies
“The Bermuda Government should be sitting on several hundred million dollars of surpluses…instead we're incurring expensive debt which could take more than 10 years to retire”: Bermudian bloggers think the economic and social forecast looks grim.
Indonesia: National Education Day
Multibrand blogs about the decline of Indonesian education during the National Education Day celebration last May 2.
Trinidad & Tobago: Knowledge-Based Region
Gerard Best suggests that “the Trinidad and Tobago media [must] go beyond the discussion of Press Freedom and begin to re-examine its role in advancing the development of this small, complex and culturally rich society.”
Cuba: Indoctrination of Children
Without Evasion says that by teaching ideological doctrine to children, “we thus prolong…the saga of slavery of thought, of pretense, and of corruption of spirit of which we were victims, and which we so condemn.”
