Stories about Education from September, 2012
Hong Kong: TV Station Claims London, Washington Behind Anti-National Education Protest
One of the two free terrestrial television stations in Hong Kong, Asia T.V, propagated that the anti-national education in Hong Kong is manipulated by foreign power from London and Washington to destroy Hong Kong. (More details in Badcanto)
Jamaica: For Every Child, a Laptop
Active Voice reports that the “One Laptop per Child” project has come to Jamaica.
Civil Service Under Pressure in Francophone Africa
Civil servants in Francophone Africa are coming under increasing pressure to do more with less. The Windhoek Declaration revealed the overdue recognition of the crucial impact of the public administration on growth and redistribution of wealth in Africa. The structural adjustment programmes of the 1980's led to a reduction in the number of civil servants, leading to the current strained situation
United States: A Visit to Remember “El Barrio”
Andrew Padilla, a young Puerto Rican born and raised in El Barrio, New York, has decided to delve into his community in a very creative way. By launching a blog and a documentary, “El Barrio Tours”, Padilla explores the impact of “gentrification” in one of Manhattan's most prominent cultural axis.
Hong Kong: National Education Program Prompts Hunger Strike, Sit-In
Activists have been campaigning against the controversial National Educational program due to be phased into Hong Kong schools, holding hunger strikes and an overnight sit-in.
Hong Kong: Students’ Patriotic Record
Although the Hong Kong government claimed that it is not mandatory for elementary schools to adopt national education in the next three years, a teacher exposed that the Hong Kong Education Bureau requires teachers to file record on students’ activities related with national education. More from the Dictionary of politically...
Africa: Children Film Education and Jobs
Our Africa is a project which lets children across Africa film education and jobs in their countries the way they see them.
