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AFRICA
KENYA
Cabinet Gives Nod to Caning
The Nation on All Africa, 4 August
NIGERIA
Nigeria: Why Education Programmes Fail
This Day on All Africa, 5 August
Poor Science, Tech Education, Bane of Country's
Devt, Says Okonjo-Iweala
Vanguard on All Africa, 6 August
MADAGASCAR
La réforme scolaire reste à rédiger
L'Express, 4 Août
SENEGAL
Les langues nationales aident au meilleur
apprentissage des enfants, selon une enseignante
APS, 6 Août
Près de 30 ans après la première tentative,
l'enseignement des langues nationales reste à l'état
expérimental
APS, 6 Août
SIERRA LEONE
Non-Formal Education's Stance
Concord Times on All Africa, 4 August
UGANDA
HIV Crippling Education Sector
st
New Vision on All Africa, 1 August
ASIA & THE PACIFIC CONTD.
PHILIPPINES
Poverty, hunger prevent Filipino kids from getting
basic education
GMA news.tv, 4 August
EUROPE & NORTH AMERICA
UK
What is the future for schools?
BBC, 1 August
Education: Sats results show fall in pupils with top
grades amid fear that schools are teaching to the test
The Guardian, 6 August
LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN
CHILE
El mito de la LGE
PiensaChile, 6 de Agosto
GUATEMALA
Relator señala deficiencias en educación indígena en
Guatemala
Prensa Latina, 28 de Julio
MEXICO
Detecta estudio oficial bajos niveles de
aprovechamiento en tercero de prescolar
La Jornada, 6 de Agosto
NICARAGUA
Nicaragua se compromete impartir educación sexual
El Nuevo Diario, 5 de Agosto
ARAB COUNTRIES
KUWAIT
Damning report published on Kuwait school system
ArabianBusiness.com, 5 August
REPORTS
FRANCE
Rapport sur le développement de l’offre d’accueil de
la petite enfance
Michèle Tabarot pour le Premier ministre, Juillet 2008
LEBANON
Bahia Hariri says new Cabinet statement prioritizes
education
The Daily Star, 6 August
USA
Given Half a Chance: The Schott 50 State Report on
Public Education and Black Males
The Schott Foundation for Public Education, 2008
ASIA & THE PACIFIC
BANGLADESH
Language helps to attain intellectual maturity
The New Nation, 1 August
No Common Denominator: The Preparation of
Elementary Teachers in Mathematics
National Council on Teacher Quality, June 2008
CHINA
FACTBOX: Education in China
Xinhuanet, 7 August
INDIA
National Consultation on Right to Education and
Child Labour
Indlaw.com, 6 August
OTHER
Are Schools Instruments of Change?
Commonwealth News, 6 August
"Main basse sur l’école publique"
Muriel Fitoussi, Eddy Khaldi, 2008
Résumé du livre
OTHER CONTD.
The Right to Education: Monitoring standard-setting
instruments of UNESCO
UNESCO, 2008
Learning to Live Together: An Intercultural and
Interfaith Programme for Ethics Education
Arigatou Foundation, UNESCO, UNICEF. 2008
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