ONLINE ALERT 14 NOVEMBER 2008 NEWS ARTICLES ProQuest

ONLINE ALERT 14 NOVEMBER 2008
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AFRICA
CAMEROON
Cameroun-éducation de base: La fin des
redoublements
Camer.be, 11 Novembre
GABON
Le gouvernement menace de suspendre les salaires
des enseignants grévistes
Afrik.com, 12 Novembre
KENYA
Drought forcing children to quit school
IRIN, 12 November
MADAGASCAR
Les écoles privées à pied d'égalité
L'Express, 13 Novembre
NIGER
Niger : toutes les filles à l'école
PopulationData.net, 8 Novembre
NIGERIA
National Academy brainstorms on quality education
delivery
Vanguard, 13 November
SOUTH AFRICA
School kids reject African languages
The Times, 8 November
ARAB COUNTRIES
IRAQ
Shiite Leaders Demand Changes to Iraqi School
Curriculum
Asharq Alawsat, 13 November
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Public schools' top officials in Abu Dhabi to be
assessed
GulfNews, 7 November
YEMEN
Education hit by floods
IRIN, 12 November
ASIA & THE PACIFIC
INDIA
CM decides to branch school education
Times of India, 10 November
Punishment for failing to send child to school
Times of India, 10 November
ASIA & THE PACIFIC CONTD.
INDONESIA
Creating green generation through education
The Jakarta Post, 9 November (ProQuest)
JAPAN
Union advises teachers to skip English-education
seminars
Daily Yomiuri, 9 November
Primary school English education
LAO PDR
Harnessing education to reduce poverty
Bangkok Post, 11 November
Laos seeks to raise its world standing by embracing education
programmes that reduce local poverty
PHILLIPPINES
Arroyo wants first aid included in school curriculum
GMA news.tv, 11 November
EUROPE & NORTH AMERICA
CYPRUS
Archbishop tells minister to ‘get serious’ on history
books
Cyprus Mail, (no date)
CZECH REPUBLIC
Study: Czech Roma still segregated at school
Aktuálně.cz, 13 November
IRELAND
Irish pupils bottom of the Euro class for languages
Independent, 11 November
SPAIN
Nace el cuatripartito educativo
El País, 13 de Noviembre
SWITZERLAND
Zurich sera l'arbitre du «super dimanche» de
l'harmonisation scolaire en Suisse
Le Temps, 10 Novembre
LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN
ARGENTINA
La educación inclusiva, una materia pendiente en las
escuelas del país
La Mañana Neuquén, 9 de Noviembre
Organizaciones de la sociedad civil exigen educación
sexual
Noti Fe, 13 de Noviembre
LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN CONTD.
MEXICO
No debió hacerse una reforma educativa fast track;
es un proceso que compete a todos: INEE
La Jornada, 9 de Noviembre
Minimiza la OCDE el conflicto magisterial
Excélsior, 13 November
“Insuficiente”, avance del país en educación
La Jornada, 13 de Noviembre
PERU
UNESCO reconoce y premia al programa del
Ministerio de Educación “Una laptop por niño”
Agencia Orbita, 14 de Noviembre
VENEZUELA
Unesco proyecta a Venezuela como país con mayor
índice de escolarización en América Latina
ABN, 12 de Noviembre
REPORTS
AUSTRALIA
How Much of the Variation in Literacy and Numeracy
can be Explained by School Performance?
Leigh, A. and Thompson, H. Australian Treasury
2008
Indigenous Early Learning and Care
Hutchins, T. et al. Australian Research Alliance for
Children & Youth, 2008
EASTERN EUROPE
The Impact of Legislation and Policies on School
Segregation of Romani Children
European Roma Rights Centre, February 2007
INTERNATIONAL
The Global Gender Gap Report 2008
WEF, 12 November
NEW ZEALAND
Curriculum Changes, Priorities, and Issues: Findings
from the NZCER Secondary 2006 and Primary 2007
National Surveys
Schagen, S. and Hipkins, R. New Zealand Council for
Educational Research, 2008
UK
Good Practice in Re-engaging Disaffected and
Reluctant Students in Secondary Schools
Ofsted. 2008
Harnessing Technology Review 2008: The role of
technology and its impact on education: Full report
Becta, November 2008
OTHER
GLOBAL: Emergency education gains ground
IRIN, 14 November 2008
MONDE: Le G20 « doit tenir ses engagements en
matière d’aide »
IRIN, 14 Novembre
Consulta a países de Latinoamérica sobre
necesidades educativas especiales
UNESCO, SIRNEE, Diciembre 2007
Courtesy of the IBE Documentation Centre