N°247 56 Percent Illiterate Population Targeted The New Dawn, 2

ONLINE ALERT
N °247
8 NOVEMBER 2011
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AFRICA
LIBERIA
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC CONTD.
TAJIKISTAN
56 Percent Illiterate Population Targeted
The New Dawn, 2 November
Tajikistan’s madrassas to follow uniform curriculum
NAMIBIA
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
IRELAND
Institute for Open Learning Upgrades Its Teachers'
Course
New Era, 1 November
NIGERIA
National Commission for Education Quality Underway
Leadership, 4 November
SENEGAL
Formation des professeurs à l'université de SaintLouis: L’Ugb de Saint-Louis introduit l’enseignement
scientifique
Sudquotidien, 5 novembre
ZIMBABWE
Thousands of Girls Forced Out of Education
IRIN, 7 November
ARAB STATES
QATAR
WISE Doha 2011 Nov 1-3: Political will key to
education reforms
Peninsula, 3 November
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Central Asia One, 7 November
Quinn supports proposal to abolish Junior Certificate
Irish Times, 4 November
"address...“curriculum overload, and rote learning”, ... also
provide for “greater creativity and innovation…”
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
USA
Improving Success in Developmental Mathematics: An
Interview with Paul Nolting
Hunter R Boylan. Journal of Developmental Education.
Spring 2011. V. 34 (ProQuest)
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
LATIN AMERICA
La mitad de los niños latinos sufre acoso escolar
Yucatan, 6 de noviembre
BOLIVIA
Declararán 2012 año de la Educación Plurinacional en
Bolivia
Prensa Latina, 7 de noviembre
CHILE
The UAE's history lesson
The National, 8 November
Chile ocupa ultimos lugares en ranking de
competitividad por calidad de educacion
La Nacion, 7 de noviembre
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
INDIA
REPORTS
INTERNATIONAL
Inclusive education on the rise
The Hindu, 3 November
Hyderabad:"... steady increase in the number of disabled children
attending regular schools in State."
Human Development Report
UNDP, November 2011
New curriculum for students from next yr
Hindustan Times, 5 November
SINGAPORE
MOE unveils toolkit for teaching character
development
Straits Times, 8 November
Clearer vision, structure for Special Education schools
Straits Times, 2 November
"A draft framework will be introduced to all 20 special education
schools at the end of November"
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