Education
- Fri Jul 13 2007
Gender inequality saps gains in basic education: East Asia/Pacific
In East Asia and the Pacific, gender inequalities in basic education are still pervasive. These undermine the success of rising enrolment rates among children, lead to early school drop out, especially of girls, and help to perpetuate poverty.
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Education
- Wed Jul 11 2007
Virtual seminar prepares for major adult learning conference
The 6th International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI) will take place in May 2009 in Brazil. To prepare for this conference, the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE) organized a virtual seminar to discuss the benchmarks to be discussed at CONFITEA.
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Education
- Fri Jun 08 2007
Warm words, little action from G8 says global campaign for education
The Global Campaign for Education (GCE) has issued a guarded welcome to the constructive wording on education offered up in this year's G8 communiqué but is dismayed that yet again these promises aren't backed by enough real and specific funding commitments.
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Education
/Information and Communication Technologies
- Thu Jun 07 2007
E-learning in Africa
Does electronic eLearning threaten to displace the teacher? This question emerged at an international conference held in Nairobi, attended by 1,400 people from 88 countries. The latest in information communication technology (ICT) with a focus on education, training and development was showcased.
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Education
- Fri Jun 01 2007
ICAE academy of lifelong learning (IALLA) 2007
The 3rd edition of the Academy of Lifelong Learning Advocacy that will be held in Montevideo, Uruguay, from September 24 to October 12, 2007 aims to give emerging leaders in adult learning and social movement activists the opportunity to empower themselves and acquire the skills to advocate for and support adult learning for active citizenship.
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Education
- Fri Mar 16 2007
Global action week on education for all
Coordinated by the Global Campaign for Education (GCE) the Global Action Week will this year take place between 23 – 29 April 2007. Teachers' unions take part via their national GCE coalitions which are composed of NGOs and trade unions.
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Education
- Fri Mar 02 2007
Calls to improve post-primary education in Eastern and Southern Africa
Experts and education officials from 20 countries in Eastern and
Southern Africa are calling upon governments and development agencies
to pay greater attention to the large number of children who fail to
proceed to secondary school because of limited opportunities.
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Education
- Thu Feb 15 2007
WSF 2007: Proposal for action on the right to learn
Numerous organizations working on education and other social movements from around the world gathering at the World Social Forum in Nairobi that took place 20 to 25 January 2007 issued the following proposal on the right to learn.
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Education
- Mon Feb 05 2007
War enters the classrooms
The United Nations has indefinitely suspended elementary school classes for tens of thousands of Gaza City's children following a weekend of unprecedented factional violence, which turned this isolated enclave into a war zone and left at least 27 dead and 250 wounded.
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Education
- Fri Jan 19 2007
ICAE World Assembly in the framework of the WSF
From 17 to 19 January, in the framework of the WSF, the ICAE will be holding its 7th World Assembly, "Adults' Right to Learn: Convergence, Solidarity and Action", with the participation of some 200 educators from around the world.
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