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A pyrrhic victory for Malaysian parents (We need an education sy
Pemerhati: This decision means that all those entering Standard One now will not have the option to study Maths and Science in English and so Education Minister Muhyiddin Yassin still gets his way, but a little later.
The real problem is with the deterioration of standards in the Malay-medium schools. The selection and promotion of teachers in these schools, like in the rest of the public servi... |
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A pyrrhic victory for Malaysian parents (We need an education sy
Pemerhati: This decision means that all those entering Standard One now will not have the option to study Maths and Science in English and so Education Minister Muhyiddin Yassin still gets his way, but a little later.
The real problem is with the deterioration of standards in the Malay-medium schools. The selection and promotion of teachers in these schools, like in the rest of the public servi... |
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33 Washoe students advance in scholarship competition
Ten students from the Davidson Academy of Nevada were among the 33 Washoe County high school seniors listed as semifinalists for the National Merit Scholarship, awarded each year based on students' performance on standard tests, academic acumen and the recommendations of their educators.
Reno High School was second with seven, followed by Wooster High School with four.
There were 14 semifina... |
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Airtel Gets Award for Role in Educational Development in Nigeria
Leading Telecommunications Services provider, Airtel Nigeria’s active role in the development of education in the country has earned it honour at a Corporate Social Responsibility Awards for Excellence ceremony in Lagos, yesterday, August 18, 2011.
Airtel was honoured for its role in uplifting under-privileged children and partnering government to deliver quality education to young Nigerians, a... |
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Obama Must Push for True Education Reform
With the debt ceiling behind him, President Obama remains saddled with a massive task that may not get as much attention as the economy but is the basis for it: reforming education. Over the past two years, Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan have managed not to offer key leadership in the rewriting of the No Child Left Behind Act, which was proposed by and signed into law by George W. Bu... |
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Board of education will keep paying library
The Kanawha County Board of Education must continue its payments of $235,000 a month to the county's public library system as a legal battle between the two entities continues.
Kanawha Chief Circuit Judge Paul Zakaib on Monday granted a stay of his July 30 order, which said a 1957 legislative mandate requiring Kanawha schools to give money to the public library system was unconstitutional.
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Graduate Students Take the Bullet for Pell Grant
As Pell Grants have been spared in the recent debt deal, it will be the graduate students who will be paying the price.
To pay to keep the Pells, the feds have eliminated the subsidy on federal student loans for graduate students, writes Alex Friedrich at MPR News.
The subsidy is essentially the payment of some of the interest costs. The government pays the 6.8 percent interest rate while th... |
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China's kung fu town to build global martial arts conglomerate
BEIJING: China's kung fu town of Denfeng, where the famed Shaolin Temple is located, has plans to merge all its kung fu schools into a martial arts conglomerate.
The objective is to be able to offer top-class shows and training forinternational market.
According to Wang Songwei, head of the martial arts administration of Dengfeng in Henan province, the authorities will propose merger of smal... |
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US warns Indian students of visa fraud rings
WASHINGTON: US has cautioned Indian students, who are planning to come to America, to be alert to the existence of predatory visa fraudrings and fraudulent document vendors.
The statement gains significance in the wake of raid on yet another US university on the alleged charges of visa fraud.
"We caution them to be alert to the existence of these so-called predatory visa fraud rings and fr... |
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US scholarship for Pakistani students
NEW YORK: The parents of Momina Cheema, a 25-year-old Pakistani student who died in a road accident last month, announced establishment of a scholarship at the University of Virginia School of Law, her alma mater, to honour the memory of their daughter.
The announcement was made by Momina’s parents—Tayeba Zia, a columnist for a daily Pakistani newspaper and Dr. Akhtar Cheema, a medical speciali... |
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