IPS Inter Press Service - EducationIPS, civil society's leading news agency, is an independent voice from the South and for development, delving into globalisation for the stories underneath.CANADA: Apology Must Be Backed By Action, Native Leaders Say- (Found June 19, 2008 ) UNITED NATIONS, Jun 17 (IPS) - In a long-sought acknowledgement of the federal government's role in creating Canada's racist residential school system as part of its cultural assimilation policies, Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivered a formal apology to Canadian First Nations in the House of Commons in Ottawa last week.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42834 EDUCATION-KENYA: Students Pour In, Teachers Drain Away- (Found June 19, 2008 ) NAIROBI, Jun 5 (IPS) - Six hundred teachers have left classrooms in Kenyan schools for better paying jobs elsewhere in just the past six months, according to the Head Teachers Association and the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT). That is about three teachers leaving the service every day.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42667 POLITICS: U.S. Urged to Push Israel Harder on Gaza Students- (Found June 19, 2008 ) WASHINGTON, Jun 4 (IPS) - While seven Palestinian Fulbright scholars now appear more likely to get their chance to study in the United States, hundreds of other university students who have received invitations to study abroad remain trapped at home by Israeli security restrictions, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW) and two national academic associations.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42669 RUSSIA: The Siberian Giant Is Waking Up- (Found June 19, 2008 ) TOMSK, Siberia, Jun 5 (IPS) - Ludmila Nikolovna, an ethnic Russian from Moldova, has no misgivings about her decision to come and study economics at Tomsk State University, even though she had to leave her two-month old daughter with her grandparents in Moscow.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42671 PAKISTAN: School Bombings Force Girls to Drop Out- (Found June 19, 2008 ) PESHAWAR, Jun 6 (IPS) - "I am disappointed about quitting school, but my parents want me to stay at home," says Sumaira Begum, a student of class 8 at the Government High School Mardan in Pakistans North West Frontier Province (NWFP). "On Mar. 20, my school was bombed after which nearly 100 girls including I stopped attending."http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42679 EDUCATION-ASIA: Girls Should Go to School, Stay There- (Found June 19, 2008 ) KATHMANDU, Jun 12 (IPS) - It is not enough that girls go to school -- they must also remain in school and complete their education, a goal that educators, policymakers and communities all need to brush up on.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42757 ECONOMY-AFRICA: HIVAIDS Reduces Childrens Education Chances- (Found June 19, 2008 ) CAPE TOWN, Jun 12 (IPS) - Children who live in communities with an HIV prevalence rate of 10 percent or more have half a year of schooling less than children in other communities.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42763 NEPAL: Gender Inequality in Education Has Deep Roots- (Found June 19, 2008 ) KATHMANDU, Jun 13 (IPS) - A shortage of female teachers, lack of proper training, inadequate delivery of services and indifferent attitudes combine to add to gender inequality in education in this small Himalayan nation.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42785 NEPAL: Education Far More than ABCs - Experts- (Found June 19, 2008 ) KATHMANDU, Jun 13 (IPS) - Far more than just the learning of ABCs and 123s, education should be playing a transformative role in childrens lives if it is to ensure them a better and more equal and gender-responsive future.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42788 PARAGUAY: University Students on the March Again- (Found June 19, 2008 ) ASUNCIN, Jun 13 (IPS) - After nearly two decades of apathy, the university student movement in Paraguay has made a comeback, demanding a law to grant them rebates on public transport fares and opposing a draft law on higher education reform.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42803 |