By Nick Clark, Editor, WENR CLICK TO READ OUR LATEST PROFILE ON EDUCATION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATIONThe education systems of the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union have undergone considerable changes over the past few years — changes that parallel broader shifts in…
By WES Staff CLICK TO READ OUR LATEST PROFILE ON EDUCATION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATIONThe education system of the Russian Federation has undergone significant change since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. During Soviet times, education was highly centralized and state ideology was…
Regional Report Reveals Scope of ‘Brain Drain’ A staggering percentage of college-educated workers from poor countries across Africa, Central America and the Caribbean are living in wealthy, industrialized nations, according to a World Bank study released at the end of October. The findings are based…
Belarus State Ideology Textbooks Distributed to Schools First-grade students were given state-ideology textbooks titled ”My Motherland Belarus” in September as a present from the president, according to Education Minister Alyaksandr Radzkou. Radzkou described the textbook as “an easy-to-read, quality product” created at President Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s…
Australia Australian Universities Plan India Test Australia’s largest online learning platform, Open Universities Australia (OUA), is getting ready to make its offerings available overseas for the first time, with plans for a trial to run in India in 2006. OUA’s internationalization plans come on top…