Afghanistan Fraud Forces Government to Toss Exam Results In February, the Afghan government invalidated the results of university-entrance examinations for more than 6,000 students in Kabul and surrounding provinces after evidence turned up of leaked answer keys. More than 30,000 Afghan students sat for the…
Germany Program Helps 1,500 Study in Eastern Europe Almost 1,500 German students and graduates are studying in former Soviet and Warsaw Pact countries about to join the European Union under a US$3 million initiative by the German higher education authorities. The program started 18 months…
By Mariam Assefa, Executive Director, WES, and Robert Sedgwick, Editor, WENR The first Bologna bachelor’s degrees were awarded in 2003, which means that European students will soon begin using the new qualifications to gain entry to graduate-level programs in the United States. The Bologna bachelor’s…
Iran IMF: ‘Brain Drain’ Costly The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concluded, after surveying more than 60 countries, that Iran has the highest rate of “brain drain” among 61 developing and less developed countries. The IMF says more than 150,000 educated Iranians leave their home…
Armenia School Reforms Under Fire A shakeup of the school system, in which nearly 5,000 Armenian teachers have lost their jobs, has come under criticism from international observers. Many teachers have complained they were sacked merely because their headmaster did not like them. The layoffs…