Iran International Higher Education Center Planned Iranian education officials have announced plans to develop an “international higher education complex” to be located in a free trade zone in the northeast of the country near the border with Azerbaijan. Supported by sponsors from the private sector,…
Regional UN Reports a Huge Global Shortage of Teachers The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, released a report in April projecting a worldwide shortage of 18 million teachers over the next decade, most critically in sub-Saharan Africa and the Arab states. The…
Regional AU Head Criticizes Developed Nations on Issue of Brain Drain President of the African Union, Alpha Oumar Konare, criticized the immigration policies of developed nations this month, asserting that their selective immigration policies constitute a “brain trade” that hinders African development. Speaking in early…
Bahrain Women’s University Expands, Gains International Partners The Royal University for Women (RUW) in West Riffa is expanding locally and internationally. The university’s new six-building campus, including a library, student union, and gymnasium, is 60 percent completed and scheduled to be ready to open at…
Regional Continent Falling Short of Education Goals African Education Ministers met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in January to evaluate the First Decade of the UNESCO sponsored Education For All (EFA) program. The gathered ministers estimated the number of African children currently denied school to be…