Afghanistan Access Problems to be Tackled through Distance Learning There are far more applicants than university places currently in Afghanistan, especially since the fall of the Taliban and the boom in public high school education. In an effort to help meet the demand of the…
Belarus Academics and Students Campaign for Academic Freedom In Belarus, which is currently under the authoritarian rule of Alexander Lukshenka, academics face persecution and imprisonment if bold enough to question the government. Now campaigners are beginning to challenge the status quo, and the effort will…
Turkmenistan New President Decrees Education Reform Newly elected Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov issued a decree on February 15 rolling back his predecessor’s curtailment of the country’s educational system, according to turkmenistan.ru. The decree will increase secondary education from nine to 10 years, and university education…
Australia International Student Enrollments up 11% in 2006 According to data released by the Department of Education Science and Technology in February, Australian institutions of education enrolled 383,818 full-fee paying international students on a student visa in calendar year 2006, a year-on-year increase of 10.9…
Armenia Graft Not Uncommon in Higher Education The results of a survey conducted by the Sargis Tkhruni Youth Student Union, an Armenian student group affiliated with the Social Democratic political party, suggest widespread, institutionalized corruption within the county’s higher education system. The survey polled 2000…