Afghanistan Education Struggles to Rebuild After almost 25 years of warfare, Afghanistan is now battling to restore a shattered educational infrastructure. The central challenge is coping with the so-called “lost generation” of students who have had their education put on hold by conflict. Education was…
Russia History Texts to Be Re-evaluated Minister of Education Vladimir Filippov announced in January that all history textbooks in Russia will be re-evaluated. According to the new policy, all history textbooks will be selected on competitive grounds and will not include “pseudoliberalism, aimed at misinterpreting…
Australia IDP Predicts Increased Growth International student numbers could increase more than sevenfold to 850,000 by 2025, according to the higher education marketing body IDP Education Australia. A recent cooperation deal with India on student and program exchanges have education professionals predicting that India will…
Belarus BSU Loses Autonomy In June, Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenko assumed the power to hire and fire the rector of Belarusian State University in Minsk. The appointment of the heads of other universities in Belarus has been a presidential prerogative for some time, but the…
Afghanistan Private Universities to Fill Demand Despite Afghanistan’s poverty, international institutions of higher education say there is a market for fee-paying education, and there are now plans for at least two international colleges in Kabul. Demand is high in a country where teaching and education…