China Agricultural distance-learning programs broadcast on radio and television are providing agro-science and technical knowledge to farmers in rural areas. The Central Agricultural & Broadcasting and Television School, the country’s leading provider of these programs, has trained 5.5 million farmers over the past 20 years…
Russia The Ministry of Education plans to introduce a single, nationwide secondary-school graduate exam and university entrance exam sometime in 2001. In the past, all of the country’s institutions of higher education held their examinations at the same time, which meant students only had one…
Regional Asian Schools Join Forces Three Asian universities are joining forces to create a new East Asian academic network. Representatives from Peking University, Seoul National University and the University of Tokyo said their institutions would share resources and faculty members in several undergraduate programs. The…
Australia The Ministry of Education recently announced plans to provide quality assurance for the country’s 40 colleges and universities. The Australian Quality Assurance Agency will audit data provided by self-accrediting institutions of higher education. Everything from teaching to management and research levels will be duly…
Afghanistan Occasional rifts in the Taliban regime have served to benefit the status of women in Afghanistan. The government recently permitted 10,000 girls in Kabul to attend schools in mosques and in private homes. Classes for the children (boys as well as girls) are being…