Regional Intel Announces Plans to Train 2 Million Arabs US-based microprocessor giant Intel and United Arab Emirates-based Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation have announced plans to train two million teachers in the Arab world by 2011, according to a report from the WAM news…
Regional Vocational Institutes Providing Basic Training to Tackle Rural Poverty in Central Asia A new regional skills development program across the Central Asian region is helping to redefine outmoded vocational institutes in the countries of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. Using a network of higher education…
Botswana Government Looking Overseas to Increase Access at Home Since 2001 and the abolition of national military service, there has been a rapid increase in the number of students finishing secondary school and applying to university. With only one national university to meet demand, the…
Chile Government Creates Centers of Excellence The Chilean government has announced the creation of eight centers of scientific and technological excellence. These centers will conduct research and train human capital in areas such as astrophysics, environmental science, biological science, biotechnology and climate change. – AEI…
Regional Record Numbers of Students Although the pace of educational progress in Afghanistan varies dramatically across the country, depending largely on who maintains control there, students and teachers at 9,000 schools in 29 provinces began the new academic year on March 23 in record numbers….