Bahrain Education Makeover Planned A complete overhaul is planned for Bahrain’s education system according to the Ministry of Education. The project will be evaluated and discussed at a national conference before being presented to the national cabinet for ratification. It is hoped the overhaul will…
Azerbaijan Veil Banned at Universities Baku State University and the Azerbaijan State Medical University are among the handful of institutions in Azerbaijan that have banned female students from wearing the headscarf on campus. Although the universities claim to be adhering to the country’s secular constitution,…
Editorial Note: Web links have been removed from this page due to outdated third-party web content. Regional Poverty Project Unites East African, UK Universities Ten universities have embarked on a multimillion-dollar campaign to end poverty in the communities around the Lake Victoria basin, one of…
Argentina School System Suffers with Economy Argentina is facing its worst economic crisis in many years. Even the country’s system of education is suffering financial hardships. Proposed budget cuts threaten to greatly curtail the ability of universities to handle dramatic enrollment increases. With massive inflation,…
Regional Videoconferencing Is a Big Hit in the East Videoconferencing as a means for distance education has begun to catch on in a big way in the East. Pioneered by Waseda University in Tokyo, a program called CuSeeMe is now used by students at 15…