Editor’s note: Web links have been removed from this page due to outdated third-party web content. Chad Chad’s Camel Schools Chad’s Education Ministry says it plans to revive the “school-on-a-camel system,” with teachers traveling on camels within nomadic communities to provide children with schooling throughout…
Brazil Public Company Launches New University One of Brazil’s biggest public companies, Caixa Economica Federal, recently launched the Universidad Caixa, a new, free university, which will be at the service of Caixa’s officials and employees – approximately 90,000 people in total. The new institution will…
Regional Developing Countries Embrace Distance Education In Beijing, Jakarta and elsewhere in Asia large state-run distance-learning institutions have been established to help meet the burgeoning demand for higher education, which governments can no longer satisfy through traditional bricks-and-mortar schools. But proponents of distance learning are…
Editorial Note: Web links have been removed from this page due to outdated third-party web content. Regional European Officials Push for Bologna In a communique issued during a meeting in Prague last May, European education officials from 30 countries reaffirmed their commitment to further the…
Dubai Canadian University Opens First Full-Time Office In Dubai The University of New Brunswick (UNB) has opened a full-time representative office in Dubai. This office handles inquiries and applications from students in the Gulf wishing to apply to UNB. Canadian Consul Chris Thornley remarked that…