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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
New York: Scholastic Inc. and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today released Primary Sources: America's Teachers on America's Schools, a landmark report presenting the results of a national survey of more than 40,000 public school teachers in grades pre-K to 12. The survey reveals that, while teachers have high expectations for their students, they overwhelmingly a...
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Seattle: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today two senior staff appointments in its Global Health Program, naming Carol Dahl as Director of Staff and Chris Wilson as Interim Director of Discovery. Both of them will report directly to Tachi Yamada, president of the Global Health Program. The appointments are effective March 22.
"Under Carol's ...
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Washington: Signifying their intent to take the bold action necessary to increase college completion rates, 17 states have joined with Complete College America to dramatically increase the number of young adults with a college degree or credential. The states have agreed to set degree goals, develop and implement action plans to meet those goals, and collect and report student out...
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Paris: Every 3 May World Press Freedom Day represents an opportunity to commemorate the fundamental principles of press freedom around the globe and to pay solemn tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the line of duty. UNESCO's World Press Freedom Day 2010 will be held from 2 to 3 May in Brisbane, Australia. It will highlight the importance of freedom of informat...
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
New Delhi: No provision exists in the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, for granting permission to establish off-shore campus(es) by the medical universities. The Ministry of Human Resource Development in the Government of India allows private universities and deemed to be universities, under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, to establish off-shore campus(es) in foreign countries, w...
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Paris: UNESCO is organizing an expert meeting 'Knowledge Societies: The Way Forward' in its Headquarters in Paris, France, from 1 to 2 March 2010. The meeting sets out to examine the theory of knowledge societies and to connect it with practice. It is expected to update the concept of knowledge societies and to further develop UNESCO's role in its implementation. ...
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Paris: The 15 international UNESCO-L'Oréal Fellowships for 2010 will be presented at UNESCO on 3 March. As for the laureates of the 12th Annual L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards For Women in Science, they will receive their prizes at a ceremony on 4 March at UNESCO, in the presence of Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, and Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones, Chairman of L'Oréal and of ...
Sunday, February 21, 2010
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Office of Public Information is offering a summer internship for students with a science background and a flair for writing timely, interesting articles about the science and training activities at the Centre. Do you have a love for science, and a talent for writing? Do you enjoy interviewing researchers about their work, ...
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Paris: UNESCO partner Hewlett Packard, in collaboration with the International Society for Technology in Education, is inviting educators around the world to participate remotely in the 2010 HP Innovations in Education Worldwide Summit. The summit takes place at HP in Palo Alto, California from February 22 to 24.and brings together more than 120 teachers, professors, students, and...
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Paris: The British Council has signed up to a new partnership with UNESCO to help develop Technical and Vocational Education and Training. The two-year partnership will bring the two organizations together to work on joint TVET initiatives, disseminate good practices and promote Education for All goals. The British Council, the United Kingdom's international organizat...
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