ONLINE ALERT 13 MARCH 2009
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AFRICA EUROPE & NORTH AMERICA NIGERIA CANADA NCE Approves New Curriculum for Senior Secondary Le taux de décrochage chute dans les écoles Schools secondaires de l'Ontario This Day, 13 March Le Droit, 12 mars
KENYA Pourquoi participer à des activités parascolaires à L'école publique gratuite a du plomb dans l'aile l'école secondaire ? Courrier International, 12 Mars (article court) La Tribune, 12 Mars
TANZANIA Ontario school curriculum is getting a little greener Shocking revelations on PEDP The Record, 9 March IPPMedia, 8 March Primary Education Development Programme CYPRUS Christofias in defiant mood Education in Tanzania: A series of near-misses Cyprus Mail (no date) Mail & Guardian online, 10 March President gives embattled education minister his full support
UGANDA FRANCE Special needs children getting a raw deal Le chinois est devenu une langue étrangère très The New Vision, 10 March prisée en France Quotidien du Peuple, 12 mars ARAB COUNTRIES QATAR GREECE Ministry of Education to be restructured M. Caramanlis et la réforme de l'enseignement The Peninsula, 11 March (short article) Athens News Agency, 10 Mars
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Education reform debate begins Journalism to be Included in High School Curriculum Kathimerini, 12 March Khaleej Times, 8 March USA Microsoft and MoE push for educational reform Presenta Obama plan de reforma educativa ITP.net, 12 March La Jornada, 10 de Marzo
ASIA & THE PACIFIC Obama Outlines Plan for Education Overhaul AUSTRALIA New York Times, 11 March
Keeping them guessing Texas Debate Over Evolution Curriculum Could Sydney Morning Herald, 9 March Affect Nation's Textbooks Higher education reform Fox News, 6 March
CHINA (HONG KONG) LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN Immersion from an early age is the best way to teach ECUADOR English “La educación llegará a un nivel medio” South China Morning Post, 7 March (ProQuest) El Telégrafo, 12 de Marzo
MALAYSIA GUATEMALA No Need To Politicise Teaching Of Maths, Science In Lanzan nuevo currículo para educación básica English, Says Education DG TeleDiario, 12 de Marzo Bernama,com, 8 March
HONDURAS PHILIPPINES Pacto social de gobernabilidad salvaría al sistema PGMA orders inclusion of environmental education in educativo school curriculum La Tribuna, 12 de Marzo Philippine Information Agency, 6 March
LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN CONTD. MEXICO Serán lenguas indígenas materia oficial de la SEP La Jornada, 12 de Marzo
Se aplicará prueba Enlace la cuarta semana de marzo El Provenir, 7 de Marzo
Presenta PRD reforma a la Ley General de Educación El Financiero, 11 de Marzo
PERU Más del 50% de alumnos de primaria apenas puede leer El Commercio, 8 de Marzo
REPORTS EUROPE Key Data on Teaching Languages at School in Europe - 2008 Edition Eurydice, March 2009
IRELAND Statement on Education and Training National Competitiveness Council, March 2009
OTHER Aportes para la Enseñanza de la Lectura UNESCO Santiago, 2009
Aportes para la Enseñanza de la Matemática UNESCO Santiago, 2009
Aportes para la Enseñanza de las Ciencias Naturales UNESCO Santiago, 2009
Learning and knowing in indigenous societies today UNESCO, 2009
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