Private Education

Govt may allow private sector investment in education

The Centre plans to allow the (for-profit) private sector to set up educational institutions and tap the capital market, thus aiming to plug the funding gap in the education sector. In this regard, the Human Resource...

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Democratic Voice of Burma: Burma to open private schools and hospitals – Ahunt Phone Myat

Private schools and hospitals abolished under the former Ne Win regime in Burma are to reopen in an attempt to generate more revenue in the country and improve the struggling sectors. The government’s health ministry announced...

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Healing Chile's Malaise (BusinessWeek)

Santiago - "The world thinks Chile is successful, but many Chileans can't do much more than work, sleep, and eat. So Chile's leaders are seeking to reduce that dependence and nurture a knowledge-based economy via better...

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Students rethink studying overseas

PROVIDENCE - Economic reality and money problems may be cooling the enthusiasm of U.S. college students to study abroad, just two years after students' interest in foreign study was at an all-time high.

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A public investment

Our view: It makes sense to cut state funds to private colleges now, but after the recession, the aid should be a centerpiece of our economic development agenda W hen Gov. Martin O'Malley brought his latest package of budget...

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Nigeria: Issues in University Education

There are indeed myriad issues facing university education in Nigeria. Since the return of democracy in Nigeria in 1999, efforts and measures have been made and put in place to reduce high level of illiteracy and to enhance the...

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Parent of a child with special needs

Parents raising their children in another culture often feel overwhelmed with all the challenges. A few Turks have made comments to me, saying they think that resident foreigners have a superiority complex and try to transplant...

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Job offers to university students plunge

BY KIYOKO MIICHI THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Only 62.5 percent of university students secured offers for jobs after they graduate in March as of Oct. 1, down 7.4 points from a year earlier, according to a government survey. The...

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Common-sense approaches can help TUSD retain its students

Special to the Arizona Daily Star Tucson, Arizona | Published: 11.20.2009 The recent failure of the budget override election shows that middle class support for public education has waned. More than 8,000 students who live in...

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Study abroad? College students weigh the cost

Study abroad? College students rethink idea Families look more closely at costs; biggest drop at public universities Liz Weaver, a law student at the University of Texas, is trying to decide whether to enroll in a program in...

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