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Jordanian teachers continue strike over salary increase
Feb 14, 2012, 18:16 GMT
Amman - Thousands of Jordanian teachers demonstrated in front of the prime ministry's office on Tuesday to demand a sharp salary increase. ... more
Jordan teachers strike over demand for salaries to double
Feb 8, 2012, 10:08 GMT
Amman - Thousands of Jordanian teachers went on strike Wednesday for the third consecutive day to demand a sharp increase in their salaries, forcing a closure of classrooms across the kingdom. ... more
Thailand to buy 900,000 tablet computers from China for schools
Feb 3, 2012, 3:53 GMT
Bangkok - Thailand is to buy 900,000 tablet computers worth 2 billion baht (64.5 million dollars) from China for its primary school students, a news report said Friday. ... more
Indian teacher tells children to fetch liquor, dance
Jan 30, 2012, 8:05 GMT
New Delhi - A teacher in central India was suspended after he told a student to fetch liquor for him and forced a group of girls to dance in a locked room, news reports said Monday. ... more
Oprah's first South African class graduates from high school
Jan 14, 2012, 12:43 GMT
Johannesburg - US talk show host Oprah Winfrey was in South Africa on Saturday to watch the first class of her Leadership Academy for Girls graduate from high school. ... more
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Analysis and Features
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Guttenberg plagiarism scandal is blow to German academia (Feature)
Feb 28, 2011, 14:21 GMT
Berlin - Germany's plagiarism scandal, in which a university stripped Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg of his doctoral degree, has raised questions about why no one noticed his failings as a student. ... more
Mrs Sarrazin at centre of new German political row (Feature)
Jan 18, 2011, 2:06 GMT
Berlin - The name Sarrazin is back in the headlines in Germany, but this time it's not Thilo Sarrazin, author of a best- selling book that criticizes Muslim immigrants for living off social welfare. ... more
- Taiwan primary school turns out finance whizz kids (Feature)
- China's strength in PISA study highlights schools' weakness (Feature)
- Britain's royals not amused by attack on Charles' Rolls (Feature)
- Britain's students up in arms about rising cost of learning (Feature)
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