By Alister Doyle Oslo - Governments could take a big step towards ending world hunger by spending just $1,2-billion a year in developing nations on dietary supplements and education about the food needs of babies, a study showed on Friday. Such targeted spending to help a billion of the poorest people in Africa and Asia could save millions of lives and bring...
Study Abroad Programs Not Just for College Students Anymore
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
Service-oriented study abroad trend emerging in college prep boarding schools...
'Sadtu members destroy basic education'
Independent online (SA)
Independent online (SA)
The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Sunday blamed the "ill-disciplined" South African Democratic Teacher's Union (Sadtu) for hampering basic education. "Improving education is South Africa's biggest challenge, and...
Police use force against protesting S.Africa students
The Guardian
The Guardian
* Students block university entrance, burn barricades * Police disperse students with water cannons * Students want free university education for poor JOHANNESBURG, March 4 (Reuters) - South African police on Thursday...
£1bn to boost world education
The Guardian
The Guardian
A plan to spend £1 billion this year to improve the schooling of children in the developing world has been announced by the Government. International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander launched the new...
'No Economy Can Function Without Technical, Vocational Education'
All Africa
All Africa
Consultant to the United Nations Educational,...
While Zuma shops in Britain, students riot on campus
The Independent
The Independent
South African police yesterday used water cannons to disperse groups of protesting Johannesburg university students demanding the government provide free tertiary education for the poor. The demonstrations came only days...
Women's rights improving in Middle East, North Africa: Study
Zeenews
Zeenews
Washington: Women's rights have improved in 15 of 18 countries in the Middle East and North Africa over the past five years, although violence against women remains widespread throughout the region, a US study...

