From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Haiti is among the poorest nations in the world. Only about half of Haitian children go to primary school. And the United Nations children’s agency, UNICEF, says fewer than 25 percent attend secondary school. Many Haitian schools lack running water and dependable electricity. Recently, the United States’ Secretary of Education, […]
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Private schools in Pakistan have barred their libraries from possessing a book by a young education activist. Malala Yousafzai campaigned against Taliban attempts to bomb schools for girls in the Swat district, where she was born. In October of 2012, attackers pulled her from a school bus and […]
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. A new study has found that a lack of education for young children in developing nations seriously affects economic progress. An organization called Results for Development — R4D — published the study. The non-governmental group is based in Washington, D.C. R4D says it developed the study because it was worried about a […]
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has urged governments around the world to support tolerance programs for young people. Such programs teach respect for differences of opinion and behavior between races, cultures and religious groups. Mr. Blair said that these programs make it possible for students to accept people who are […]
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. The United Nations is warning that Syrian children are suffering because of the country’s nearly three year-long conflict. It says many children have developed emotional problems, are separated from their parents and are not in school. The United Nations says more than one million Syrian children are registered […]
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. American educators plan to launch 50 new schools in Kenya. The new schools of Bridge International Academies are set to open in January at the beginning of Kenya’s school year. The goal of the private group is to educate children of families who make $2 a day or less. They […]
Many people believe that teaching children music makes them smarter and better able to learn new things. But the organizers of a new study say there’s no scientific evidence that early musical training affects the intelligence of young people. An estimated 80 percent of American adults think music classes improve children’s ability to learn and do well in […]
It was not just another day in a classroom recently for some young people in Washington D.C. These student volunteers visited the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History to test a new program. Some students explored the mysteries of human bones. Other students examined an insect under amicroscope. The student volunteers were among the first to help […]
Nigeria has one of the world’s highest rates of people who cannot read or write. But a government agency is taking steps to educate more than 400,000 Nigerians in Kano State. The Kano State Agency for Mass Education has set high goals for literacy, the ability to read and write. Minister of States for Education Nyesom […]
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Public universities in Nigeria have re-opened after a nearly six-month long strike by teachers. Repeated strikes can add months, even years, to the time it takes a student to finish a study program. Students at public universities across Nigeria say they are worried about exams and completing […]