From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Many Syrians are trying to study overseas while a civil war continues in their country. Thousands of Syrian university students sought help when they learned there was money to help them continue their education. Leen al Zaibak is with Jusoor, an organization for Syrians living overseas. Jusoor joined with the American-based […]
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. The United Nations Children’s Fund is appealing to international donors to help provide education money for Syrian schoolchildren. Safe places to learn, teachers and supplies are all lacking, and almost 2 million young Syrian students have dropped out of school. UNICEF says about 40 percent of students from grades one […]
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. A new experimental program using MOOCs or massive open online courses opened recently in Kigali, Rwanda. The Kepler project is designed for people in the developing world. It uses MOOCs provided by foreign universities. It combines these online classes with help from local instructors and an internship program. […]
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 […]