Thursday, August 18, 2005
The Weekly News
China calls for better rural education conditions
Xinhua - China
China will spend more in improving education conditions in rural areas, including building more boarding schools and lowering education fees, said State Councilor Chen Zhili. Progress has been made in improving rural education, but much work needs to be done, said Chen at a two-day working meeting which ended Tuesday in Hohhot, capital of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
WB President Wolfowitz in India promoting rural development
Khaleej Times - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz began a four-day visit to India Thursday by highlighting the need to develop infrastructure in rural areas, where 70 percent of more than 1 billion Indians live. “The World Bank is determined to be of help to India and India’s people and scale up the efforts to reach millions of people needing better access to service in the rural areas,” Wolfowitz said in a statement on his arrival in Hyderabad, the capital of southern Andhra Pradesh state, Wednesday night.
Schools struggle on borrowed South African land
Christian Science Monitor - USA
In this land of vast fields and never-ending sky, the Deo Gloria primary school is tightly enclosed by a barbed-wire fence draped in rough, green netting. Once, the school opened onto the surrounding farms, where many of the students' parents worked as low-paid laborers. But a few years ago, a new farmer bought the land, which includes the small school plot, and insisted on the fence. He said it was a safety measure. The school said it was a mean-spirited move to wall off its 280 pupils.
Study finds funding boost could ease teacher shortage
ABC Online - Australia
New research has found more money for student teacher placements in rural areas could help solve the teacher shortage. The study has been done by Rural Education Forum Australia, a national body looking to improve opportunities for country children and families. Executive officer John Halsey says increased costs are making it hard for students to take work in rural areas and there should be financial incentives to encourage them.
Giving back
Bluefield Daily Telegraph - Bluefield, WV, USA
Things get done when people take action. Success is as simple as that. A half-dozen years ago when former students of the old Ceres School in Bland County, Va., wanted to use the school's gymnasium for a reunion, they discovered that the building had deteriorated to such an extent that it was totally unusable. Undaunted, the reunion organizers held the event in a tent, but emerged with a determination to restore the two remaining buildings of the school complex for use as a community center.
Tags: aera, rural, education
Xinhua - China
China will spend more in improving education conditions in rural areas, including building more boarding schools and lowering education fees, said State Councilor Chen Zhili. Progress has been made in improving rural education, but much work needs to be done, said Chen at a two-day working meeting which ended Tuesday in Hohhot, capital of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
WB President Wolfowitz in India promoting rural development
Khaleej Times - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz began a four-day visit to India Thursday by highlighting the need to develop infrastructure in rural areas, where 70 percent of more than 1 billion Indians live. “The World Bank is determined to be of help to India and India’s people and scale up the efforts to reach millions of people needing better access to service in the rural areas,” Wolfowitz said in a statement on his arrival in Hyderabad, the capital of southern Andhra Pradesh state, Wednesday night.
Schools struggle on borrowed South African land
Christian Science Monitor - USA
In this land of vast fields and never-ending sky, the Deo Gloria primary school is tightly enclosed by a barbed-wire fence draped in rough, green netting. Once, the school opened onto the surrounding farms, where many of the students' parents worked as low-paid laborers. But a few years ago, a new farmer bought the land, which includes the small school plot, and insisted on the fence. He said it was a safety measure. The school said it was a mean-spirited move to wall off its 280 pupils.
Study finds funding boost could ease teacher shortage
ABC Online - Australia
New research has found more money for student teacher placements in rural areas could help solve the teacher shortage. The study has been done by Rural Education Forum Australia, a national body looking to improve opportunities for country children and families. Executive officer John Halsey says increased costs are making it hard for students to take work in rural areas and there should be financial incentives to encourage them.
Giving back
Bluefield Daily Telegraph - Bluefield, WV, USA
Things get done when people take action. Success is as simple as that. A half-dozen years ago when former students of the old Ceres School in Bland County, Va., wanted to use the school's gymnasium for a reunion, they discovered that the building had deteriorated to such an extent that it was totally unusable. Undaunted, the reunion organizers held the event in a tent, but emerged with a determination to restore the two remaining buildings of the school complex for use as a community center.
Tags: aera, rural, education
