Friday, February 03, 2006
Rural Education in the News
From the Google news alert for rural education.
Govt to ensure proper use of rural compulsory education fund
Xinhua - China
The Chinese government will not allow anyone to withhold or appropriate for other purpose the fund for rural compulsory education in the country, said a senior official of the Ministry of Education. The fund should not be used to pay debt or teachers' salary and subsidies, said Tian Shulan, who is in charge of discipline inspection, during an on-the-spot investigation into rural compulsory education in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, south China, on Wednesday.
Western Carolina University Overview
Western Carolina Athletics - Cullowhee, NC, USA
Founded in 1889, Western Carolina University is one of 16 senior public institutions of The University of North Carolina. A comprehensive university offering a broad array of undergraduate and graduate programs, Western Carolina is recognized as a national leader in the application of computer technology in education.
Western attracts students from across North Carolina and the United States, and from around the world, yet the university holds a special sense of responsibility for the people of Western North Carolina. Teaching and learning constitute the central mission of Western.
'An Inclusive Growth Process'
Outlook (subscription) - New Delhi, India
The full text of the Prime Minister’s opening statement at the Second National Press Conference: "I am delighted to be here with you today. I have been meeting many of you from time to time and I have had the pleasure of interacting with our media in different parts of the country. However, it is over a year since I have been able to find the time to address a National Press Conference. This intervening period has been a truly remarkable period in terms of the level of activity of the Union Government. The UPA Government has been able to fulfill almost all the important promises we had made to the people through the National Common Minimum Programme. We had presented a Report to the People at the end of our first year in office, and second Report has also been prepared by my office and is being circulated to you.
Lawmakers have a full plate
Journal-Advocate - Sterling, CO, USA
Colorado House newcomer Cory Gardner of Yuma is wading into a variety of issues - some highly controversial - during the early going of the 2006 General Assembly. He's one of the freshmen Republicans trying to rein in government spending in the wake of passage of Referendum C; he wants to protect people from prosecution when they defend themselves against a home intruder, and he has agreed to be the House sponsor of a bill that gives some leeway to hog farmers trying to meet the environmental standards of their feeding operations. [See all stories on this topic]
India to launch rural job scheme
BBC News - UK
Under the National Rural Guarantee Scheme one member from each of India's 60 million rural households is guaranteed 100 days of work each year. They will receive a minimum wage of 60 rupees ($1.35) or an unemployment allowance if there is no work. More than a third of India's population of more than one billion people lives on less than $1 a day.
Delta Farmers Get Gov¡¯t Financial Support
CRI - Beijing, China
Shi Haiyan, a farmer in east China's Zhejiang Province, will begin her study at the Zhejiang Forestry College after the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year holidays. What makes her different from other students in the college is that the Zhejiang Provincial government will pay her two-year tuition fees. During her stay at the college, Shi will study the prevention and treatment of forest diseases and insect pests, cultivation of cash fruit trees, cultivation of medicinal herbs in mountainous areas, raising special cash animals, cultivation of highland vegetables and other modern farming techniques.
Romanian education gets WB financing
Bucharest Daily News - Bucharest, Romania
The World Bank (WB) intends to reduce the difference between rural and urban education systems by granting Romania a 60 million dollars credit to improve the rural education system. The program should offer better study conditions for the pupils that live in the rural areas and lead to improvement for teachers working in these areas, said Mihail Haradau, the Minister of Education and Research. "I do not want to say whether it is a small or large sum but it will help the Romanian education system," said Haradau after meeting the World Bank delegation, led by Maureen McLaughlin.
NEPAL: Decades of damage to education
Reuters AlertNet - London, England, UK
NEPAL, 2 February (IRIN) - The decision in late November 2005 by Nepal's Maoist rebels to form an alliance with the main political parties against King Gyanendra, has met with muted enthusiasm from many Nepalis, in particular teachers and school students who say that even if peace does come to the Himalayan kingdom, it will take years for Nepal to put its education sector right again. "The situation with regard to education has become so bad that it will take several decades to restore what we had achieved before the conflict started," said Dipendra Roka, a schoolteacher in Salle village in Rukum district, about 300 km northwest of the capital, Kathmandu. [See all stories on this topic]
Tags: AERA, rural, education
Govt to ensure proper use of rural compulsory education fund
Xinhua - China
The Chinese government will not allow anyone to withhold or appropriate for other purpose the fund for rural compulsory education in the country, said a senior official of the Ministry of Education. The fund should not be used to pay debt or teachers' salary and subsidies, said Tian Shulan, who is in charge of discipline inspection, during an on-the-spot investigation into rural compulsory education in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, south China, on Wednesday.
Western Carolina University Overview
Western Carolina Athletics - Cullowhee, NC, USA
Founded in 1889, Western Carolina University is one of 16 senior public institutions of The University of North Carolina. A comprehensive university offering a broad array of undergraduate and graduate programs, Western Carolina is recognized as a national leader in the application of computer technology in education.
Western attracts students from across North Carolina and the United States, and from around the world, yet the university holds a special sense of responsibility for the people of Western North Carolina. Teaching and learning constitute the central mission of Western.
'An Inclusive Growth Process'
Outlook (subscription) - New Delhi, India
The full text of the Prime Minister’s opening statement at the Second National Press Conference: "I am delighted to be here with you today. I have been meeting many of you from time to time and I have had the pleasure of interacting with our media in different parts of the country. However, it is over a year since I have been able to find the time to address a National Press Conference. This intervening period has been a truly remarkable period in terms of the level of activity of the Union Government. The UPA Government has been able to fulfill almost all the important promises we had made to the people through the National Common Minimum Programme. We had presented a Report to the People at the end of our first year in office, and second Report has also been prepared by my office and is being circulated to you.
Lawmakers have a full plate
Journal-Advocate - Sterling, CO, USA
Colorado House newcomer Cory Gardner of Yuma is wading into a variety of issues - some highly controversial - during the early going of the 2006 General Assembly. He's one of the freshmen Republicans trying to rein in government spending in the wake of passage of Referendum C; he wants to protect people from prosecution when they defend themselves against a home intruder, and he has agreed to be the House sponsor of a bill that gives some leeway to hog farmers trying to meet the environmental standards of their feeding operations. [See all stories on this topic]
India to launch rural job scheme
BBC News - UK
Under the National Rural Guarantee Scheme one member from each of India's 60 million rural households is guaranteed 100 days of work each year. They will receive a minimum wage of 60 rupees ($1.35) or an unemployment allowance if there is no work. More than a third of India's population of more than one billion people lives on less than $1 a day.
Delta Farmers Get Gov¡¯t Financial Support
CRI - Beijing, China
Shi Haiyan, a farmer in east China's Zhejiang Province, will begin her study at the Zhejiang Forestry College after the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year holidays. What makes her different from other students in the college is that the Zhejiang Provincial government will pay her two-year tuition fees. During her stay at the college, Shi will study the prevention and treatment of forest diseases and insect pests, cultivation of cash fruit trees, cultivation of medicinal herbs in mountainous areas, raising special cash animals, cultivation of highland vegetables and other modern farming techniques.
Romanian education gets WB financing
Bucharest Daily News - Bucharest, Romania
The World Bank (WB) intends to reduce the difference between rural and urban education systems by granting Romania a 60 million dollars credit to improve the rural education system. The program should offer better study conditions for the pupils that live in the rural areas and lead to improvement for teachers working in these areas, said Mihail Haradau, the Minister of Education and Research. "I do not want to say whether it is a small or large sum but it will help the Romanian education system," said Haradau after meeting the World Bank delegation, led by Maureen McLaughlin.
NEPAL: Decades of damage to education
Reuters AlertNet - London, England, UK
NEPAL, 2 February (IRIN) - The decision in late November 2005 by Nepal's Maoist rebels to form an alliance with the main political parties against King Gyanendra, has met with muted enthusiasm from many Nepalis, in particular teachers and school students who say that even if peace does come to the Himalayan kingdom, it will take years for Nepal to put its education sector right again. "The situation with regard to education has become so bad that it will take several decades to restore what we had achieved before the conflict started," said Dipendra Roka, a schoolteacher in Salle village in Rukum district, about 300 km northwest of the capital, Kathmandu. [See all stories on this topic]
Tags: AERA, rural, education
