Saturday, December 16, 2006
Rural Education in the News
Rural students get exemption
Shanghai Daily - Shanghai,China
CHINA will exempt all rural students from tuition and incidental expenses for their nine-year compulsory education, said Zhou Ji, Minister of Education. ...
New AIDS funds may help bring transportation to rural patients
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Columbus,GA,USA
... Patients living with HIV/AIDS in rural parts of ... According to estimates from the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, North Carolina ...
Future is urban for rural India
Peninsula On-line - Qatar
... With their education, they will not get a job here,” said Neeraj Singh, a burly 25 ... to many of India’s 600,000 villages, and is adding to rural disaffection. ...
Parents raise £1m to save school
Times Online - UK
... Primary School, nestling in a beautiful Highland glen with views of the Nevis mountain range, seem an unlikely battleground for the future of rural education. ...
FRED grant providing computers to GV school
Ashtabula Star-Beacon - Ashtabula,OH,USA
... Third graders at Grand Valley Elementary School will soon have eight new computers to use thanks to a $5,000 Foundation for Rural Education and Development ...
Liberia: Small Arms Campaign Goes To Rural Areas
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
The Center for Peace Education and Democracy (COPE) has concluded a three-day awareness and education workshop for rural dwellers on the danger and ...
South Africa: KZN Establishes Education Rural Education Centres
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
About 120 centres supporting rural education are to be established in KwaZulu Natal, in a bid to bring resources and services closer to rural schools. ...
Auditor blasts online schools
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
... are based in rural districts, which have a smaller tax base and a larger portion state funding. Auditors also criticized the department of education for giving ...
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