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Almaty universities to be merged
42 universities will be merged into 10 in Almaty, the largest southern city of Kazakhstan.
30 July 2013
Malala defies Taliban to take world stage
Malala Yousafzai took over the United Nations on Friday, nine months after a Taliban gunman put a bullet in her head believing he was ending the Pakistani teenager's campaign for girls' education.
13 July 2013
World Bank invests in online education
Online education service Coursera announced a fresh round of funding from the investment arm of the World Bank and other backers.
11 July 2013
Halving world hunger by 2015 'within reach': UN
Despite economic crises and dwindling aid, the UN said Monday huge progress had been made towards meeting the so-called Millennium Development Goals.
01 July 2013
Lessons at home and homework at school in US
When April Burton explains the intricacies of French grammar to her American classroom, the students are at home, in front of their computer or smartphone.
28 June 2013
Swimming lessons may become part of school curriculum in Kazakhstan
The Kazakhstan government is considering including swimming lessons into the school curriculum.
20 June 2013
Microsoft makes its resources available to Kazakhstan students
Microsoft has made its electronic resources available for Kazakhstan students.
20 June 2013
Spanish regions take steps to help needy children
To help children plunged into poverty by Spain's grinding recession, several regional governments have stepped up aid programmes for needy students.
07 June 2013
Anxiety over student loans as US lawmakers play politics
Recent Northeastern University graduate Greg Dube hopes to launch a bright engineering career soon, but like many young Americans, he is haunted by a looming financial burden: some $150,000 in student loan debt.
07 June 2013
Vocational training centers to be created with major chemical projects in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov instructed to create vocational training centers as part of major chemical projects.
04 June 2013
Kazakhstan students to study in Latvian aviation university
Kazakhstan young people will offered an opportunity to study in Riga Aviation University: President Nazarbayev.
04 June 2013
Kazakhstan Education Ministry announces list of foreign grants for Kazakhstan citizens
Kazakhstan Ministry of Education and Science made a list of countries with universities providing quotas for Kazakhstan citizens.
30 May 2013
Youth in crisis-hit Spain becoming a 'lost generation'
Despite having a bachelor's degree, five years of professional experience and speaking three languages, Paloma Fernandez has joined the swelling ranks of Spain's "lost generation" that can't find work in a grinding recession.
28 May 2013
Kazakhstan Maritime Academy opens in Almaty
The official opening of Kazakhstan Maritime Academy was held in Almaty.
27 May 2013
Nazarbayev suggests transferring public universities to foreign management
Nazarbayev suggests to transfer some of Kazakhstan's public universities to foreign corporations and national companies for management.
22 May 2013
School in South Kazakhstan has 22 twins studying
22 twins go to Baitursynov school No.83 in South-Kazakhstan oblast.
15 May 2013
Oxford University sets up Thatcher scholarship
Britain's famous Oxford University is to honour former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, who died last month, with a £100 million ($153 million, 118 million euros) scholarship trust for "future leaders".
14 May 2013
Two teens take lives over unfinished homework: media
Two teens in eastern China committed suicide after "failing to complete homework assignments" state-run media said on Friday, in an extreme case highlighting the immense pressure schoolchildren can face.
04 May 2013
37 million Euro spent on Tempus program in Kazakhstan
A plenary meeting of the consortium of Tempus European project was held in Almaty on April 4-5.
11 April 2013
Foreign military attaches visit Zhas Ulan military school in Astana
Representatives of the military-diplomatic corps accredited in Kazakhstan visited the General Sagadat Nurmagambetov Zhas Ulan state school in Astana.
29 March 2013