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Kazakhstan can eliminate three-shift education only in 2016
Meanwhile, in relation to the migration processes and demographic growth, the number of 3-shift schools remains high: Finance Minister.
19 October 2012
Denying girls school entrenches poverty: report
Millions of girls worldwide are condemned to lives of hardship because they don't go to school, an education gap that entrenches broader extreme poverty.
13 October 2012
Muslim girl cannot skip swim class: German court
A German court on Friday refused to allow a Muslim student to skip swimming lessons after she said she was uncomfortable being so close to bare-chested boys.
29 September 2012
Chicago teachers vote to end strike: officials
Chicago school teachers voted Tuesday to end a high-profile strike that affected hundreds of thousands of children and sparked an acrimonious stand-off with Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
19 September 2012
'Noses' hone senses at Paris perfume school
Bent over strips of blotting paper, senses primed and notebooks in hand: this is how generations of "noses" have honed their art at the world-famous Givaudan perfumery school near Paris.
08 September 2012
Chess became part of school curriculum in Karaganda schools
Karaganda city authorities decided to introduce chess into the school curriculum after Kirsan Ilyumzhinov's (FIDE President) visit.
07 September 2012
Chess might become part of school curriculum
Kazakhstan chess champion Zhansya Abdumalik approached Nursultan Nazarbayev with the idea to introduce chess into the school curriculum.
05 September 2012
Not everyone should go to universities, Nazarbayev told school students
Kazakhstan President talked to school students right after the official opening of Lyceum School No.70 in Astana.
05 September 2012
Online pranksters plot Taylor Swift gig for deaf kids
Country pop diva Taylor Swift could find herself singing to deaf youngsters if social media pranksters have their way.
31 August 2012
Sexual Proficiency School to be opened in Almaty
Psychologists, gynecologists and other experts will instruct the school's clients about sex in Almaty Sexual Proficiency School.
28 August 2012
Every schoolchild in Kazakhstan should speak Kazakh by 2020
President Nazarbayev has clearly stated that having 100 percent of Kazakhstan school graduates speak the Kazakh language by 2020 is a strategic goal: Education Vice-Minister.
24 August 2012
Students occupy Chile schools in call for reforms
Students demanding education reform briefly occupied two schools in the Chilean capital Monday, the latest move aimed at drawing attention to their cause.
16 August 2012
Hong Kong parents protest China patriotism lessons
Thousands of stroller-pushing Hong Kong parents and activists Sunday protested a plan to introduce national education lessons, slamming it as a bid to brainwash children with Chinese propaganda.
30 July 2012
Training of polylingual teachers will start this year in Kazakhstan
Training of polylingual teachers will start this year in Kazakhstan. On July 9 there was a meeting to discuss development of polylingual education in Kazakhstan.
10 July 2012
Kazakhstan schools will be transfered to 12-year education in 2015-2020
Kazakhstan schools will be resupplied and reequipped to enable their transit from 11-year to 12-year eduction system.
29 June 2012
Majority of Kazakhstan school graduates choose technical majors
163,845 students will graduate from school this year. Over 5 thousand of them are candidates for Altyn Belgi (Gold Medal) award.
28 May 2012
Only 22% of schoolchildren go to sport clubs in Kazakhstan
Lack of sports facilities could hinder the development of popular sports in Kazakhstan.
28 May 2012
Kazakhstan schoolchildren won two gold medals in Georgia International Olympiad
Kazakhstan schoolchildren won 12 medals in the 6th International Olympiad of Junior Scientists and Inventors that was held in Tbilisi.
03 May 2012
Kazakhstan designers told about tendencies in prom dresses fashion
Kazakhstan designers told Tengrinews.kz correspondent about tendencies in prom dresses fashion.
01 May 2012
Almost 19% of Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools pupils became academic Olympiads prize-winners
Almost 19% of Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools pupils have received awards of different scientific projects, contests and International and National Academic Olympiads.
29 February 2012