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Brazilian president denies cabinet reform

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Thursday denied that she planned to make a reform in her recently appointed cabinet.

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Calls for Australia's education minister sacking after university reform bill fails

​Australia's Opposition has called for the sacking of the federal education minister after the Senate on Tuesday night blocked attempts to deregulate the higher education sector for the second time in three months.

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Xinjiang short of bilingual teachers

China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has a shortage of more than 30,000 teachers proficient in both Mandarin and one local language, according to the regional education authority on Tuesday.

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China beefs up efforts to help underprivileged children

When 23-year-old Yu Runhan first began teaching at a remote middle school in southwest China's Yunnan Province, educating the students proved a daunting challenge.

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Helping disadvantaged children key for world human rights progress

China's blueprint of enhancing underprivileged children's development (2014-2020) has shown the country's determination to join global efforts to translate children's rights into action.

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Malaysia to seek public input on higher education

The Malaysian government has decided to seek input from the public on the education system, particularly in the higher education sector, in preparing the Malaysia Education Blueprint for Higher Education 2015-2025, an official said here Tuesday.

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Reforms urged for China's controversial college projects

​To those outside of China, the numbers "211" and "985" may hold little meaning, but inside the country they hold the power to determine the future career of millions of university graduates.

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Internet technology raises educational hopes for rural children in Bangladesh

​A charming, yet revolutionary television commercial has been garnering a great deal of attention on and off the airwaves and changing the way people in Bangladesh think about education, particularly in poorer, more rural areas, as local students are being taught by teachers hundreds of miles away in Dhaka via the Internet.

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Brazilian presidential candidate pledges universal preschool access

Brazilian presidential candidate Aecio Neves on Tuesday promised to provide universal access to preschool education and daycare if elected.

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World Bank supports Albania's education reforms

The World Bank (WB) supports Albania's education reforms aimed at improving the performance and quality of education, a WB official said here Tuesday.

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Xi calls for greater respect for teachers

President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, the eve of Teachers' Day in China, urged Party organs and governments to make teaching the most respected job in China.

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Thousands of Chilean students resume protests to demand concrete education reform

Some 60,000 students and supporters marched through the streets of downtown Santiago Thursday to press the government into legislating education reform.

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British think tank urges to solve unemployment of young people

British think tank Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) new report has suggested that the country need to do more to improve the career opportunities for the young people, despite a new record low jobless rate in six years has been released Wednesday.

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China upgrading vocational education for economy, employment

The Chinese government is aiming to boost the economy and employment by cultivating a large force of technical workers through enhanced vocational education.

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Chinese leaders urge support for vocational education

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday urged the nation to intensify its efforts to develop vocational education.

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Xinjiang students to benefit from free education policy

With the Chinese central government set to roll out a free education policy next year in southern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, students like Ryangul have new dreams of attending high school.

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Student shortage to hit Chinese universities

Chinese higher learning institutions will face a continuous student shortage, according to a report by Chinese education portal www.eol.cn on Wednesday.