Education

Georgia: Outgoing School Examiner Decries Reforms

Officials argue new exam system is more straightforward, while critics say it makes passing too easy.

Afghan University Poll Angers Officials

Balkh governor demands legal action after NGO survey reveals criticism of teaching standards.

Tackling Vocational Education in Uzbekistan

Georgian Students Snap Up Summer Jobs

Short work-placement scheme will do little to assuage students’ hunger for jobs to pay for their studies, critics say.

Afghan Textbooks Skip Decades of Violence

Schools get history books that miss out all the bad bits.

Students Live in Squalor at Afghan University

Nangarhar undergraduates sleep 25 to a four-person room.

Afghanistan: The Ghost Teachers of Ghor

Millions of dollars spent on staff who don’t turn up for work.

Lack of Internet Cuts Off Afghan Province

Education, journalism and other areas held back by technology gap in Uruzgan.

Heads to Roll in Tajik Capital's Schools, Hospitals

Gypsies Still on the Margins in Georgia

Children miss out on education, adults on full benefits of citizenship.