Free education is education funded through government spending or charitable organizations rather than tuition funding. Many models of free higher education have been proposed around the world. Primary school and other comprehensive or compulsory education is free in many countries (often not including primary textbook). Tertiary education is also free in certain countries, including post-graduate studies in the Nordic countries. The Article 13 of International Covenant on Economic, … [Read more...]
The Rumie Initiative: launching Nov 2013
October 5, 2013 by
Ambassador Harvey Lam and Tariq Fancy on the importance of education and the inspiration behind the Rumie Initiative. Harvey's story Education saved us. With funding from a Canadian government training program, my mother enrolled in a computer programming class. She had been raising my sister and me with money earned from odd jobs, but knew it wouldn't be enough. With her newfound knowledge (and certification), my mother found a job, eventually built a successful career, and most … [Read more...]
Education in Pakistan – one year after the monsoon floods, Rudina Vojvoda
July 28, 2011 by
Education in Pakistan - ONE YEAR AFTER MONSOON NEW YORK, USA, July 2011 – The floods that hit Pakistan one year ago are considered to be the worst in its history. Triggered by the annual monsoon rains, the water floods claimed hundreds of lives, destroyed 2 million homes and washed away more than 2 million hectares of crops. Among the thousands of buildings lost in the floods, 10,000 were schools, heavily impacting the education of children in Pakistan. At the occasion of the … [Read more...]
