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Omani education minister visits Uzbekistan
- By Turkish Daily News
- Published 08/22/2008
- Daily EdNews , Higher Education , International Headlines
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A delegation of Sultanate of Oman led by Minister of Higher Education Dr. Rawiya Bint Saud Al Busaidiya met Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Rustam Kasymov on Thursday, 21 August, in Tashkent.
The sides noted that the cooperation between two countries are developing gradually in all spheres, including in science and education, UzA reported.
The sides noted that the cooperation between two countries are developing gradually in all spheres, including in science and education, UzA reported.
Academic storm over rector picks
- By Turkish Daily News
- Published 08/7/2008
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Barely a week has passed since the closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, ended, leaving time for the dust in the Turkish capital to settle. But President Abdullah
Uzbek pupils secure bronze medals at intl math Olympiad
- By Turkish Daily News
- Published 07/23/2008
- Daily EdNews , K-12 , International Headlines
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Uzbek schoolchildren successfully attended the 49th International Mathematics Olympiad in Madrid, Spain, on 14-20 July.
Mayor threatens to raze university
- By Turkish Daily News
- Published 07/17/2008
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A threat by Ankara's mayor to demolish part of METU, one of the country's leading universities, because the university has been slow in completing the necessary paperwork for several buildings, has been received with alarm, while many argue the standoff is due to METU's past statement that the city's water was not safe
Test addicts become exam champions
- By Turkish Daily News
- Published 07/14/2008
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Being a student in an undergraduate program at Princeton or at one of Turkey's top universities, such as Boğaziçi University, may not be satisfy some. Especially if one is a high school student in
Another failed test for the East
- By Turkish Daily News
- Published 07/11/2008
- Daily EdNews , K-12 , International Headlines
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Children from Turkey's eastern provinces are again the losers in the country's education system where jungle rules prevail. It is sometimes packed classrooms, ever-changing teachers, a desolate social life, or sheer indifference that eliminate students in the survival of the fittest game
A university with a shanty house view in Istanbul
- By Turkish Daily News
- Published 07/5/2008
- Daily EdNews , Higher Education , International Headlines
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Typical university campuses have a forested setting, lawns with age-old buildings and even a lake or sea if they are lucky. The students of Istanbul Bilgi University, however, have a view of
Academic faces sacking for describing Turks as the new Jews
- By Turkish Daily News
- Published 06/29/2008
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The head of the Center for Turkish Studies Foundation, or TAM, is facing the sack for describing Turks as the “New Jews of Europe”
Academic faces sacking for describing Turks as the new Jews
- By Turkish Daily News
- Published 06/27/2008
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The head of the Center for Turkish Studies Foundation, or TAM, is facing the sack for describing Turks as the “New Jews of Europe”
Everyone gives a failing grade to testing system
- By Turkish Daily News
- Published 06/15/2008
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The university entrance exam is the bane of every student in Turkey daring to aspire to higher education. It is not the difficulty of the exam per se, but the entire orientation of the education system -- with children struggling to survive an ordeal that crushes the dreams of hundreds of thousands of candidates each year
Headscarved women march against court ruling
- By Turkish Daily News
- Published 06/6/2008
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Hundreds of headscarved women protested Friday against a court ruling to cancel a reform which would have allowed students to wear the Muslim garment at university.
Girls Denied Education
- By Turkish Daily News
- Published 05/30/2008
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Parents concerned about militia violence are pulling their daughters out of school. Thirteen-year-old Huda Ahmed’s world was turned upside down when her classmate was kidnapped two years ago.
University as an entrepreneur
- By Turkish Daily News
- Published 05/12/2008
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Unlike other state universities in Turkey struggling with funding problems, Anadolu University in Eskişehir operates like a private company to ensure it has sufficient revenue to support its research. The university now earns 52 percent of its annual revenue from projects it develops
It's not a scholarship, but a 'school-a-ship'
- By Turkish Daily News
- Published 04/3/2008
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Dreams of visiting distant lands have come true for students aboard The Scholar Ship, a cruise liner that was turned into a school ship. What sets this one apart from many other school ships is
Religious education should not be compulsory, says top court
- By Turkish Daily News
- Published 03/4/2008
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Current religion education classes that focus on Sunni Islam cannot be compulsory for all students, the country's top administrative court ruled Monday

