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Namibian teachers visit Britain

Two teachers from Namibia have visited England as part of a schools exchange programme. They compare what they have seen to the education system in Namibia

Article photoFailing Australia's indigenous children

Vincent Forrester offers his perspective on the Aboriginal education sector and the folly of Australia's attempted 'assimilation' of the indigenous population

Article photoWeb solution for the Philippines?

Shocked by the poverty he saw in Manila, Jay Plaza aims to promote education in vulnerable communities by supplying them with free learning-based internet access

Clean slate for Vietnam's street kids

When English lessons with Hanoi's poorest children met with opposition, Michael Brosowski upgraded his activities to a full-scale homing and education scheme

Educating India's 'untouchables'

A community of Dalits so poor that they live in drainage pipes are being given aid and training in trade skills by an organisation that hopes to see them live with dignity

Student from the Rio slums

Despite growing up in one of Brazil's most violent and underprivileged areas, Rosalí Nunes has just become the third person in her neighbourhood to obtain a university degree

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