Taa Marbouta, the secret of the Egyptian Women
. The year 2017 has been declared by the Egyptian President as the Year of the Egyptian Woman. Following this declaration, the National Council of Women (NCW) launched an awareness-raising campaign...
View ArticleBack to School 2017
On the heels of the first World Development Report focused entirely on education, and its critical importance for stable and inclusive societies, we launch our annual ‘Back to School’ series that...
View ArticleBack to School 2017 – Part II
This is the second part of our interview with with Safaa El Tayeb El-Kogali, World Bank Practice Manager in the Education Global Practice, on the challenges faced by the region’s education systems and...
View ArticleA school called Eucalyptus where a tutoring program promotes Citizenship Skills
The Lycée Eucalyptus, a high school in Nice, France, sits close to the airport, surrounded to the west and north by a resolutely working-class neighborhood and by a more middle-class area to the east....
View ArticleUpdate from Iran: Iran’s Over-Education Crises
Every year, Iranian schools and universities are in back in session on the first day of autumn—September 23rd. Despite educating some of the world’s top minds, such as the late Maryam Mirzakhani, the...
View Article5 things you need to know about the economies of the Middle East and North...
World Bank Vice President, Hafez Ghanem addresses the key factors influencing the economies of the Middle East and North Africa region, and the steps needed to promote more sustainable growth and...
View ArticleThe start of a new school year – risks or opportunities for Tunisia?
It’s that time of year again. Some weeks ago, more than two million Tunisian primary, junior high, and high school students headed back to school, just as hundreds of millions of children in northern...
View ArticleEducation in Tunisia: Technology as a Tool to Support School Improvement
Tunisia’s Ministry of Education and Higher Education launched its digital school program “Solution Numerique Pour Tous” in May 2015, as part of its wider program of reform.
View ArticleHigher education in Tunisia: greater autonomy for better quality
Like many other countries around the world, Tunisia knows that the creation of knowledge requires a network of institutions of higher education and scientific research that are capable of engaging...
View ArticleReading the shortcomings of the Tunisian educational system
Education in Tunisia was one of the pillars of post-independence state, with efforts by Habib Bourguiba and successive governments focused on modernizing the system, and ensuring universal access to...
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