Pacitalia
12-12-2006, 22:54
From Tempo Passo
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The Pacitalian government has announced that a campus of the
Third World Open University will open in Timiocato in September 2007,
allowing developing nations' children, like these, free education in a
different environment. The move will involve Pacitalia ratifying a
specific article on education as part of an existing treaty declaration
among the developing or non-monetary nations of the world.
Free education for developing nations' children coming to Pacitalia
Historic move to increase education opportunities for people in poorer states cheered by humanitarian groups
Tamara Passagia, Timiocato
Secret joint discussions between the Ariddian and Pacitalian education ministries have ended with the friendship between these two states growing still closer. The Ministry of Education announced Tuesday that it has been granted a campus of the renowned Third World Open University, and will open the tertiary institution as early as this September.
The university, which maintains campuses in Ariddia, Tanah Burung, Hell Bovines, Watfordshire and Xikuang, provides accredited courses free-of-charge to students from the Third World, and is usually staffed by personnel from a variety of developing nations. It is not clear whether Pacitalian professors and academics would be invited to help staff the university campus, which is expected to admit as many as 200,000 students.
Establishing a branch of the university system would include Pacitalian ratification of, at the very least, the specific article of the Matebian Declaration mandating education standards in developing signatories. Article Two also mandates the creation of funding for primary and secondary education in developing countries, but it is not known whether the Pacitalian government will begin contributing to that fund.
"This is the first time a developed country has made overtures and taken steps to make it so very easy and possible for these children to get a proper education and an even footing with their counterparts in developed states," Agustinate of Education Francesca Perronta (PSC) said Tuesday. "We are excited to give so many children such an opportunity."
Meanwhile, humanitarian groups were lauding the move. "I never would have expected this, to be brutally honest," Deo Manovecchia, Pacitalian Peace and Solidarity Community president, told Tempo Passo in a teleconference early Tuesday. "This just makes me so proud, not only to be Pacitalian, but to know that we have accomplished something extraordinary, historic, and that we are helping these kids, without strings or conditions."
There will be some conditions obviously: apart from the fact that students must apply through their secondary school teachers, these students will likely have to sit the GATE entrance examinations like other Pacitalian students in order to gain entrance to the TWOU, as the school will not be exempt from Pacitalian education standards.
The Ministry of Education says it is now entering consultations with the Federal Land Reserve Agency and private interests to help operate and maintain the campus, as education in Pacitalia, with the exception of the National University System, is private. The campus is located in the Docklands and will form an integral part of the second phase of the Docklands Revitalisation Initiative, which seeks to renovate the abandoned city district with lofts, apartments, cultural venues, eateries, shops and offices, greenspaces, an oceanside walkway, marinas, a museum and library, and now, a campus of the TWOU.
This development was another sign of increasingly close relations between the PDSRA and the DCRP, who also agreed Sunday to exchange media provision services. The Ariddian 24-hour news network PINA will, based on a tentative agreement reached on the weekend, begin broadcasting in Pacitalia on 1st May, 2007 at 0600 AOTC+3, while the PBC and PNN will begin transmitting English feeds of their broadcasts to the People's Democratic Social Republic starting around the same date.
In related news, the Chiovitti government (but Perronta specifically) is reportedly considering tabling a bill in the Constazione Ampoliticato Federali setting target dates for the elimination of tuition fees in Pacitalia by 2010 for nationals, and by 2014 for international students. Such extreme legislation might be a risk to a government that is trying to maintain concert in the parliament until after the Electoral and Political Reform framework committee's recommendations are ratified and implemented.
http://www.franciscanfriars.com/images2/kids.jpg
The Pacitalian government has announced that a campus of the
Third World Open University will open in Timiocato in September 2007,
allowing developing nations' children, like these, free education in a
different environment. The move will involve Pacitalia ratifying a
specific article on education as part of an existing treaty declaration
among the developing or non-monetary nations of the world.
Free education for developing nations' children coming to Pacitalia
Historic move to increase education opportunities for people in poorer states cheered by humanitarian groups
Tamara Passagia, Timiocato
Secret joint discussions between the Ariddian and Pacitalian education ministries have ended with the friendship between these two states growing still closer. The Ministry of Education announced Tuesday that it has been granted a campus of the renowned Third World Open University, and will open the tertiary institution as early as this September.
The university, which maintains campuses in Ariddia, Tanah Burung, Hell Bovines, Watfordshire and Xikuang, provides accredited courses free-of-charge to students from the Third World, and is usually staffed by personnel from a variety of developing nations. It is not clear whether Pacitalian professors and academics would be invited to help staff the university campus, which is expected to admit as many as 200,000 students.
Establishing a branch of the university system would include Pacitalian ratification of, at the very least, the specific article of the Matebian Declaration mandating education standards in developing signatories. Article Two also mandates the creation of funding for primary and secondary education in developing countries, but it is not known whether the Pacitalian government will begin contributing to that fund.
"This is the first time a developed country has made overtures and taken steps to make it so very easy and possible for these children to get a proper education and an even footing with their counterparts in developed states," Agustinate of Education Francesca Perronta (PSC) said Tuesday. "We are excited to give so many children such an opportunity."
Meanwhile, humanitarian groups were lauding the move. "I never would have expected this, to be brutally honest," Deo Manovecchia, Pacitalian Peace and Solidarity Community president, told Tempo Passo in a teleconference early Tuesday. "This just makes me so proud, not only to be Pacitalian, but to know that we have accomplished something extraordinary, historic, and that we are helping these kids, without strings or conditions."
There will be some conditions obviously: apart from the fact that students must apply through their secondary school teachers, these students will likely have to sit the GATE entrance examinations like other Pacitalian students in order to gain entrance to the TWOU, as the school will not be exempt from Pacitalian education standards.
The Ministry of Education says it is now entering consultations with the Federal Land Reserve Agency and private interests to help operate and maintain the campus, as education in Pacitalia, with the exception of the National University System, is private. The campus is located in the Docklands and will form an integral part of the second phase of the Docklands Revitalisation Initiative, which seeks to renovate the abandoned city district with lofts, apartments, cultural venues, eateries, shops and offices, greenspaces, an oceanside walkway, marinas, a museum and library, and now, a campus of the TWOU.
This development was another sign of increasingly close relations between the PDSRA and the DCRP, who also agreed Sunday to exchange media provision services. The Ariddian 24-hour news network PINA will, based on a tentative agreement reached on the weekend, begin broadcasting in Pacitalia on 1st May, 2007 at 0600 AOTC+3, while the PBC and PNN will begin transmitting English feeds of their broadcasts to the People's Democratic Social Republic starting around the same date.
In related news, the Chiovitti government (but Perronta specifically) is reportedly considering tabling a bill in the Constazione Ampoliticato Federali setting target dates for the elimination of tuition fees in Pacitalia by 2010 for nationals, and by 2014 for international students. Such extreme legislation might be a risk to a government that is trying to maintain concert in the parliament until after the Electoral and Political Reform framework committee's recommendations are ratified and implemented.