Italy: Urgent Measures Concerning Education, Higher Education, and Research
(Nov. 29, 2013) Italy adopted a Decree-Law in September 2013 containing emergency measures designed to bolster classroom instruction, higher education, and research activities throughout the country....
View ArticleUzbekistan: Political Science Studies Terminated
(Sept. 15, 2015) It was reported on September 1, 2015, that the Minister of Higher and Special Education of Uzbekistan, Alisher Vakhabov, had issued an order cancelling the teaching of political...
View ArticleTaiwan: Proposed Amendment to School Health Act Would Ban Use of GM Foods
(Dec. 10, 2015) It was reported on December 1, 2015, that the Legislative Yuan (the primary parliamentary body of the Republic of China (on Taiwan)) is currently reviewing an amendment to Taiwan’s...
View ArticleEstonia: Court Confirms Russian Not a School Language
(Aug. 29, 2016) On August 26, 2016, an Estonian second instance Circuit Court, whose jurisdiction includes the capital city of Tallinn, confirmed the legality of a decision issued by a lower court...
View ArticleItaly: New Legislation Guaranteeing Inclusive Education to Students with...
(Oct. 8, 2019) On September 12, 2019, Legislative Decree No. 96 of August 7, 2019, Provisions Integrating and Correcting Legislative Decree No. 66 of April 13, 2017 on the Promotion of School Inclusion...
View ArticleItaly: New Provisions on Recruitment of School Staff and Research Entities...
(Dec. 6, 2019) On October 31, 2019, Decree Law No. 126 of October 29, 2019 (Decreto-Legge 29 ottobre 2019, n. 126) (D.L. No. 126), containing extraordinary measures on the recruitment of staff at...
View ArticleGermany: Court Allows Student to Wear Niqab at School
(Feb. 25, 2020) On January 29, 2020, the Higher Administrative Court of Hamburg (OVG Hamburg) held that a 16-year old girl is allowed to attend school dressed in a niqab face veil that leaves only the...
View ArticleItaly: Decree Laws on Conclusion of School Year and Elections amid COVID-19...
(May 20, 2020) In April 2020, two decree laws entered into effect in Italy to regulate educational and electoral affairs that had been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Decree Law No. 22 of April 8,...
View ArticleNorway: Data Protection Authority Orders International Baccalaureate to...
(July 24, 2020) On July 20, 2020, the Norwegian Data Protection Authority (NDPA, Datatilsynet) issued a letter to the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) ordering it to explain its use of...
View ArticleItaly: Education Ministry Reorganized
(Jan. 14, 2021) On December 29, 2020, a Decree of the President of the Council of Ministers of Italy approving the Regulations on the Organization of the Ministry for Universities and Research entered...
View ArticleIsrael: Regional Labor Court Rejects Teacher's Claim That Requiring Her to...
On August 26, 2021, the Beer Sheba Regional Labor Court rejected a suit by an elementary school teacher (the plaintiff) for compensation for discrimination and emotional distress allegedly caused by...
View ArticleEngland: Legislation Introduced Prohibiting 'Essay Mills' in Higher Education
On October 5, 2021, a new chapter was added to the United Kingdom (U.K.) Parliament’s Skills and Post Education Bill. If enacted, the bill would make it a criminal offense to provide for or arrange,...
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