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WORLD EDUCATION NEWS ROMANIA Open Books Night to Improve Reading Habits Romanians are among the least avid readers in the European Union, but an Open Books Night to promote reading now in its seventh year has proved a big hit. This year’s event attracted thousands of visitors, from young Harry Potter fans to seasoned history buffs. A 2018 survey by the country’s national culture research institute showed that 69 percent of Romanians had not read a single book over the last Many rural homes still do not have electricity. ‘Solar cow’ charging stations are installed in schools and pupils are given a milk-bottleyear. “An economy, a country can only grow if it has an educated public, and ... anywhere I look people become smarter with good teachers and books,” said Dan Vidrascu, general manager at Romanian publishing house Litera, that organizes the Open Books Night. “This is a very good step to get people to read more,” said high school student Andreea Negutu, who was more than half way through Haruki Murakami’s “1Q84”. Courtesy: Reuters AFRICA Solar Cow Improves School Attendence South Korean solar firm Yolk has designed a cow-shaped solar power station for schools in Sub-Saharan Africa that can be used to charge power banks for families while their children are in class. shaped power bank which they plug into to charge if they attend class and take home at the end of the school day to provide households with electricity. Each milk bottle contains electricity to provide up to 10 hours of light. Courtesy: Thomson Reuters Foundation 6 | www.progressiveteacher.in
ENGLAND Free Sanitary Products for Primary School Pupils Pupils will be able to get free sanitary products at all the 20,000 primary schools in England from 2020, the government announced on Tuesday, after warnings girls were being forced to skip classes due to being unable to afford them. “This is fantastic news... Period poverty should never be a barrier to education,” said Amika George, who founded the #FreePeriod campaign pushing for free menstrual products for schoolgirls from lowincome families. Some 10 percent of girls in Britain have been unable to afford sanitary products, according to a survey by the children’s charity Plan International in 2017, with campaigners warning many are forced to miss classes as a result. Courtesy: Thomson Reuters Foundation SOUTH AFRICA Water-storing Football Fields to Improve School Attendance Mohlapi, a math and science teacher at Boshoek Primary School in South Africa, often had empty seats in his classroom when children stayed home sick with diarrhea, headaches and stomach cramps. But when a football field that stores and filters rainwater was installed at the school in 2015, he noticed that the health and class attendance of his pupils improved. “This was a lesson to me that water and education are linked.” said Mohlapi. Dutch engineers visiting South Africa during the 2010 FIFA World Cup noticed two things: South Africans’ love for football and the country’s water scarcity. That led to the GreenSource initiative and since then nine fields have been installed across the country. The fields can store and clean up to 17 million litres of rainwater annually, or nearly 2,000 litres per hour, while children use them to play football. Currently, each field provides water to an estimated 2,400 individuals. “I use the (football) field and the clean water as a classroom. I teach them about science, technology and nature in way that is real to them. Plus, the field keeps them active,” Mohlapi said. “Active bodies, active minds.” Courtesy: Thomson Reuters Foundation www.icsl.org.in | 7
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