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  • Higher earning Why a university degree is worth more in some countries than others

    AFGHANISTAN, 2016/12/11 A university education may expand your mind. It will as well fatten your wallet. Data from the OECD, a club of rich nations, show that graduates can expect far better lifetime earnings than those without a degree. The size of this premium varies. It is greatest in Ireland, which has a high GDP per chief and rising inequality. Since 2000 the unemployment rate for under-35s has swelled to 8% for those with degrees – but to additional than 20% for those without, and nearly 40% for secondary school drop-outs. The country’s wealth presently goes disproportionately to workers with letters next their names.

  • Private sector drives higher education development in Cyprus

    CYPRUS, 2015/12/03 Nicos Peristianis, founder and Council President of the University of Nicosia, one of the island’s initial non-national universities and pioneer of various firsts in the sector, to discuss the importance of education in Cyprus’ recovery and the role that the private sector has played in innovating and enhancing tertiary education since 2007. How did the 2013 crisis affect the education sector, in particular tertiary education?

  • Over 8,000 schoolchildren need assistance

    CYPRUS, 2012/12/08 Over 8,000 school children in the Republic of Cyprus are in need of financial assistance, said the Education Ministry's permanent secretary Olympia Stylianou yesterday. Speaking after a meeting of the Home Education Committee, as Cyprus Mail reports today, Stylianou said the ministry has called a broad meeting of stakeholders to work out a system for providing
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